Configuring Devicenet Slave Characteristics (Eds) - Festo 03-B Electronic Manual

4. Commissioning

4.2.1 Configuring DeviceNet slave characteristics (EDS)

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When you commission a new DeviceNet slave the first time,
you must inform your configuration program of certain char-
acteristics of the slave. The characteristics of the various
slaves are managed by the configuration program mostly in a
list or library, e.g EDS library (EDS = electronic data sheets).
You can extend the EDS library in one of the following ways:
– by installing an EDS file
– by entering the slave characteristics manually.
Installing an EDS file
A CD-ROM is supplied with this manual for extending the EDS
library. On this CD-ROM you will find an EDS file and a picture
file (icon and bitmap) for the valve terminal.
File type
EDS file
ICO file (icon)
BMP file (bitmap)
Instructions on the directory structure of the CD-ROM can be
found in the file README.TXT in the main directory of the
CD-ROM.
File name
VIDN-03.EDS
VIDN-03.ICO
VIDN-03.BMP
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