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11 Configuring Serial or Ethernet Communication TAC Xenta Server – Gateway, Technical Manual

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11.6 Updating the Devices in a TAC XBuilder Project

After you have modified a device template file, you save it in the device

library, C:\Program files\TAC\Device Library.

When you quit the device editor after making changes to a template file,

its behaviour varies depending on how it was started. If it was started

from the Program menu, it simply quits.

If the device editor was started from XBuilder, using the command

Edit Device Template, you are asked if you want to update the project

with the changes made when you quit the device editor. If you click Yes,

all devices in the project using this device template are updated.

If changes are made to a device template file that is in use in an

XBuilder project, you are asked by XBuilder if you want to update the

project with the changes made when you open the XBuilder project.

• If Yes is clicked, the device(s) in the project is updated with the

template file that is present in the device library, which means that

the device used in the project is identical to the device in the

library.

• If No is clicked, the device(s) in the project is left unchanged,

which means that the information in the library and the project are

different. This is equivalent to having another type of device in the

project than the one already stored in the library. However, the

device names are the same. Any changes made to the device using

the device editor, either from within XBuilder or from the program

menu, try to update your project. You must then decide if you want

to keep your “local” device and not benefit from the changed

device or if you want to discard the changed device in order to

keep your “local” device.

Caution

• Schneider Electric strongly recommends that you never create

“local” devices as any updates overwrite these devices. Instead,

create a new device using the Save As command for a deviating

device and use it in your project.