The Station Copier is one of several platform views. You use it to install a station in a remote NiagaraAX platform, as well as make a local backup copy of a remote station (copy its station database and files to your PC). You can also rename and delete stations, either locally or remotely.
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 Station Copier” tab under a different platform view, the “R2 Platform Tool”. For details, refer to
the “R2 Station Copier” section in the Retrofit Board Niagara R2 Install & Startup Guide.
As always, this platform view is not seen when opening a local platform connection at your Supervisor computer—usage has always been intended for remote NiagaraAX JACE hosts only.
As shown in Figure 78, this view is split into two main areas:
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Local stations on your Workbench computer (left side)
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Remote station on the opened JACE platform (right side)
By default, contents of the !/stations folder is shown on the Workbench (left) side. If you have station folders located elsewhere, click the folder icon for a
“Change Directory” dialog, and point the Station Copier to that location. That alternate location is remembered the next time
you access the Station Copier.
The following sections provide more details:
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Station Copier dependencies check (if familiar with the Station Copier prior to Workbench AX-3.5)