1.WhatisEZ-EDS?--------------------EZ-EDSisatoolthatcreatesandeditsCompoNet,ControlNet,DeviceNet,EtherNet/IPandGenericEDSfiles.ItwascreatedinhopesofsimplifyingtheprocessofcreatingandmaintainingEDSfiles.EZ-EDSusesasimpletreestructuretoorganizethesections,entriesandtheendcommentinanEDSfile.SelectingtheseitemsdisplaysvariousformsthatallowtheusertoeditthevaluesoftheEDSkeywords.TheformsaremeanttospeedtheprocessofenteringdataandtominimizethepossibilityoferrorsintheEDS.Freewarebasedon:CIPSpecificationEdition3.23EtherNet/IPAdaptationofCIPEdition1.23,DeviceNetAdaptationofCIPEdition1.14,ControlNetAdaptationofCIPEdition1.8,CIPSafetySpecificationEdition2.16,CompoNetAdaptationofCIPEdition1.7,IntegrationofModbusDevicesintotheCIPArchitectureEdition1.8CIPSecurityEdition1.3