A method of configuring a smart device, comprising: providing one or more profile containers in an instrument that is operable by an end user of the instrument, each profile container comprising locators for items preselected from a manufacturer-provided Device Descriptor, DD, tree, said preselected items including configuration items and favorite items associated with the smart device, and said favorite items include user favorites, wherein a user favorite is a free-form favorite that the end user of the instrument can designate for any item in the DD tree, characterized in that: said favorite items further include slot favorites, wherein a slot favorite is defined by a host manufacturer or vendor of the smart device or the instrument and has a defined name that informs the end user of a specific item that was preselected by the host manufacturer or vendor and mapped by the host manufacturer or vendor to the slot favorite, and wherein the favorite items only include items that the host manufacturer or vendor, or the end user, has added to the favorite items; said method further characterized by: operating the instrument to access one or more selected items in the smart device to acquire the identity of the smart device; associating at least one of the profile containers in the instrument with the identified smart device; displaying, on the instrument, a list of said favorite items and configuration items using said locators from the associated profile container, wherein said favorite items displayed on the instrument include both slot favorites and user favorites; and communicating, by the instrument, with the smart device to exchange information between the instrument and the smart device at a location in the smart device corresponding to one of the locators on the list of favorite items and configuration items. said favorite items further include slot favorites, wherein a slot favorite is defined by a host manufacturer or vendor of the smart device or the instrument and has a defined name that informs the end user of a specific item that was preselected by the host manufacturer or vendor and mapped by the host manufacturer or vendor to the slot favorite, and wherein the favorite items only include items that the host manufacturer or vendor, or the end user, has added to the favorite items; said method further characterized by: operating the instrument to access one or more selected items in the smart device to acquire the identity of the smart device; associating at least one of the profile containers in the instrument with the identified smart device; displaying, on the instrument, a list of said favorite items and configuration items using said locators from the associated profile container, wherein said favorite items displayed on the instrument include both slot favorites and user favorites; and communicating, by the instrument, with the smart device to exchange information between the instrument and the smart device at a location in the smart device corresponding to one of the locators on the list of favorite items and configuration items. operating the instrument to access one or more selected items in the smart device to acquire the identity of the smart device; associating at least one of the profile containers in the instrument with the identified smart device; displaying, on the instrument, a list of said favorite items and configuration items using said locators from the associated profile container, wherein said favorite items displayed on the instrument include both slot favorites and user favorites; and communicating, by the instrument, with the smart device to exchange information between the instrument and the smart device at a location in the smart device corresponding to one of the locators on the list of favorite items and configuration items.