Commissioning Overview; Commissioning Differences In Niagara 4 - LG MultiSITE VM3 Startup Manual

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COMMISSIONING OVERVIEW

Commissioning overview

MultiSITE VM3 controllers are shipped from the factory with a bare minimum of Niagara 4.1 software to run a platform daemon, along with

a Tridium certificate, but not all items needed to run any type of station. Using Niagara 4.1 MultiSITE Supervisor, you can open a platform

connection to the controller to begin the commissioning process.

After booting the controller, establish a platform connection to the new controller and commission it to install the necessary Niagara 4 core

software, selected modules, licenses, and to perform other platform configuration. Some important related tasks include setting the following

for the controller:

• IP network address, and related IP networking parameters

• Platform daemon user(s), for platform login

• Time and date (or simply sync with your PC's time)

To do this you use the platform Commissioning Wizard.

• The Commissioning Wizard is the only way to install the needed core software in a MultiSITE VM3 controller. Most steps in the Commis-

sioning Wizard are also available as separate platform views. For example, there is a Software Manager, License Manager, and many

others. Using these views individually may be useful after commissioning a MultiSITE VM3.

However, always use the Commissioning Wizard to commission a new MultiSITE VM3 for Niagara, as well as to upgrade any MultiSITE VM3

from one Niagara point release to another. Make sure a license file is available.

The following items have been added to the Commissioning Wizard process in Niagara 4:

• The "Configure Runtime Profiles" step reflects the differences in software modules, as refactored for Niagara 4. However, the basic prem-

ise for installing only the types of modules needed for the intended application (preserving storage space on the controller) remains the

same.

• The wizard will not let you commission and install a unit with the factory default platform user credentials. Instead, a step requires you to

replace this default platform admin user with a different user name, and specify a "strong" password for this admin account. Optionally, you

can create additional platform admin accounts in the controller (up to 20). Each platform admin account must have a unique user name,

and also use a strong password. Note each account has the same (full) platform admin access. Users can change their password and also

create additional platform admin accounts.

Due to our policy of continuous product innovation, some specifications may change without notification.

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