9.11. Configuration adjustments

The Configuration adjustments allows to adapt the configuration without generating a new ENI file. The base ENI file contains a superset of all the possible connected slaves. Possible use cases are:

Optional Slaves

ENI contains several optional slaves that can be excluded depending on their presence.

Alternative Slaves

ENI contains several different alternatives for a slave at a certain position.

According to the use case the application can exclude slaves from this superset.

9.11.1. emonConfigLoad

EC_T_DWORD emonConfigLoad(EC_T_DWORD dwInstanceID, EC_T_CNF_TYPE eCnfType, EC_T_PBYTE pbyCnfData, EC_T_DWORD dwCnfDataLen)

Load the network configuration.

In combination with emConfigApply, this function replaces emConfigureNetwork and must be called after the initialization. Among others the EtherCAT topology defined in the given XML configuration file will be stored internally.

Note

A client must not be registered prior to calling this function. Existing client registrations will be dropped.

Parameters
  • dwInstanceID – [in] Instance ID (Multiple EtherCAT Network Support)

  • eCnfType – [in] Type of configuration data provided

  • pbyCnfData – [in] Configuration data

  • dwCnfDataLen – [in] Length of configuration data in byte

Returns

enum EC_T_CNF_TYPE
enumerator eCnfType_Unknown
enumerator eCnfType_Filename
enumerator eCnfType_Data
enumerator eCnfType_Datadiag
enumerator eCnfType_GenPreopENI
enumerator eCnfType_GenPreopENIWithCRC
enumerator eCnfType_GenOpENI
enumerator eCnfType_None
enumerator eCnfType_ConfigData
enumerator eCnfType_GenOpENINoStrings
enumerator eCnfType_FileByApp

9.11.2. emonConfigExcludeSlave

EC_T_DWORD emonConfigExcludeSlave(EC_T_DWORD dwInstanceID, EC_T_WORD wStationAddress)

Exclude a slave from the network configuration.

It has to be called after emConfigLoad and prior to calling emConfigApply.

Parameters
  • dwInstanceID – [in] Instance ID (Multiple EtherCAT Network Support)

  • wStationAddress – [in] Station address of the slave to be excluded. A value of 0 excludes all slaves.

Returns

EC_E_NOERROR or error code

9.11.3. emonConfigIncludeSlave

EC_T_DWORD emonConfigIncludeSlave(EC_T_DWORD dwInstanceID, EC_T_WORD wStationAddress)

Include a slave in the network configuration.

Slaves that were previously excluded with emConfigSlaveExclude can be added again. It has to be called after emConfigLoad and prior to calling emConfigApply.

Parameters
  • dwInstanceID – [in] Instance ID (Multiple EtherCAT Network Support)

  • wStationAddress – [in] Station address of the slave to be included. A value of 0 includes all slaves.

Returns

EC_E_NOERROR or error code

9.11.4. emonConfigSetPreviousPort

EC_T_DWORD emonConfigSetPreviousPort(EC_T_DWORD dwInstanceID, EC_T_WORD wStationAddress, EC_T_WORD wStationAddressPrev, EC_T_WORD wPortPrev)

Set previous port information of a slave.

It has to be called after emConfigLoad and prior to calling emConfigApply.

Parameters
  • dwInstanceID – [in] Instance ID (Multiple EtherCAT Network Support)

  • wStationAddress – [in] Station address of the slave

  • wStationAddressPrev – [in] Previous slave station address

  • wPortPrev – [in] Previous port

Returns

EC_E_NOERROR or error code

9.11.5. emonConfigApply

EC_T_DWORD emonConfigApply(EC_T_DWORD dwInstanceID)

Apply the network configuration.

It has to be called after emConfigLoad.

Parameters

dwInstanceID – [in] Instance ID (Multiple EtherCAT Network Support)

Returns

EC_E_NOERROR or error code