About the Join Profile Manager

The Join Profile Manager is the default view of the SubordinateExportTagNetworkExt in a subordinate (JACE) station. Double-click this extension to access this view, as shown in Figure 19.

Figure 19. Join Profile Manager is default view of SubordinateExportTagNetworkExt in JACE station

You can use this view for the initial setup and enabling of the JoinProfile for the Supervisor (click to select this station, then click Edit). Later, this is the preferred view to launch Joins via the button at the bottom of the view, in order to get the automatic popup Job Log dialog at the end of the Join.

Available columns to display in the Join Profile Manager include the following:

Station Name

Reflects the name of the parent NiagaraStation in the JACE’s NiagaraNetwork.
Last Join

Date/timestamp of the last Join of the local station to the Supervisor station. This is “null” in the case of a newly-added SubordinateExportTagNetworkExt, before any Join has been issued. This value should remain “null” for any peer JACE stations (those JoinProfiles should also remain disabled).
Station Display Name

Shows any “display name” for the local station (if configured) as it should appear in the Supervisor station. This feature is useful on larger jobs where station names are often short and cryptic, and otherwise not easily identifiable.
Default Subordinate User

Shows the local station user account the Supervisor should use to connect back to this station, upon receiving an unsolicited Join request. Needed only if the Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork is not already configured with a NiagaraStation for this JACE, including the proper Fox Service client connection user and password.
Default Subordinate User Password

In AX-3.7u1 and later, this shows a “placeholder” for the local station user password the Supervisor should use to connect back to this station, upon receiving an unsolicited Join request. This is needed only if the Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork is not already configured with a NiagaraStation for this JACE, including the proper Fox Service client connection user and password.
Default Subordinate IP Address

Shows the local host’s IP address the Supervisor should use to connect back to this station, upon receiving an unsolicited Join request. Needed only if the Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork is not already configured with a NiagaraStation for this JACE.
Default Subordinate Port

Shows the software port the Supervisor should use for a Fox connection back to this station, upon receiving an unsolicited Join request. Needed only if the Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork is not already configured with a NiagaraStation for this JACE.
Default Subordinate Use Fox SSL

(New starting in AX-3.7) Whether or not a Fox SSL connection should be used by the Supervisor to connect back to this station, upon an unsolicited Join request. The default is false, where a normal Fox connection is used.
Default Subordinate Fox SSL Port

(New starting in AX-3.7) Shows the software port the Supervisor should use for a Fox SSL connection back to this station, upon receiving an unsolicited Join request. Applies only if Default Subordinate Use Fox SSL is true.
Station File

Shows the local file ord to the “profile.bog file” that acts as the folder/container “template” used on the NiagaraStation that represents this station, as it will be exported to the Supervisor station.

Buttons at the bottom of this view allow you to Edit many of these properties in the JoinProfile for the selected Supervisor station, as well as issue a Join command (complete with ending Job Log popup).

See the next section Editing the Join Profile for more information.