# CANopenEditor

**Repository Path**: lankii/CANopenEditor

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: CANopenEditor
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-05-22
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-22

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## README

CANopenEditor
=============
CANopenEditor is a fork from [libedssharp, authored by Robin Cornelius](https://github.com/robincornelius/libedssharp).
CANopenEditor's homepage is https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor.

CANopen Object Dictionary Editor:
 - Imports: CANopen electronic data sheets in EDS or XDD format.
 - Exports: CANopen electronic data sheets in EDS or XDD format, documentation, CANopenNode C source files and more.
 - Interfaces: GUI editor for CANopen Object Dictionary, Device information, etc. CLI client for simple conversions.

CANopen is the internationally standardized (EN 50325-4) ([CiA301](https://can-cia.org/cia-groups/technical-documents)) higher-layer protocol for embedded control system built on top of CAN. For more information on CANopen see http://www.can-cia.org/.

[CANopenNode](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenNode) is a free and open source CANopen Stack.

Repository structure
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This repository is home to three projects:
- [LibEDSsharp](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/libEDSsharp/README.md), a C# library for EDS files manipulation which went upstream and is now maintained in this repository.
- [A CLI](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/EDSSharp/README.md), used for simple conversions across all supported formats.
- [A GUI](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/EDSEditorGUI/README.md) for full manipulation of your CANopen files [which is being rewritten to be more multi platform](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/EDSEditorGUI2/README.md).

How to use
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1. [Download the latest release's binary zip file](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/releases). DO NOT DOWNLOAD SOURCE CODE.
2. Unzip it.
3. Go to net8.0-windows directory.
4. Execute the .exe .

Available formats
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Exhaustive list of the library's supported formats to date, sorted by category:<br>

### CAN in Automation official formats:
| Description                           | Exporter                                                   | Format |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Electronic Data Sheet (CiA 306-1)     | ElectronicDataSheet                                        | .eds   |
| Device Configuration File (CiA 306-1) | DeviceConfigurationFile                                    | .dcf   |
| XML Device Description (CiA 311)      | CanOpenXDDv1.0<br>CanOpenXDDv1.1<br>CanOpenXDDv1.1stripped | .xdd   |
| XML Device Configuration (CiA 311)    | CanOpenXDCv1.1                                             | .xdc   |

### Extended formats:
| Description                      | Exporter                                    | Format |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------|
| Network XML Device Description   | CanOpenNetworkv1.0<br>CanOpenNetworkXDDv1.1 | .nxdd  |
| Network XML Device Configuration | CanOpenNetworkXDCv1.1                       | .nxdc  |
| XML Profile Description          | None                                        | .xpd   |

### CANopenNode specific formats:
| Description                              | Exporter                                                 | Format          |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| CanOpenNode Object Dictionary file pairs | CanOpenNode<br>CanOpenNodeV4                             | .h,.c           |
| PCanOpenNode Project file                | CanOpenNodeProtobuf(json)<br>CanOpenNodeProtobuf(binary) | .json<br>.binpb |

### Documentation formats:
| Exporter            | Format |
|---------------------|--------|
| DocumentationHTML   | .html  |
| DocumentationMarkup | .md    |
| NetworkPDOReport    | .md    |

File structure
--------
The main files and directories you'll need to understand are:
- [setup.nsi](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/setup.nsi) is the Windows installer.
- [Makefile](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/main/Makefile) is the Linux installation and manipulation script.
- [EDSEditorGUI](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/EDSEditorGUI) directory is the old GUI. Fully functional but only works on Windows.
- [EDSEditorGUI2](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/EDSEditorGUI2) directory is the new GUI. It is not fully finished yet but is meant to work on any Windows, Mac or Linux OS.
- [EDSSharp](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/EDSSharp) directory is the CLI. It is only meant for simple conversions for now.
- [GUITests](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/GUITests) directory is the directory for all GUI unit tests. More tests, functional tests and tests for GUI2 may come here.
- [Images](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/Images) directory is the directory containing any and all of the documentation's images.
- [Tests](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/Tests) directory is the directory for all Lib unit tests. More tests, functional tests and tests for CLI may come here.
- [libEDSsharp](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/tree/main/libEDSsharp) directory contains the library from Robin Cornelius making all of this work.

BUGS
--------
If you find any, please open a bug report on github and attach any files you have created/opened etc... We need any help we can have and the main maintainers are quite active and will answer you fast.

You might want to check your EDS/XDD file with this free [EDSchecker](https://www.vector.com/de/de/support-downloads/download-center/#product=%5B%2274771%22%5D&tab=1&pageSize=15&sort=date&order=desc)

Contributing
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If you want to help us out by contributing to this project, first of all thank you ! And please read our [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/CANopenNode/CANopenEditor/blob/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). We are very beginner friendly so, even if you are not extremely experienced with contributing to open source projects, fear not and try !

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