Typical use is for restoring backups, or for installing a clean distribution file to essentially erase the file system of a controller and start again with the near-factory defaults.

Dist file selection

By default, the first time you use the Installer, the system searches the backups folder under your Workbench User Home (~\backups). If that folder does not exist yet (no backups have been made), the it searches the cleanDist folder under your Niagara Sys Home (!\cleanDist) instead.

Figure 122.   Available dist files in Distribution File Installer

At the bottom of the view, the Cleaning and Backups buttons provide shortcuts to these two folder areas. If needed, you can also click the Choose Directory button to open a Change Directory window, and point the Installer to that location.