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== A real case example of Config ID ConfigID benefit ==The Config ID ConfigID benefit is clear when:
* there is a number of products deployed on the field
* the products deployed on the field needs a SW update
The ideal scenario is that all products are equal and there are no differences on the Bill Of Material (BOM):<gallery caption="All products have the same BOM with a single Config ID">
File:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID AFile:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID AFile:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID AFile:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID AFile:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID AFile:Smartphone-icon.png|Config ID ConfigID A
</gallery>In this case there are no problems to deploy a new SW update on the field: all products have the <u>'''same'''</u> HW configuration, then the '''<u>same</u>''' SW configuration.
force to have an on-the-field different version of product (with same functionalities but with different HW configuration) which doesn't permit to realize what proposed in the ideal case.
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</gallery>With a scenario, like the one described above, if you would like to update the SW you need to implement a strategy for understanding what platform version is going to be updated. The Config ID is used exactly for this goal.
The Config ID ConfigID provides to the software update routine the information on which product version is so the update can be adapted to the exact product version.
In this way, you can distribute one single version of the software update which will automatically adapt itself to the currently running platform.
