Altivar Process ATV900 Manual page 62

Software Setup
EDS Integration
If your Unity software does not contain the drive in the CANopen catalog. You must add the EDS file to the
hardware catalog manager installed with Unity.
Once imported, you should see the drive in the Motion & Drive section. The two topics default and
PDOsonly are used in the CANopen device configuration screen of Unity to select which objects are
mapped and linked to an application variable.
Default: all the objects described in the EDS have reserved memory in the PLC application.
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PDOs only: Only the TPDO and RPDO objects are mapped in PLC memory. (The current example uses
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this function).
Your hardware catalog manager is now updated and contains the drive. If you import only the EDS file you
have only the default choice. You must create new functions in the hardware catalog manager if you need
several choices.
NOTE: You cannot reopen the project, if the device which is used in an existing unity project is removed
from the hardware catalog manager.
Configuring the Drive in the CANopen Master Project
From the project browser opens the CANopen configuration tool by double-clicking the CANopen drop:
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