NDIO to NRIO Conversion Tool

In Niagara, you can use the NDIO to NRIO Conversion Tool to easily convert all NDIO objects to NRIO objects. This is necessary when replacing a legacy JACE model with the JACE-8000 or JACE-9000, which only support NRIO. While NRIO and NDIO objects have similar configuration properties, they are not interchangeable. So you cannot simply move objects from NDIO modules to NRIO modules, you must run the conversion tool.

The NDIO to NRIO Conversion Tool is available when you select Tools > NDIO to NRIO Conversion Tool from the menu bar.

When the conversion runs, the following actions occur:

  • Each NDIO Network is converted to an NRIO Network. Any instance of NDIO in the name (case insensitive) is replaced with NRIO (preserving case) and the name is appended with "_converted"

  • Each NDIO type object under an NDIO network is converted into an NRIO type object

  • All dynamic properties and relevant static properties are copied to the new objects

  • Any component under an NDIO network with a name that contains NDIO (case insensitive) are replaced by NRIO (preserving case)

  • Any links to/from the NDIO objects are updated to reference the new NRIO objects.

  • If running Niagara 4 or later, any relations to/from the NDIO objects are updated to reference the new NRIO objects.

Tool enhancements for the latest version of Niagara ensure the following:

  • NDIO 16 modules will always be converted to NRIO16 modules.

  • NDIO 34 modules will always be converted to the new NRIO34 modules.

  • All slot path ords are preserved during the conversion. The names of any converted components have an option to replace instances of NDIO with NRIO in the display names of the NDIO networks and devices being converted.

  • All handle ords are preserved during the conversion. The handle ords of the new NRIO components are set to be the same as those of the existing NDIO components .

  • If not logged in as a Super User the conversion fails.

  • If an updated nrio-rt module is not installed on the remote platform the conversion fails.

In Niagara, an NDIO device with more than 8 universal inputs, 4 digital outputs, or 4 analog outputs (NDIO-34) is split into multiple (1- to 3-) NRIO-16 devices, depending on the number of points. Points are split among each new device so no device exceeds the maximum amount of points, and addresses are updated so they are in the allowed range. The points in each new device retain their previous folder structure.

  • Universal inputs (UI) 1-8, analog outputs (AO) 1-4, and digital outputs (DO) 1-4 are moved to device 1

    Any miss-configured points with an address less than 1 are moved to device 1

    Any non-NDIO point objects are copied to device 1 only

  • UI 9-16, AO 5-8, and DO 5-8 are moved to device 2

  • DO 9-10 are moved to device 3