The platform Distribution File Installer allows you to install distribution (.dist) files from this computer to the remote NiagaraAX host. Typical use is for restoring backups, or for installing a “clean dist” file to essentially restart configuration “from scratch”. For more details, see Distribution File Installer.

Starting in NiagaraAX build 3.6.44, the Distribution File Installer view also applies in a Workbench platform connection to a Niagara R2-configured JACE-603 or JACE-645 controller (retrofit board-equipped JACE-403 or JACE-545 controller). Chiefly, it is used to restore backups. For more details, refer to the “Distribution File Installer” section in the Retrofit Board Niagara R2 Install & Startup Guide.