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Periscope Prerequisites

  • Periscope (versions 3.0+) must run on a Niagara4 Web Supervisor station, version 4.0 or higher.  It is recommended that Periscope run on a Niagara Web Supervisor or SoftJACE due to increased storage capacity and speed, but it can also run on any Niagara4 compatible JACE. 
  • Any station running Periscope must have at least 6MB available.
  • Periscope is a web application and requires a modern browser. Officially supported browsers include IE10+ as well as the latest versions of Chrome and latest Chrome or Firefox. 
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Periscope version 4.0 (Expected release Quarter 3, 2017) will support SkySpark in addition to Niagara4.

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Installing Periscope (Niagara)
Installing Periscope (Niagara)
Installing Periscope

Configure Content-Security-Policy (required)

  • Open Workbench, open your Platform and access the Application Director

  • Start the station

  • Select Services
  • Select WebService
  • Select Http Header Providers
  • Append https://* to connect-src, default-src,  and img-src fields
  • Save your changes

Saving and Stopping your Station

  • Open your Niagara Platform and open the Application Director

  • Save your running station (Save Bog)

  • Stop the station (Stop)

Installing Periscope JAR file

  • Using Windows Explorer, navigate to your current build of Niagara

    • Typically: C:/Niagara/Niagara-4.X

  • Place the periscope-rt.jar file and any other Periscope-related modules in the modules folder under your Niagara build

Adding the Periscope Service in Niagara4

  • Open Workbench, reopen open your Platform and access the Application Director

  • Start the station

  • Open the periscope palette:
    • In Workbench's upper options menu, select Window > Side Bars > Palette
    • In Palette on lower-left corner of Workbench, select the folder icon and search for periscope
  • Drag and drop the PeriscopeService from the periscope palette into your station's Services container

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Installing License File

The Periscope license file is not a normal Niagara license and needs to be installed separately.  The license can be automatically "fetched" from our licensing server as long as the Niagara server has access to the internet.   Anchorfetchfetch

Automatic Installation

To automatically install or "fetch" your license:

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At this point your license file will be downloaded from Periscope servers, copied into the appropriate directory, and loaded. You should now be able to access Periscope through a browser at at http://IP_of_host/periscope.

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Alternatively, in 4.0 this is possible via the About page as an administrator.

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Manual Installation

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

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