Reviewing/adjusting PlatformServices properties for the device

Prerequisites:

A running station in the Edge device, and that station opened in Workbench.

In the Nav tree, double-click Services and then PlatformServices.

Its “Platform Service Container Plugin” displays in the view pane.

Some properties are read-only status types, similar to many seen in the Platform Administration view. Other configuration properties can be edited. A group of 3 config properties allow adjustment of the time, date, and time zone settings for the host Edge device (alternately accessible using a platform connection to the Edge device). Access to these properties is useful if the installation requires all setup access using a browser only.
As needed, review other platform service configuration properties shown in the following.

NOTE: You should leave the properties listed in the following table at default values unless otherwise directed by Systems Engineering.
Click Save to write any configuration change to the host Edge device platform.

Name	Value	Description
`Locale`	string	Determines locale-specific behavior such as date and time formatting, and also which lexicons are used. A string entered must use the form: `language` [“_” `country` [“_” `variant`]] For example U.S. English is “`en_US`” and traditional Spanish would be “`es_ES_Traditional`”. For related details, see Oracle documentation at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html
`Engine Watchdog Policy`	`Log Only`, `Terminate` (default), `Reboot`	Defines response taken by the platform daemon if it detects a station engine watchdog timeout. With the watchdog, the station periodically reports to the platform daemon its updated engine cycle count. The watchdog purpose is to detect and deal with a “hung” or “stalled” station, and is automatically enabled when the station starts. Log Only — Generates stack dump and logs an error message in the system log. (The station should ultimately be restarted if a watchdog timeout occurs with the “Log Only” setting). Terminate — (Default) Kills the VM process. If “restart on failure” is enabled for the station (typical), the station is restarted. Reboot — Automatically reboots the host Edge device platform. If “auto-start” is enabled for the station, the station is restarted after the system reboots.
`Engine Watchdog Timeout`	`00000h 03m` (default)	In Niagara 4.x, the range is from 1 minute to many hours. If the station’s engine cycle count stops changing and/or the station does not report a cycle count to the platform daemon within this defined period, the platform daemon causes the VM to generate a stack dump for diagnostic purposes, then takes the action defined by the Engine Watchdog Policy.
`Enable Station Auto-Save`	`Enable` (default)/ `disable`	Allows for “auto save” of running station to “`config_backup_<YYMMDD>_<HHMM>.bog`” file at the frequency defined in next property. Auto-saved backup files are kept under that station’s folder.
`Station Auto-Save Frequency`	`00024h 00m` (default)	Default is every 24 hours for any embedded Edge device, range is from 1 to many hours.
`Station Auto-Save Versions to Keep`	`0`	Range is 1–10. The oldest of kept backups is replaced upon next manual save or auto-save backup, once the specified limit is reached. Significant flash space is saved by keeping this 0 or perhaps 1.
`RAM Disk`	Min Free `5` (default), Size, Status	Min Free — Default is 5. Sets the level at which Platform Services and Platform Admin show a warning. Size — Default is 64MB. Indicates the size of RAM disk used to store history and alarm files. Status — current status of RAM disk

For more details on these and other PlatformServices properties, refer to the “PlatformServiceContainer parameters” section in the Niagara Platform Guide.

Reviewing/adjusting PlatformServices properties for the device

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