Sample programs
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Sample 1: Display and evaluations of the different times in TwinCAT
The sample program determines several independent local times in a TwinCAT system under Windows XPe, calculates current deviations and converts them into different representations. The function Nt_SetTimeToRtcTime can be activated for testing purposes.
Notes:
- Cycle time used: 1 ms
- Determined times:
- Local Windows NT time (shown in the taskbar)
- Local TwinCAT time
- Distributed Clocks time
- The example uses EtherCAT distributed clocks terminals for determining the distributed clocks time (DC).
- The individual conversion, particularly the cyclic string representations, require significant computing time. A CX1000 platform or above is recommended for testing the sample program.
Please follow the general instructions for EtherCAT synchronization.
Starting the sample program
The application samples have been tested with a test configuration and are described accordingly.
Certain deviations when setting up actual applications are possible.
The following hardware and software were used for the test configuration:
- TwinCAT master PC with Windows XP Professional SP 3, TwinCAT version 2.10 (Build 1330) and INTEL PRO/100 VE Ethernet adapter
- Beckhoff EK1100 EtherCAT coupler, EL2202-0100, EL2252 and EL9011 terminals