Each driver type is enabled by a separate feature element (or line, starting with name attribute), and has common Driver attributes as previously described.
New NiagaraAX drivers are continually developed and offered as products. This section includes some, but not all drivers available.
It is included in this section to illustrate how driver features appear in licenses.
Alphabetically, driver types listed here include aaphp, aapup. bacnet, bacnetAws, bacnetOws, bacnetws, dust, fileDriver, jen6lp, jennic, lonworks, modbusAsync, modbusCore, modbusSlave, modbusTcp, modbusTcpSlave, obixDriver, opc, niagaraDriver, rdbDb2, rdbOracle, rdbSqlServer, sedonanet, snmp, videoDriver and zwave.
Enables the American Auto-Matrix Public Host Protocol (PHP) driver. The serial feature is also required.
Enables the American Auto-Matrix Public Unitary Host (PUP) driver. The serial feature is also required.
Enables functionality of the BACnet driver for BACnet/Ethernet and BACnet/IP. If a QNX-based JACE, other features can be added to enable BACnet MS/TP communications over serial ports: mstp and serial.
<feature name="bacnet" expiration="never" device.limit="none" export="true" history.limit="none" point.limit="none" schedule.limit="none" parts="AX-DEMO"/>
Refer to the NiagaraAX BACnet Guide for details on all BACnet integration with NiagaraAX.
export="true" - When set to "true" this field enables BACnet server operation. When the field is set to "false" only BACnet client operation is permitted.
When BACnet export is enabled, any station histories and/or schedules that are exported to BACnet do not count towards any
history.limit or schedule.limit values in the license (if any).
Provides added functionality as BACnet AWS Supervisor with BTL-certification, as described in the BACnet “Advanced Operator Workstation” specification (B-AWS). Available for PC platforms only (not JACE platforms) running AX-3.6 or later. The bacnet feature is also required in the license. More details are available in an appendix in the NiagaraAX BACnet Guide.
Provides added functionality as BACnet OWS Supervisor with BTL-certification, as described in the BACnet “Operator Workstation” specification (B-OWS). Available for PC platforms only (not JACE platforms) running AX-3.6 or later. More details are available in an appendix in the NiagaraAX BACnet Guide.
(Superseded in favor of the BACnet AWS Supervisor and BACnet OWS Supervisor products that meet BTL certification, starting in AX-3.6). Provides added functionality as a BACnet Supervisor as described in the BACnet Specification B-OWS device profile, and is for PC platforms only (not JACE platforms). The bacnet feature is also required in the license. More details are available in an appendix in the NiagaraAX BACnet Guide.
Enables the Dust Wireless Mesh driver. Details are available in the NiagaraAX Dust User Guide.
Enables the File driver, used to import comma or tab delimited text files and convert into Niagara histories. For more details, see the “file-FileNetwork” section in the NiagaraAX Drivers Guide.
Applies to an AX-3.6 or later QNX-based JACE with an installed Sedona Jennic option card (with jennic license feature). Enables a network of wireless Jennic-based Sedona Framework devices (SedonaJen6lpNetwork), including device and point limits. Limits are independent of any in a sedonanet license feature (if present). Additionally, if the “export” attribute is set to true, Chopan server functionality is provided. Chopan facilitates operation of hibernating devices within the Sedona Jennic network.
<feature name="jen6lp" expiration="never" export="true" device.limit="none" history.limit="none" point.limit="500" schedule.limit="none" parts="DR-SOX-JEN-AX"/>
To engineer and support, Niagara Workbench requires Sedona Framework TXS software installed, using the Sedona Installer tool—see the NiagaraAX Sedona Installer Guide for related details.
Required for a QNX-based JACE controller to use a Sedona Jennic option card, where the jen6lp license feature is also required to enable a network of wireless Sedona Jennic devices (SedonaJen6lpNetwork). The jennic feature is also required by a Workbench host to use a USB wireless adapter (coordinator), as the tools New Jennic Wireless Adapter and Jennic Serial Port Tool do not function without it.
Enables the Lonworks driver. Utilizing the driver also requires a LON interface on the JACE controller. Most JACE controller models require an optional Lonworks interface card to be installed. More details are available in the NiagaraAX Lonworks Guide.
Enables the Modbus Master Serial driver. The JACE controller operates as the Modbus Master device communicating via an available serial port using either Modbus RTU or Modbus ASCII. The modbusCore and serial features are also required.
