Platform Nav Container View

The Nav Container View opens every time you double-click the Platform node in the Nav tree of a remote controller or PC platform.

This view contains platform objects (functions) that are available before the platform contains a station.

Figure 1. Nav Container View for a PC platform


Some objects are only available in a controller station.

  • Application Director manages one or more station. You use this object for troubleshooting the station connection.

  • Certificate Management manages the signed PKI certificates that secure communication.

  • Distribution File Installer on a remote host restores a backup distribution (.dist) file to the target platform, or installs a clean .dist that restores a controller to a near-factory minimum state.

  • File Transfer Client copies files between your Workbench PC and a remote platform (in either direction).

  • Lexicon Installer provides language support for Workbench.

  • License Manager manages a platform’s licenses and certificates.

  • Platform Administration configures, provides status, and enables the troubleshooting of the platform daemon.

  • Software Manager manages the software modules (.jars) that support the framework.

  • Station Copier installs (copies) a station from your Workbench User Home to a remote platform (or if a Supervisor, to the local PC’s daemon User Home), backs up (copies) a station to your Workbench User Home, and provides other station BOG file services.

  • TCP/IP Configuration configures the TCP/IP settings for the platform’s network adapter(s).

  • Remote File System provides read-only access to folders and files on the remote platform, including those under its system home (Sys Home) and daemon User Home.