[Etherlab-users] Timeout while setting state INIT.

Bilko AS, Oguz Dilmac odilmac at bilko-automation.com
Thu Mar 19 11:48:52 CET 2026


Hi Graeme,

I connected a EK1100 bus coupler and a EL2008 digital output card. The 
first slave is the EK1100, and my device stay at the end.

I created two domains

Unfortunately the device still don't go to INIT.

Here, I put my test code and the dmesg output:

https://we.tl/t-Dj1MtId6LA

Best regards,

Oguz.


On 19-Mar-26 1:16 AM, Graeme Foot wrote:
>
> Hi Oguz,
>
> It’s not looking likely to be an SII problem then.
>
> From the log it looks like you’re using a single Read/Write domain. I 
> don’t recall if you mentioned, have tried putting it in separate read 
> and write domains?  If you try this, also ensure that there are at 
> least two other separate read and write domain slaves also configured 
> in your system.
>
> I’ve had a few slaves in the past (generally with Texas Instruments 
> ESC’s) that work well with overlapped PDO’s in a single Read/Write 
> domain (TwinCat’s default method), but fail when the PDO’s are not 
> overlapped (EtherLab’s default).  If this is the case you can put them 
> in separate read and write domains to separate them within the 
> EtherCat frame.  But, you need to ensure there’s a couple of other  
> read and write domain devices also configured to ensure there’s enough 
> separation in the frame.
>
> Graeme.
>
> *From:*Bilko AS, Oguz Dilmac <odilmac at bilko-automation.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 March 2026 02:33
> *To:* Graeme Foot <Graeme.Foot at touchcut.com>; Richard Hacker 
> <ha at igh.de>; etherlab-users at etherlab.org; james.benway at gleeble.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Etherlab-users] Timeout while setting state INIT.
>
> Hi,
>
> I noticed, the correct path with option 
> is: "--enable-sii-override=/lib/firmware"
>
> This way, the master can find my ec_xxx.bin file. But still at the 
> end, slave doesn't respond to go INIT command.
>
> Here is the dmesg output:
>
> https://we.tl/t-BGDmNzZv2b
>
> Best regards,
>
> Oguz.
>
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