Video guides
Advanced Niagara 4 Engineering Video Guides
10 videos
These videos cover the Niagara 4 jobs that are not in the TCP workbook but come up on every real project: platform access, memory allocation, passphrases and passwords, code signing, BQL queries, the Program Service and running several Niagara versions side by side.
Each one is short and goes straight to the procedure. Most have a matching written guide in the knowledge base with the reasons behind each step and what to do when it does not work.
JACE9000 Firewall
How to configure the JACE9000 firewall manually.
Niagara 4 - BQL
How to use the Niagara 4 BQL (Baja Query Language).
Niagara 4 Code Signing Cert
How to install and use a code signing certificate for use with third-party software modules.
Niagara 4 Host ID
How to locate the Niagara 4 Host ID of a Windows machine.
Niagara 4 Memory Allocations
How to adjust memory allocations for Niagara 4 stations.
Niagara 4 Platform
How to access the platform on Niagara 4. Covers the Windows account name, Windows accounts and user groups, the Niagara 4 admin group, and changing the admin group.
Niagara 4 Program Service
How to use the Program Service to batch edit a station.
Niagara 4 Running Multiple Stations
How to run multiple stations from different versions of Niagara 4 simultaneously.
Niagara 4 Station Passwords
How to take control of a Niagara 4 station by resetting the passphrase and admin passwords.
Niagara 4 SW Version Control
Understanding Niagara 4 software version control numbers.
Beyond TCP: the Niagara 4 tasks engineers search for
The Technical Certification Program teaches you to build a station. It spends little time on the jobs that fill a service engineer's week: getting into a platform when the login fails, licensing a new supervisor PC, stopping a large station running out of memory, or loading a third-party module that Niagara refuses to trust. These videos fill that gap.
They are aimed at certified Niagara 4 engineers and assume you know your way around Workbench. Where a task carries risk, such as resetting a passphrase or changing a firewall rule on a JACE 9000, the video shows the safe order of steps.
Platform, licensing and security
The Host ID, platform access and station password videos solve the most common support calls we take. The Host ID is the identifier Tridium licences are tied to, so you need it before a supervisor or Workbench licence can be issued. Platform access depends on the Windows account and the Niagara admin group on a PC, or on platform credentials on a JACE. When both the station passphrase and the admin password are lost, the station password video shows how to regain control legitimately.
The JACE 9000 firewall video covers adding a manual firewall entry, which you need when a driver listens on a port the JACE does not open by default. The code signing video explains how to import a developer's certificate so Niagara will load their signed modules, which is mandatory in Niagara 5.
- Niagara 4 Host ID: find it on any Windows PC before ordering a licence
- Niagara 4 Platform: Windows accounts, user groups and the admin group
- Station passwords: reset the passphrase and admin password safely
- JACE 9000 firewall: add manual entries for non-standard driver ports
- Code signing: trust third-party modules and avoid signature warnings
Performance and bulk engineering
Large stations need more memory than the defaults allow. The memory allocation video shows where the station heap is set and how to size it without starving the host. Running several stations from different Niagara versions on one PC is common for engineers who support sites on 4.10, 4.13 and 4.15 at the same time, and the multiple stations video shows how to keep them apart.
BQL, the Baja Query Language, lets you find every point, alarm extension or history in a station with one query. The Program Service takes that further: write a program once and use it to change hundreds of components in a single batch. Together they turn a day of manual edits into minutes.
Software version control
Niagara version numbers matter. Workbench should match the major version of the station you connect to, and drivers are compiled for an exact release. The software version control video explains how to read a version number, why a driver built for 4.10 will not load on 4.14, and how to check which build a module was compiled for before you install it.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do I find the Niagara 4 Host ID?
- In Workbench open Tools > License Manager, or connect to the platform and open Platform Administration; the Host ID is shown at the top. On a Windows PC it starts with Win-, followed by four groups of characters.
- What is BQL in Niagara 4?
- BQL (Baja Query Language) is Niagara's SQL-like query language. It searches a station's component tree, for example every numeric point with an alarm extension, and returns the results as a table you can export or edit.
- Why does Niagara 4 warn that a module is unsigned?
- Niagara 4 checks that every module is signed by a trusted certificate. Unsigned or untrusted modules raise warnings and, depending on the verification level, will not load. Import the developer's code signing certificate into the user trust store to fix it.
