/siitool

Siitool generates your SII/EEPROM files from the ESI/XML description files of your EtherCAT devices. The program is also capable of interpreting a raw SII/EEPROM file and print it in a human-friendly syntax.

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siitool

(Maintainer: fjeschke[AT]synapticon[DOT]de)

This tool can View and print to screen theh contents of SII/EEPROM files and ESI/XML files. In addition it is possible to generate a valid SII binary from a supported ESI file.

For more information please refer to the main documentation.

Install

To build siitool please make sure to install libxml2-dev on your system. The prefered way is with your local packet manager (eigher (apt(1) or rpm(1) depending on your system).

Then simply do

$ make

to build the siitool. After that it is recommendet to install the software with

$ sudo make install

This will install siitool to /usr/local/bin and will install a supportive man page. To change the default install location simply change the PREFIX variable in the Makefile to the location you prefer.

Licence

Please see the LICENCE file in this repository.