Deadly Device

now that it is open, what exactly am i expected to do with the Component Designer 5.5 program? robert.

It depends - if this is early in the game; you are just checking the computer and to know that it is there.
If you are later in the game and you have all the items or the "need" to use it - then you will need to make a design. The pattern of the cubes on the sides needs to be made into the blocks at the center.