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Appendix
B
Electronic Data Sheet (EDS) Files
Overview
EDS provides the definition for a device’s configurable parameters and public
interfaces to those parameters.
Every type of configurable device has its own unique EDS. It is a simple text
file that allows product-specific information to be made available to
third-party vendors.
This makes updating of configuration tools easier without having to constantly
revise the configuration software tool.
Beginning with the following revisions, EDS files are required for RSNetworx
for Devicenet and ControlNet, RSLinx, RSLogix5, and RSLogix 5000 software
to recognize a device:
Updating EDS File
Most EDS files are installed with RSLinx, RSNetworx, and other RSI software
as long as you enable the option during installation.
There are instances where you will need to acquire and register EDS files on
your own even after all software is installed.
• If you go online with RSNetworx and it shows a device with a "?" mark
icon, a globe, or a message that says the device is unrecognized, this
means the EDS file for that device
does not
exist on your PC.
• If RSLinx can see a processor but going online, uploading or
downloading is
not
possible.
With ControlLogix modules the backplane
does not
show after expanding the
tree or ControlLogix modules in the backplane show up as a yellow question
mark without a red X sign.
An EDS file is also required if a bridge module such as a 1756-CNB or DNB
does not
show the "+" sign to expand the tree to show its network.
RSNetworx
Version 2.21
RSLinx
Version 1.10.176
RSLogix5
Version 4.0
RSLogix5000
Version 5.12
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