Software Manager

If platform connected to a (retrofit board) JACE-603 or JACE-645 controller configured for Niagara R2 (and not NiagaraAX), this view is not used. Instead, you use a “R2 Software Manager” tab under a different platform view, the “R2 Platform Tool”. For details, refer to the “R2 Software Manager” section in the Retrofit Board Niagara R2 Install & Startup Guide.

As shown in Figure 67, the Software Manager is one of several platform views. This view lets you install, uninstall, or simply review all NiagaraAX software modules installed in a remote JACE platform. By default, this view compares the platform’s modules against your “locally available” modules, meaning the most current NiagaraAX modules in the software database on your Workbench PC.

Figure 67. Software Manager compares remotely installed modules to locally available

The first time you run the Software Manager, it copies modules in your Workbench’s !/modules folder into the build-named subfolder in your “software database” (!/sw), for example !/sw/3.7.105. Note this can take several minutes, with a popup similar to the one below.

Figure 68. Copying modules into your software database

Copying also occurs whenever you “import” software into your Workbench’s software database.

Then every time you access the Software Manager it rebuilds the modules list, reflecting the latest revision of your available modules, as well modules currently installed in the opened Niagara platform.

The following sections explain further: