Beckhoff ethercat 64 with bit linuxcnc, How to install.

Hi,

Inside the readme.txt says to install without username and password, I was unable,Is it possible in Debian?
Only leave blanco the root name and leave blanco root passwd.
Just fill in the username and userpasswd.

If you done this incorrect. The succes with ethercat and other software will fail.
It is my fault it is mentioned not good enough at the readme page.

In my new outcomming distro, this will be much easyer. Trough a preceed.cfg file, i can customize the debian installer that you
only have to fill in the username + userpasswd. Root entry's will not be visible anymore during installation process.

Announcement upcoming very cool distro. I am focussing on a preconfigured desktop environment, etc. Switched the xfce desktop to something with more future.

Hello V-max,
the problem is the name of your ethernet adapter. You have to change in the ethercat_setup_script.sh file the name

of the ethernet adapter to your one.
Run the installer again.

@Grotius
Many thanks for your ISO. Installing of Ethercat is now very easy!

Best regards
Matthias

Hi everone
I start to use ethercat driver hiwin E1 with absolute encoder
I have checked hal for incremental encoder.
If I reset counter in driver I can rotare motor forward up to a certain point then I get error (pic1)
The other way I always get the error (pic2)
Tell me where I have a problem in the Linux settings (* .ini or maybe * .hal) or some settings in the drive itself.
What does this error mean and how to fix it.
UPD I figured it out Anyone can suggest how to debug machines with absolute encoders, physical limit switches are needed?

Hi,

I'm trying to install linuxcnc-ethercat. But i get these errors and i couldn't solve them. Any ideas?
I am using 2.7 wheezy btw.

In file included from /home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src/lcec_main.c:19:0:
/home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src/lcec.h:29:18: fatal error: ecrt.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[6]: *** [/home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src/lcec_main.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** [_module_/home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src] Error 2
make[4]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ikt/linuxcnc-ethercat/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2

have you installed the ethercat master ? is the master working ?

what is the output of the command "ethercat slaves" in terminal ?

I couldn't install ethercat master either. But i can type and see ethercat slaves.

First i followed these instructions, but i couldn't get it working.

docs.google.com/document/d/1GiB065ZIAaoM...GQl2X9DM9-THNM/edit#

Then, i followed "Grotius" steps.

It also didn't work.