BECKHOFF EtherCAT IP Core for Altera FPGAs v3.0.10 - Manual (Page 39)

IP Core Installation
Slave Controller – IP Core for Altera FPGAs III-27
3.2 Installation on Linux PCs
3.2.1 System Requirements
The system requirements of Altera Quartus II are applicable.
3.2.2 Installation
For installation of the EtherCAT IP Core extract the archive to any folder on your Linux PC (same
contents as on windows PCs):
1. Create installation directory, , e.g. /opt/beckkhoff/ :
# mkdir /opt/beckhoff
2. Change to installation directory
# cd /opt/beckhoff
3. Copy EtherCAT IP Core archive to installation folder
4. Extract the EtherCAT IP Core:
# tar –xf EtherCAT_IP_core_for_Altera_FPGAs_<version>_Linux_
<region>.tar.gz
5. Continue with the following installation chapters.
The folder
ethercat_<version>
created inside this directory is further referenced to as <IPInst_dir>.
3.3 Files located in the lib folder
Table 12: Contents of lib folder
File name Description
beckhoff.jpg BECKHOFF image used in MegaWizard
ethercat_<version>.qprs Quartus MegaWizard presets
ethercat_<version>_hw.tcl Quartus MegaWizard and Qsys IP hardware configuration TCL
ethercat_<version>_wizard.lst Quartus MegaWizard list
ETHERCAT_IPCORE.VHD Encrypted EtherCAT IP Core source code (core)
ETHERCAT_IPCORE_TOP.VHD Encrypted EtherCAT IP Core soruce code (top level)
ETHERCAT_IPCORE_V2.ocp OpenCorePlus description for EtherCAT IP Core
ETHERCAT_VENDORID.VHD Vendor ID package (added during installation, not part of setup)