EC-STA Slave Test Application

The EC-STA EtherCAT Slave Test Application is useful for manufacturers of EtherCAT slave devices to perform comprehensive tests based on the proven and widely used EC-Master stack. Typically, the EC-STA will be used while creating and testing EtherCAT slave software as well as for slave production tests. The core component of the EC-STA is a Windows application based on the Microsoft .NET technology and written in the C# programming language. As the complete source code is included, the user is able to add customer-specific functions very easily, for example running automatic, script based test sequences. The EC-STA offers a comfortable and clear user interface with many features and allows testing any existing EtherCAT slave device.

Features

• Perform State Changes
• Display Process Data Input and Output Area
• Mailbox Protocol CAN application protocol over EtherCAT (CoE)
• Read Object Dictionary (SDO Information Service)
• Read and Write CAN Object (SDO Upload and Download)
• Firmware Up- and Download (File access over EtherCAT)
• Mailbox Protocol ADS over EtherCAT (AoE)

Delivered components

• Graphical .NET Application including complete Source Code (C#)
• .NET Wrapper Library for EC-Master API
• Simple Console Application EC-MasterDemo including complete Source Code (C++)
• EC-Master for Windows XP/7 (EC-STA License)
• EC-Master WinPcap Link Layer for Windows XP/7 (32/64 Bit)

System requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP/7 (32/64 Bit)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to extend the shipped C# application