diff -r 11c0b2caa253 -r 471cd0e77b55 FEATURES --- a/FEATURES Tue Feb 24 12:51:39 2009 +0000 +++ b/FEATURES Tue Feb 24 13:28:49 2009 +0000 @@ -51,25 +51,31 @@ - Automatic configuration of slaves, if a application-layer state change is requested. -* Implementation of the CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) mailbox protocol. +* Implementation of the "CANopen over EtherCAT" (CoE) mailbox protocol. - Configuration of CoE-capable slaves. - SDO information service (dictionary listing). - SDO transfers both via the application interface and the command-line tool. -* Implementation of the Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE) mailbox protocol. +* 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. +* Implementation of the "Vendor-specific over EtherCAT" (VoE) mailbox protocol. - Communication with vendor-specific mailbox protocols via the API. +* Implementation of the "File Access over EtherCAT" (FoE) mailbox protocol. + - Loading and storing files via the command-line tool. + - Updating a slave's firmware can be done easily. + * Userspace command-line tool 'ethercat'. - Detailed information about master, slaves, domains and bus configuration. + - Setting the master's debug level. - Reading/Writing alias addresses. - Listing slave configurations. - Viewing process data. - SDO download/upload; listing SDO dictionaries. + - Loading and storing files via FoE. - Access to slave registers. - Slave SII (EEPROM) access. - Controlling application-layer states.