After running the Commissioning Wizard to install and configure NiagaraAX in the JACE-NXT, you should open another platform connection and use the User Manager view to do the following:
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Change the password of the default administrator user (Tridium) from “
niagara” to something else.Otherwise, the JACE is exposed to unauthorized access by anyone familiar with this well-known username/password convention. This applies to both general Windows host access, and (if using basic authentication) NiagaraAX platform access.
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Optionally, add other Windows users and/or groups, if needed.
For more details, see the “User Manager” section in the Platform Guide. For a procedure specific to a new JACE-NXT, see the next section Change the default Windows password.
To change the default Windows password
With your Workbench PC configured with its normal working IP address, and the JACE already commissioned using the Commissioning Wizard:
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Open a platform connection to the JACE-NXT.
Use the procedure Open a platform connection, except use the JACE IP address and platform credentials (username and password) that you configured when running the wizard.
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In the JACE platform’s Nav Container View, double-click
User Manager.The User Manager view appears (Figure 24).
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In the Users pane, click the
Tridiumuser to highlight it. -
Click the button (bottom of view).
A “Change Password” dialog appears, as shown in Figure 25.
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In the Current Password field, type in the default password.
Typically, this is:
niagara -
In the New Password fields, type in the desired password (it must match in both password fields).
Entry characters display only in asterisks (*).
Password can be any desired length and mix of characters (“strong” passwords are supported).
Remember this password—no one else can provide it back to you.
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Click .
The new password becomes immediately effective. If the JACE-NXT is configured to use basic platform authentication, and you click on another platform view, you are challenged for platform login again.
