Action: UpdateDevice

Function: The action updates the version or switches a device in a project to another device description.

Call: Devices test driver

Tab: Configuration

Device path	Device path in the project : The button copies the settings of a device, which is selected in the device tree, to the input field. : The icon opens the list box with suitable devices which are configured in the open project. Hint: You can also drag the settings of a selected device to the input field (Drag&Drop).
Device ID	Identification of the new device description The Module ID is optional here because it is required only for some devices. : Opens the device selection dialog You can apply the data from a selected device to the configuration.
Device type
Module ID
Device version
Newest	: The newest available device description with matching Device type, Device ID, and possible Module ID is selected at runtime.

Tab: Parameters

The parameters defined on the Parameters tab are used to exchange values between test script variables and parameters of test actions. Parameters can be used as placeholders on the Configuration tab. For this, the name of the parameter is set in braces in the configuration dialog. Example: {name}.

Tip

Variables defined globally in the script (with the prefix $GLOBALS.) can be used directly in the test action. It is not necessary to use input parameters for passing. Using output parameters is necessary for writing global variables.

Input parameters: When executing the test action, the values of the test script variables are passed to the input parameters of the test action and can be used in the configuration of the test action.
Output parameters: When executing the test action, the values of the output parameters of the test action are passed to the test script variables and can be used (for example, in other test actions).
Name	Name of the input/output parameter This name is defined in addition to the variable name to identify the origin of the parameter when it is passed to another script. During the test run, this name is displayed as the Outer name on the Variables (scope #<n>) tab in the Test progress window. Background: When a script `A` calls another script `B`, and its variable `x` passes `y` as a parameter to the script `B`, then the parameter `y` is the variable `y` from the point of view of script `B`. To see that this variable is recognized as variable `x` "outside" of script `B`, there is the Name column ("Outer name"). The variable `y` has the name `x` in the scope pf script `B` because it has been passed as variable `x` to the parameter `y` in the scope of the calling script `A`.
Variable	Name of the test script variable Example: `TS_CaseA_Result`
Move Up	Moves the selected variable one line up
Move Down	Moves the selected variable one line down
Remove	Removes the selected variable from the list