Devicenet EDS file setup

Teglaco

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Hi all,

I'm having issues getting the eds file to register properly in rs networx for devicenet. Its my first go at devicenet programming. I have a controllogix L61 processor running firmware revision 16 with a 1756-DNB comm card fw rev 10. The devicenet network only has the comm card (node 63) and a B&R communication rack (node 1). This is part of an old filling system that i've been asked to integrate with a newer filling system.

I can see both nodes in linx (v 3.51), the B&R is unrecognized which is to be expected. I see the 1756-DNB in linx and it allows me to upload the eds file. In rs networx i take said eds file and "register" the module. All goes well, no issues with that process. After the wizard is complete the 1756-DNB remains unrecognized by my computer.

Does anyone see any reason for this? I've tried shutting down networx and restarting it, no help there.

Thanks for any help
Ted
 
What revision of RSNetworx for DeviceNet software are you running ?

The "upload EDS" function in RSLinx Classic should perform the registration of the EDS as well.

I have never had to also use the Hardware Registration Tool as a standalone or launched from RSNetworx after using the Upload EDS function in RSLinx Classic.

One thought: did you attempt to use the Hardware Registration Tool on the EDS file that was in the Rockwell Software/RSCommon/EDS directory ? That's a major faux pas.
 
Hi Ken,

The rs network manor revision is 10. I tried the online search in rs networx and found the eds file, the results remained the same at the end of the eds wizard though.

Originally i had grabbed the eds file from the ab support section for eds files.
 
This might be an RSLinx/RSNetworx revision conflict.

RA software took a major leap with RSLogix 5000 v21 (now called Studio 5000), RSLinx 3.x and RSNetworx v21. All of those revisions discontinued support for Windows XP, and they all need to be at the same revision to work well together.

While RSNetworx v10 and RSLogix 5000 v16 will work well together, the RSLinx Classic probably won't work with RSNetworx v10.

The newest I would try would be RSLinx Classic v2.59. That was the last of the "2.5x" generation of released, which spanned quite a few years.

Edit; I can't be sure if you're describing RSNetworx for DeviceNet software version 10, or the 1756-DNB with Firmware Major Revision 10.

Unlike RSLogix 5000, where the firmware Major Rev and the software Major Rev have to match, RSNetworx will support a very broad range of 1756-DNB and other DeviceNet devices.
 
I was thinking that may be my issue. I have R5K V 20, thats where the rs linx 3.51 came from. The major firmware revision on the 1756-DNB and rs networx happens to be 10.

What would a solution be? Upgrade the firmware on rs networx?

I am using XP in vmware, thats one of the reasons i haven't moved to studio 5k as well. Big change.
 
Hi all,

I'm having issues getting the eds file to register properly in rs networx for devicenet. Its my first go at devicenet programming. I have a controllogix L61 processor running firmware revision 16 with a 1756-DNB comm card fw rev 10. The devicenet network only has the comm card (node 63) and a B&R communication rack (node 1). This is part of an old filling system that i've been asked to integrate with a newer filling system.

I can see both nodes in linx (v 3.51), the B&R is unrecognized which is to be expected. I see the 1756-DNB in linx and it allows me to upload the eds file. In rs networx i take said eds file and "register" the module. All goes well, no issues with that process. After the wizard is complete the 1756-DNB remains unrecognized by my computer.

Does anyone see any reason for this? I've tried shutting down networx and restarting it, no help there.

Thanks for any help
Ted

I assume you are talking about the 1756-DNB module. You should not have this at node #63.

Typically the scanner resides at node #00.

Devices use node numbers #01 thru #61.

Node #62 is typically left free for connecting a 1770-KFD Serial Interface Module.

Node #63 should not be used at all, since it is the default node address for new devices that are software configurable. Plugging such a device onto the network will cause a duplicate node address problem, and you probably won't be able to get out of it without changing the node address of the scanner.

