This section covers the steps required to install the Siemens N4 Appliance on a newly created N4 Controller (JACE) station.
Complete the procedure Before Installing the Siemens N4 Appliance before performing these steps.
- JACE has been commissioned to include the license, platform users, TCP/IP, and minimum required modules (defaults during commissioning wizard).
- Certifications are installed to the platform. See Installing Siemens N4 Certificate Chain.
- Create a new empty station
- From the Tools menu, create a new controller station of the appropriate type for the target platform.
- Copy the new empty station to the JACE
- Open the JACE platform (not the Supervisor platform) and use Platform/Station Copier to copy a station to the JACE platform.
- Accept all required modules
- The new station is copied to JACE.
- The JACE platform restarts.
- After the finished restart, open the JACE platform (not the Supervisor platform) and use Platform/Software Manager to copy modules to the JACE platform.
- Select haystack-rt, bacnetUtil-rt, and dashboard-rt/ux/wb
- Scroll down and select all of the following modules: sieUtilities-rt, siemensAppliance-rt, siemensAppliance-ux, siemensAppliance-wb, haystack-rt, dashboard-rt, dashboard-ux, dashboard-wb, batchJob-rt, batchJob-wb, provisioningNiagara-wb, kitPxN4svg-wb and bacnetUtil-rt.
- Click Ok to satisfy all dependencies.
- Select Install.
- Click Commit.
- The station restarts.
- The new modules are sent to the JACE.
- Do the following in File Transfer Client in the platform, to install the station update files:
a. In the left pane, under Files on this computer, locate and open the Siemens_N4_Appliance_3_00_100/UpdateFiles folder as shown in Figure 8, Transferring the Siemens_Update Folder. Move the cursor over the path configuration box to display the selected path. If you cannot find the Siemens_N4_Appliance_3_00_100 folder, review the first section of this document.
b. In the right pane, under Files on “[station_id]”, open /home/niagara/shared. Your File Transfer Client view should appear similar to the view shown in Figure 8, Transferring the Siemens_Update Folder.
c. Click the arrow pointing to the right to copy the folder and its content. A Siemens_Update_3_00 folder will display in the right pane.
- Add Services
a. Log back into and open the restarted station. From the Palette sidebar, open the sieUtilities palette and drag SieUtilitiesService and SieUpgradeStation into the station’s Config/Services folder.
b. From the Palette sidebar, open the dashboard palette and drag DashboardService into the station’s Config/Services folder.
- Upgrade the Station
Right-click the SieUpgradeStation service and select Actions/Sie Upgrade Station.
- The station is converted to an N4 Appliance station.
- Restart the Station
Open Platform/Application Director and restart the new station.
- The installation is complete.