In the first case, when the remote
AX-3.7U1 or later host (typically JACE) starts up the newly copied station, it automatically converts all the passwords in the station to the newer storage formats,
and immediately re-saves that station (config.bog file) in its file space. Now, if you use the Station Copier to save that station back to your
Workbench, that station database (config.bog file) has all passwords stored in the updated, more secure formats.
In the second case, the saved
AX-3.7U1 station database (config.bog file) already has passwords stored in the updated formats. Providing that you re-install it
to the same JACE host that you saved it from, no edits to that config.bog file are necessary. The two exceptions to this are as follows:
- If after you saved that station, a "clean dist" file was installed on that JACE, and you then installed (or re-installed) an update (e.g.
AX-3.7U1) or later release. In this case, note all the "client passwords" in the saved config.bog (e.g., the Password property of
the ClientConnection under each NiagaraStation, or the Password of the OutgoingAccount under the EmailService) are no longer
valid, even if the JACE hardware is the same. In this case you can simply re-enter all the client passwords and re-save that station.
- If that JACE had since been "downgraded" to a pre-update release, e.g.
AX-3.7 or
AX-3.6. In this case, that station will not successfully start (as its software doesn't know how to handle the new password storage
formats). Before this station is usable on any such host, you need to edit its config.bog file offline in
Workbench, re-entering all password property values--both "client passwords" and all station User passwords (under UserService).