Starting the restored controller station
After restoring a station from a
.dist file, you can perform the following task to restart it.
Prerequisites: You have restored a station from a .dist file. You are working in
- Open a platform connection to the restored controller.
- If the system reports that it is unable to verify the host identity, verify that both
Issued ByandSubjectcontain Niagara4, and click Accept. - Open the Application Director and verify that the station started or is starting.If you chose to install the platform daemon during the software installation process, your existing station may not start automatically with the new platform daemon.
- If the station is not already starting, click the Start button.
- Confirm that the station has started (Status reports Running).
- To configure the station to start automatically in the event of an unexpected failure, enable the
Auto-Startproperty.Auto-Start- If the electrical grid drops power to the building, an UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) or other backup battery can maintain power to the controller and its access network as long as is practical.
- If an emergency generator starts, the controller, access network, door locks and sensors should be powered by critical circuits to the extent that the company considers physical security to be a priority.
- If power to the controller ultimately fails, the system backs up the station automatically.
- When power is restored, the platform should automatically start the station and restore physical security to the building (unless the building’s occupants over-road the door locks) with no operator action.
Restart on Failure- If the station fails, it automatically attempts to restart.
- A
Failure Reboot Limit(defaults to three attempts) defines how many times a station attempts to restart within a specificFailure Reboot Limit Period(defaults to 10 minutes). You can configure both.
- To log in to the station, double-click the station entry in the Nav tree.
The station is now upgraded. A Supervisor station should communicate successfully with any subordinate stations, which should
operate normally.