The latest iteration of the EtherCAT Master is now available. KPA EtherCAT Master 2 for Xenomai Arm32 has been updated to version 2.6.1602.
This latest update, in comparison to version 2.5.28502, introduces the following improvements:
- EEPROM request execution timeout
A possibility to set a maximum time of EEPROM request execution has been added. The value is set as the ss.eeprom.request_timout INI parameter. - DC description in API Help
A description of Distributed Clock (DC) functionality has been added to API Help. It includes the common notes, steps of the DC initialization procedure, slave synchronization and external synchronization. You can find the corresponding page in the Master features section. - Online Configuration: fixed incorrect DC initialization commands for generated latch.
- Fixed memory leak on multiple restarts in thread processor framework samples.