NiagaraAX Framework Version 3.8
Feature Overview
February 2014
© Tridium 2014
Feature Overview
• Security Improvements
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Password Strength Configuration
LDAPv3 Support
FIPS 140-2 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
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS
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
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
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
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 140-2 Level 1
compliant mode that uses a 3rd party FIPS 140-2 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
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
DATA MANAGEMENT
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.
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.
PLATFORM SUPPORT
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
UI IMPROVEMENTS
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
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
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
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!
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 Tool
Zoom Out To 0.2x
Return to normal
Magnification Status
NiagaraAX 3.8 Demonstration
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