US 12,008,358 B2
Storage medium storing update management program, information processing device, and update management method
Toru Senda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/925,827
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/029402
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/024334, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176852 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 8/71 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an update management program which, when executed in an information processing device, causes the information processing device to perform a process, comprising:
acquiring updated version information on software of an engineering tool and firmware of a control device;
acquiring a software version of the engineering tool installed in the information processing device;
acquiring a firmware version of the firmware installed in the control device to be connected to the information processing device;
confirming available updated versions for the software and for the firmware on the basis of comparison with the updated version information with the software version and the firmware version;
creating an update screen for selecting auto-updating for the software and the firmware installed; and
instructing that the software of the engineering tool and the firmware for the control device for which the auto-updating is selected on the update screen and the updated versions are confirmed to be automatically updated to the updated versions, wherein
a plurality of slots to mount components of the control device and the components mounted on the slots are displayed in a visually distinguishable manner and when one of the components of the control device being displayed is specified, the update screen is created to display information related to the update of the firmware of the component, the information including the available updated versions for the firmware of the component, and
at least a portion of the information is displayed as an overlay on the components together with a visual indicator identifying the information displayed in the overlay as corresponding to the one of the components of the control device specified.