Upgrade/convert platforms and install stations

Once you have stations migrated, you can upgrade/convert platforms to N4.0 and install the migrated stations. Typically you upgrade a Supervisor before upgrading any of its controllers.

Often, you use the same PC to run the migration tool, on the Supervisorstation archives, as well as the station archives of all controllers being migrated. When this is the case, you usually do not choose to “Install and start the ( N4.0) platform daemon” when first installing the Niagara 4 software. This lets the AX-3.8 platform daemon continue to host the Supervisor station while you use the migration tool. It also lets you become familiar with Workbench, and yet still have Workbench available for interim tasks.

 NOTE: When installing Niagara 4 software on the Supervisor PC, be sure to select the option “This instance of Niagara 4 will be used as an installation tool”. Refer to the Niagara 4 Installation Guide for details. 

Alternatively, you may have used a different PC to run the migration tool, and perhaps even to (eventually) use as the new Supervisor host for the job.

As different combinations are possible in a transition such as this, use the procedures and steps provided to serve as a general guide.