Read first this short article to get an overview over the Acontis EtherCAT stack.

The Acontis Stack (Class B) and the DCM Add On (Class A) can be placed anywhere. In this manual the placeholders <classB_path> and <classA_path> are used.

• <classB_path> Path to the Class B EtherCAT Stack (i.e. /home/username/acontisStack/EC-Master-V2.9-Linux_x64-Eval)
• <classA_path> Path to the Class A AddOn (i.e. /home/username/acontisStack/EC-Master-ClassA-AddOn-V2.9)

1. EC LinkLayer Module The EC LinkLayer Module has to be compiled against the installed linux kernel. If the kernel changes, the module has to be rebuilt and reloaded.
2. The loaded standard Ethernet driver has to be unloaded after boot.
3. The EC LinkLayer has to be loaded after boot.

* EC-Master_ClassB.pdf 2.3.5.1

cd <classB_path>/Sources/LinkOsLayer/Linux/atemsys
make modules

cd <classB_path>/Sources/LinkOsLayer/Linux/atemsys
export ARCH=<…>
export CROSS_COMPILE=<…>
cd Sources/atemsys
make modules KERNELDIR=<path to target kernel dir>

sudo insmod <installpath>/Sources/LinkOsLayer/Linux/atemsys/atemsys.ko

You may want to add this line to your .bashrc file