Specifying a station database to install

If you have a specific station database ready to install in the Edge device, you can specify it at this step in the wizard. Or, simply accept the default “(Don’t transfer a station)” and click Next. (You can create a station later using the New Station Wizard, and install it using the platform’s Station Copier. Or you can simply select an existing station to install using the Station Copier.)

At the Station Installation step, do the following:

Perform the following steps:

Click the Station drop-down control and click the name of a station database on your PC.
Listed are station subfolders in your Workbench User Home.
If you select a station the following additional options are available, as shown:
- New Name
  Either leave at same station name as local copy, or type in a new station name.
- If the passphrase for the local copy of the station is different from the remote host’s system passphrase, you are prompted to enter the local copy’s passphrase. If there is no passphrase mismatch, you are not prompted to enter one.
- START AFTER INSTALL
  If enabled (the default), and a reboot is not included at the end of commissioning, when commissioning completes the station is restarted, In cases where commissioning ends in a reboot, such as if commissioning a new Edge device (installing core software) and/or changing TCP/IP settings, the next “AUTO-START” setting determines if the installed station is started following the reboot.
  
  Note in Niagara 4, it is possible to start or restart a station without rebooting the host controller.
- AUTO-START
  If enabled (the default), the station starts every time the device is rebooted. This is recommended.
  
  NOTE: In some commissioning scenarios, you may wish to disable (clear) both “Start” options when installing a station, especially if commissioning ends in a reboot. This way the software modules needed by the station will be installed (along with all station files), but the station will be “idle”.In this case, to start the station you must reopen a platform connection to the Edge device following the reboot, starting the (now idle) station from the Application Director view. This allows you to see all standard output messages from the station, as it transitions from “idle” to “starting” to “started”.If doing this, in the Application Director be sure to enable “AUTO-START” on the selected station. Otherwise, it will remain “idle” after the next controller reboot.
Click the Next button to continue.
A dialog asks which station files to copy, where you can select one of the options:
- Copy files from selected directories
  Allows you to specify which subfolders under that local station to copy. It produces a “tree” selection dialog upon clicking Next .
  If you choose this, click folder controls to expand and contract as needed.
  
  Selected folders appear with an “X” and unselected folders show an empty folder box.
- Copy every file in the station directory and its subdirectories.
  The default, and most typically used.
  
  NOTE: Copying identical alarm/history data to multiple Edge devices is not recommended. For this reason, Alarm and History data are not included (by default) in the station copying process.
- Copy only the “config.bog” station database file
  Copies only the station configuration (components), and not any supporting folders/files like px files, html files, and so forth.
Click the Next button for the next step (or if skipping that step, go to “Select modules”.

Specifying a station database to install

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