This wizard assists with any station copy (installing or backing up) by presenting a number of steps. The exact steps vary by the direction of copy, as well your selections in wizard step dialogs. In each step, click to advance to the next step. As needed, click to return to a previous step and make changes, or click to exit from the wizard (no station copy performed).
Use Cancel if you need to select a different station to copy; this reruns the wizard.
The wizard’s button is enabled only in the final step. When you click Finish, the related operations begin, and you see progress updates in the wizard’s Transferring Station dialog. When complete, you click in that dialog to exit the wizard.
The following sections describe all possible steps in the Station Transfer Wizard:
In the unlikely case where the source station config.bog file is currently in use (“locked”), the wizard opens in a state where you must to exit (no other steps are given).
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If installing a station, the source
config.bogis locked if it contains unsaved changes (it is being edited elsewhere in Workbench). After saving changes, you can try the copy again. -
If backing up a station, the source
config.bogis locked if currently in process of being saved. You can retry the copy later.
The first step in the Station Transfer Wizard is to confirm the name (or type a new name) for the copied station directory.
Default name is the station directory being copied. If you rename the station, it will be identical to the source (copied) station in every way except name of its station directory.
This step is skipped for any station backup, or if a station install in either of these cases:
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No existing station exists.
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The existing station is named the same as the one you are installing.
This step occurs because all JACE platforms have a support limit of one (1) installed station. The delete step simply cautions you that the existing station will be deleted (Figure 82).
The entire remote station directory (all subdirectories and files) is deleted when the station install starts. If unsure,
it may be best to , then backup the remote JACE station first.
The next step is the content step.
This wizard step is skipped if the source station consists of only a config.bog file.
After the name step and possibly delete step, the wizard asks you to select what station files to copy, with the default selection being “all” files and folders under that station directory (Figure 83).
The three possible selections are:
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Copy files from selected directories (not shown if source station has no subdirectories).
If you select this, a later “details step” allows you to select the source subdirectories.
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Copy every file in the station directory and its subdirectories.
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Copy only the “config.bog” station database file.
The next step is the disposition step.
This wizard step occurs only when an identically-named target station already exists.
If the target station already exists, a disposition step asks what is to be done with it (Figure 84).
The two possible selections are:
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Delete existing station directory before starting the copy
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Overwrite existing station files with new files, while leaving other files intact.
If you previously selected “copy everything” from the content step, the default pre-selection is the first (delete existing station directory). Otherwise, the second selection (overwrite) is pre-selected.
The next step is the station settings step.
This wizard step is skipped for any station backup.
This step specifies the station’s Auto-Start setting (Figure 85).
Two items are listed:
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START AFTER INSTALL: Start the station immediately after it is copied.
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AUTO-START: Start the station every time the platform daemon starts.
Auto-start is one of two station settings for any station, as specified in the Application Director view by using start checkboxes.
Depending on the target platform, default settings in this step vary:
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If a Win-32 based JACE (JACE-NXT, SoftJACE)
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START AFTER INSTALL: Enabled.
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AUTO-START: Enabled.
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If a QNX-based JACE.
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START AFTER INSTALL: shown cleared and unavailable (dimmed). A QNX-based JACE requires a reboot for the station to start. After clicking Next, a separate dialog asks if the remote host should be rebooted (Figure 86).
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AUTO-START: Enabled.
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Typically, you enable all settings and continue to the next step, either the details step or modules step.
This wizard step is skipped unless you selected “copy selected directories” in the content step.
This step provides a tree (Figure 87) to select station subdirectories (folders) to include in the copy. By default, all selectable folders are both expanded
and selected, while unselectable folders are not (note that if present, a station’s alarm and history folders are unselectable).
For any selectable folder, click to toggle it as either selected (with X) or unselected (no X).
This wizard step is skipped if a station backup, or if all modules required by the station being installed are already in the remote
JACE platform. In this case, you see either the stop station step or review step instead.
This step occurs if the target JACE platform is missing one or more of the modules required by the station being copied (installed). It lists the missing modules/versions that will be installed during the station copy operation. If included, this is the final step before the station copy process starts.
Dependencies of the missing modules are compared against the software that is already installed in the target JACE platform.
The Station Copier looks for versions of those missing modules in your Workbench software database that can be installed without re-commissioning the JACE, by default.
There are two possible results when the wizard reaches this step:
In either case, to continue you click either:
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— Start the local-to-remote copy, including installation of the listed modules. Progress updates appear in a Transferring Station dialog.
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— Exit from the wizard, then either select another station to install, or if a JACE upgrade is possible (and you have purchased an upgrade license for it) run the Commissioning Wizard to upgrade the JACE, including the installation of a station.
If all missing modules can be installed using the most current versions, they list without any warning, as shown in Figure 88.
If any module to be installed is not the most current version, you have the option to cancel the station install. A dialog explains that you can use the Commissioning Wizard to upgrade the JACE. An example of this dialog is shown in Figure 89.
In the example above, a station using the BACnet driver is being installed in AX-3.6 JACE which does not already have BACnet-related modules installed (bacnet, platBacnet, platMstp). Here, the Workbench AX-3.7 software database includes some 3.6 modules—likely “imported” using the Software Manager.
For related details, see Software Manager topics software database and Software Import. Also see Upgrading a JACE.
You can see this wizard step in any of these scenarios:
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You are copying the station running in a remote platform to your local computer, and you selected either “copy files from selected directories” or “copy only the config.bog station database file” in the previous content step. Note this step is skipped if you elect to “copy every file in the station directory and its subdirectories”. However, a station save occurs before the station copy transfer starts.
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If installing a “same-named” station.
This step reminds you that the station must be stopped while it is copied (Figure 90).
Click Next to go to the review step.
This wizard step is skipped when installing a station where additional modules are required. (Instead, the modules step provides the button. See Figure 88 for an example.
This step provides a summary of choices from previous steps, and a button to begin the station copy process. As shown in Figure 91, if you selected only specific station subdirectories to copy (from the details step), they are listed.
If needed, click to make changes, or click to begin the copy process and observe progress in the Transferring Station dialog.
After clicking in the wizard’s modules step or review step, the station copy process begins and updates appear in a this dialog, as shown in Figure 92.
Depending on the type of copy, the following operations may be included in this process:
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If installing a station (copy local-to-remote):
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Stop all stations — whenever modules require to be installed.
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Stop one station — any JACE where same station is being reinstalled.
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Delete station(s) — if you chose to delete station in the disposition step, or if a station needs to be deleted to stay under maximum number of stations (only one for any JACE platform)
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Transfer files — includes station and module files (actual copy portion).
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Start station — if a station had required to be stopped (module installation), or if you chose to start the station in the station settings step. Note that if a QNX-based platform, the process will finish with a host reboot.
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If backing up a station (copy remote-to-local):
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Save station — whenever remote station is currently running.
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Transfer files — includes station and module files (actual copy portion).
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A popup explaining that the existing station must be stopped may appear for a few seconds. Following, and during execution
of the various operations, a button is available. If you click Cancel before all operations complete, the installation (or backup) is not valid.
After all operations are finished, a button is available and the last update in the dialog is “Transfer complete.” Click Close to exit the wizard.
By default, after installing a station, the wizard exits with a popup (Figure 93) asking if you wish to switch to the Application Director platform view. Because it is a good idea to observe a station’s output upon first startup, you typically select .
To always automatically switch to the Application Director after installing a station, click the checkbox to “Don’t ask again” before
selecting . Then, you do not see this popup again.