When config.bog edits are needed

Before the 2013 update releases such as AX-3.7U1, you could use the Station Copier to copy/save a station from one host, and install/copy it to another different (but similar) host, all without any issues. This same ability returned in AX-3.8, providing that the saved station was running AX-3.8.

However, in the AX-3.7U1 update release, because of the different station password storage methods, the following scenarios typically require you to perform some offline editing of the saved station file (config.bog) first, that is before using the Station Copier to install/copy it to other different platforms.

When the saved station is to be replicated on multiple updated (e.g. AX-3.7U1) hosts.
In this case, although all station User passwords (under UserService) will be working (they are considered "portable"), all the "client passwords" in the station will not work (unless installed back to the original host). Examples of these passwords are the Password property of the ClientConnection under each NiagaraStation, or the Password of the OutgoingAccount under the EmailService.

These passwords in the config.bog will not work because they are encrypted based on files in the platform's !security folder that are different (and unique) to each JACE controller.

For related details, refer to the NiagaraAX 2013 Security Updates engineering notes document, including section "Making modifications to archived station files".

When config.bog edits are needed

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