This library contains functions for configuration of the EtherCAT master.
- Note
- EtherCAT® is a registered trademark and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Germany.
Acronyms regarding EtherCAT
| Acronym | Description |
| ADS | Automation Device Specification |
| AL | Application Layer |
| AoE | ADS over EtherCAT |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| CAN | Controller Area Network |
| CoE | CANopen over EtherCAT |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| DC | Distributed Clocks |
| DL | Data Link |
| EAP | EtherCAT Automation Protocol |
| EC / ECAT | EtherCAT |
| EEPROM | Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ENI | EtherCAT Network Information (used for master configuration) |
| EoE | Ethernet over EtherCAT |
| EPU | EtherCAT Processing Unit |
| ESC | EtherCAT Slave Controller |
| ESI | EtherCAT Slave Information (slave device description) |
| ESM | EtherCAT State Machine |
| ETG | EtherCAT Technology Group |
| EtherCAT | Ethernet for Control and Automation Technology |
| FoE | File Access of EtherCAT |
| FMMU | Fieldbus Memory Management Unit |
| FSoE | Fail Safe over EtherCAT |
| HC | Hot Connect |
| IDN | Identification Number |
| Mbx | Mailbox (acyclic communication) |
| OD | Object Dictionary |
| PD | Process Data |
| PDI | Process Data Interface |
| PDO | Process Data Object |
| RO | Read Only |
| RAS | Remote Access Service |
| RW | Read Write |
| Rx | Receive |
| SDO | Service Data Object |
| SII | Slave Information Interface |
| SM | Sync Manager |
| SoE | Servo drive over EtherCAT |
| SyncM | Sync Manager |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| Tx | Transmit |
| VoE | Vendor specific over EtherCAT |
| WO | Write Only |
| WKC | Working Counter |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
