SERCOS International announces that an open source software driver
library for the SERCOS lll real-time Ethernet communication system
master implementation is now available via thesourceforge.net
online-portal. The software can be used by interested users according
to the LGPL license, without any license fees and without any usage
limitations.
Two versions of the open source driver for SERCOS III boards are now
available: a driver for plug-in cards with a dedicated CPU (active
boards such as the SERCANS III board) and a driver for plug-in cards
without a CPU (passive boards).
“SERCOS III is the first high
performance real-time protocol to make driver software available as
open source code. It is now much easier for manufacturers to develop a
SERCOS III master and to benefit from future improvements and
extensions of the software,” says Peter Lutz, managing director of
SERCOS International. “The library is a fully tested software without
any functional limitations. All features of SERCOS III are supported,
e.g., the real-time channel, the redundancy concept and hot-plugging.”
By
April 2010 the driver will be integrated into the mainline version of
the LINUX open source operating system. For this, SI is cooperating
with the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL), an
international cooperative that promotes and coordinates the usage of
open-source software for machine and plant control systems.
www.sercos.com
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