12-12-2023 05:01 AM
Hlo, I am Struggling in connecting the EtherCat chassis directly to PC.
I am even unable to detect the Chassis in NI MAX.
I have installed the NI Industrial Communication For EtherCat 23, NI RIO 23, CRIO 23 for more details I am adding a SC of Software installed.
If any module is still missing, then Please Share the link to download that Particular module.
12-12-2023 07:28 AM
I guess you are referring to the NI EtherCAT Slave Chassis NI-9144/45.
You need to connect them to an ECAT Master. NI-ECAT driver does not support configuring a Windows PC to be an ECAT master. If you want to use the free NI-ECAT driver, you can either:
If you want to configure your Windows PC as an ECAT master, you can purchase this third-party EtherCAT Library for LabVIEW