# HG changeset patch # User Florian Pose # Date 1235482129 0 # Node ID 471cd0e77b55971e02f8e84eae11aa09f1395662 # Parent 11c0b2caa253e227ceb0ffa9a7a70e993a271ce8 Updated features. 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. diff -r 11c0b2caa253 -r 471cd0e77b55 documentation/ethercat_doc.tex --- a/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex Tue Feb 24 12:51:39 2009 +0000 +++ b/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex Tue Feb 24 13:28:49 2009 +0000 @@ -250,19 +250,40 @@ \end{itemize} +\item Vendor-specific over EtherCAT (VoE) + + \begin{itemize} + + \item Communication with vendor-specific mailbox protocols via the API. + + \end{itemize} + +\item File Access over EtherCAT (FoE) + + \begin{itemize} + + \item Loading and storing files via the command-line tool. + + \item Updating a slave's firmware can be done easily. + + \end{itemize} + \item Userspace command-line-tool ``ethercat`` (see sec.~\ref{sec:tool}) \begin{itemize} - \item Showing the current bus with slaves, PDOs and SDOs. - \item Showing the bus configuration. - \item Showing domains and process data. + \item Detailed information about master, slaves, domains and bus + configuration. \item Setting the master's debug level. - \item Writing alias addresses. - \item SDO uploading/downloading. - \item Reading/writing a slave's SII. - \item Setting slave states. - \item Generate slave description XML. + \item Reading/Writing alias addresses. + \item Listing slave configurations. + \item Viewing process data. + \item SDO download/upload; listing SDO dictionaries. + \item Loading and storing files via FoE. + \item Access to slave registers. + \item Slave SII (EEPROM) access. + \item Controlling application-layer states. + \item Generation of slave description XML from existing slaves. \end{itemize}