Knowledge Base

A list of articles and posts for troubleshooting issues and enhancing your knowledge.

  • How can I optimize energy consumption in a commercial building?

    September 9th, 2024

    Optimizing energy consumption in a commercial building involves a combination of strategies focused on efficient energy use, reducing waste, and leveraging technology...

  • LoRaWAN® Gateway & IAQ Sensor Integration w/Data Retrieval — Part 2

    February 15th, 2023

    In the first part we talked about how to into setting up a LoRaWAN® Gateway and IAQ Sensor. We’ll retouch on that slightly using the View Builder IOT product. Following that we’ll talk about how to show data that has been pushed to VB IOT.

  • LoRaWAN® Gateway & IAQ Sensor Integration - Part 1

    September 15th, 2022

    In Part One, I go into setting up a LoRaWAN® Gateway and IAQ Sensor. I recently purchased a Browan MiniHub Pro Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway - 868 Mhz and a Browan Tabs Smart Building Sensors - Indoor Air Quality EU868 from connected things...

  • N4 Custom Login Screen - How To

    September 6th, 2022

    Here's how to get started building your own custom Niagara 4 login screen, or just download ours....

  • Niagara 4 - Map Options with Data

    August 29th, 2022

    For the last few months, I've been working on loads of different mapping options for Tridium Niagara 4. There are a few map providers which provide loads of map features. Both Open Street Maps (map talks), and MapBox provide the functionality needed, such as adding markers, data, clustering, etc...

  • Tridium Niagara 4 - CCTV Integration

    November 3rd, 2020

    A lot of modern cameras allow you to view streams via rtsp (real-time streaming protocol) or mjpeg URLs. Usually in a format like: http://192.168.0.29/media/?action=stream, http://192.168.0.26/mjpg/video.mjpg, rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/rtsp_live etc...

  • Setting up a FREE SSL Certificate

    January 10th, 2019

    I recently put up a post saying there still so many sites still not using SSL. SSL Certificates are free and there are vast number of benefits you’re missing out on. Not only are there obvious security benefits, you also get caching, it provides trust, and gives your customers peace of mind when they visit the page...

  • Creating Dynamic HTML5 Pages in Niagara

    July 10th, 2018

    If you're starting to use a lot of HTML5 pages to show station data, creating hundreds of html files isn't the most efficient way to go about it. Using a small snippet of javascript can save you many hours of copy/paste while making your site easier to configure in the long-run...

  • Niagara Relativize Absolute ORDs

    July 1st, 2018

    You might be scratching your head over using relatvized ords, but if you plan to reuse PX pages and graphics consider using relativized ords...

  • Niagara Workbench Performance Tips

    June 20th, 2018

    When you're doing a lot of graphics in Workbench, here are some configuration changes you can make to increase performance...

  • Niagara Kiosk Mode Auto-Login...

    April 8th, 2018

    This KB shows you how to turn your Niagara station into a Kiosk mode with a auto-login feature. It uses a combination NW.js, Chromedriver, Selenium, and a small Python script...

  • N4 - Leave Your PX Pages In The Dust...

    February 17th, 2018

    Niagara 4 includes a more HTML5 focused architecture. Create a powerful Niagara dashboard that is completely configurable. There are a few different ways to present station data via graphics. This article focuses on the HTML5 profile...

  • How to reset password for Niagara Ax/N4 station

    December 28, 2018

    If you've lost your station password in NiagaraAX 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 or N4, it can easily be reset via the .bog file. When the station is stopped, you can modify the station bog file and reset the password in offline mode.

  • Increase Memory to Niagara AX and stations

    January 10, 2016

    Increasing the allocated java memory to Niagara AX and running stations, you need to modify the nre.properties file.

  • Modify Niagara Workbench splash screen

    January 12, 2016

    You can modify the Workbench start up splash screen using Winrar

  • How to redirect user to a specific html page

    May 28, 2016

    When a user logs in you want them to navigate to a specific web page, such as a html file, if so, then you need to modify the user's nav file in Workbench

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