AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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Store an OPC Server's "VT_EMPTY" Data Type as a "Bad" in PI Data Archive

When there is a problem within an OPC Server, some Items receives "VT_EMPTY" data type values. PI OPC DA Interface ignores this information, and in PI Data Archive present to users and applications the last valid value - that might be incorrect.
jmalmeida 7 months ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for OPC DA 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 about 3 years ago in PI Interfaces / PI Interface for RDBMS 0 No status

Upgrade the PI Interface Configuration Utility to use only the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 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 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-20...
Kenneth Barber about 3 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 about 3 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 about 3 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 about 3 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 about 3 years ago in PI Interfaces / General 0 No status

Double check window required when deleting an instance in PI Event Frames Interface Manager

As a PI System Admin, I would like to see a confirmation window (acceptation pop-up message), when deleting Interface instances in PI Event Frames Interface Manager. This would minimize the deletion of the instances by error.
Guest about 3 years ago in PI Interfaces / Batch Interfaces 0 No status

Enhance Visibility of Event Frame Generator/Batch Interface History Recovery Status

Currently when running any event frame generator interface (EFGen, PIFTBatch, etc.) in history recovery mode, there is no way to monitor progress of the actual history recovery. The only way to determine status is to check message logs periodicall...
Guest about 3 years ago in PI Interfaces / Batch Interfaces 0 No status

SNMP: Throttle scan specific informational messages as the interface may fill up logs every scan frequency

This is for SNMP version 1.6.3.0, the following message is printed every scan frequency: "Scan class for device will be skipped due to previous pending requests" And this needs to be throttled as the logs may be get filled up quickly with th...
Guest about 3 years ago in PI Interfaces / Other Interfaces 0 No status