addSlave.cmd

description

Script for adding a slave to the EtherCAT bus configuration.

details

Adds the respective hardware to the bus configuration, adds specific and default PV to the EPICS database. For some/most slaves also a default

author

Niko Kivel

paramters

HW_DESC Hardware descriptor, i.e. EL1008
SLAVE_ID (optional) bus position
SUBST_FILE (optional) substitution file
P_SCRIPT (optional) naming convention prefix script
NELM (optional) Used for oversampling cards. Defaults to 1
DEFAULT_SUBS (optional) option to disble default PVs for mapped PDOs
DEFAULT_SLAVE_PVS (optional, caution!) basic slave PVs, i.e. ${ECMC_P}-Operational will be suppressed
CALLED_FROM_CFG_SLAVE (optional) Set if called by configureSlave.cmd, default 0

Example calls:

• call w/o SLAVE_ID

${SCRIPTEXEC} ${ecmccfg_DIR}addSlave.cmd, "HW_DESC=EL7037"

• call w/ SLAVE_ID

${SCRIPTEXEC} ${ecmccfg_DIR}addSlave.cmd, "HW_DESC=EL1018, SLAVE_ID=1"

• call w/ SLAVE_ID and P_SCRIPT

${SCRIPTEXEC} ${ecmccfg_DIR}addSlave.cmd, "HW_DESC=EL1018, SLAVE_ID=1, P_SCRIPT=mXsXXX"

• call w/ default PDO PVs disabled

${SCRIPTEXEC} ${ecmccfg_DIR}addSlave.cmd, "HW_DESC=EL3204, DEFAULT_SUBS=false, DEFAULT_SLAVE_PVS=true"