{"id":152969,"date":"2024-05-08T15:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotherm.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=152969"},"modified":"2025-03-04T22:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:13:01","slug":"idm-updates-for-itools","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotherm.com\/us\/products\/products-us\/idm-updates-for-itools\/","title":{"rendered":"IDM Updates for iTools"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Read the latest release notes for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotherm.com\/us\/services\/eurotherm-itools-release-notes\/\">Eurotherm iTools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IDM Updates for iTools (sometimes known as the IDM Deployer) contain iTools support for the most recent Eurotherm instruments and firmware releases.<\/p>\n<p>An IDM (Instrument Descriptor Module) is an iTools component that describes the characteristics of a specific instrument type and version.<\/p>\n<p>If your installation of iTools does not appear to support your instrument, please ensure you have downloaded and installed the latest version of iTools under Downloads below, then download and install the latest IDM Update for iTools.<\/p>\n<p>IDM Updates can only be installed for matching versions of iTools &#8211; 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