It’s our pleasure to introduce the latest update of KPA EtherCAT Master 2 for Linux x86 version 2.8.1506.0.
This latest update, which follows release 2.7.1310.0, introduces the following enhancements:
- 40_Codesys sample
Added a new 40_Codesys sample which shows how to integrate KPA EtherCAT Master into Codesys PLC.
To compile and run this sample, Codesys SDK is required. For details on how to run the sample, please read readme.md in the sample folder.
- 40_SimplePLC_Integration sample
A new sample, 40_SimplePLC_Integration, has been added to demonstrate how to integrate an EtherCAT Master extension into an existing PLC cycle. This sample includes PLC and EtherCAT cycle synchronization as well as asynchronous function block execution.
- Multimaster improvement
For the systems where multiple independent time lines can be established (such as Linux or Xenomai with high resolution timers) now it is possible to enable DC synchronization on each Master instance when using Multimaster, On other systems DC can be enabled on only one Master instance and the other Masters are synchronized with it.
- Boolean Data Type parsing
XML parser detects Boolean Data Type according to ETG.2100 v1.0.3, as follows:
– ‘false’ or ‘0’ means FALSE
– ‘true’ or ‘1’ means TRUE - libUSB libraries update
From now on, libusb.so and matrix.so are no longer included in the MDK package. They are now linked to the ecatmkpa.so library.
