Migration overview

The Niagara Framework® has evolved to the point where existing NiagaraAX platforms and stations, if upgradable, must be migrated to Niagara 4. Therefore, after installing Workbench, you cannot simply use stations saved in NiagaraAX.

Migration involves several concepts:

  • Conversion of AX artifacts to the corresponding N4 format; for example, station .bog files, Px files. The N4 migration tool handles this conversion.
  • “Wire compatibility” (communications) between AX and N4, with the possibility that some migrated jobs must retain some number of AX controllers. Some platform types cannot be migrated, for example, JACE-2 controllers.
  • For platforms to be migrated that use custom AX software modules, the custom modules must be refactored as N4-compatible modules.