As shown in Figure 61, when working in Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork to add a new station, the Add dialog automatically at least three provisioning-related properties, providing that the Supervisor is configured with the ProvisioningNwExt.

These properties are at the bottom of the Add (or Edit) dialog for a NiagaraStation, all with “Platform” in the descriptor. They are for the Port and Credentials properties in the Platform Connection extension, and if a AX-3.7 or later Supervisor, a “Secure Platform” property to specify if a “platform SSL” connection should be used. These properties do not appear in these dialogs when working in the NiagaraNetwork of any JACE station, or if a Supervisor is not configured with (or licensed for) the ProvisioningNwExt.

If you want to perform provisioning on the station, be sure to put proper values in these platform fields. For more details on Platform Connection properties, see properties.

A NiagaraNetwork “discover” can determine if a station is configured for secure (Foxs) access, including the port used—for example the standard 4911 as shown in Figure 61 above. However, a discover cannot determine if that station’s host has “secure platform” access enabled, nor its associated port.