Software Manager

The Software Manager is one of several platform views. This view lets you install, uninstall, or simply review all software modules installed in a remote platform. By default, this view compares the platform’s modules against your locally available modules, meaning the most current modules in the software database on your PC.

The first time you run the Software Manager, it copies modules from your Sys Home !/modules folder into a build-named subfolder in your “software database” (!/sw), for example !/sw/4.0.11.0.  Note this can take several seconds, with a popup similar to the one below.

Figure 47. Copying modules into your software database

NOTE: Copying also occurs whenever you “import” software into your local software database.

Then every time you access the Software Manager it rebuilds the modules list, reflecting the latest revision of your available modules, as well modules currently installed in the opened platform.

NOTE: In Niagara 4.8 and later, there is added support for verifying third party module signatures. Currently third party module signing is optional in most cases, but this will gradually shift to a requirement over the course of the next few releases. As a result, the Software Manager window is changed to include signature status icons in the Installed Version and Available Version columns indicating the signature status of the installed and available modules. Attempting to install modules with signature warnings (indicated by a yellow

icon) will cause a signature warning dialog to be displayed, and attempting to install modules with signature errors (indicated by a red

icon) will cause the installation to fail. For more details see, Niagara Third Party Module Signing.

Figure 48. Software Manager compares remotely installed modules to locally available

Double-click any row to open the Software Details window which includes signature status details.