Installing the platform daemon

To run a Supervisor station on a PC, the system requires the installation of the platform management service (daemon). If you just installed Workbench for the first time, chose to have the installation program load the platform management service and launch the software, you can skip this procedure. You may need to re-install the platform daemon as a step in troubleshooting station problems.

To start the platform management service, click Start, expand the software version you installed, and click Install Platform Daemon.
Briefly, a command prompt opens and the installation command runs. When the daemon is successfully installed, the command prompt closes.
To verify that the platform daemon is running, click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, and double-click the Niagara service.em
Make a mental note of the location of the daemon/ Niagara service file: niagarad.exe.

Notice that you can check the status of the Niagara service, stop, pause, and resume it.

A compatible platform daemon/service works with each version of Niagara that is installed on a PC, but only a single platform daemon can be running at a time.
To reinstall the daemon once Workbench is running, click Window > Console.
This opens a command prompt at the bottom of the About view.
The console is inside the red rectangle.
Type plat installdaemon and press Enter.

Installing the platform daemon

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