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  • Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your current build of Niagara
  • Place the periscope-rt.jar file in the modules folder under your Niagara build
  • Place your Periscope license file in the licenses folder under your Niagara build

Adding the Periscope Service in Niagara4

  • Open Workbench, reopen your Platform and access the Application Director
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  • Start the station
  • Open the periscope palette
  • Drag and drop the PeriscopeService from the palette into your station's Services
  • After which, Periscope installation will be complete and you may open Periscope by going to http:/(IP address of the Web Supervisor/JACE)/periscope

Installing License File

The license file provided provided is not a normal Niagara license and  and needs to be installed separately.  The license needs to be installed incan be automatically installed as long as the Niagara server has access to the internet.  

Automatic Installation

To automatically install the license:

  1. Navigate to Services/PeriscopeService within your station
  2. Right Click on PeriscopeService and click Action > Fetch License

At this point your license file will be downloaded from Periscope servers, copied into the appropriate directory, and loaded.

Manual Installation

To manually install the license, copy the license folder into:

  • {STATION_HOME}/shared/periscope

 For example, on my local machine this is: C:\Niagara\Niagara-4.2.36.20\stations\demo\shared\periscope.  

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The "periscope" folder should be created if it does not already exist in your station shared folder.

Adding the Periscope Service in Niagara4

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The "Debug License" action will print some additional information about your license file into the Station Output. This can be a useful tool to identify license problems or assist tech support.


User Setup

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titleImportant Notes:

• If your dashboard locks up, try refreshing the page.
• You can delete a user’s dashboard by deleting the folder station:\files\Periscope\users\[username]
techsupport@activelogix.com for support questions

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