Starting in build 3.6.44, the File Transfer Client also applies to a Workbench platform connection to a JACE-603 or JACE-645
controller configured for Niagara R2. See the “File Transfer Client” section in the document Retrofit Board Niagara R2 Install and Startup Guide for related details.
The File Transfer Client is one of several platform views. It allows you to copy files and/or folders between your Workbench PC and the remote NiagaraAX platform. You can also use it to delete files and folders.
This may be useful if you wish to copy graphics images to a JACE, as one example. Or, use it to copy text files from the !/lib folder of a remote JACE to your local PC, to allow editing. Then you can use the File Transfer Client to copy the edited
version back to the JACE’s !/lib folder. An example of doing this is for a JACE’s system.properties file. See system.properties notes.
However, do not use the File Transfer Client to copy modules to a JACE, as the “module content filter” is not applied. As a result, larger files are transferred, and unnecessary flash drive space is used on the JACE.
The File Transfer Client provides a two-pane view, as shown in Figure 27.
Be careful when using the File Transfer Client, especially when copying files to a target JACE platform, or whenever using
the delete (X) control. Note that in either direction, when transferring a file and an identically-named file already exists,
a popup confirmation dialog appears before the copy. A popup confirmation dialog also appears before any delete. However,
after confirmation there is no “Undo.”
In the File Transfer Client view, the left pane provides access to local (Workbench PC) files, and the right pane provides access to files on the remote platform.
Use is straightforward, you simply click navigation controls at the top of each pane to go to the appropriate location for source and target. Then you click one or more items on one side (as source) to select for copying to the other side (target). Then, you click the appropriate transfer arrow.
A dialog appears when all files are transferred, as shown in Figure 28.
