Eds Files - Siemens S7-1200 Manual

4 Configuration/Engineering
Further addressing information are necessary. They will be retrieved from an
electronic data sheet (EDS), which is like a GSD file known from PROFINET and
PROFIBUS systems.
4.2.2

EDS files

The EDS file format is standardized by the ODVA® and is text based and human
readable. It contains several clusters of information. These clusters are called
segments. They are identified by their name and marked by '[' and ']' characters
(squared brackets)
Figure 4-3: EDS file for ET200SP MF
Throughout this document the marked areas will be called sections. The sections
contain assignments to items.
The Adapter description required for the LCCF_EnetScanner function block, is
mostly taken from such EDS files. In the following this document explains, which
sections and items are relevant to LCCF_EnetScanner and therefore, necessary to
enter into the adapter description.
After that the procedure is repeated for the second adapter
EtherNet/IP Scanner
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