In the data folder there is the DEVICE subfolder which contains various folders with the extension .DEV. Each .DEV folder contains one or more XML files, each of which contains the configuration of a control unit / device programmed with a specific firmware version.
For example DEVICE1.DEV contains the database in XML format DEVICE1.XML which contains the configuration of the device ‘Device1’.
In this guide these XML files will be called:
- device XML file
- device database
- database
The page on which the device manager opens lists these XML files.
In the case of XML files not validated by an ELF file, the device name in the first column is also the name of the XML file and also the name of the .DEV folder that contains the file. In this case the .DEV folder contains only one .XML file
In the case of ELF-validated devices, the device name in the first column specifies only the root of the XML file name. Inside the .DEV folder there can be one or more XML files validated by different ELFs that correspond to different firmware versions. These XML files all have the same prefix equal to the device name and have the name of an ELF file as suffix. ELF file names are listed in the second column. XML files located within the same folder refer to the same type of hardware but each file corresponds to a different firmware version and is validated by a specific ELF file.
If an ELF file name is underlined, the ELF file exists on the PC. If it is not underlined, the ELF file does not exist on the PC. The fact that the ELF file does not exist on the PC does not affect the functioning of the software because the ELF file is only needed when configuring the device XML file.
Within a family of XML files validated with ELF files that all have the same root and different suffixes that correspond to the ELF file names, only one XML file is considered current and used in display communication operations. You can use a context menu item to change the current XML file choice within an XML file family.