Limitations to NiagaraAX platform operations

Niagara 4 Workbench does not support NiagaraAX commissioning of JACE controllers, i.e. you cannot use the N4 Commissioning Wizard to configure AX JACE platforms. Instead, you must use the AX-3.x Workbench, and run the Commissioning Wizard on such platforms.
 
NOTE: This is true for a JACE-8000 that you have downgraded to run AX-3.8U1. You must then use the AX-3.8U1 Workbench and configure the platform with the Commissioning Wizard.
 

NiagaraAX Workbench is generally recommended for all platform operations with AX-3.x JACE controllers. If needed, however, you can use Niagara 4 Workbench to perform some platform operations on AX JACE controllers. Examples include modifying TCP/IP configuration, or installing AX software modules. Note the latter requires you to import the “software database” of a recent ( AX-3.8) Supervisor or engineering workstation into your Niagara 4 software database.

Other platform views/operations that are unavailable using Niagara 4 Workbench for a platform connection to an AX-3.x JACE controller are:

  • DDNS Configuration
  • GPRS Modem Configuration
  • WiFi Configuration (for JACE-700 with installed WiFi option)
  • Also unavailable are following operations from the Platform Administration view:
    • Update Authentication
    • FTP/Telnet
    • Set Module Filter

Use the appropriate NiagaraAX Workbench to perform such NiagaraAX platform configuration.