The Station Copier lets you rename any station, either on your local PC (left side) or a remote platform (right side). A Rename dialog (Figure 94) appears when you select a station and click .
Be careful when renaming stations, as there is no undo. Furthermore, please note the following:
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Any running station that is renamed must first be stopped—a confirmation dialog will inform you of this after you enter the new station name and click OK. In the case of a QNX-based JACE, this also results in a host reboot.
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If a renamed running station is already included in the NiagaraNetwork of other stations, its corresponding NiagaraStation component will remain “down” until renamed to match the new name. Thus, all child components (Niagara proxy points and so on) will also be down until this is done. In addition, other unforeseen consequences may result from changing the name of a station that has already been integrated into other stations.
Therefore, station renames are best done on local (left side) stations, or when initially configuring a job site network, such as when installing (copying) a station.