Introduction

Creating an EDS is an efficient way to enable a module to operate within the Rockwell

Automation integrated architecture, and gives the module developer a better alternative to

using the Generic Device AOP.

• The Generic Device AOP requires minimal development time because it uses the generic

device user interface, but only specifies the basic connection parameters (assembly

instance and the size of the Configuration, Input, and Output arrays). The module

developer still creates documentation describing the instance values and tag details.

The Generic Device AOP requires the user to manually enter often cryptic configuration

parameters.

This document describes the specific parts of the EDS file that affect module configuration, I/O,

and the user interface in the Logix Designer application. This document is intended for module

developers creating products that integrate with the Logix Designer application who want their

module configured by the EDS AOP using EDS content. This document is not intended for end-

users applying products. EDS files should only be modified by the product vendor.

Module developers should:

• Be very familiar with the CIP EDS definition; see Chapter 7 in THE CIP NETWORKS LIBRARY

Volume 1, Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™), and THE CIP NETWORKS LIBRARY Volume 2,

EtherNet/ IP Adaptation of CIP.

• Be familiar with the Logix Designer application dialog boxes. Dialog boxes are described

in Module Configuration dialog boxes.

• Be familiar with Module-Defined data types generated by AOPs.

The Logix Designer application EDS AOP feature is limited to devices with a single CIP port that

attach to the Ethernet bus.

The EDS AOP feature is supported in the Logix Designer application in v20.00.00 and later.

Support for safety devices is in v32.00.00 and later. If v32.00.00 is installed on a PC with other

Logix Designer application versions, then safety devices are supported in v24.00.00 and later.

Support for v34.00.00 data types is in v36.00.00 or later. If v36.00.00 is installed on a PC with

other Logix Designer application versions, then support for Logix Designer v34.00.00 data types

are supported in v34.00.00 and later.

Unsupported devices:

• Devices with one or more CIP ports and a non-CIP backplane

• Devices with more than one CIP port that are routable