Document Change Log

Updates (changes/additions) to this NiagaraAX Drivers Guide document are listed below.

Updated: November 5, 2013

Updated this document concurrent with the initial release of NiagaraAX-3.8, denoted in this document as “AX-3.8”. This release provides additional security enhancements to those implemented in the 2013 “update 1” releases (AX-3.7u1). Document changes were mostly minor, as follows:
- In the About the Fox Service section (in the Niagara Network main section) the section Fox Service properties was edited, including a new subsection FoxService defaults (new station) changed in AX-3.8.
- In the About client connection properties, a Note about the non-portablility of client passwords was edited to mention the difference with an AX-3.8 station.
Updated: June 5, 2013

Updated this document concurrent with “update 1” release of AX-3.7, denoted in this document as “AX-3.7u1”. This releases provide security enhancements that mainly affect the NiagaraNetwork (niagaraDriver). The following summarize the main changes made to this document:

In the Niagara Network main section, the following subsections had changes or improvements:
- About the Fox Service was expanded, including Fox Service properties with a description of a new “Legacy Authentication” property starting in AX-3.7u1.
- The NiagaraStation component notes section About client connection properties has a new Note about the password property as “non-portable” in AX-3.7u1. Relating to the Users device extension, a new sub section Update mismatch with Users device extension fault describes a condition that can occur while a system is being upgraded to AX-3.7u1.
- The section Best practices for Niagara proxy points has a new subsection Avoid links to proxy point actions that explains why this can result in issues.
In the Field Bus Integrations main section, the Serial tunneling subsection had numerous security-related notes and cautions added, for example in the section Serial tunnel overview, Serial tunnel client configuration, and Configuring the serial tunnel server. A new section Best security practices for tunneling provides related details.
Updated July 22, 2012

Document is a “version-split” from previous versions, and applies to NiagaraAX-3.7 (AX-3.7), especially in regards to the “niagaraDriver”, as related changes were made in AX-3.7. With this version split, some notes and references to the previous (AX-3.6 and AX-3.5) revisions remain, but most references to the oldest revisions (AX-3.0 - AX-3.4) are gone.

AX-3.7-related changes to this document are many, but are concentrated in the following sections:
- Niagara Network changes includes sections About the Fox Service including subsection Fox Service properties.
  
  The main section on Niagara virtual components was reworked to reflect changes in the Niagara virtuals architecture, with most screen captures updated. New subsections include Niagara virtuals background, Niagara virtuals in AX-3.7, Virtual device extension, and Niagara virtuals cache (Virtual Policies).
- In the Field Bus Integrations section, the subsection Serial tunneling was updated to describe new self-executable files for installing the NiagaraAX serial tunneling client on Windows 7 and Windows Vista PCs. Included are details on installed files and the Windows interface for all variations of the serial tunneling client.
- Some new entries were added to the summary descriptions in the Component Guides and Plugin Guides to support context sensitive Help in Workbench, mostly relating to Niagara virtuals.