Siemens S7-1200 Manual page 18

4 Configuration/Engineering
Device parameters
The device describing parameters are relevant for the Scanner, as it uses this
information to verify the real existing device against the configured device. In case
there is a mismatch the operation of this device is not started.
Such information is:
•
vendorIdentifier, in the EDS file called "VendCode" is an ODVA® assigned
number to the manufacturer of this device
•
productType, in the EDS file called "ProdType" is a standardized number
identifying the type of the device
•
productCode, the "ProdCode" called number identifies this product together
with its type and vendor ID.
•
revisionMajor, the major revision number, together with the minor revision
number serves the purpose of compatibility check
•
revisionMinor, as above serves the minor revision number the purpose of a
compatibility check.
They can be found at the section [Device] as shown in the below figure.
Figure 4-4: EDS file [Device] section
For the application example the transfer into the configuration inside the
EnetIoSystem data block looks like this:
Figure 4-5: [Device] section parameters
Further parameters are taken from different other sections of the EDS file.
EtherNet/IP Scanner
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