2. Adding a remote controller 2.3 station

Use this procedure to initiate the connection between Niagara Enterprise Security 4.8 stations and AX-3.8 stations. Authentication fails on the initial attempt to connect but may complete in a subsequent procedure.

Prerequisites: The Supervisor station is configured to accept the NiagaraAX-3.8 user connection.

Perform the following steps:

Using the browser of your choice and the Java web launcher app, open a station connection to your Supervisor and controller stations using the user with admin rights.
To find the AX Stations to connect to from the N4 Supervisor, navigate to Remote Devices and run a discovery job.
The station appears in the Discovered pane.
NOTE: If discovery does not find the station, manually add the station (click the Add button, and provide the AX controller’s IP address and credentials).
Select the station to add and click the add (+) button.
The Add Station(s) window opens.
Starting with the left side of the window, enter the Username and Password for Supervisor to login to the remote station (these credentials must already exist on the remote controller).
On the right side of the window, enter the Username and Password for the newly created user so that the remote AX-3.8 controller can log in to the Supervisor (these credentials must already exist on the Supervisor).
Make sure that the Desired Role property is set to Subordinate and click Ok.
The Supervisor runs the add-station job and adds the remote station to the Supervisor database.
NOTE: An Authentication Failure message displays at the completion of the job. This is because of the different credential storage capabilities in the two different versions. The following steps provide a way to resolve this from the remote controller and complete the connection.
Navigate to System Setup > Remote Devices > Certificate Management and approve the remote controller certificate.