Using EDS Files

An EDS file may be required by a third party tool when the KAS controller is configured as an EthernetClosed Ethernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operate at many speeds for local area networks (LANs)/IP Adapter.

KAS adapter input/output images are configurable according to the user's need. A configuration matching the adapter must be defined on the scanner side.


  • The data limit is: 500 bytes of data maximum O(originator)->T(target) and 500 bytes of data maximum T(target) -> O(originator). This is based on the Ethernet/IP specification.

The data block sizes in EDS files are predefined in bytes: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 500. Use the closest existing configuration size that exceeds the needed amount of data. For example, if 40 bytes is sent O->T and 64 bytes is sent T->O, two 64 byte values must be selected.

Figure 7-25: Example of setting byte sizes in a third-party Network Configurator.

Figure 7-26: Example of setting byte sizes in the KAS IDE Fieldbus Editor