AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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    Restrict Batch interface from creating Event Frames using illegal characters

    The PI Interface for Rockwell FactoryTalk Batch in processing evt files used a hexadecimal character of 1f in the generation of an event frame. This results in an error when attempting to export the event frame in an xml output.
    Nathan Skitt over 1 year ago in PI Interfaces / Batch Interfaces 3 No status

    File name extensions "_OK" and "BAD" / Deletion of correctly read lines

    We operate a UFL interface that evaluates CSV files with additional analysis data and reads data for existing PI tags, storing the values (including timestamps) in the PI server archives. Our UFL interface is not permitted to create PI tags. I hav...
    Werner Geller 9 months ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for UFL 0 No status

    PI UFL ._OK file rename should be after parsing to avoid data loss during shutdowns

    My understanding of UFL (confirmed by tech support) is that it will rename files to ._OK extension before loading lines into memory. This means that if the service is stopped (such as during an update) and it has not completely read into memory an...
    Davin Ross over 2 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for UFL 0 No status

    Alert user when the interface discards values

    Example:  When using a distribution tag, the number of tags returned and number of values sent to PI can be mismatched, due to missing aliases or data that does not need to be collected. It would be helpful to identify what values are droppe...
    Guest almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for RDBMS 0 No status

    Upgrade the PI Interface Configuration Utility to use only the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

    The PI Interface Configuration Utility install kit currently includes both the 2012 and the 2019 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables. Please upgrade the PI Interface Configuration Utility so that it requires only the latest Microsoft Visual C++ ...
    Kenneth Barber almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface Configuration Utility (PI ICU) 2 No status

    PItoPI should switch from COLD to WARM failover instead of exiting

    As of version 3.8.1 COLD failover is no longer supported by the PI to PI Interface (https://techsupport.osisoft.com/Troubleshooting/Enhancements/19255OSI8). However, older versions supported COLD failover. In the case of upgrading the interfaces, ...
    Guest almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI to PI Interface 2 No status

    Support dynamic OPC addresses

    My OPC server's items have the OPC server node name included in the itemID, for example: serverA.AB_1234.PV. I have redundant OPC servers and redundant interfaces (in failover) and would like the tags to refer to the correct OPC address including ...
    Guest almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for OPC DA 0 No status

    Use /opcstopstat when both interfaces in failover pair are shut down

    We would like to have some sort of digital state such as "Intf Shut" written to all OPC tags when both interfaces in a failover pair are shut down. Currently, the /opcstopstat and /stopstat parameters (which write a specified state to all tags wh...
    Guest almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for OPC DA 0 No status

    Add a watchdog counter to API shared memory

    Add a watchdog counter or something similar into the shared memory header. If the counter fails to update, initiate UFO. If PIBufSS crashes, data loss can occur.  implement something that allows UniInt to know that the Buffer Subsystem is n...
    Clint Ramsey almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / General 1 No status

    Avoid reloading tags after edits of non-key PI Point attributes

    Currently, UniInt-based interfaces will reload a tag if edits are detected on any of the PI Point attributes. This is not ideal as edits to non-key attributes (such as EngUnits) will still cause a tag to be reloaded, potentially leading to data so...
    Guest almost 4 years ago in PI Interfaces / General 0 No status