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The Acontis EtherCAT Stack

Class A and Class B

The Acontis stack is divided into two parts. The Class B Master forms the basis. The Class A Master is an addon that allows synchronization with Distributed Clocks (DCM = Distributed Clocks Master Synchronization).

Software libraries and components

  1. EtherCAT Master Core[libEcMaster.a]
    • Base of the EtherCAT stack.
    • EC-Master-V2.9-Linux_x64-Eval/SDK/LIB/Linux/x64/libEcMaster.a
  2. atemsys [atemsys.ko]
    • Linux kernel module. Grants direct HW access from user space.
    • Must be compiled for the kernel used.
    • EC-Master-V2.9-Linux_x64-Eval/Sources/LinkOsLayer/Linux/atemsys
  3. EC LinkLayer [libemllI8254x.so]
    • Library EtharCAT Master Link Layer for Intel8254X EtherNet hardware.
    • Special Ethernet hardware driver optimized for use with EtherCAT.
    • Replaces the installed ethernet driver
    • Different LinkLayer may be needed for different Ethernet Hardware
    • Check compatibility list in EC-Master_ClassB.pdf 2.3.1.3 Supported network controllers
    • EC-Master-V2.9-Linux_x64-Eval/Bin/Linux/x64/libeml8254x.so

TODO „EC-Master-V2.9-Linux_x64-Eval/SDK/LIB/Linux/x64/libAtemRasSrv.a“ Remote API Server, i.e. with EC-Lyser (optional?)