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  • EDS Files Additional Support Files Flyer Core Manuals ODVA, Open Device Vendors Association, is a member organization that promotes and regulates the CIP (Common Industrial Protocols). Yaskawa is proud to be a member of ODVA and offer conformance tested products that meet the high marks of ODVA along with additional tests to ensure.
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  • The version Lexium MDrive Ethernet Application used will be determined by the model/version, The.zip file includes all available upgrade files. The version number can be viewed on the lower-right of the TCP/IP Configuration Utility screen. Download includes Profinet GDS and EIP EDS files. Check the release version prior to performing an upgrade.
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The EDS files are downloaded along with the In-Sight Explorer software. Assuming the default installation path is used, they can be found in C:Program Files (x86)CognexIn-SightIn-Sight Explorer x.x.xFactory Protocol DescriptionEDS, where x.x.x would be whatever version of In-Sight Explorer that you have installed.


Just completed an analysis of the new EDS changes that have been made to RsLogix5000. Here’s what I found:

Despite the marketing hype as to the value of EDS values prior to 2012 there was no advantage to constructing EDS files with complete product data. Few, if any, tools were able to use these kinds of EDS files in the way they were intended.

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Now with V20 of RsLogix5000 this has all changed. This White Paper describes the changes and how device vendors can take advantage of these changes.

Eds Files

Electronic Data Sheets (EDS) are simply ASCII files that describe how a device can be used on an EtherNet/IP network. It describes the objects, attributes and services available in the device.

At the minimum, an EDS file conveys the identity information required for a network tool to recognize the device. For EtherNet/IP Scanners, the EDS File conveys information on the EtherNet/IP Adapters I/O messages. It details the specifics of the Input Message produced by the EtherNet/IP Adapter and the Output message consumed by the Adapter.

The amount of information stored in an EDS file varies from device to device. Some manufacturers store the minimum amount of information in the EDS file while other devices store all the details of every object and attribute in the device.

EDS files are sometimes shipped with a device in some media format like a CD or made available on the device manufacturers website. Some devices with extended data storage contain the EDS file internally within the device.

File Section – Administers the EDS file. Sometimes the URL keyword provides a link to a website where the latest version of the EDS can be found.

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Device Section – Provides keying information that matches the EDS to a particular revision of a device. The first three attributes of the Identity Object (Object #1) are used by network tools to verify that this EDS file (Vendor, Model,…etc) plus the device revision matches the information found in the device. The network tool will not connect to a device unless all four Identity Object Parameters match.

Some people mistakenly believe that the Minor Revision number is included in this match but that is not true.

The ODVA recommends that the icon for the device be specified in the EDS so that users can have a graphical way of distinguishing devices.

Device Classification Section – Classifies the EDS for an EtherNet/IP network. The Device Classification Section is required for all EtherNet/IP devices.

Connection Manager Section – Identifies the CIP connections that are available in the device. This section indicates to the EtherNet/IP Scanner the Triggers and Transports available in the device. If a device supports multiple connections then every connection must be detailed in this section.

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Only connections that are specified in this section can be used in an EDS-based configuration tool.

Assembly, Params and ParamClass section – These sections are filled in as needed. For values that are limited to a limited to a defined set of values, Enumeration can be used to specify those values. Value ranges can be specified here also for Configurable parameters.

Capacity Section – This section indicates the number of connections available in the device and the connection speeds

Port Section – This section describes the Ethernet port. It is only applicable to devices that perform CIP routing. It is unnecessary for devices containing a single CIP port.

EDS Files also support definition of the Configuration block. The Configuration data block is simply a series of data words that are downloaded to device on power up or reset. These blocks provide one-time initialization of an EtherNet/IP device.

The ODVA (Open Device Vendor Association) no longer provides the EDS File Checker to which validated configuration of EDS Files. As far as I know, no other vendor is providing that tool.

The ODVA is providing a tool called the EZ-EDS™. EZ-EDS is a tool for EDS creation and maintenance. It reduces the time to create EDSs through intuitive user guidance and by providing support for all EDS constructs with extension capabilities for future sections and keywords. Using this utility, the EDS process is no longer a lengthy, iterative process, but a straightforward task that can be completed quickly and effectively.

After many years, V20 of Rockwell’s RsLogix5000 programming tool added support for EDS Files. Here’s a list of the changes:

Configuration Support

This version of RsLogix provides the capability for an end user to configure a device using the Enumeration, Ranges and other limitations imposed on a configuration parameter as specified in the EDS file.

Prior to this version, end users typically had to use a vendor tool, a web page, a built in display or some other mechanism to configure a device. Now configuration of all devices can be done from within one, identical tool.

Configuration Data Block Support

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Configuration data blocks can now also be defined by RsLogix5000 if it is exposed as a meaningful data structure in the EDS File.

Module Discovery

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You can now browse for devices on the network with supported EDS files and add them into the I/O scan list with a single button press. You no longer need to know the catalog number, slot number or network address to add a device to the I/O tree.

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One disappointment. We were disappointed to learn that, unlike the configuration data, the EtherNet/IP Servers Input and Output Assemblies are still defined as Tags composed of a block of data even when the EDS has defined the structure in a meaningful way.