User Guide User Manual

Table of Contents
iv
Interface Directories .......................................................................................... 32
PIHOME Directory Tree .......................................................................... 32
Interface Installation Directory ................................................................ 32
Interface Installation Procedure ........................................................................ 32
Installing Interface as a Windows Service......................................................... 32
Installing Interface Service with Historian Interface Configuration Utility .......... 33
Service Configuration ............................................................................. 33
Installing Interface Service Manually ...................................................... 35
Chapter 5. PointSource .............................................................................................. 37
Chapter 6. Historian Point Configuration .................................................................. 39
Point Attributes .................................................................................................. 39
Tag .......................................................................................................... 39
PointSource ............................................................................................ 40
PointType ................................................................................................ 40
Location1 ................................................................................................ 40
Location2 ................................................................................................ 41
Location3 ................................................................................................ 41
Location4 ................................................................................................ 42
Location5 ................................................................................................ 42
InstrumentTag ......................................................................................... 43
ExDesc .................................................................................................... 43
UserInt1 .................................................................................................. 44
Scan ........................................................................................................ 45
Shutdown ................................................................................................ 45
Exception and Compression ............................................................................. 45
Interface Configurations .......................................................................... 46
Recommended Tag Configurations ........................................................ 46
DataAccess, PtAccess ............................................................................ 47
Zero, Span .............................................................................................. 47
Chapter 7. Interface Status Tag Configuration ......................................................... 49
Chapter 8. Startup Command File ............................................................................. 51
Configuring the interface with ICU .................................................................... 51
FactoryTalk Historian to Historian Interface page .................................. 54
Configuring Interface Startup Files .................................................................... 64
Command-line Parameters ............................................................................... 64
General Interface Operation ................................................................... 65
History Recovery and Archive Data Collection ....................................... 70
Exception Data Collection ....................................................................... 71
Tag Attribute Override ............................................................................ 72
Server-Level Failover .............................................................................. 72
Sample Startup Configuration Files .................................................................. 73
Sample PItoPI.bat File ............................................................................ 73
Sample PItoPI.ini File ............................................................................. 74
Chapter 9. UniInt Failover Configuration .................................................................. 75
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 75
Quick Overview ....................................................................................... 76
Synchronization through a Shared File (Phase 2) ............................................ 77