I recommend that you reconfigure the 1756-DNB scanner module to node address #00. You can do this with the button inside the door. Make sure the network plug is connected, delivering network power to the DNB, and press and hold the button to cycle it to node address #00 (thankfully not far away!!).

If you press and hold that button with the DeviceNet plug disconnected, it will change the network Baud rate, not the node address.

I don't see any issues with doing this change. The scanner will simply sit at another address, and scan the node numbers in its Scanlist.
 
That is great advice, thank you Daba. I have set the node on the scanner to 00 via the rotary dip switches on top of the card. I'm in the process of upgrading rs networx to v21 as well. I will update when that is complete.
 
The upgrade of rs networx to V21 did the trick for the 1756-DNB. The icon and device were immediately recognized when i re opened my file. The issue i have now is: The B&R devicenet module / node is still unrecognized. I have pulled the data sheet from B&R's website but i get a "line 10 contains an invalid formation of an entry field value"

the data sheet looks like this:

0001: $ EX450.72-1 Electronic Data Sheet
0002: $ Version 1.1
0003: $ 27/03/00
0004:
0005: $ File Description Section
0006: [File]
0007: DescText = "EX450.72-1 EDS FILE";
0008: CreateDate = 10-13-1999;
0009: CreateTime = 20:45:00;
0010: ModDate = 04-25-2006
0011: ModTime = 14:30:00
0012: Revision = 1.1;
0013:
0014: $ Device Description Section
0015: [Device]
0016: VendCode = 283;
0017: VendName = "B&R Industrie-Elektronik";
0018: ProdType = 12;
0019: ProdTypeStr = "EX450.72-1";
0020: ProdCode = 2;
0021: MajRev = 1;
0022: MinRev = 1;
0023: ProdName = "EX450.72-1";
0024: Catalog = "0";
0025: Icon = "BR7201.ICO";

Does line 10 look incorrect? Can i make a change in notepad or the like and save and use the new file?

Long live Ethernet....
 
Just realized i missed the bottom half...

0001: $ EX450.72-1 Electronic Data Sheet
0002: $ Version 1.1
0003: $ 27/03/00
0004:
0005: $ File Description Section
0006: [File]
0007: DescText = "EX450.72-1 EDS FILE";
0008: CreateDate = 10-13-1999;
0009: CreateTime = 20:45:00;
0010: ModDate = 04-25-2006
0011: ModTime = 14:30:00
0012: Revision = 1.1;
0013:
0014: $ Device Description Section
0015: [Device]
0016: VendCode = 283;
0017: VendName = "B&R Industrie-Elektronik";
0018: ProdType = 12;
0019: ProdTypeStr = "EX450.72-1";
0020: ProdCode = 2;
0021: MajRev = 1;
0022: MinRev = 1;
0023: ProdName = "EX450.72-1";
0024: Catalog = "0";
0025: Icon = "BR7201.ICO";
0026:
0027: $ I/O Characteristics Section
0028: [IO_Info]
0029:
0030: Default = 0x0001; $ Poll Only
0031:
0032: PollInfo=
0033: 0x0001, $ Poll Only
0034: 1, $ Default Input = Input1
0035: 1; $ Default Output = Output1
0036:
0037: $ Input Connections
0038:
0039: Input1=
0040: 8, $ 8 byte
0041: 64, $ 64 bits are significant
0042: 0x0001, $ Poll Only Connection
0043: "Input Data", $ Name
0044: 6, "20 04 24 01 30 03", $ Assembly Object Instance 1
0045: ""; $ Help
0046:
0047: $ Output Connections
0048:
0049: Output1=
0050: 8, $ 8 byte
0051: 64, $ 64 bits are significant
0052: 0x0001, $ Poll Only Connection
0053: "Output Data", $ Name
0054: 6, "20 04 24 02 30 03", $ Assembly Object Instance 2
0055: ""; $ Help
0056:
0057: $ End of EX450.72-1 EDS File
 
Got it. They were missing semi colons at the end of line 10 and 11. I saved to notepad and changed / resaved. Worked like a charm.
 

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