摘要 |
Provided is a control device and a method of operating the control device. The control device and method of operating the same allows a restore process to be carried out as far as possible for a slave device connected thereto via a network even when the data in the slave device changes from the time the data was created. The control device includes a storage unit that stores device configuration information and setup information; and a processing unit configured to execute a restore process using data including the setup information. When executing the restore process, the processing unit reads the aforementioned device configuration information and identifies a slave device included in the data and listed in the device configuration information read as having an active network connection, or a slave device that exists on the network, and executes the restore process using the setup information corresponding to the identified slave device. |