If licensed for operation as an oBIX server (see License requirements), the station can expose components and histories accessible to oBIX clients, with access corresponding to the login credentials used for connection. This includes allowing operation (op) writes on components’ actions.

Obix server operation by a NiagaraAX station is not used in any Niagara R2 to NiagaraAX integration, as the R2 oBIX driver is server-side only, without client capability.

Note you can quickly verify if a station is operating as an oBIX server. Simply open a web browser connection to that station, using the syntax

 http://<host>[:port]/obix

 where <host> is IP address or hostname, and [:port] is optional (if omitted, assumed as 80).

For example: http://192.168.1.94/obix for a typically-configured station at that IP address,

or http://192.168.1.75:85/obix for a station running on Http Port 85 (as configured in its WebService) at its host IP address.

As shown in Figure 2, after you login with station credentials you see an HTML representation of the station’s oBIX lobby, including hyperlinks to traverse into the object tree structure.

The following sections provide additional details: