Considerations if a station functions as an oBIX server

With the Niagara 4 addition of the new AuthenticationService, any oBIX request to a station must be authenticated using the “HTTP Basic Scheme” (HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme). If your station has an ObixNetwork that operates as an oBIX server, note that it is not possible for the N4 migration tool to determine which station users were used for oBIX authentication.

Since the HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme is assigned on a per-user basis, the migration tool updates the authentication by completing the following steps:

  1. Adds an HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme from the baja Palette to Services -> Authentication Service -> Authentication Schemes
  2. Creates a new user (the default name is "obix"). If a User with the name "obix" already exists, the Migration Tool will try "obix1", "obix2", etc. until a free username is found.
  3. Sets the Authentication Scheme Name of the User created in Step 2 to the HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme added in step 1.
     NOTE: The password assigned to this user is the default password. It cannot be used by oBIX clients until you manually assign a password.