1. NiagaraAX Framework Version 3.8 Feature Overview
February 2014
© Tridium 2014

2. Feature Overview Security Improvements Data Management
Password Strength Configuration
LDAPv3 Support
FIPS Level 1 Compliance
IEEE 802.1x Wired Authentication
Data Management
Series Transform Enhancements
Platform Support
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Support
UI Improvements
Scalable Vector Graphic Support
Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Characters
Enhanced Mobile Experience

3. SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS

4. Password Strength Configuration
Who?
IT Managers
Value Proposition: Users have the ability to choose the level of strength of the passwords based on the needs of the installation
Feature
Detailed Configuration of Password Strength Parameters

5. LDAPv3 & Kerberos Client Authentication
Who?
IT Manager
Value Proposition: Customers can use industry standard LDAPv3 which addresses limitations of LDAPv2 in the areas of internationalization, authentication, referral, and deployment as well as support for Kerberos Client Authentication
Feature Description:
LDAPv3 User Service
Kerberos Client Authentication

6. IEEE 802.1x Wired Authentication
Who?
System Integrators and End Users
Value Proposition: Additional security barrier added to the intranet used to prevent guest, rogue, or unmanaged computers that cannot authenticate from connecting
Feature Description: NiagaraAX 3.8 provides support for IEEE 802.1x which is an IEEE Standards for port-based Network Access Control that provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN
Requires the license feature IEEE 802.1x

7. FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Validated Encryption
Who?
System Integrators and End Users
Value Proposition: Increased customer comfort in the security of encrypted of data
Feature Description: NiagaraAX 3.8 supports the option to run a FIPS Level 1 compliant mode that uses a 3rd party FIPS Validated module supplied from Entrust
NIST Listing for Entrust Module
The FIPS validated mode for NiagaraAX is sold as a Software Option and is installed using the Distribution File Installer

8. NiagaraAX Update: Guest Account
The Guest Account has been disabled in NiagaraAX version 3.8
An enabled Guest Account provides a decreased level of security for a Niagara system and Tridium strongly discourages customers from enabling it.
If a system requires the Guest Account, it can be activated by ordering part number SP-GUEST-AX
This applies to all hosts excluding Demo Stations

9. DATA MANAGEMENT

10. Series Transform Enhancements
Who?
System Integrators
Value Proposition: Provide greater flexibility to manipulate Niagara data sets for enhanced reporting and visualization
Feature
The Filter Node: Provides a user interface to allow the user to perform a BQL query against a result set of an incoming node, then pushes that result set out to the next connected node.

11. Series Transform Enhancements
Who?
System Integrators
Value Proposition: Provide greater flexibility to manipulate Niagara data sets for enhanced reporting and visualization
Feature
The Time Shift Node: Shifts the timestamp value of the incoming record sets by the amount determined by the shift. This way, you can have records from today compared directly on the X axis of a history graph with the records from yesterday by shifting today’s records by 24 hours in the past.

12. PLATFORM SUPPORT

13. Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012
Who?
System Integrators and End Users
Value Proposition: Run NiagaraAX Workbench and AX Supervisor on the latest Microsoft Windows technology
Feature Description:
NiagaraAX 3.8 has been fully tested and improved to support Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 including smart screen icons

14. UI IMPROVEMENTS

15. Scalable Vector Graphics Support
Who?
System Integrators and End Users
Value Proposition: The embedded Batik Java SVG Toolkit allows System Integrators to design graphics that scale without degrading the quality using SVG images
Features
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) can be used in Px pages in the same manor as GIF, PNG, or JPG images
New BPicture Widget Allows Scaling of Rastor Images

16. Asian Character Support
Who?
System Integrators and End Users for Asian Markets (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)
Value Proposition: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean users can view text in their native language in field editors and PDF Exports
Features
Workbench supports CJK Text Input Methods
CJK Characters Render in Workbench
CJK Characters Export to PDF

17. Enhanced Mobile Experience
Who?
System Integrators and End Users
Value Proposition: Create complex mobile views for facility owners and operators using only the NiagaraAX Tool
Features:
Absolute Positioning for Mobile Applications
Reuse Existing Px Pages as Mobile Views
Zooming on the Px Editor to Facilitate Mobile Design

18. Enhanced Mobile Experience
Create rich Mobile Pages that resemble the graphical images of a desktop Px Page by inserting a Canvas Pane into a Basic Mobile Pane and absolutely positioning widgets.
Copy existing Px pages to a Mobile View by selecting the Canvas Pane in the Widget Tree of the Px Graphic and Pasting it on a Basic Mobile Pane
All widgets supported by Mobile will be copied into the Mobile Canvas Pane
Copy
Paste
Mobile!

19. Enhanced Mobile Experience
The Px Editor now includes three new tool bar icons that provide for zooming in and out. The Zoom status is now located at the bottom right of Workbench. Users can Zoom In x9.8 and Zoom Out x0.2.
Zoom In to 9.8x
Zoom Out To 0.2x
Return to normal
Zoom Tool
Magnification Status

20. NiagaraAX 3.8 Demonstration

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