Usually all cards are configured by a .NXD file, which is a configuration database.
In addition, the EtherCat devices are also configurable via a .XML file. The actual version of the VxWorks driver was developed before the XML configuration was indruduced by EtherCAT and
therefore, XML files do not have a build in support in the VxWorls driver.
XML support can easily be added to the driver by adding the following source code line(s):
File: USER_VxWorks.c
Function: USER_GetConfigurationFileCount()
/*****************************************************************************//*! Returns the number of firmware files associated with the card/channel, * passed as argument. * \param ptDevInfo DeviceInfo including channel number, for which the * firmware file count should be read * \return number of firmware files, to download. The returned value will * be used as a maximum value for ulIdx in calls to * USER_GetFirmwareFile */ /*****************************************************************************/ uint32_t USER_GetFirmwareFileCount(PCIFX_DEVICE_INFORMATION ptDevInfo) { uint32_t ulRet = 0;
if(NULL != g_szDriverBaseDir) { char szDir[CIFX_MAX_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
GetChannelDir(szDir, sizeof(szDir), ptDevInfo);
/* count all .NXF, .NXO files */ ulRet = GetNumberOfFiles(szDir, ".NXO") + GetNumberOfFiles(szDir, ".NXF") + GetNumberOfFiles(szDir, ".XML"); } return ulRet; }