Station copy direction

The copier works in either direction. In other words, click a station on one side (to copy to the other side). When you click a station, the station is selected (highlighted) and the appropriate Copy button, by direction, becomes enabled to clarify the source and target. See the figure below.

Figure 60. Copy direction by station side selection

To perform the following station operations, you:

Click in left side for a copy from Workbench User Home-to-daemon User Home.
Do this to install a station in a remote platform.

NOTE: When copying from Workbench to a remote platform, not all types of files can be transferred. For example, the copier does not allow alarm and history data to be transferred. This is true even if you choose the option to “Copy every file in the station directory and its subdirectories”. And if you choose the option to “Copy files from selected directories”, it does not allow you to select any alarm or history folder or subfolder. If you need to include such data, then perform a backup/restore operation instead (i.e., backup the station to a *.dist file) making sure to edit default backup settings to NOT exclude alarms/history data.
Click in right side for a copy from daemon User Home-to- Workbench User Home.
Do this to make a local copy of a station, saved to your Workbench computer. This is described as a “backup” in the following document subsections.

When you click Copy, the Station Transfer Wizard appears and guides you through the steps of the station transfer process.

Station copy direction

Figure 60. Copy direction by station side selection

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