Connecting a Supervisor station to a legacy controller station

Niagara Enterprise Security connections from Niagara 4- based stations to NiagaraAX (JACE-6 controller) stations were not possible before the release of Niagara 4.8. With Niagara Enterprise Security 4.8, stations can now connect and join to Niagara Enterprise Security 2.3 JACE-6 controllers by following the instructions included in this document.

The goal of this process is to have the Niagara Enterprise Security N4Supervisor connect, join, and replicate with a subordinate JACE-6 controller that is running Niagara Enterprise Security 2.3. After you complete this procedure, the remote controller is connected and communicating with the Supervisor station as a subordinate. With this relationship and communication established, you can join and replicate using the same procedures that describe those tasks for JACE-8000 security controllers. Refer to Station join best practices and Joining a controller station to the Supervisor station topics for details. Also, refer to Wire compatibility for details about communication and feature support between the two versions of Niagara.

To establish communication (connect) between the Niagara Enterprise Security 4.8 Supervisor station and a legacy NiagaraAX JACE-6 controller station, you need to use both Workbench and a browser to configure the following:

  1. Prepare the Niagara Enterprise Security 4.8 Supervisor station (add a user, configure WebService and FoxService).
  2. Discover and add the remote NiagaraAX controller station to the Supervisor station database.
  3. Establish an authenticated user connection from the remote NiagaraAX controller station to the Niagara Enterprise Security 4.8 Supervisor station.
  4. Create the proper Supervisor – subordinate relationship between the two controller stations.
Each of these procedures are detailed in specific tasks that follow.