Niagara AX Framework Overview - Workbench

The Niagara AX Workbench is a powerful tool with features of a file explorer and a computer-aided-design (CAD) application. It allows Niagara AX installation or maintenance professionals to graphically review and edit the contents and behavior of a Niagara AX station as well as the configuration of a Niagara AX platform -- the computer on which the station is running.

The main window of the Niagara AX Workbench application is split into sections. Approximately the left-most third of the window displays the navigation tree. The navigation tree displays the station in terms of a tree structure. This looks similar to how file explorers show the contents of the file system (hard drives, compact disk drives, flash drives etc.) The right-most two-thirds of the main Workbench window shows further information and details about whatever is selected in the navigation tree.

Workbench - Palette

The Niagara AX installation professional can add logic (read further please for details about logic) to the station by dragging components (read further please for details about components) out of one or more Palettes and dropping these components into the station. The palettes are typically displayed at the bottom of the left-most third of the main Workbench application window, below the navigation tree. If the palette is not there then you can reveal it by clicking on the Window item of the main menu, hovering over to the Side Bars menu item, and then clicking the Palette item from the Side Bars menu.

This is a general illustration of the Niagara AX Workbench application.

This is a screen-shot of the Niagara AX Workbench. The navigation tree (Nav) is located towards the left-center. The palette is located at the lower-left. The main display area is located towards the center and right.