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1.1.4.3.1.3.  Catalog update tabbed page

Downloading catalogs

  • On the Catalog update tabbed page you can easily view currently available catalogs and classifications and download/upload desired ones.

  • Catalogs and classes are displayed bundled in a rubric.

  • Catalogs for which the user does not own a valid license,are displayed in a separate rubric. Thus the user can check whether a download is useful or not.

  • Also the list field Sorting helps providing a good overview:

    For sorting the following options are available:

    • Catalogs

    • Categories

    • Languages

  1. Catalog list

    Fetch Catalog List:

    First press the Fetch Catalog List button in order to get the most up-to-date status of the CADENAS catalog server. The status bar shows you the progress of the process.

    At the end of the comparison you will see a list with updates that may interest you.[2]The colored catalog symbol informs you the respective status of the catalog.

    Update available
    Catalog not installed yet
    Catalog downloaded but not yet installed

    In addition, the tabular overview informs you of the catalog Name, cip name, Date Update, file Size, Date Local, Folder and Language.

    Show modification details? :

    After a line selection in the top window, the Modification Details are displayed in the bottom window (if the option Show modification details? is checked).

    Modification Details

    Modification Details

    [Note] Note

    You only receive an exact breakdown of the details if you download the catalog and do not immediately install it. It is important that you deactivate the option Install after download.

    Detailed information can be found under Section 1.1.4.3.2, “ Before the catalog installation Check and Compare ”.

    Release Notes

    In the context menu of each catalog you can find the Release Notes [3] command.

  2. Versions

    See under Section 1.1.4.3.2.1, “ Versions ”.

  3. Carry out catalog selection

    Now you can check the desired catalogs for an update.

    The estimated download time for the current selection is displayed on the left side under the respective menu item.

  4. start catalog update:

    If you are happy with your selection, press the Download/install selected catalogs button and the update process begins.

    The view changes to the Download tab page.

    Optionally you can deactivate Install after download. Without subsequent installation the catalog is marked in the list with the blue icon after download has finished.

    [Note] Note

    When you do not want to install the downloaded catalogs in the same course they remain in the "temp" directory which has been defined under Settings (Welcome tab page -> Settings -> PARTupdate assistant -> Temporary directory).

    Thus you have the opportunity to switch to Category Offline and to use the Check and Compare functions.[a]

    [Note] Note

    If you did not select "cadenas_thread.cip" the following message appears:

    New thread definitions available

    It is recommended to perform this update or other catalogs might not work correctly.

    Select "Yes", in order to select the definitions and to start the catalog update, "No" in order to start the catalog update without the definitions or click "Cancel" in order to cancel the catalog update.



[2] If not restricted by configuration. See under Section 1.1.7.7.2, “partupdate.cfg ”.

[3] if provided by manufacturer