sujal.sheth
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Hi all,
I'm working on BeckHoff's EtherCAT Device EK1101 (Coupler). My project is to write an application which can communicate to this device.
Currently, I have trial version of TwinCAT software by which I'm able to access the Device. I'm new to EtherCAT communication and even first time using TwinCAT software. Strange behavior I'm facing while operating EtherCAT device through TwinCAT System manager is that if I start device in Config Mode then I'm able to change output buffer and can see LED on/off on EtherCAT device but same is not happening if I put Device in Run Mode (using TwinCAT software). anybody knows what I'm doing wrong ?
Second problem is with my development: I'm developing application in Visual studio (C++) and using TwinCAT library to interact with EtherCAT device. I'm able to read the state of device through API call. But I'm facing problem with reading/writing to input/output buffer of device. I'm totally clueless here.
Does anybody have some experience with TwinCAT library and provide me some help on this ? I needed very urgently.
Any immediate help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Please let me know if any other information is required.
Thanks,
Sujal Sheth
I'm working on BeckHoff's EtherCAT Device EK1101 (Coupler). My project is to write an application which can communicate to this device.
Currently, I have trial version of TwinCAT software by which I'm able to access the Device. I'm new to EtherCAT communication and even first time using TwinCAT software. Strange behavior I'm facing while operating EtherCAT device through TwinCAT System manager is that if I start device in Config Mode then I'm able to change output buffer and can see LED on/off on EtherCAT device but same is not happening if I put Device in Run Mode (using TwinCAT software). anybody knows what I'm doing wrong ?
Second problem is with my development: I'm developing application in Visual studio (C++) and using TwinCAT library to interact with EtherCAT device. I'm able to read the state of device through API call. But I'm facing problem with reading/writing to input/output buffer of device. I'm totally clueless here.
Does anybody have some experience with TwinCAT library and provide me some help on this ? I needed very urgently.
Any immediate help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Please let me know if any other information is required.
Thanks,
Sujal Sheth