Installing modules in a remote platform

You may upgrade or downgrade the software in a remote controller.

You are working in Workbench and are connected to a remote platform. The modules to install are available on the PC. After installing the modules, you will be prompted to reboot the controller. Any controlled equipment that might be adversely affected by the controller’s station stopping and then host rebooting (from software changes) is put in a manually controlled state.

Expand the Platform node in the Nav tree or double-click Platform.
The contents of the Nav Container View opens in the tree or in the main view.
Double-click Software Manager.
If this is the first time you have accessed the Software Manager, it copies modules from your Sys Home !/modules folder into a build-named subfolder in your software database (!/sw), for example !/sw/4.13.11.0.

Copying also occurs when you import software into your local software database. Then every time you access the Software Manager it rebuilds the modules list, reflecting the latest revision of your available modules, as well modules currently installed in the opened platform.

The Software Manager lists all the remote platform’s out-of-date modules at the top of the table, then lists the uninstalled modules, and lastly the up-to-date modules (sorted alphabetically).
Note: The Software Manager view and Commissioning Wizard’s Software Installation step include signature status icons in the Installed Version and Available Version columns indicating the signature status of the installed and available modules. Attempting to install modules with signature warnings (indicated by a yellow icon) opens a signature warning window, and attempting to install modules with signature errors (indicated by a red icon) causes the installation to fail. For details refer to, the Niagara Third Party Module Signing guide.
To sort the module list alphabetically, click a column title.
To reduce the number of modules displayed by the table, click the filter icon () in the upper left corner of the view.
The Edit Filter window opens.

You can use either Filter by status or Filter by name, or a combination of the two.
Select the filter option(s) and click Apply.
To view details about a specific module, double-click its row in the table.
The Software Details window opens.

This window includes details about the module’s signature status. Also provided is a link to view the certificate that the module is signed with. For more details on signature statuses, refer to the Niagara Third Party Module Signing guide.
Select one or more modules whose status is Not Installed.
The status of the selected modules changes to Install <version>. If you select the modules again, the button changes to Cancel Install.
If a selected module is dependent on modules that are not already installed (or flagged to install), the Installing Additional Software window opens.

This window explains that additional software is needed.
To continue, click OK.
The Software Manager flags the additional modules and changes the status of all affected modules to Install <version>.
To install an earlier version of a specific module, right-click the module and click the earlier version.
The earlier version must be available in the Supervisor PC’s software database.
After all modules to install or replace are selected, click Commit.
When you Commit, one of these two things happens after the Software Manager copies the module files from the Supervisor PC’s software database to the remote controller:
- If you are upgrading or downgrading modules, a confirmation window opens. This window advises you that the station must be stopped and the host rebooted. After the software operation completes, the host reboots.
- In many cases, if you are only installing new module(s), meaning modules not previously installed, the software is immediately installed and the station continues running on the platform.