Sometimes one or more JACE controllers may need to remain running
AX-3.8, yet continue to be in the migrated
Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork. This is supported by the
N4.0
Supervisor, including many provisioning operations. For example, the backup of
AX-3.8 stations and installation of
AX-3.8 software.
For proper support, you should import the software database of the former
AX-3.8
Supervisor into the software database of the
N4.0
Supervisor. This copies over all the versioned
NiagaraAX software modules and .dist files to the new
Supervisor, and makes them available for provisioning of the older platforms.
To do this when the
N4.0
Supervisor is installed on the same PC as the former
AX-3.8
Supervisor:
- Use
Workbench to open a platform connection to the
N4.0
Supervisor, then access the Software Manager view.
- Click the Import button at the bottom, and then
Import software from directory.
- As shown above, in the Directory Chooser popup, navigate to the
AX-3.8
Supervisor’s installation folder, then expand to find its
sw subfolder. Select it and click Choose.
Progress is displayed in a popup dialog similar to the one above, while software files are analyzed for versions and then
copied into appropriate subfolders in the
N4.0
Supervisor’s software database. When finished copying, the normal Software Manager view opens.
If the former
AX-3.8
Supervisor is on a different PC than the
N4.0
Supervisor, you perform the same procedure. However, first copy the entire software database (!\sw folder) from the
AX-3.8
Supervisor to a location accessible from the
N4.0
Supervisor, such as on a USB flash drive, etc. Then navigate to that location from the Software Manager while platform-connected to the
N4.0
Supervisor.
