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FEATURES.

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Ethernet devices.
- Interrupt-less operation of Ethernet devices.
- Easy implementation of additional Ethernet drivers through common device
interface of the master.
interface.
- Operation possible with any device supported by the standard drivers,
including PCMCIA devices.
* Supports any realtime environment through independent architecture.
- RTAI, Xenomai, RT-Preempt, etc.
- Operation possible even without any realtime extension.
- Operation possible without any realtime extension at all.
* Common API for Realtime-Applications in kernel- and userspace.
- Requesting and releasing masters.
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- Process data exchange can be monitored via a per-domain mechanism.
* Master finite state machine (FSM).
- The same state machine runs when the master is idle and also when an
application is connected.
- Bus monitoring. Slave states are read cyclically. Automatic scanning of the
bus on a topology change.
- The same state machine runs both in idle mode and in realtime operation.
- Bus monitoring: Slave states are read cyclically. Automatic scanning of the
bus after a topology change.
- Automatic configuration of slaves, if a application-layer state change is
requested.
* Implementation of the CANopen-over-EtherCAT (CoE) protocol.
* Implementation of the CANopen-over-EtherCAT (CoE) mailbox protocol.
- Configuration of CoE-capable slaves.
- Sdo information service (dictionary listing).
- Sdo transfers via the application interface and the command-line tool.
- Sdo transfers both via the application interface and the command-line tool.
* Implementation of the Ethernet-over-EtherCAT (EoE) protocol.
- Creates a virtual network interface for any EoE-capable slave.
- Natively supports either a switched or a routed EoE network
architecture.
* Implementation of the Ethernet-over-EtherCAT (EoE) mailbox protocol.
- Virtual network interface for any EoE-capable slave.
- Both a switched and a routed EoE network architecture is natively supported
and configurable with standard tools.
* Implementation of the Vendor-specific-over-EtherCAT (VoE) mailbox protocol.
- Communication with vendor-specific mailbox protocols via the API.
* Userspace command-line tool 'ethercat'.
- Detailed information about master, slaves, domains and bus configuration.
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- Sdo download/upload; listing Sdo dictionaries.
- Access to slave registers.
- Slave SII (EEPROM) access.
- Requesting application-layer states.
- Controlling application-layer states.
- Generation of slave description XML from existing slaves.
* Seamless integration in any GNU/Linux distribution.
- "Linux Standard Base"-compatible init script for master control.
- Master and Ethernet device configuration via sysconfig file.
- "Linux standard base"-compatible init script for master control.
* Virtual read-only network interface for debugging and traffic monitoring
purposes (using Wireshark, etc.). No additional hardware necessary.