Updates (changes/additions) to this AX SoftJACE Install & Startup Guide document are listed below.
Revised: December 16, 2013
Completely reworked document to include many changes since 2006, including several specific to AX-3.8 and AX-3.7. Complete details are too numerous to list, but the main areas of change include:
The beginning Product Description section was revised to mention SSL capabilities, a 64-bit installation option, and the possibility of installing from a downloaded SoftJACE image file instead of only a SoftJACE CD. See the new subsection Download and extract the SoftJACE image.
The Installation and startup overview section has a new subsection Notes on 32-bit versus 64-bit SoftJACE installations. Subsection Platform daemon port was updated to show the Windows Firewall in Windows 7, and mention platform SSL access.
The Install the SoftJACE software section now shows the appropriate install wizard steps for installing NiagaraAX software for an AX-3.8 or AX-3.7 SoftJACE.
The SoftJACE licensing considerations section was updated, showing the new “Bind License” form served by the licensing server. See Submitting a license request.
The Open a SoftJACE platform connection includes separate procedures for AX-3.8 and AX-3.7, as platform connection dialogs vary between the two. A new AX-3.8 SoftJACE (unlike a new AX-3.7 SoftJACE) also supports an initial “platform with SSL” connection.
The Run the Commissioning Wizard section was completely revised, showing the reordered wizard steps in the subsection Start the Commissioning Wizard. Subsequent subsections describe each possible wizard step, reflecting AX-3.8 and AX-3.7 step choices.
The former “SoftJACE configuration notes” section was retitled Post-wizard SoftJACE configuration, where both subsections Platform Adminstration view and PlatformServices were revised. A new subsection was added in the former, SSL Settings. In the latter on PlatformServices, platform services for SSL certificate management and NTP time synchronization were mentioned, including references to other NiagaraAX technical documents where more details can be found.
Two new sections were added, Software port notes and SSL and certificate notes in AX-3.8. The first provides default software port numbers commonly used in NiagaraAX. This may be useful when configuring the firewall on a SoftJACE, as described in the section Platform daemon port. The second provides background details on the popup “Identity Verification” warning, seen when making an initial platform SSL connection (as in To open a platform connection to a new AX-3.8 SoftJACE).
The section AX SoftJACE FAQs was updated with an additional question about which installation files on the SoftJACE CD (or image) actually apply to the SoftJACE host.
Revised: November 29, 2006
Modified licensing discussions to explain the online submission for a license request. In the About the SoftJACE license section, added a new section Submitting a license request, and changed another section to Manually checking host ID and submitting license request. Also separated procedures under the Request or install software licenses step under the Run the Commissioning Wizard section. Added one additional FAQ in the AX SoftJACE FAQs section, to state that SoftJACE installation from CD should happen only once.
Revised: November 8, 2006
In the SoftJACE Windows security notes section, added a new section Platform daemon port. Reworked the section Install the SoftJACE software to reflect the improved AX-3.1 SoftJACE installation wizard, which asks fewer questions and automatically installs and starts the needed NiagaraAX platform daemon. In the various step sections under Run the Commissioning Wizard, made numerous small changes and removed notes about the SoftJACE rebooting if a station is installed (this was fixed). Updated the majority of screen captures used in the document.
Publication: February 7, 2006
Initial document.
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