[etherlab-users] Beckhoff Slave Controllers and Device Reset

[Gavin Lambert]

I would also like to know if there's been any progress on this.  Especially
from the command-line interface or another user-mode program when the master
is in IDLE mode.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: etherlab-users-bounces at etherlab.org [mailto:etherlab-users-
> bounces at etherlab.org] On Behalf Of Kim H. Madsen
> Sent: Thu Jan 27 12:05:42 CET 2011
> To: etherlab-users at etherlab.org
> Subject: [etherlab-users] Beckhoff Slave Controllers and Device Reset
> 
> 
> Any news on this issue?
> 
> Best regards 
> Kim Hedegaard Madsen 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: etherlab-users-bounces at etherlab.org [mailto:etherlab-users-
>> bounces at etherlab.org] On Behalf Of Eugene Bordenkircher
>> Sent: 13. oktober 2010 18:00
>> To: etherlab-users at etherlab.org
>> Subject: [etherlab-users] Beckhoff Slave Controllers and Device Reset
>> 
>> We are trying to perform a device reset of a Beckhoff Slave controller.
The
>> reset requires 3 consecutive writes to the appropriate register (0x40 or
0x41).
>> 
>> As far as we can tell, there's no way for the EtherCAT master to send
>> 3 consecutive register write frames.  The master always seems to
interject
>> another frame in between.  Is this a correct observation?
>> If not, is there a way to perform these resets? If it is correct, is
there a way to
>> perform the reset with minor modifications to the master?
>> 
>> Thank you for your help.
>> 
>> Eugene T. Bordenkircher