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.
(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 see the man page.
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.
Please see the LICENCE file in this repository.