Creating an ACE Application offline

This procedure describes the steps to engineer Ace applications offline, for later installation in the field.

Prerequisites:

The PC is properly licensed and running the Niagara 4.8 Workbench.

Perform the following steps:

In Workbench, click Tools > New ACE App.
In the New ACE App window, click in the ACE App Name field and enter the preferred app name.

Note the ACE App Path which indicates the default location where the new app will be saved (the ~ace folder in your Windows User Home). The path is editable, you can save the App anywhere in your file system. Also note, that there is only one CatalogFile (use the default path shown).
Click Finish.

The new offline Ace application is created and saved to the ~ace folder in your Windows User Home.