Welcome to the AF SDK Getting Started Guide

The AF SDK Getting Started Guide provides entry-level concepts and real-world examples for programmers wishing to develop applications using AF SDK (Asset Framework software development kit). The guide contains multiple C# programming exercises along with full solutions that illustrate connecting to PI Data Archive, searching for assets, reading and writing data, building AF hierarchies, and working with event frames.

To get the most from this Getting Started Guide, you should have a background in .NET application development using C# and a familiarity with the PI System; however, familiarity with AF SDK is not required.