Template deployment is a multi-step copy operation. Once installed, the objects from the template become part of the runtime
station and can be modified as needed. You can deploy a template by dragging the template from the Template sidebar onto the Nav tree, a Wire Sheet, or Property Sheet view, or by device discovery using Device Manager and adding a selected template.
Always match a template to a device for which the template is designed. Do not associate just any template with any device.
To use the Slot Path Scope feature, stations with installed templates do not need to run a
Niagara 4.14 version as it is compatible with stations running a
Niagara 4.13 version. In addition, this feature runs in
Workbench or a
Supervisor when you use provisioning to deploy templates to stations. This means that target stations do not need to run a
Niagara 4.14 version.
NOTE: To avoid future problems, make sure that you tag and configure devices correctly before making a template and using it to
configure other devices. Additionally, you must copy all relevant tag dictionaries (with the exception of the
Niagara tag dictionaries) from the tag dictionaries Service to the tag dictionaries folder in your User Home file space before the
template is first created (or edited), and during template deployment to be successful. Also, the system does not automatically
apply subsequent template changes to the configured devices.