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Function: The command opens the standard “Select Device” dialog and reads the license and product information of the selected controller. This license and product information is displayed in the “Device Reader” dialog.

Call: Menu bar: “Tools”

Requirement: No applications exist on the controller.

If the command is selected although an application exists on the controller, then a dialog prompts the user whether or not all applications should be removed from the controller. When the user click “No” to this dialog, the “Device Reader” command is aborted.

Table 671: Dialog “Device Reader”

“Status of Available Device Features”

“Product”

CODESYS product (example: ‎SoftMotion‎)

“Feature”

Feature of “Product”

Example: ‎CNC‎ is a “Feature” of ‎SoftMotion‎.

“License Active/Count ”

‎Yes‎: A license exists for the feature.

‎No‎: A license does not exist for the feature.

“Count”: Number of licenses