As shown in Figure 2, the Commissioning Wizard is a right-click option on any connected platform in the Nav tree. You can also launch the wizard from the Platform Adminstration view.
Use this wizard when installing a new NiagaraAX JACE, as it provides a “checklist” method to perform essential (and often “one time”) platform tasks. Also use this wizard whenever you upgrade the core NiagaraAX software in a JACE, at some future time. See “Upgrading a JACE” in the Platform Guide.
Starting in Workbench AX-3.7, changes were made in the platform Commissioning Wizard. For a summary of these changes, see
the next section Important Commissioning Wizard notes. Also see AX-3.8 specific commissioning notes.
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If you were familiar with the Commissioning Wizard in Workbench AX-3.6 and AX-3.5, note this change starting in AX-3.7:
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The lexicon install step, formerly last, is now reordered to occur before the install/upgrade modules step. Note that starting in AX-3.7 “standard” lexicons are distributed as modules instead of folders of lexicon text files (lexicon sets). You can still use the “lexicon install” step to install any lexicon sets you have on your Workbench PC, if applicable. In the step after, you can also select and install any lexicon modules, along with the various software modules.
For related details, see the section “Lexicon Installer” in the Platform Guide, and for further information the NiagaraAX Lexicon Guide.
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If you were familiar with the Commissioning Wizard in Workbench AX-3.4 and earlier, note these additional changes:
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Other steps were reordered. For example, the license step “Request or install software licenses” is now first. This helps prevent the scenario of installing core software above the supported version in the JACE’s license, where as a result the station cannot start. Now, the wizard cannot complete (and start execution) unless the license in the JACE is at the required version.
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The wizard no longer performs core software (dist file) installation first, separately, where after the JACE reboots and remaining steps execute in a second sequence, ending in another reboot. Now, all wizard steps execute in a single sequence, meaning that the JACE reboots only once.
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Throughout the wizard’s dialogs, use the buttons and , as needed, to retrace (or skip) steps. Also, the button exits the wizard after your confirmation—no operations are performed as a result.
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Before committing to the final sequence of steps, the wizard provides a summary for you to review.