FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: configuration description provides the main application of the workstation with the ability to access the specified portable device and provides at least one of the following: a structure or a standardized format for determining at least one of the following: an available variable, command, function, procedure or menu, while the method includes the steps of: comparing, when using a portable device, the main version of description of configuration, executed through the main application, with the version of the configuration description of a specific device, corresponding to the portable device; generating a sequence of updated information symbols based on the comparison, wherein this sequence of updated information symbols comprising of at least one of the following: how many versions were between the main version and the version of the specific device, what additional features and what additional functions are available with the newest version, what errors in the main version will be removed by the latest version, where you can get the latest version, where you can get additional information about the newest version, get a hyperlink to a web site where you can get information on the latest version, or a hyperlink to a Web site where you can get updates; as well as displaying a sequence of symbols using the main application to provide the operator with updated information about the configuration description.
EFFECT: providing updated information about the configuration description.
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