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Restoring a copied controller station to a new platform

A copied station installs the station files from a previous controller to a controller that is a different model. This procedure works for a Supervisor or controller station.
Prerequisites: The new controller is running Niagara 4.9 or later. You have a station copy that was made before disassembling the old controller. You are working in Workbench running on a PC.
First you stop the new station, then copy the hardware certificates and software licenses folder, followed by copying the backed-up station.
Perform the following steps:
  1. Open a platform connection to the remote controller.
  2. Stop the station using the Application Director.
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  3. Open the File Transfer Client and, on the controller side, delete the security folder on the controller side (the security folder is in the /Niagara path).
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  4. Navigate to the location that contains the backup of the security folder.
  5. To restore the backup security folder to the controller’s /Niagara folder, select the folder in the left pane and click the copy button (Image).
  6. To copy the station, double-click the Station Copier Platform utility.
    The utility opens.
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  7. Navigate to the folder in the User Home that contains the station, select the station in the left pane, and click Copy.
    The station may be under an earlier version of Niagara.

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