[Etherlab-users] Cube67 slave support

[Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Hagemeister]

Hallo Jean-Pierre,

Am 16.03.22 um 08:37 schrieb Miceli Jean-Pierre:
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> Some notes:
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>    *   The system is working perfectly on TwinCAT

TwinCAT relies on the XML-Files and the IgH Ethercat master relies on 
the SSI content. If the content is wrong or data is missing it will not 
work.

>    *   As I got no PDOs from the ethercat tool, I coded one from the info I got in TwinCAT
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> I found the info that the issue can be related to a wrong SII / EEPROM info and tried to follow the info in the link below. Unfortunately  did not help.
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>    *   https://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/faq.php
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> So my questions are:
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>    *   Is the problem really due to the missing/corrupted data in the SII/EEPROM

Probably. Does "ethercat sii_read -p1 | od" work and if so could you 
post the output of this command (assuming it is slave 1 you are 
interested in)?

>    *   If yes, how can I check that the binary file generated with TwinCAT is correct ?

It most likely will be correct.

>    *   Is there other way to update the SII

Some slaves simulate the SII content and can't be updated.

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> Any idea, suggestion, proposition are welcome 😊.

Most likely you will need to contact the supplier and ask for the 
correction of the SII content. Suppliers sometimes tend to refuse to 
cooperate and will say: "it works with TwinCat".

In that case the last step is to ask if the slave is checked against the 
conformance test tool from ETG.

Regards Wilhelm