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Following tutorial describes the very basic procedure how to enable Powerlink communication from ROS. This package has been originally developed within the Pathfinder project and heavily tested during several months long pilot operation.

The main goal of this tutorial is to provide basic overview how to configure your PC running Ubuntu

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

This article describes how you can use openPOWERLINK on the Raspberry Pi2 and build your own distributed automation platform and control the signals of motors, sensors, actuators, relays etc. You will also learn how to use openCONFIGURATOR to configure the network. You can then modify the C programs included to send and receive data using the IO pins.