Prerequisites: Your Supervisor or remote controller station is licensed to use oBIX and
Workbench is connected to the station. The version of
Workbench you are using was installed with the installation tool option (checkbox) set for
- If you need to install
Workbench, make sure you enable the check box in the installation tool that indicates, “This instance of Workbench will be used as
an installation tool”.
This option installs the needed distribution files (.dist files) for commissioning various models of remote platforms. The
.dist files are located under your Niagara\sw install directory.
- Confirm that the oBIX driver modules are available in the
C:\Niagara\[NiagaraVersionx.x.xx]\modules folder, where [NiagaraVersionx.x.xx] is the version of the Framework.
- If the controller will operate as an oBIX server, make sure the
web module is installed (and that feature is licensed).
- Upgrade any modules shown as out-of-date plus any modules shown as dependencies.
Following this, you are ready to configure the oBIX network as described in the rest of this document. As with other drivers,
you configure driver features in
Workbench using special manager views and Property Sheets. Manager views of oBIX device extensions add components, including proxy
points, to the station. These views provide online discovery of available data items (Learn mode), which greatly simplifies
the configuration process.
NOTE: The following procedures primarily use the manager views to add components. You may also open the obixDriver palette and drag
components and folders from the palette to the driver property sheets.