EasyCAT Arduino shield

accidentally flashed my ethercat servo with something wrong, and restored everything with this tool and the original esi xml

so yes, it really works

I use it to configure my LAN9252 board

EDIT:
uhhh, found this site: markosankovic.github.io/2016/06/28/esi-to-sii-binary.html
i think i need to test this ''
I must have overlooked it somehow




 

because of the strange licenses from siitool i will write my own in python

I see, the "-m" flag makes it write the pdos.
But what about the sdos? I don't see them coming over.

I haven't seen it yet either but I haven't used it yet either

The xml to eeprom translation is a missing piece. With the pdos and sdos. Siitool comes halfway.
Currently I see no other option than to use TwinCAT. If there was a way for TwinCAT to only do
the translation of xml into an eeprom binary file that would help. But no, I have to take out the card
from the machine and bring it to the Windows/Twincat machine and flash the eeprom from the xml file
with TwinCAT.

If you like JavaScript, you can start from the eeprom_generator which already can do the eeprom content,
without pdos and sdos again. There is a src/generators/EEPROM.js you can have a look at.
EasyCAT uses LAN9252 I have read so should be directly usable.
github.com/MetalMusings/MyOwnEtherCATDev...ils/EEPROM_generator
 

already a good starting point

github.com/multigcs/esitool

new discovery, there is no sdos data in the eeprom.

could not find any in the documentation or in a sanmotion servo eeprom, the data is probably read from the firmware.

You are right.
I read out eeprom from a slave I know has SDOs.
But nothing with the SDO names in the eeprom bin file.
So, it is possible the siitools -m could produce a good eeprom.
I'll test later this evening, I have a device I can experiment with.

Yes it works! Awesome!
That -m flag made all the difference.
I took the XML file and generated an eeprom content withwrote that to the eeprom withMade sure to reset the device and do aAnd yes yes yes, it works. Thanks man. Will save me a lot of walking
between the workshop and the "office".

ready for testing:
github.com/multigcs/esitool/

there are some testfiles in tests/
and they are all bit exactly as generated by the siitool

but i need more testfiles and maybe some tester