GetStatus

Gets the state of an EtherCAT link. Use this function to see when the link has been established. After the link is established you can access the number of I/O and servo modules.

Syntax

KsError GetStatus(
     SubsystemStatus* Status,
     SubsystemDiagnostics* Diagnostics
);

Parameters

Status: pointer to the SubsystemStatus structure that shows the state of the EtherCAT link.

Diagnostics: pointer to the SubsystemDiagnostics structure that shows the diagnostics information of EtherCAT slaves' state.

Return value

If the function succeeds, it returns errNoError, otherwise an error code. For more information about the error code, see the KsError list.

Usable EtherCAT states

ecatOffline, ecatInit, ecatBoot, ecatPreOP, ecatSafeOP, ecatOP

Example

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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// This code snippet demonstrates a basic flow of how to link to
// KINGSTAR subsystem and use the APIs to configure subsystem and
// control the EtherCAT network and motion devices.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

KsError nRet = errNoError;
KsCommandStatus Command = { 0 };
SubsystemStatus Subsystem = { ecatOffline, ecatOffline, 0, 0, 0, {ecatOffline}, {ecatOffline}, {axisOffline} };

// Link to the KINGSTAR subsystem.
// If the KINGSTAR subsystem does not exist, it would create a new KINGSTAR subsystem.
// You have to call this API first before you use other KINGSTAR functions.
nRet = Create(0, 0);

// Check if the subsystem is started.
// A new KINGSTAR subsystem is not started by default.
nRet = GetStatus(&Subsystem, NULL);
if (Subsystem.State == ecatOP)
{
    RtPrintf("Subsystem already started: %x\n", nRet);
}
else if (nRet == errNoError && Subsystem.State == ecatOffline)
{
    // When the subsystem state is ecatOffline, you can use below APIs to configure settings:
    //
    // Subsystem Configuration APIs
    // Axis Variable APIs
    // AddModuleConfiguration()
    // RemoveModuleConfiguration()
    // SetConfigurationAxseCount()
    // SetConfigurationIoCount()
    //
    // If you just want to use the default setting, skip this part and start the subsystem.

    // Start the subsystem. It would change the subsystem state to ecatOP.
    // This function is asynchronous so the network is not started yet when it returns.
    // Use WaitForCommand() for synchronization.
    Command = WaitForCommand(30, TRUE, Start());
}

// Now the subsystem state is ecatOP, you can use below APIs to control the subsystem and devices:
//
// Subsystem Control
// Slave Control
// Axis Control
// IO Control
// Heartbeat
// COM API
// Motion API
//
// You can also change the subsystem state or slave state.
// Please check "Usable EtherCAT states" section and the API pages to find out
// which functions you can use in different states.

// Stop the EtherCAT network before destroying KINGSTAR Subsystem or before re-configuration.
Command = WaitForCommand(5, FALSE, Stop());
if (Command.Error)
{
    RtPrintf("Stop Failed: %d\n", Command.ErrorId);
}

// Terminates the KINGSTAR Subsystem if there is no other application connected to it.
nRet = Destroy();
if (nRet != errNoError)
{
    RtPrintf("Destroy Failed: %x\n", nRet);
}

Requirements

  RT Win32
Minimum supported version 4.0 4.0
Header ksapi.h ksapi.h
Library KsApi_Rtss.lib KsApi.lib

See also

GetIOByIndex

GetSlaveById

GetStatusEx

RequestSlaveState

RequestState