Driver and Driver Shortcut

It is important to understand the difference between a driver shortcut, shown in the workspace window, and the driver itself, shown in the document view. Visually, as you can see, the driver shortcut has a little arrow , and the driver image does not have one.

The driver is based on the instrument or the device describing the device default name, supported interfaces, and more. The driver shortcut is based on the configuration of the device. It contains the name used to identify the driver in the application (and usually uses the driver default name if not taken), the selected interface being used in the system, and the address of the device.

Changes made to the driver will be saved in the driver file, while changes made to the driver shortcut are saved in the System module.