Function: Like the command “Add Device”, this command opens the dialog box “Add Device” for the selection of a device object. This object is inserted in the device tree in place of the currently selected object.

Call: Context menu of a device object in the device tree.

Requirement: An object is selected in the device tree below which a device object can be inserted.

With this command you can insert either a different version of a device or a different type of device in place of the previous one.

The symbolic device name used in the device tree is retained, but the device type specified in parentheses behind it changes if a different type has been selected. Thus if only the device version is changed, the object entry appears unchanged.

If the device type does not change, the configuration tree indented below the device entry concerned is retained. In this case the configuration settings also remain the same. Inconsistencies in the configuration resulting from the device update are reported by CODESYS at the next compilation of the application. This also concerns implicitly inserted libraries, which CODESYS does not remove accordingly during a device update.