[etherlab-users] Master0 dead

[Richard Hacker]

On Thursday 04 October 2012 18:20:18 Lambert, Michel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running Etherlab as part of Orchestra Control. Using the ec_e1000
>  driver under RTAI 2.6.32.20. Upon starting the EtherCAT master, I get the
>  following:
> 
> Starting EtherCAT master 1.5.1  done
> 
> Here is the output of "/opt/etherlab/bin/ethercat master"
> 
> Master0
>   Phase: Idle
>   Active: no
>   Slaves: 7
>   Ethernet devices:
>     Main: 00:1b:21:9c:14:87 (attached)
>       Link: UP
>       Tx frames:   73145
>       Rx frames:   73144
>       Lost frames: 0
>       Tx bytes:    4570048
>       Tx errors:   0
>       Tx frame rate [1/s]:  17041   5882   1174
>       Tx rate [KByte/s]:   1108.2  361.6   71.7
>       Loss rate [1/s]:          0      0      0
>       Frame loss [%]:         0.0    0.0    0.0
> 
>     Backup: None.
>   Distributed clocks:
>     Reference clock: Slave 0
>     Application time: 0
>                       2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000000
> 
> When I check for the init.d status, I get
> 
> Master0  dead
Mmm, not ideal, ignore this. The master is running as your output shows.

/etc/init.d/ethercat script only works in environments that use this kind of 
setup for startup scripts. This may not be the case in you setup.

> Thanks,
> JML
> 
> Jason Michel Lambert
> Agent de Recherche/Research Officer
> Centre de Technologies de Fabrication Aérospatiale/
> Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Center
> Conseil National de Recherche du Canada/
> National Research Council Canada
> 5145 Avenue Decelles
> Campus de l'Université de Montréal
> Montréal,  Quebec, H3T-2B2
> Tel: 514-283-9175
> Fax: 514-283-9604
> <mailto:michel.lambert at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
> _______________________________________________
> etherlab-users mailing list
> etherlab-users at etherlab.org
> http://lists.etherlab.org/mailman/listinfo/etherlab-users
> 

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Richard Hacker

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Richard Hacker M.Sc. 
richard.hacker at igh-essen.com
Tel.: +49 201 / 36014-16

Ingenieurgemeinschaft IgH
Gesellschaft für Ingenieurleistungen mbH
Heinz-Bäcker-Str. 34
D-45356 Essen

Amtsgericht Essen HRB 11500
USt-Id.-Nr.: DE 174 626 722
Geschäftsführung: 
- Dr.-Ing. T. Finke, 
- Dr.-Ing. W. Hagemeister
Tel.: +49 201 / 360-14-0
http://www.igh-essen.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------