A release of the system is based on product development cycles and may lag or skip general releases of the
Niagara Framework.
CAUTION: After commissioning a controller with upgraded software, it reboots. While it is rebooting, all door lock relays are de-energized,
and card readers do not respond. This may leave doors locked or unlocked, and building occupants may be locked out, or non-authorized
people may gain access. Plan ahead and be prepared for how to deal with the system being down for five to ten minutes while
the controller reboots.
License requirement
Upgrading software may or may not require a new license and the installation of new software.
Before you upgrade
Before you install a new version of software, use this checklist to prepare the station:
- On your Supervisor PC, verify that the MySQL database reports {ok}.
- Confirm that you can connect to all devices.
- Resolve any reported alarms.
Make a station backup
Before upgrading any station, you should back up the station and save the backup file in a safe location. There are two ways
to back up a station:
- Create a distribution (.dist) file of the station. You would use this backup method if you are upgrading just the software
or are replacing a controller to the same model as the current controller.
- Perform a station copy. You would use this backup method if you are upgrading to a different controller model.
Driver modules
Be careful copying driver modules from a previous version of software to a new version. For example, an old version of the
Milestone XProtect camera driver is xprotect-se.jar. The newer version is xprotect-wb.jar. Do not run a system with both files in the modules folder.