File	Date	Author	Commit
.hgignore	2013-12-15	Dave Page	[d8949a] Merge
README	2013-12-09	Dave Page	[ed1091] Initial commit
Sample_EtherCATInfo_ReferenceCopy.xml	2013-12-15	Dave Page	[fa3f5c] Ref #2 fix reported issues with ESI generation
coe_c.mustache	2013-12-25	Dave Page	[2ccdd3] Merge RECORD feature complete.
coe_defs.py	2016-10-17	Dave Page	[4e0935] Fix padding support. Improve handling of string...
coe_gen_c.py	2016-10-19	Dave Page	[ccb260] Compute offsets for CoE backup support.
coe_gen_sii.py	2014-09-23	Dave Page	[d9d784] Strip spaces at EOL
coe_gen_xml.py	2016-10-17	Dave Page	[4e0935] Fix padding support. Improve handling of string...
coe_h.mustache	2013-12-25	Dave Page	[2ccdd3] Merge RECORD feature complete.
ecat_def_h.mustache	2013-12-09	Dave Page	[ed1091] Initial commit
esc_eeprom_c.mustache	2013-12-09	Dave Page	[ed1091] Initial commit
ethercat.cfg	2013-12-09	Dave Page	[ed1091] Initial commit
ethercatinfo.py	2013-12-09	Dave Page	[ed1091] Initial commit
mesi_file.py	2017-09-20	Dave Page	[03e0ee] Fix crash with pyparsing 2 2 0
mesi_settings.py	2014-09-20	Dave Page	[bebc58] Set record and array subindex 0 access to defau...
mesicat.py	2014-09-23	Dave Page	[d9d784] Strip spaces at EOL
sample.mesi	2013-12-27	Dave Page	[568899] Fix float default
setup.py	2013-12-15	Dave Page	[23660e] Add a setup.py

Read Me

Description

A Python script to automate creation of supporting EtherCAT files 
including SSI EEPROM, EtherCATInfo XML (ESI file), and certain related 
source and header files for the Beckhoff slave stack code.

mesicat accepts a .mesi file (Meta ESI) containing a description of 
the EtherCAT CoE dictionary and other stack configuration information. 
Make commands in this file then trigger the creation of sane defaults, 
SII EEPROM, XML files, and so forth. The .mesi file is inspired by the 
various IDL files used in web space (e.g. protobuf) and uses a C-like 
syntax to reduce cognitive overhead when developing slave code.

The goal is to automate EtherCAT compliance to the extent practicable 
and provide a DRY (don't repeat yourself) automated build for the required 
files.

MIT License
Copyright (C) 2013 Dynamic Systems Inc.

FMI:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mesicat/wiki/Home/