Finding assembly instance and size from EDS file

I'm connecting an OMRON NX-series PLC and a robot from Universal Robots with EtherNet/IP, and I need to create tags in Sysmac Studio. I have found the EDS file from the Universal Robots website (see attachment). There are two assemblies, but I struggle to find the assembly instance and the assembly size. According to what I've found online, this information is supposed to be in the EDS file, so does anyone know how to find it, and what it is in my example?

Hello:

Welcome to the forum.

This device has one input assembly (instance ID 100 dec / 0x64) and one output assembly (instance ID 112 dec / 0x70)

Input assembly is 240 words long and the output assembly is 112 words long.

If you download the Codesys engineering tool and add an EtherNet/IP scanner, then install this EDS file, you can add the device to the scanner and it is easy to see in detail the contents of the assembly.

Or you can download the program I used below, which is the EZ-EDS (easy EDS). This is the EDS editor from the ODVA which lets also see the contents of the different sections. Trying to read the EDS with a text editor is almost impossible, especially for such a complex EDS file. Hope this is helpful.

Thank you, this was extremely helpful! Just one quick question; where do you find or read out the instance IDs?

Sorry for not having shown the decoding of the CIP path. Please see below. I recommend you download the EZ-EDS program from the ODVA website. It is free of charge.

Thank you Alfredo for the info about EZ-EDS, it is new to me as well

Chavak: Good to kow this is useful for you. It should go without saying that even though EZ-EDS can let you edit and EDS file, nobody other than the maker of the EtherNet/IP (or DeviceNet, or ControlNet) device should ever change the contents of the EDS. Because when the device is submitted for conformance testing, the EDS is part of the submission to the test lab. So if an end user changes the contents of the EDS file, the behaviour described in the EDS file may not conform to the actual firmware and so the maker of the field device cannot warrant the product. For safety devices it is even more stringent as the EDS file has signature.
But, for looking inside into your devices EDS file, especially if the scanner you have does not have a great engineering tool that can let you see the details of your device, of course EZ-EDS is a great tool, and in my opinion, kudos to ODVA for making it free of charge to any body interested in learning CIP technology.

This is an old thread , but how do I find the Configuration Assembly instance from the EDS file?

L33er said:

This is an old thread , but how do I find the Configuration Assembly instance from the EDS file?

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Never mind, I see it now.