In addition to the SystemService found under its property sheet, the PlatformServicesContainer has various child services, of which different types are listed below.
Some platform services are intended to support installations where all configuration must be done using only a browser connection (and not a Workbench platform connection to a JACE’s platform daemon). Examples include types TcpIpService and LicenseService.
The list of visible platform service types includes the following:
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TcpIpService
Provides access to the same configuration using the platform’s TCP/IP Configuration view. See TCP/IP Configuration.
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LicenseService
Provides access to the same configuration using the platform’s License Manager view. See License Manager.
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SerialPortService
Allows review of available serial ports on the host platform. For older QNX-based JACEs with configurable serial ports (e.g. JACE-403), this is where you configure port usage. For a related procedure, see “JACE serial port configuration” in the JACE NiagaraAX Install & Startup Guide.
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PowerMonitorService
Currently applies to QNX-based JACEs, providing configuration and status of the JACE’s battery monitoring and AC power-fail shutdown routines. See JACE power monitoring for details. This service also applies to some models of the (Win32-based) JACE-NXT and JACE-NXS, see JACE-NXT (and JACE-NXS) power monitoring.
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NtpPlatformService
Provides the Niagara interface to the NTP (Network Time Protocol) service or daemon of the platform’s OS (QNX, Win32, Linux), including several configuration parameters and a list specifying one or more NTP time servers. For details, see NtpPlatformService.
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GprsPlatformService
Available only for a QNX-based JACE with a GPRS modem option card installed, providing that the
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UsbMonitorPlatformService
(Applies to JVLN, i.e. JACE-7 platforms only). Provides read-only debug type details related to USB port monitoring on the JACE-7 series controller. If client applications are installed that interface with this service, system notifications may occur when USB devices are inserted or removed.
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DataRecoveryService
Allows monitoring the service that automatically creates and manages static RAM buffers in the controller, allowing “battery-less” operation (if so configured), or usage of the SRAM along with an installed backup battery. For details, refer to the Engineering Notes II document JACE Data Recovery Service (SRAM support).
In the initial AX-3.6 release, this service automatically removed any former PowerMonitorService. However, starting in build 3.6.44, this changed such that both services are retained. However, if the PlatformServiceContainer’s configuration property “Battery Present” is set to false, the PowerMonitorService
no longer monitors for a battery, preventing “battery bad” nuisance alarms.
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HardwareMonitorService
Applies to station in a Win32-based JACE only (JACE-NXT, JACE-NXS, JACE-NX). Provides status of several internal environmental variables, including alarm limit configuration. See JACE-NXT hardware monitoring and JACE-NXS hardware monitoring for details.
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WifiPlatformService
(Applies if a JACE-700 with installed WiFi option only). Allows configuration of the optional WiFi adapter installed in the JACE controller, providing that the
platWifimodule is installed. For details, see the “About the WiFiPlatformService” section in the Engineering Notes II document NiagaraAX JACE WiFi option.