Limitations to NiagaraAX platform operations

Workbench does not support NiagaraAX commissioning of JACE controllers, i.e. you cannot use the N4 Commissioning Wizard to configure AX JACE platforms. Instead, you must use the AX-3.x Workbench, and run the Commissioning Wizard on such platforms.
 
NOTE: This is true for the JACE-8000 that you have downgraded to run AX-3.8U1. You must then use the AX-3.8U1 Workbench and configure the platform with the Commissioning Wizard.
 

Workbench is generally recommended for all platform operations with AX-3.x JACE controllers. If needed, however, you can use Workbench to perform some platform operations on AX JACE controllers. Examples include modifying TCP/IP configuration, or installing AX software modules. Note the latter requires you to import the “software database” of a recent ( AX-3.8) Supervisor or engineering workstation into your Niagara 4 software database.

Other platform views/operations that are unavailable using Workbench for a platform connection to the AX-3.x JACE controller are:

  • DDNS Configuration
  • GPRS Modem Configuration
  • WiFi Configuration (for JACE-700 with installed WiFi option)
  • Also unavailable are following operations from the Platform Administration view:
    • Update Authentication
    • FTP/Telnet
    • Set Module Filter

Use the appropriate Workbench to perform such NiagaraAX platform configuration.