The default selection is to install. You need the platform daemon locally installed and running to host a station on your local PC, such as for a
Supervisor. This lets you open a
Workbench client platform connection to your local (My Host) platform. It also allows remote client platform connections to your PC.
Once installed and started on a PC, you can see the platform daemon listed as a Niagara service from the Windows Control Panel, by selecting .
NOTE: Alternatively, after
Niagara installation on your PC, you can install and start the platform daemon at any time, if needed. From the Windows Start menu,
do this with (shortcut for “plat.exe installdaemon”).
In summary, your
Workbench PC’s local platform daemon is not necessary for making client platform connections to other hosts, only to provide the ability
to run a station locally on your PC.