Whether the station database file (config.bog) is considered to be a station backup or whether it is part of a replicated station (system image) backup dist, the suggested
modifications to it are the same.
Be sure to keep unmodified copies of config.bog files (from Station Copier) or saved backup .dist files before making modifications. Work from copies of these files.Test your changes — be sure your modifications accomplish what you intend. This is especially important if
you will be relying on them for jobs or sharing with customers or clients.
To modify, you open the file offline in Workbench.
Modifications described here do not apply to a AX-3.8 system, but only on a system running an update release (AX-3.7u1 or
later, AX-3.6u4 or later, AX-3.5u4 or later). See Station archive portablility improvements in AX-3.8.
The following modifications are recommended:
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Set “Force Reset At Next Login” for all Users (AX-3.7 and later only, recommended in many cases)
In some cases by logging into a template station to verify a “known good” configuration, you can be forced to change passwords from defaults (particularly true if an AX-3.7 station).
In an image, you’ll want to change such User passwords back to defaults.
If using AX-3.7 or later, in many cases it is recommended that you set each User’s “Force Reset At Next Login” property (under Password Configuration) to true.
An exception to this may be if these are replicated JACE stations to be installed in a NiagaraNetwork where “network users” are configured. In this scenario, sometimes you may wish to reserve this setting for only the (source) network Users in the Supervisor station.
If you need client credentials in an image, they won’t work in a target host because of new encryption techniques. Your offline
edit of a station config.bog should replace any “new format” encoded passwords with legacy passwords. Figure 5 shows such an offline edit in progress.
Note you may have to overtype the password with an incorrect password, save, then correct it and save again to ensure that it gets stored correctly.
Certain NiagaraAX services can configure themselves based on available hardware when their station is first run. You may wish
to investigate for this. If found, revert any such configuration during your offline edit of the station config.bog.
