7.4. Microsoft Windows

7.4.1. EcMonitorDemo

  1. Install EC-Monitor

    Run setup.exe from EC-Monitor 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.

  1. Insert a TAP device after the Master Controller to capture the EtherCAT traffic and start the EtherCAT master

  1. Run the example application

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

    EcMonitorDemo -ndis 192.168.1.1 1 -f D:/eni.xml -sp

See also

Running EcMonitorDemo for a detailed description of the demo application.

7.4.2. OS Compiler settings

Besides the general settings from Compiling the EcMonitorDemo 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

7.4.3. 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.