Station Software View

The Station Software View is the default view on the Software provisioning extension of a NiagaraStation. As shown in Figure 67, this view closely resembles the “Software Manager” view available in a direct platform connection to a host.

Figure 67. Station Software View is default view on Software provisioning extension

Starting in AX-3.5, a number of changes were made to the platform Software Manager, including the ability to install an older revision of a selected software module (right-click menu), as well as the ability to install a new module without resulting in an automatic reboot of the target JACE. Refer to the “Software Manager” section in the NiagaraAX Platform Guide for descriptions of most elements in this view. Only elements that differ from that view are explained here.

Whenever you access this view, a “snapshot” is taken of that NiagaraStation’s installed software, and this view’s table reflects its current software configuration. Other differences from the Software Manager view in a direct platform connection are summarized as follows:

Where the Software Manager has table columns “Installed Version” and “Available Version” that represent the station’s and Workbench’s versions of each software item, the Station Software View has equivalent columns “Station Version” and “Supervisor Version”.
Instead of a Commit button that starts the software installation by running it in Workbench, there is an Execute Job button, to submit the installation as a provisioning batch job in the Supervisor station. When you click Execute Job, the view changes to Niagara Network Job View.