Simple Open EtherCAT Master Library

BUILDING

Prerequisites for all platforms

• CMake 3.9 or later

Windows (Visual Studio)

• Start a Visual Studio command prompt then:
  • mkdir build
  • cd build
  • cmake .. -G "NMake Makefiles"
  • nmake

Linux & macOS

• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make

rt-kernel

• mkdir build
• cd build
• export COMPILERS=/opt/rt-tools/compilers
• export RTK=/path/to/rt-kernel
• export BSP=<bsp>
• cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/toolchain/rt-kernel-<arch>.cmake -G "Unix Makefiles"
• make

ERIKA Enterprise RTOS

• Refer to http://www.erika-enterprise.com/wiki/index.php?title=EtherCAT_Master

Documentation

See https://openethercatsociety.github.io/doc/soem/

Want to contribute to SOEM or SOES?

If you want to contribute to SOEM or SOES you will need to sign a Contributor License Agreement and send it to us either by e-mail or by physical mail. More information is available in the PDF.