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Chapter 3 Platform services and
administration
Topics covered in this chapter
♦ Changing the date, time and time zone using PlatformServices
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♦ Performing platform administration
A few platform configuration features are not directly accessible in the EC-Net 4 Pro platform connection via the
Commissioning Wizard. Instead, to access these features, you must install a station on the controller (any
station). The Commissioning Wizard also performs most, but sometimes not all, needed configuration for a
new controller platform. There are several items you should review (and optionally change) in a follow-up plat-
form connection to each controller, using the Platform Administration view.
Figure 1 Example of a controller station’s Platform Services
PlatformServices are different from all other components in a station in the following ways:
• The PlatformServices node acts as the station interface to specifics about the host platform (whether con-
troller or a PC).
• EC-Net builds these services dynamically at station runtime—you do not see PlatformServices in an offline
station.
• Any changes you make to PlatformServices or its child services are not stored in the station database. In-
stead, changes are stored in other files on the host platform, such as its platform.bog file.
NOTE: Do not attempt to edit the platform.bog directly; always use PlatformServices views.
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