Platform daemon authentication

A new RB-603/RB-645 retrofit board ships with factory-default login credentials for a platform connection (username and password, see factory). You must enter these credentials to make a platform connection to the JACE.

It is strongly recommended that you change from default platform credentials (user name=tridium, password=niagara). Consider the platform daemon as the highest-level access to the JACE. Furthermore, make careful note of your entries. If you lose or forget these credentials, you may be unable to complete the commissioning and startup of this JACE. In this case, you can restore platform credentials to factory defaults, providing you can serially connect to the JACE (make serial shell connection)— pressing a key at the prompted time during JACE boot up. See About JACE serial shell mode.

To specify the platform daemon authentication

From Workbench with a platform connection to new JACE-603 or JACE-645, do the following:

Double-click Platform Administration.

The Platform Administration view appears.
Click the Update Authentication button.

An Authentication popup dialog appears.
In the User Name field, type in the desired user name for platform login.

User Name can be a maximum of 14 alphanumeric characters (a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9), where the first character must be alphabetic, and following characters either alphanumeric or underscore ( _ ).
User name and password are case sensitive. Thus, MyJACE603 and MyJace603 are not the same.
In the Password fields, type in the desired password (it must match in both password fields).

Entry characters display only in asterisks (*).

Password can be any desired length and mix of characters (“strong” passwords are supported).
Click the Finish button.

These new credentials become immediately effective, and will be required on any future platform connection from Workbench.

For additional details on the Platform Administration view for a Niagara R2 configured unit, see Additional R2 JACE platform administration.