Updated README after EaserCAT-5000 linuxcnc failure
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A card, just doing Digital Input and Digital Output. The intentions are to read
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limit switches and some other switches around the plasma torch. And to switch on the plasma torch.
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It's a single LAN9252, configured for local IO. Optocouplers are attached to IO pins for isolation.
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It has been tested on the bench. And there it works.
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It has been tested on the bench, it works with TwinCAT.
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HOWEVER, it doesn't work, and will not work, with linuxcnc. As I learned,
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the IgH EtherCAT master needs a CoE client (CANopen over EtherCAT).
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The LAN9252 in DIO mode is only an EtherCAT client and can't be turned
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into a CoE client. And the IgH EtherCAT application interface for real-time
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communication can not be downgraded to wotk with puer EtherCAT client,
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it requires an CoE client.
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To add CoE functionality means to add number of objects at certain positions
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in the client and that can not be done to the LAN9252. It is what it is.
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In a setup with LAN9252 with MCU, those objects are created in the firmware,
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so there it works.
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[Link here](Cards/EaserCAT-5000-Digital-8In-8Out-LAN9252-only/)
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### License
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