General EDS Settings

The general EDS settings are written into the FileInfo resp. DeviceInfo section of the EDS file or XDD file.
Therefore the entries have to follow the definitions in the standards CiA-306-1 and CiA-311.

Element Description
Vendor Number The Vendor Number is the vendor-ID and must be the same as in object 0x1018/1. The vendor-ID is given by the CiA.
Revision Number The Revision Number must be the same as in object 0x1018/3. The data type of the Revision Number is UNSIGNED32.
Example: Revision Number 1.04 must be entered as 0x00010004.
File Version File version of the EDS file
File Revision File revision of the EDS file
Description According to the standard CiA-306-1 the Description has to be on one line finished by carriage return. Max. 243 characters are allowed. Do not use a carriage return or double quotes in the Description! The Design Tool deletes all characters after the first carriage return automatically.
File Name File Name specifies the name of the EDS file. This name is also used for the CANopen device description according to CiA-311 in XML format.


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