Configure downtime events

The example uses the Downtime event frame template, which you can view by launching PI System Explorer and displaying the Library tab.

To generate the downtime events, launch the PI Event Frames Interface Manager and perform the following steps:

1. To populate the phase and reason code attributes, display the Event Frame Structure tab, right-click PIBAGen and choose Add New Procedure.

   The right pane displays the configuration pane.

2. In the Configuration Name field, enter RE100 Downtime.

3. Select Template and choose the Downtime event frame template.

4. In the Tagname field, enter RE100.Downtime.Active.

5. For the Behavior setting, choose Pulse.

6. In the Event Frame Name field, choose Use this PIPoint value and specify RE100.Downtime.Name.

7. In the Attribute Name table, configure the following attributes:

   • Reason Code

     Set Configuration to PIPoint and Value to RE100.Downtime.ReasonCode.

   • Phase

     Set Configuration to PIPoint and Value to RE100.

     The following figure shows the resulting configuration.

     

8. On the Other Settings tab, enter \\AFSRV1\PIEFGenSim\Creative Chemicals\Columbus\Factory 1\RE100 (or select PI AF Element Search and browse to this element).

9. In the Default Settings section, specify the following:

   • Recovery Time: 1 day

   • Evaluation Delay: 40 seconds

     The following figure shows the resulting configuration. Replace the server name (TBROWN6400 in the example) with the name of your AF server.

     

10. Select Save Settings and save the configuration.

11. (Optional) To preview the results, go to the Test Configuration tab and select Run Test.

12. To start event frame generation, go to the Service Configuration tab, select Install Service. After installation completes, select Run Service.

To view the resulting event frames, launch PI System Explorer and display the Event Frames pane. Right-click the top node (Event Frame Searches) and choose New Search. Search for events based on the Downtime template.