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.

3. Insert a TAP device after the MainDevice Controller to capture the EtherCAT® traffic and start the EtherCAT® MainDevice

4. 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. EcMonitorDemoGuiDotNet (.NET) - Microsoft Windows

1. Prerequisites

   To run the EcMonitorDemoGuiDotNet.exe, the libraries EcMonitor.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/EcMonitorDemoGuiDotNet/EcMonitorDemoGuiDotNet.csproj

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

4. EcMonitorDemoGuiDotNet is now prepared for Run/Debug

7.4.3. 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

7.4.4. 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 drivers”

   

   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 the search location of the Real-time Ethernet Driver

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

The RtaccDevice must be assigned to the network adapter for Real-time Ethernet Driver usage on Windows. In this case it is exclusively bound for EtherCAT® usage. The assignment can be reverted using the following steps:

1. Open the Windows device manager (Computer Management), then go to System devices. The RtaccDevice should be listed there:

2. Right click on the RtaccDevice Ethernet Controller, then click on Properties:

3. Switch to the tab “Driver”, then click the button “Update driver”:

4. Click on “Browse my computer for drivers”:

5. Click on “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”:

Select the network adapter and click “Next”.

The assignment is now reverted.