Hi,
Well, make it a regular dissector first, since you're going public anyway.
Then post a patch adding the dissector to the current tree.
Then duck for all the comments flying your way ;)
Thanx,
Jaap
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, [iso-8859-1] Richard K?mmel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have written a Parser for the Realtime Ethernet Protocol EhterCAT devolped by
> Beckhoff Automation GbmH as plugin in wireshark. I tested the plugin with windows
> and with the linux suse distribution.Information to EtheCAT can be found on ethercat.org.
>
> I would like this plugin to be part of the wireshark installation and would like to know how I
> should proceed now.
>
> The ethertype for the Beckhoff realtime Ehternet protocols is 88A4. The 88A4 header has a
> type field that specifies the following Protocols
>
> Type:
> 1 = EtherCAT
> 2 = ADS ( Beckhoff mailbox protocol)
> 3 = Raw-Io
> 4 = Network Variables
> 5 = EtherCAT mailbox
>
> that are included in the plugin. The 88A4 protocol is also dissected if the udp port is 88A4.
> The ADS protocol is also dissected if the tcp port is 0xbf02.
>
> Best regards
> Richard Kuemmel
>
