4.11. Microsoft Windows

4.11.1. EcMasterDemo - Microsoft Windows

  1. Install EC-Master

    Run setup.exe from EC-Master package, which will guide you through the installation process.

  2. Determine the network interface

    For example the option -ndis 192.168.1.1 1 will be using the network adapter card with the IP address 192.168.1.1.

  3. Connect EtherCAT modules

    Any EtherCAT module can be directly connected to the target system. EtherCAT requires a 100 Mbit/s connection. If the Ethernet adapter card does not support this speed, an Ethernet switch must be used.

    Warning

    The local IT infrastructure should not be mixed with EtherCAT modules on the same Ethernet adapter. The EC-Master sends many broadcast packets!

  4. Run the example application

    Execute <InstallPath>/Bin/Windows/<Arch>/EcMasterDemo.exe. At least an Ethernet Driver option has to be given.

    EcMasterDemo -ndis 192.168.1.1 1 -f D:/eni.xml

See also

Running EcMasterDemo for a detailed description of the demo application.

4.11.2. EcMasterDemoGuiDotNet (.NET) - Microsoft Windows

  1. Prerequisites

    To run the EcMasterDemoGuiDotNet.exe, the libraries EcMaster.dll, EcMasterRasServer.dll, EcWrapperDotNet.dll, EcWrapper.dll and emllNdis.dll from Bin/Windows/x64 are needed in Bin/Windows/x64/Release, Bin/Windows/x64/Debug

  2. Visual Studio C#-project

    The C#-project for VS2015 or higher is located at Workspace/WindowsVS2015/EcMasterDemoGuiDotNet/EcMasterDemoGuiDotNet.csproj

  3. If the reference EcWrapperDotNet is missing, it must be re-added from Bin/Windows/x64/EcWrapperDotNet.dll

  4. EcMasterDemoGuiDotNet is now prepared for Run/Debug

4.11.3. OS Compiler settings

Besides the general settings from Compiling the EcMasterDemo the following settings are necessary to build the example application for Windows.

Extra include paths
<InstallPath>\SDK\INC\Windows
<InstallPath>\Examples\Common\Windows
Extra source paths
<InstallPath>\Examples\Common\Windows
<InstallPath>\Sources\OsLayer\Windows
Extra library paths to the main EtherCAT components
<InstallPath>\SDK\LIB\Windows

4.11.4. RtaccDevice for Real-time Ethernet Driver

As alternative to the NDIS based or Pcap based Ethernet Driver, an optional Real-time Ethernet Driver on Windows can be installed. The Real-time Ethernet Driver replaces the original Windows driver and also requires an extra license.

To use the Real-time Ethernet Driver under Windows, it is necessary to install the RtaccDevice driver included in the Real-time Ethernet Driver delivery:

  1. Start the “Device Manager”
  2. Assign RtaccDevice to the network adapter

    Click on “Browse my computer for driver”

    Click on “Let me pick…”

    Click on “Have Disk…”

  3. Enter the directory of RtaccDevice Driver

    The default folder if not changed is <InstallPath>\Bin\Windows\x64

    Enter the correct directory at the input box and press OK to proceed.

  4. Choose the RtaccDevice Driver and click “Next” and confirm the installation

Optionally modify search location Real-time Ethernet Driver

Search locations for Real-time Ethernet Driver can be adjusted using the PATH environment variable.