Niagara (AX and R2) and PC Requirements

These instructions require that you have the following:

A PC running a licensed copy of NiagaraAX Workbench 3.6.44 or later. This PC is referred to as “your PC.”
A licensed copy of Niagara R2 2.301.535 or later installed on your PC. Although you don’t use the R2 Admin Tool for host-level configuration, you do “point” Workbench to this local Niagara R2 release directory, to install the necessary R2 software modules, and also a saved R2 station database and any other related files, as well as R2 lexicon files. Additionally, you do need this R2 JDE for subsequent R2 station access/configuration of the JACE-603 or JACE-645, after commissioning.
Again, you need the saved R2 station database for the JACE-403 or JACE-545 being upgraded, as well as any other station-related files, saved to your PC. See Saving needed files from the old R2 JACE.

Your PC must meet minimum hardware/operating system requirements for a Workbench workstation. This includes a working Ethernet adapter with TCP/IP support (browser capable). An Ethernet TCP/IP connection to the JACE is required to install Niagara software and establish other parameters.

For this initial Ethernet connection, you can use either:

An Ethernet patch cable connected directly between your PC and the JACE (if your PC Ethernet port is not “auto-sensing”, you will need an Ethernet crossover cable), or
A normal LAN connection, meaning that both your PC and the JACE are physically connected to the same Ethernet hub or switch.

To prepare for new JACE-603 or JACE-645 R2 commissioning

To prepare for R2 commissioning of a new JACE-603 or JACE-645, do the following steps:

If not already installed, install the Niagara Workbench 3.6.44 or later software on your PC, including its permanent license.
If not already installed, install Niagara R2 build 2.301.535 or later software on your PC, including its permanent license.
After installing Niagara R2 build 2.301.535 or later, make sure to copy the previously-saved R2 station database files (XML), along with any other station-related files to the appropriate stations subfolder under this Niagara release directory. Copy any received R2 license file(s) for JACE-603 or JACE-645 hosts under this Niagara R2 release directory too.
Open a Niagara 2.301.535 console window and use the dbadmin command to upgrade to saved XML database of the JACE station to the needed 2.301.535 schema level.

To do this:
1. From the Windows Start menu: All ProgramsNiagara 2.301.535.v1Console
2. At the command prompt, type:
```
dbadmin stationName up /v
```
  and press Enter. This upgrades the XML database to the needed level.
3. Next convert the XML format to the SNS format, by typing
```
dbadmin stationName c xml
sns
```
  and press Enter. This converts the XML database to the SNS format to be installed in the new JACE.
4. Close the Niagara 2.301.535 console window.
Attach one end of a standard category-5 Ethernet unshielded twisted pair (UTP) patch cable to the LAN1 (primary) RJ-45 Ethernet connector on the JACE.
Attach the other end of the patch cable to a network port or directly to an Ethernet hub.
Power up the JACE.
Record you PC’s current IP settings, then re-assign your PC’s IP address for its Ethernet NIC (network interface card). If necessary, refer to Windows online Help for information about configuring TCP/IP settings.
As an alternative to re-assigning your PC’s IP address, you can do one of the following:
- Obtain a USB-to-Ethernet network adapter (second network interface card, or NIC), and use it with an Ethernet crossover cable to commission JACEs. In this case, configure this second NIC to use the settings in the remainder of this step. This method offers an advantage over the serial shell method below, as you do not need to reboot a JACE in a special mode, i.e. change its serial shell jumper.
- Use a serial shell mode connection to the JACE to re-assign its factory IP address settings. After making this change and rebooting the JACE, you can continue commissioning using Workbench. This requires proper serial cabling and a special power-up mode for the JACE. For more details, see System shell.
For this initial connection to a factory-shipped JACE, configure your PC’s NIC to use an IP address in the same subnet as the JACE, as well as a matching subnet mask.

Set the IP address in the range: 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254

with a subnet mask of: 255.255.255.0
Do not assign your PC the identical IP address as the JACE’s factory-assigned IP address.
From your PC, start Workbench. The Niagara Workbench splash screen should appear, with a minimum of the following three main menu items: File, Tools, Help (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Workbench menu items (minimum of these three)