Storage medium storing update management program, information processing device, and update management method

An information processing device comprising processing circuitry:

• to acquire updated version information on software of an engineering tool and firmware of a control device;
• to acquire a software version of the engineering tool installed in the information processing device;
• to acquire a firmware version of the firmware installed in the control device to be connected to the information processing device;
• to confirm 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;
• and
• to create an update screen for selecting auto-updating for the software and the firmware installed, wherein
• the information processing device instructs that the software of the engineering tool and the firmware of 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,
• 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, at least a portion of the information being 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.

An update management method for making an information processing device execute update of software of an engineering tool and firmware of a control device by using an update management program, the update management method comprising:

• acquiring updated version information on the software of the engineering tool and the firmware of the 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 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 of the engineering tool and the firmware of the control device;
• instructing that the software of the engineering tool and the firmware of 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;
• and
• displaying a plurality of slots to mount components of the control device and the components mounted on the slots in a visually distinguishable manner, and creating, 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, at least a portion of the information being 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.