//! Run example with Distributed Clocks, using experimental XDP driver on Linux for better network //! performance. The cycle time is 100us, which can be challenging for some machines to run, but is //! easily possible on a Raspberry Pi 5 with some tuning. //! //! Requires a decent amount of Linux system tuning, including but not limited to: //! //! - PREEMPT-RT patches //! - `tuned-adm profile realtime` //! - `isolcpus=0` //! - `ethtool -C enp2s0 tx-usecs 0 rx-usecs 0` //! - `ethtool -A enp2s0 rx off tx off autoneg off` //! - `ethtool -L enp2s0 combined 1` //! - Setting IRQ affinity to the same core as the TX/RX task with e.g. `sudo sh -c "echo '1' > //! /proc/irq/124/smp_affinity"` use core_affinity::CoreId; use env_logger::Env; use ethercrab::{ DcSync, MainDevice, MainDeviceConfig, PduStorage, RegisterAddress, Timeouts, TxRxResponse, error::Error, std::{ethercat_now, tx_rx_task_xdp}, subdevice_group::{CycleInfo, DcConfiguration}, }; use futures_lite::StreamExt; use std::{ sync::{ Arc, atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}, }, thread, time::{Duration, Instant}, }; use ta::Next; use ta::indicators::ExponentialMovingAverage; use thread_priority::{ RealtimeThreadSchedulePolicy, ThreadPriority, ThreadPriorityValue, ThreadSchedulePolicy, }; /// Maximum number of slaves that can be stored. This must be a power of 2 greater than 1. const MAX_SUBDEVICES: usize = 16; const MAX_PDU_DATA: usize = PduStorage::element_size(1100); const MAX_FRAMES: usize = 32; const PDI_LEN: usize = 64; static PDU_STORAGE: PduStorage = PduStorage::new(); const TICK_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_micros(100); fn main() -> Result<(), Error> { env_logger::Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init(); let interface = std::env::args() .nth(1) .expect("Provide network interface as first argument."); log::info!("Starting XDP demo..."); log::info!("Run with RUST_LOG=ethercrab=debug or =trace for debug information"); let (tx, rx, pdu_loop) = PDU_STORAGE.try_split().expect("can only split once"); let maindevice = Arc::new(MainDevice::new( pdu_loop, Timeouts { wait_loop_delay: Duration::from_millis(5), state_transition: Duration::from_secs(10), pdu: Duration::from_millis(2000), ..Timeouts::default() }, MainDeviceConfig { dc_static_sync_iterations: 10_000, ..MainDeviceConfig::default() }, )); let mut tick_interval = smol::Timer::interval(TICK_INTERVAL); thread_priority::ThreadBuilder::default() .name("tx-rx-thread") // Might need to set ` hard rtprio 99` and ` soft rtprio 99` in `/etc/security/limits.conf` // Check limits with `ulimit -Hr` or `ulimit -Sr` .priority(ThreadPriority::Crossplatform( ThreadPriorityValue::try_from(49u8).unwrap(), )) // NOTE: Requires a realtime kernel .policy(ThreadSchedulePolicy::Realtime( RealtimeThreadSchedulePolicy::Fifo, )) .spawn(move |_| { // Works best if core is isolated with `isolcpus=0` boot param core_affinity::set_for_current(CoreId { id: 0 }) .then_some(()) .expect("Set TX/RX thread core"); tx_rx_task_xdp(&interface, tx, rx).expect("TX/RX task"); // ethercrab::std::tx_rx_task_io_uring(&interface, tx, rx).expect("TX/RX task"); }) .unwrap(); // Wait for TX/RX loop to start thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)); // If the main thread is run on the same core as the XDP TX/RX thread, it will lock up, so pin // to core 1 to make sure this doesn't happen (TX/RX is pinned to core 0). core_affinity::set_for_current(CoreId { id: 1 }) .then_some(()) .expect("Set main task core"); #[cfg(target_os = "linux")] thread_priority::set_current_thread_priority(thread_priority::ThreadPriority::Crossplatform( thread_priority::ThreadPriorityValue::try_from(48u8).unwrap(), )) .expect("Main thread prio"); smol::block_on(async { let mut group = maindevice .init_single_group::(ethercat_now) .await .expect("Init"); // The group will be in PRE-OP at this point for mut slave in group.iter_mut(&maindevice) { if slave.name() == "LAN9252-EVB-HBI" { // Sync mode 02 = SYNC0 slave .sdo_write(0x1c32, 1, 2u16) .await .expect("Set sync mode"); // ETG1020 calc and copy time let cal_and_copy_time = slave .sdo_read::(0x1c32, 6) .await .expect("Calc and copy time"); // Delay time let delay_time = slave.sdo_read::(0x1c32, 9).await.expect("Delay time"); log::info!( "LAN9252 calc time {} ns, delay time {} ns", cal_and_copy_time, delay_time, ); // Adding this seems to make the second LAN9252 converge much more quickly slave .sdo_write(0x1c32, 0x0a, TICK_INTERVAL.as_nanos() as u32) .await .expect("Set cycle time"); } // Configure SYNC0 AND SYNC1 for EL4102 if slave.name() == "EL4102" { log::info!("Found EL4102"); // Sync mode 02 = SYNC0 slave .sdo_write(0x1c32, 1, 2u16) .await .expect("Set sync mode"); slave .sdo_write(0x1c32, 0x02, TICK_INTERVAL.as_nanos() as u32) .await .expect("Set cycle time"); // ETG1020 calc and copy time let cal_and_copy_time = slave .sdo_read::(0x1c32, 6) .await .expect("Calc and copy time"); // Delay time let delay_time = slave.sdo_read::(0x1c32, 9).await.expect("Delay time"); log::info!