Rockwell Automation DeviceLogix System User Manual - Manual (Page 175)

Publication RA-UM003B-EN-P - February 2010 175
Register EDS Files and Add Devices Offline/Online Appendix A
RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software scans the DeviceNet network and
adds all devices it finds. It also finds the appropriate EDS file
definition for the revision of the device, if registered correctly.
You are now online.
If the device is DeviceLogix compliant and the EDS file has been
properly imported into RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software, the device
is ready to configure.
If a problem exists, a symbol appears above the device icon as
displayed in RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software. See the appropriate
documentation for RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software for details on
how to resolve discrepancies that occur.