[etherlab-users] Maximum mailbox size?

[Gavin Lambert]

On 7 July 2014, quoth Dave Page:
> On 2014-05-20 22:00, etherlab-users-request at etherlab.org wrote:
> >  what is the limit for the maximum supported mailbox size? Either in
> > EtherCAT in general or in EtherLab in particular?
> 
>      ETG1000.5 V1i02 page 43 indicates that the mailbox can be from 38
> to 1486 bytes.

Thanks.  I did try looking through the specs a few times but those things are a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

(It appears to be page 40 in V1i0i3.)

Though one of my original questions remains:
> > If it's not supposed to work, shouldn't the master just select a 
> > smaller size if it doesn't support large sizes?  While it's supposed 
> > to respect the slave's preference, ultimately the master is in control 
> > of mailbox sizes.