( "--> Calc time {} ns, delay time {} ns", cal_and_copy_time, delay_time, ); slave.set_dc_sync(DcSync::Sync01 { // EL4102 ESI specifies SYNC1 with an offset of 100k ns sync1_period: Duration::from_nanos(100_000), }); } else { // Enable SYNC0 for any other SubDevice kind slave.set_dc_sync(DcSync::Sync0); } } log::info!("Group has {} slaves", group.len()); let mut averages = Vec::new(); for _ in 0..group.len() { averages.push(ExponentialMovingAverage::new(64).unwrap()); } log::info!("Moving into PRE-OP with PDI"); let group = group.into_pre_op_pdi(&maindevice).await?; log::info!("Done. PDI available. Waiting for SubDevices to align"); let mut now = Instant::now(); let start = Instant::now(); // Repeatedly send group PDI and sync frame to align all SubDevice clocks. We use an // exponential moving average of each SubDevice's deviation from the EtherCAT System Time // (the time in the DC reference SubDevice) and take the maximum deviation. When that is // below 100ns (arbitraily chosen value for this demo), we call the sync good enough and // exit the loop. loop { group .tx_rx_sync_system_time(&maindevice) .await .expect("TX/RX"); if now.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(25) { now = Instant::now(); let mut max_deviation = 0; for (s1, ema) in group.iter(&maindevice).zip(averages.iter_mut()) { let diff = match s1 .register_read::(RegisterAddress::DcSystemTimeDifference) .await { Ok(value) => // The returned value is NOT in two's compliment, rather the upper bit specifies // whether the number in the remaining bits is odd or even, so we convert the // value to `i32` using that logic here. { let flag = 0b1u32 << 31; if value >= flag { // Strip off negative flag bit and negate value as normal -((value & !flag) as i32) } else { value as i32 } } Err(Error::WorkingCounter { .. }) => 0, Err(e) => return Err(e), }; let ema_next = ema.next(diff as f64); max_deviation = max_deviation.max(ema_next.abs() as u32); } log::debug!("--> Max deviation {} ns", max_deviation); // Less than 100ns max deviation as an example threshold. // // mentions less than 100us as a good enough value as well. if max_deviation < 100 { log::info!("Clocks settled after {} ms", start.elapsed().as_millis()); break; } } tick_interval.next().await; } log::info!("Alignment done"); // SubDevice clocks are aligned. We can turn DC on now. let group = group .configure_dc_sync( &maindevice, DcConfiguration { // Start SYNC0 100ms in the future start_delay: Duration::from_millis(100), // SYNC0 period should be the same as the process data loop in most cases sync0_period: TICK_INTERVAL, // Send process data half way through cycle sync0_shift: TICK_INTERVAL / 2, }, ) .await?; let group = group .into_safe_op(&maindevice) .await .expect("PRE-OP -> SAFE-OP"); log::info!("SAFE-OP"); let term = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)); signal_hook::flag::register(signal_hook::consts::SIGINT, Arc::clone(&term)) .expect("Register hook"); let mut print_tick = Instant::now(); // Request OP state without waiting for all SubDevices to reach it. Allows the immediate // start of the process data cycle, which is required when DC sync is used, otherwise // SubDevices never reach OP, most often timing out with a SyncManagerWatchdog error. let group = group .request_into_op(&maindevice) .await .expect("SAFE-OP -> OP"); log::info!("OP requested"); let op_request = Instant::now(); // Send PDI and check group state until all SubDevices enter OP state. At this point, we can // exit this loop and enter the main process data loop that does not have the state check // overhead present here. loop { let now = Instant::now(); let response @ TxRxResponse { working_counter: _wkc, extra: CycleInfo { next_cycle_wait, .. }, .. } = group.tx_rx_dc(&maindevice).await.expect("TX/RX"); if response.all_op() { break; } smol::Timer::at(now + next_cycle_wait).await; } log::info!( "All SubDevices entered OP in {} us", op_request.elapsed().as_micros() ); // Main application process data cycle loop { let now = Instant::now(); let TxRxResponse { working_counter: _wkc, extra: CycleInfo { next_cycle_wait, cycle_start_offset, .. }, .. } = group.tx_rx_dc(&maindevice).await.expect("TX/RX"); // Debug logging { let cycle_start_offset = cycle_start_offset.as_nanos() as u64; if print_tick.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(1) { print_tick = Instant::now(); log::info!( "Offset from start of cycle {} ({:0.2} ms), next tick in {:0.3} ms", cycle_start_offset, (cycle_start_offset as f32) / 1000.0 / 1000.0, (next_cycle_wait.as_nanos() as f32) / 1000.0 / 1000.0 ); } } for subdevice in group.iter(&maindevice) { for byte in subdevice.outputs_raw_mut().iter_mut() { *byte = byte.wrapping_add(1); } } smol::Timer::at(now + next_cycle_wait).await; // Hook exit signal so we can shutdown gracefully if term.load(Ordering::Relaxed) { log::info!("Exiting..."); break; } } let group = group .into_safe_op(&maindevice) .await .expect("OP -> SAFE-OP"); log::info!("OP -> SAFE-OP"); let group = group .into_pre_op(&maindevice) .await .expect("SAFE-OP -> PRE-OP"); log::info!("SAFE-OP -> PRE-OP"); let _group = group.into_init(&maindevice).await.expect("PRE-OP -> INIT"); log::info!("PRE-OP -> INIT, shutdown complete"); Ok(()) }) }