Beckhoff EtherCAT programming using Labview.

[rosh]

I am trying to communicate with an EtherCAT device (Beckhoff EP4174) using LabVIEW. Is there any LabVIEW sample code for EtherCAT?

[User002]

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@rosh wrote:

I am trying to communicate with an EtherCAT device (Beckhoff EP4174) using LabVIEW. Is there any LabVIEW sample code for EtherCAT?

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Some searching:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/beckhoff-ethercat-Are-there-NI-drivers-for-this/td-p/1191239

Beckhoff have some examples:

http://infosys.beckhoff.com/english.php?content=../content/1033/tcsample_labview/html/tcadsdll_api_l...

Br,

/Roger

[rosh]

Thanks Roger. Do you know where I can get that TcAdsDll.dll file?

[User002]

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@rosh wrote:

Thanks Roger. Do you know where I can get that TcAdsDll.dll file?

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Beckhoff TwinCat?

http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content/1033/tcoverview/html/default.htm?id=10455

Or perhaps use NI Ethercat:

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/10555/en

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Industrial-Communications/Use-a-PC-as-an-NI-EtherCAT-master/td-p/1588176

Br,

/Roger