The PI Point Builder

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The PI Point Builder

• And the PI System Management Tools
• Gerhard Matzen

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Agenda

• What are...the tasks of the PI System
  Manager?the PI System Management Tools
  (PI-SMT)?...the strengths and limitations of
  PI-SMT?
• How does the Point Builder fit in?
• Existing PI-SMT Tools
• Point Builder Demo
• Future of PI-SMT

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PI System Management

• Daily Health Check
• PI Point Management
• Digital Set Management
• Starting and Stopping PI
• Managing Archives
• Managing Security
• Managing Interfaces
• Tuning the PI System

PI-SMT
Command- LineUtilities
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What are the PI-SMT Tools?

• General Description
• Graphical applications designed for remote
  administration of PI Systems.
• Currently Released PI-SMT Tools
• PI Health Check
• PI Tag Configurator
• Soon
• PI Point Builder

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PI Health Check
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PI Tag Configurator
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Tag Search
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Tag Search Results
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Import Tags
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Voilà
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Tools of the Trade
PI Health Check(Released)
PI Point Builder(Soon)
PI Tag Configurator(Released)
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Why Point Builder?
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Comparisons

• PI Tag Configurator
• Create a slew of points at one time
• No digital set editor
• PIConfig, PIDiff
• Can build points on PI 2 and PI 3

• PI Point Builder
• Create a few points at a time
• Digital set editor
• PI-SDK
• Can build points on PI 3 only

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New Dialogs

• Digital Set Search
• New Tag Search
• PI Property Sheet

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Demo
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Attribute Categorization
CategoriesAdminArchiveCompressionDigitalDispl
ayMiscOverviewSecurity
Point Class Classic
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Point Class Classic
Additional Attributes for PI 2 Compatibility
50 Classic Attributes
All Point Classes Contain the Base Attributes
35 Base Attributes
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Demo
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Demo
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Demo
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Demo
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Demo
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Demo
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Demo
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What About Templates?
Template Tags VS Save As
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Future Work

• Wizards in Point Builder
• Integrate Point Builder with Module Database
• New PI-SMT Tools
• Archive maintenance

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Questions?
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