Required by a JACE controller or Modbus Supervisor host for any of the Modbus drivers (Async, Slave, TCP, TCP Slave). For details on any Modbus driver, refer to the NiagaraAX Modbus Guide.
Enables the Modbus Slave Serial driver. The JACE controller operates as a Modbus Slave communicating via an available serial port using either Modbus RTU or ASCII to a Modbus Master device. The modbusCore and serial features are also required.
Enables the Modbus Master TCP driver. The JACE controller or Modbus Supervisor operate as a Modbus Master device communicating via Modbus TCP/IP. The modbusCore feature is also required
Enables the Modbus Slave TCP driver. The JACE controller or Modbus Supervisor operates as a Modbus Slave device communicating via Modbus TCP/IP. The modbusCore feature is also required
Enables the oBIX driver. The driver supports the oBIX protocol, which is M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communications via XML over TCP/IP. Refer to the NiagaraAX Obix Guide for related details.
<feature name="obixDriver" expiration="never" device.limit="none" export="true" history.limit="none" point.limit="none" schedule.limit="none" parts="AX-DEMO"/>
Enables the OPC client driver, and is only available on Windows-based platforms because of the protocol’s dependency of Windows. Refer to the NiagaraAX OPC Guide for related details.
Enables communication via the Fox protocol to other NiagaraAX stations, and allows creation of a NiagaraNetwork, including proxy points, importing/exporting histories and schedules, and routing alarms.
<feature name="niagaraDriver" expiration="never" virtual="true" schedule.limit="none" point.limit="none" history.limit="none" device.limit="none" parts="ENG-WORKSTATION"/>
For more details, refer to the Niagara Drivers Guide section “About the Niagara Network”.
Enables the Relational Database Driver using the IBM DB2 database format. This driver allows exporting of histories from the NiagaraAX station to an IBM DB2 database. The driver does not include the DB2 software, which must be purchased separately from a third party source.
<feature name="rdbDb2" expiration="never" parts="ENG-WORKSTATION"/>
Enables the Relational Database Driver using the Oracle database format. This driver allows exporting of histories from the NiagaraAX station to an Oracle database. The driver does not include the Oracle software, which must be purchased separately from a third party source.
<feature name="rdbOracle" expiration="never" parts="ENG-WORKSTATION"/>
Enables the Relational Database Driver using the Microsoft SQL database format. This driver allows importing and exporting of histories to and from the NiagaraAX station, and to and from a Microsoft SQL database. The driver does not include the Microsoft SQL software, which must be purchased separately from a third party source. The driver does work with the MSDE version which is free from Microsoft; however, the normal Microsoft imposed limitations on the MSDE version still apply.
<feature name="rdbSqlServer" expiration="never" history.limit="10" historyImport="true" parts="ENG-WORKSTATION"/>
Enables the Sedona Framework Ethernet/Wi-Fi Network (SedonaNetwork) in a AX-3.6 or later JACE or Supervisor, including device and point limits. Device and point limits are independent from those in the jen6lp license feature on the host, if present.
<feature name="sedonanet" expiration="never" export="false" device.limit="none" history.limit="none" point.limit="500" schedule.limit="none" parts="DR-SOX-ETH-AX"/>
To engineer and support, Niagara Workbench requires Sedona Framework TXS software installed, using the Sedona Installer tool—see the NiagaraAX Sedona Installer Guide for related details.
Enables the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) driver, which allows sending and receiving SNMP messages. Refer to the NiagaraAX SNMP Driver Guide for related details.
<feature name="snmp" expiration="never" device.limit="none" history.limit="none" point.limit="500" schedule.limit="none" parts="AX-DEMO"/>
Enables the NiagaraAX Video driver module (videoDriver) that provides the foundation to integrate selected commercial off-the-shelf video surveillance and recording systems into a NiagaraAX station. Depending on the specific video hardware used, one or more vendor-specific license feature entries are also typically required. Refer to the NiagaraAX Video Driver Guide for related details.
Applies to a QNX-based JACE with an installed Z-Wave option card, or any host platform with a third-party, serially-connected, Z-wave gateway device. The serial feature is also required. Enables a network of wireless Z-Wave devices (ZWaveNetwork), including device and point limits. Refer to the NiagaraAX Z-Wave Driver Guide for related details.