Verify and edit the station profile.bog file

Do this for each JACE station that is subordinate to the Supervisor.

As a result of enabling the JoinProfile, the JACE station should have a new folder under its file space. Using defaults, this file folder is joinProfiles. Inside is a niagaraStation “profile.bog file” that defines the station “template” for it, which upon a “Join” gets built on the Supervisor ‘s station, under its NiagaraNetwork to model this JACE

Verify and edit the Station (.bog) File

Verify that a “profile.bog file” is now under the JACE station’s file space.

See Figure 4 for an example of opening this profile.bog file in Workbench.

Figure 4. Station bog is !Files/joinProfile/supervisorStationName_profile.bog

Note the profile.bog file specifies the parent “container/folder structure”, and is not meant for adding individual components. However, properties of this niagaraStation and its “device components” are used.
As needed, edit properties of the NiagaraStation (representing this JACE) as it needs to be configured on the Supervisor station, including properties of its “device extensions” such as Alarms and Users. Note that upon any export tag “Join”, these property values overwrite any property values in the corresponding NiagaraStation component in the Supervisor station.

To do this, expand the niagaraStation node under the supervisorStationName_profile.bog file and access property sheet views as if working with a “live” station.

For example, if “network users” (copied from the Supervisor) are, or will be, used in this JACE station, under its Users device extension, set the “Sync Out Enabled” property to true. For related details, see station bog file and Device extension properties importance in profile.bog file.
Optionally, you can also edit this file to add new folders, as shown being done in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Example of adding Point folders in profile.bog file

Later, when you are “tagging up” components in this station, note that each export tag has a “Station Slot Path” property in which you specify the parent folder. You can either type a slot path in directly (so that the folder will be made “dynamically” on the Supervisor), or else click a “folder” link. This folder link opens a dialog to this niagaraStation in the JACE’s “profile.bog” file—for parent selection only. You can come back and edit this profile.bog file whenever convenient, including between subsequent “Joins”.

Note Remember to save the profile.bog file each time when finished making changes. Right-click on the supervisorStationName_profile.bog file and select Save, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Save profile.bog file each time when done with changes