The Provisioning Station Director is the default view on the StationProxy provisioning extension of a NiagaraStation. As shown in Figure 64, this view closely resembles the “Application Director” view available in a direct platform connection to a host.
Refer to the “Application Director” section in the NiagaraAX Platform Guide for descriptions of most elements in this view. Only elements that differ from that view are explained here.
Differences from the Application Director view are summarized as follows:
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Since the Provisioning Station Director only shows information for one station, it does not show the station name and status within a table (at the top of the view), but instead shows this data at the top using simple text labels.
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Where the Application Director updates the “Auto-Start” and “Restart on Failure” settings immediately when changed, the Provisioning Station Director works more like a normal view, meaning you must click the button after making any changes.
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Although the appearances of the two views are similar, their implementations are different. The Application Director connects the Workbench view directly to the station’s platform daemon, and is best for extended troubleshooting. Whereas, the Provisioning Station Director uses the Supervisor station as an intermediary, and as a result is not as responsive, and is less efficient (uses additional Supervisor resources).