When you add the ProvisioningNwExt to the NiagaraNetwork in a Supervisor station, every existing NiagaraStation device (under the network) automatically has five new device extensions created. See provisioning extensions for more details.
In addition, as you add more NiagaraStations, they too will have these extensions (see New station notes). In order for provisioning to work with the hosts running these stations, you need to enter some property values in one of these extensions.
To configure the NiagaraStation Platform Connection extensions
For each NiagaraStation device in the Supervisor station’s NiagaraNetwork, you must enter the corresponding platform daemon credentials of its host. The simplest way to do this is by using the NiagaraNetwork’s Station Manager view, as follows:
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In the Nav tree, expand Config, Drivers then double-click NiagaraNetwork.
The Station Manager view appears, listing all stations.
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Double-click the name of a station to open its Edit dialog.
The last few “Platform” fields are for editing that station’s Platform Connection extension properties, namely for platform User, Password, and Port.
In AX-3.7 or later, an additional “Secure Platform” boolean property is present, set to “false” by default. If the station’s
host platform is configured for SSL access (platformSSL) set this to true. In this case, note the default Platform Port is
not 3011, but is 5011—unless changed to some other port in that platform.
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Enter its platform connection credentials, and if using a non-default port address, change from the default port 3011 to the port number used.
Platform credentials (username, password) and port should be the same credentials and port you use when you open a platform
connection directly to this remote (JACE) host.
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Click the button.
Upon the next monitor ping of that host’s platform daemon, its “Station Run State” should change from
UnknowntoRunning(the station’s “Platform Connection” extension should now have status “ok”). Alternatively, right-click a NiagaraStation’s Platform Connection extension and invoke the action “Ping” for an immediate ping of its platform daemon. -
Repeat this procedure for each NiagaraStation listed in the Station Manager view.
If using the identical platform credentials and port numbers in multiple (or even all) hosts running each station, you can select multiple stations (rows) in the Station Manager to do this edit (right-click and select with multiple stations highlighted).
Alternatively, you can use the Provisioning Manager view on the Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork to edit these properties for each NiagaraStation (Figure 1 below).
When done configuring platform connections, all stations shown in the Provisioning Manger should have a Platform Status of “ok”, as shown in Figure 1 above. For related details on this view, see Provisioning Manager.