Introduction 1
Reference Manuals 1
Supported Features 2
Diagram of Hardware Connection 4
Principles of Operation 5
Bandwidth and Network Traffic Issues 5
Resolution Limits 5
Topology Issues 5
Installation Checklist 7
Interface Installation on Windows 9
Naming Conventions and Requirements 9
Interface Directories 10
PIHOME Directory Tree 10
Interface Installation Directory 10
Interface Installation Procedure 10
Installing the Interface as a Windows Service 10
Installing Interface Service with PI ICU 10
Installing Interface Service Manually 15
Digital States 17
PointSource 19
PI Point Configuration 21
Point Attributes 21
Tag 21
PointSource 21
PointType 21
Location1 22
Location2 22
Location3 22
Location4 23
Location5 23
InstrumentTag 23
ExDesc 24
Scan 26
Shutdown 26
Performance Point Configuration 27
Configuring Performance Points with PI ICU (Windows) 27
Configuring Performance Points Manually 28
I/O Rate Point Configuration 29
Monitoring I/O Rates on the Interface Node 29
Configuring I/O Rate Tags with PI ICU (Windows) 29
Configuring I/O Rate Tags Manually 30
Configuration on the PI Server 31
Configuration on the Interface Node 31
Startup Command File 33
Configuring the Interface with PI ICU 33
Manual Maintenance of the Startup Command File 34
Command-line Parameters 35
Sample PIPing.bat File 38
Interface Node Clock 39
Security 41
Windows 41
Starting / Stopping the Interface on Windows 43
Starting the Interface as a Service 43
Stopping the Interface Running as a Service 43
Buffering 45
Configuring Buffering with PI ICU (Windows) 45
Configuring Buffering Manually 48
Example piclient.ini File 49
Appendix A:
Error and Informational Messages 51
Message Logs 51
Messages 51
Location5 51
Bad Input 52
System Errors and PI Errors 52
Revision History 55
PI-Ping comes in two versions: a regular (full) version and a limited version known as PI-Ping Basic. The latter has the following limitations:
The following table summarizes the differences between the regular and basic versions of PI-Ping.
PI-Ping does not require any special hardware. A standard network interface card on the Windows machine is sufficient.