31.9.7.4 Catalog Manager Dialog Box

Registered Devices

Displays a list of the registered slaves

When using a slave other than HTB, import the EDS file using [Import] in the [Device] section.

Product Name

Displays the product name of the slave.

Product ID

Displays the product ID of the slave.

Vendor

Displays the vendor name of slave.

Vendor ID

Displays the slave vendor ID.

Revision Number

Displays the revision number of the device (slave) stated in the EDS file.

Key

Displays the device registration key of the slave.

The device registration key will be the name of the EDS file without extension.

Device Operations

Slave can be registered or deleted.

Import

Imports an EDS file to register a slave.

Delete

Deletes the EDS file specified in [Registered Devices] to delete the registered slave.

Note that the device that is currently used in the open project cannot be deleted.

Rename

Changes [Key].

Export

Exports an EDS file.

The exported EDS file has sections in which some descriptions are different from the imported original EDS file, but this should not cause any errors.

  • When handling the EDS file with software other than GP-Pro EX, use the original EDS file before importing.

Catalog Operations

In order to edit/transfer the project file in an environment other than the PC where the file is created, you need to import the device information for each slave device again.

You can collectively import/export device information of multiple slaves.

Import

Imports a CAT file in which device information of multiple slaves is contained.

Export

Exports device information of multiple slaves as a CAT file.