Ethercat HAL driver

Thanks for your response sirop. Very helpful. So I can continue this path.

Excuse me for the error I made with "syncmaster". I meant the XML tags "SyncManager"in the hal files of the tutorial docs.google.com/document/d/1GiB065ZIAaoM...xGQl2X9DM9-THNM/edit
or in github.com/sittner/linuxcnc-ethercat/blo...ex/ethercat-conf.xml .
I assume they are from the ESI xml file too. I'll look into that a bit deeper (toil was a new englisch word for me;-)
The ESI xml, I assume it is the correct one, can be found here if anyone comes along this thread: www.beckhoff.ch/default.asp?download/elconfg.htm

Thank you again
Ben

Hi
looking at trying this out,

i found on the wiki how to install so followed this
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EtherCatDriver


create a file "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc-mds.list":

deb repo.modusoft.de/linuxcnc/wheezy ./

# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install linuxcnc-ethercat

The etherlabmaster should be installed automaticaly.
Currently you will get a warning about missing key.

edit /etc/default/ethercat to match your setup
# sudo update-ethercat-config
reboot
# ethercat slaves

this sould show your connected slaves, which there is 0 and shows its loaded in dmsg

what else does one need todo to get things working in hal? i presume the above has installed everything needed?

i see you need to write a XML file is there any guids to what everything means or how to edit/write one?

looking to maybe end up using some servo drives on ethercat

thanks,rob

the linucxnc-ethercat in the modsoft repo is of 28-Jan-2015 16:03 .
There have been some important updates/commits since then.
So rather install from github sources.

thank you,
take it the instructions in post #82576 are most current then
forum.linuxcnc.org/24-hal-components/223...iver?start=380#82576

well, they at least build from sources in forum.linuxcnc.org/24-hal-components/223...iver?start=380#82576 .

Hi Everyone

It has been a while since I posted on this EtherCAT driver forum and a lot has changed.
Due to recent cyclone here my last linuxnc setup received some terminal damage and now I have a new box
and I have installed the latest release of linuxcnc, I have the etherlab master working, and in the terminal, i can get my slaves
but it's now the linuxcnc EtherCAT HAL setup that is unclear to me previously I had cloned the sittner linuxcnc with the add hal EtherCAT component in it now I believe this is all changed to a deb package, and I am unsure of the correct steps involved
can someone make this a little bit clearer for me I have the linuxcnc-dev package how do I add the Hal EtherCAT component to this

I have looked at the post forum.linuxcnc.org/24-hal-components/223...iver?start=380#82576
And it still seems a little unclear to me the linuxcnc-ethercat.git doesn't seem to be the full linuxcnc?