From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4638A574.5020706@domain.hid> Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 16:51:32 +0200 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <46388DCC.5070303@domain.hid> <46389325.7080200@domain.hid> <4638A368.9040705@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <4638A368.9040705@domain.hid> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig10A8E1E5BEB8ABDB1E0B96B4" Sender: jan.kiszka@domain.hid Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] HELP!! List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: xenomai-help This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig10A8E1E5BEB8ABDB1E0B96B4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Roland Tollenaar wrote: > Hi Jan, >=20 >> Maybe you missed the separated lists? rtnet-user-at-lists.sourceforge.= net >=20 > I did. Sorry. I think you even mentioned it before. Sorry again. >=20 >> >> But note in advance that RTnet for I/O coupling requires RTnet I/O >> coupler that you cannot buy as there are no commercial ones. You would= >> have to embed it on your own. Maybe you then rather want to use the >> Ethercat MasterLibrary with RTnet to attach Ethercat I/O nodes. >=20 > This looks like it may be a break. I had just found ethercat before thi= s > mail came in. By the look of things (very early) the hardware (Beckhoff= ) > will give the IO and according to the vendor (who I have limited faith > in by now) should make the time. >=20 > According to the same vendor (whom I have limited faith in) I can use > the standard ethernet hardware in PC's for ethercat. Unlike Powerlink > (B&R whom I am at war with and also have limited faith in :)) which > requires a special powerlink card. >=20 > But my next problem will be to get xenomai to work with ethercat. You > say I can try using the Ethercat Master library with RTnet. But why > would I need RTnet? How will the layering look in this case? IOW what > functionality will the ethernet master library provide and what will th= e > RTnet provide? >=20 > Has anyone done this before? [being in a hurry] Check the links on www.rtnet.org to the related project at FMTC. They even have mailing lists for detail questions. The setup will be: Xenomai (basis) + RTnet (RT-NIC driver, core network stack) + EML (userspace lib with Ethercat master code) + Your App (linked against Xenomai and EML). Jan --------------enig10A8E1E5BEB8ABDB1E0B96B4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGOKV0niDOoMHTA+kRAnCOAJ9RqchGZh9Ty0RwbyM0STTV46i+QgCfWKAq XY0p6PVFzI1vg2hYsjcY8Zg= =bw84 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig10A8E1E5BEB8ABDB1E0B96B4--