Start Workbench.

Your host PC appears in the Nav tree (My Host in left pane).

If you don’t see the Nav tree, turn on “side bars.” See Tree Not Visible.

Right-click your host in the Nav tree.

From the popup menu, click: Open Platform.

In the Open Platform dialog, type your Windows administrator-level username and password.

If you click the “Remember these credentials” checkbox, future access of the Platform node will authenticate without re-entering credentials (Username and Password). Prior to AX-3.7 and security patches for AX-3.6 and AX-3.5, this was set by default. However, now this is cleared by default—you must set it (if desired).

Click OK.

The various platform views are listed in the right-side View pane. In the Nav tree, if you expand My Host you now see a Platform node.

If your Platform does not open, it may be a host signon issue, or the Niagara platform daemon may be stopped. See Cannot Open Platform.

In the view pane, double-click the Application Director or select this link to do it automatically.

The Application Director appears in the view and lists available stations.

The demo station appears with a status of “Idle.”

If no stations list, a divider may need moving. See Tree Not Visible.

Right-click the demo station in the Application Director.

From the popup menu, click Start (or, with the demo station selected, click the right-side Start button).

The demo status changes to “Starting,” and messages start appearing in the view.

After several seconds, the demo station status changes to “Running.”

Right-click your host in the Tree.

From the popup menu, click:

Open Station or select this link to do it automatically.

The Open Station dialog appears (here, you login using a station user account).

In the Username field, type admin

Leave Password blank (for just this one time), and click OK.

A “Reset Password” popup dialog appears.

The Reset Password request occurs because of station security changes starting in AX-3.7 where a “blank” (empty) password is no longer allowed. You must enter a new password for the admin user in the next step.

Type a new “strong” password in the “Password” field, and repeat it again in the second “Confirm” field.

Strong password rules: Password must be a minimum of 8 characters, with at least one alpha character and at least one numeral (or special character, e.g. a symbol). By default, the station’s User Service is configured to require strong passwords, for which these minimum password rules apply.

Make this password unique, and be sure to remember (or make a note of) it!

Click OK after entering the new strong password.

Also see the ending section of this document, Demo stations security notes.

The demo station opens in the view and appears as a node in the Tree.

If the “Reset Password” dialog does not appear and the station does not open, some other signon issue is likely. See Cannot Open Station.

To explore the station, just click on expand controls in the Tree to browse the station’s hierarchy. Simply double-click on items of interest to see item contents in the view.

The Config node represents the actual station database, and holds components with wire sheet and property sheets views, among many other view types.