New UNIX/VMS Interface Instance

Some UNIX- and VMS-based interfaces are configured using a digital state set, stored in the interface's host PI Server, to store the command-line parameters. This option allows users to configure one of these interfaces to be managed by the PI ICU.

Step 1: Define Interface

• Host PI System

  Indicates the host PI System for the new interface. This field depends on the Loading Option selected by the user via Tools > Options. If PI ICU is set to load interfaces only from the default PI Server, then this field is not editable, otherwise a drop-down is provided of all 3.3 or later PI Servers.

• Interface node

  The interface node is the name of the UNIX or VMS node on which the interface runs.

• Interface ID

  The ID number that is used to distinguish PI points belonging to this interface from other points with the same point source. Not all interfaces require an ID number.

• Interface type

  Indicates to PI ICU the type of the interface being configured.

Step 2: Configuration Digital State Set

• Digital Set

  The digital state set that this interface will use to hold its configuration parameters.

• States

  As other fields are filled in, the Digital Set name is validated. If the set exists, the states are retrieved and displayed in the States section.

• Configure

  The Configure button is enabled when all the required information is provided. The new interface is registered and added to the drop-down list in the main PI ICU window. A PI point by the same name as the digital set is created when the digital state set is created.

  An error is returned if a point by the same name as the digital set already exists.

• Cancel

  Click to exit without creating a new interface.