Edge licensing scheme for Niagara 4.10 and later

Niagara 4.10 introduces a new Niagara Edge licensing scheme for Supervisor NiagaraNetwork connections. This licensing scheme allows you to connect 10 Niagara Edge devices to a Supervisor for the same price as a standard Niagara station connection.

Q: Which Edge devices qualify?

A: This applies to Niagara Edge 10 and other Edge devices powered by Niagara Framework with a license for 150 points capacity or less. A combination of Niagara Edge 10 and other Niagara Edge devices can be used together with each counting as a single NiagaraNetwork Edge connection.

Q: Does this apply to a JACE?

A: This is not applicable for JACE platforms regardless of point capacity.

Q: What do I need to do?

A: Follow the steps below and connect up to 10 times more Niagara Edge devices to your Supervisor for the same price:

Upgrade your Supervisor station to Niagara 4.10 or later.
Download an updated license for your Niagara Edge device.
Discover your Niagara Edge devices and add to your Supervisor NiagaraNetwork.

Q: Can you provide an example of how this works?

A: Niagara Edge 10 or other devices powered by Niagara Framework with a 150 points or less based capacity license now count as a one tenth (1/10) of a standard NiagaraNetwork connection.

See the following examples of how Edge 10 licensing can work with Niagara 4.10 and later:

Example 1: For a Supervisor with 1 NiagaraNetwork connection.

You can now connect

1 JACEOR
Up to 10 Niagara Edge devices.

Example 2: For a Supervisor with 2 NiagaraNetwork connections.

You can now connect

Up to 20 Niagara Edge devicesOR
Up to 10 Niagara Edge devices and 1 JACE or Supervisor

Example 3: For a Supervisor with 3 NiagaraNetwork connections.

You can now connect

Up to 30 Niagara Edge devicesOR
Up to 20 Niagara Edge devices and 1 JACE or SupervisorOR
Up to 10 Niagara Edge devices and 1 JACE and 1 SupervisorOR

Up to 10 Niagara Edge devices and 2 JACEs or Supervisors

Example 4: For a Supervisor with 10 NiagaraNetwork connections.

You can now connect up to

100 Niagara Edge devices OR
Up to 90 Niagara Edge devices and 1 JACE or Supervisor OR
Up to 80 Niagara Edge devices and 2 JACEs or SupervisorsOR
Up to 80 Niagara Edge devices AND 1 JACE AND 1 Supervisor OR
Up to 70 Niagara Edge devices AND 3 JACEs or SupervisorsOR
Up to 70 Niagara Edge devices AND 2 JACEs AND 1 SupervisorOR
Up to 70 Niagara Edge devices AND 1 JACE AND 2 Supervisors

Q: Can I use this new licensing schema with pre-existing Edge devices in my Supervisor Niagara Network?

A: For any customers with pre-existing Edge devices in a Supervisor NiagaraNetwork, following are two options you can employ to start using the new Edge licensing schema without having to rediscover the station:

Adding new station
1. Add a new Niagara Edge Station to your Supervisor’s NiagaraNetwork and configure the network parameters. Don't enable the network.
2. Navigate to the points folder in the pre-existing Niagara Edge device and select all items. Perform the same step for all imported or exported histories and schedules under the NiagaraNetwork.
3. Cut and paste the selected items into the points folder of the new Niagara Edge Station. Perform the same step for all imported or exported histories and schedules and paste in the respective folders under the NiagaraNetwork.
4. Configure the Alarm Class for the new Niagara Edge device under the Supervisor NiagaraNetwork to use the Alarm Class utilized by the original Niagara Edge device.
  Disable the original Niagara Edge device.
5. Ensure the new Niagara Edge station is an allowed host under the Supervisor Certificate Manager.
6. Delete the original Niagara Edge device.
Using Station Copier
1. Open a Platform connection and access the Station Copier.
2. Copy the Supervisor station to your local host.
3. Navigate to User Home > stations folder, access the station bog file copied in the above step and open the text editor view of the station XML.
4. Locate the pre-existing Niagara Edge device in the Supervisor NiagaraNetwork and change the station type from nd:NiagaraStation to nd:NiagaraEdgeLiteStation.
5. Save the bog file.
6. Open the Platform connection and access the Station Copier. Copy the Supervisor station edited in the step above on your local host and copy to the Supervisor host.

Q: I have another Niagara Edge device with less than 150 points that allows capacity upgrades. What happens if I add an upgrade option to exceed 150 points?

The Niagara Edge device license has a platform feature with an attribute to indicate it is an Edge platform. If upgrading to over 150 points, this attribute is reset.

The NiagaraNetwork connection to a device will only count as an Edge connection if the license indicates it is an Edge platform.

If the capacity is over 150 points, then it will revert to a standard NiagaraNetwork connection regardless of station type. It will only connect if your Supervisor license has adequate Niagara capacity.

Q: What if I have additional questions?

A: Please contact tsupport@tridium.com for further assistance.