Copying a new station to the daemon user home

In Niagara 4, the New Station Wizard finishes with an option to copy the station from the station home (the location for each new station) under your Workbench User Home to the User Home of the local platform daemon.

The new station exists in the station home (under User Home).
  1. When the New Station Wizard prompts you with the option to Copy station, select the option and click Finish.
  2. Make a local platform connection and log on.
    The Station Copier transfers the station and prompts you with the options to start the station after copying and enabling auto-start.
  3. Select the option to start the station.
    The Application Director opens with the new station present in the daemon User Home.

The new station now exists in two locations on your local host: the original location in your Workbench User Home, and also in the platform daemon User Home.

Once the station is running in the daemon User Home, you can make a backup of the running station, where the backup .dist file goes in the backups folder of your Workbench User Home. Or, you can use the platform Station Copier to copy the station back to the stations folder of your Workbench User Home.

Note: Using the Station Copier to copy the station back to your Workbench User Home is highly recommended if you made any changes to the station. This is essential if you are installing it (copying it) to any remote platform. Remember, the copy of the station in your Workbench User Home is immediately obsolete as soon as you make changes to the copy of the station running in the daemon User Home.