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PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch

PI Interface for ABB 800xA 5​.1​.2 release notes

PI Interface for ABB 800xA 5​.1​.2 release notes

  • Last UpdatedMay 26, 2026
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The PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch collects ABB system data from an Oracle-based 800xA backend to create event frames in PI Asset Framework.

We offer two ABB 800xA Batch interfaces: one for the Production Data Log (an Oracle-based 800xA backend) and one for Production Response (SQL-based 800xA backend). PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch 5.1.2.7 supports version 6.0.3.2 and 6.0.3.3 of the ABB 800xA Batch system that use Oracle 9.2.0.7.0 and above as the batch historian.

PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch 5.1.2.7, released June 2023, internally replaces PI SDK with AF SDK. This improves the security, robustness, and communication capabilities of the interface. As a result, this interface only writes Event Frames to a PI AF Server, and disallows creating PI Batches in the PI Batch Database. Users creating PI Batches in the PI Batch Database need to migrate to Event Frames in order to utilize this version of the interface

For more information on product features and functions, including system requirements and installation/uninstallation instructions, refer to PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch guide.

The latest information about the 5.1.2.7 release is available online on the AVEVA Documentation Portal.

New features and enhancements

There are no new features or enhancements in this release.

Resolved issues

This section lists items resolved in this release:

Work Item

Description

22133

Attribute values referencing other event frames are captured regardless of the order event frames are created.

22140

Unirecord data sources are now included in unirecord imports and exports.

22151

Duplicate event frames are not created when BatchID or Name contains not allowed characters.

22153

Restore DESCRIPT handling in phase step logic.

22156

Cache start and end times can no longer be permanently altered by arbitration events.

22196

Event frames separated by more than cache time no longer merge.

22200

A delay has been added to allow attribute "__BatchStartTime" time to be available.

22209

Interface will no longer have a delay in processing a batch when the local time is greater than GMT.

22211

MONITORTAGWINDOW now defaults to 0, meaning monitor tag counts don't get trimmed to the most recent days of activity and roll over at INT_MAX unless MONITORTAGWINDOW is deliberately set.

22216

Interface ID has been added to the message logs in order to uniquely identify log message.

22218

All generated unirecords will have the placeholder [TIMESTAMP] have the format "YYYY-MM-DD" for a SQL source and "YYYY/MM/DD" for non SQL source like EVT files.

22219

Unit procedure level event frames using different units will no longer be merged.

22221

Monitor tags now accurately reflect the number of batches and their child events.

22235

Interface configuration for RST and RET reads United States format standard.

22245

The unit procedure batch id attribute is controlled by the unit procedure recipe template batchid.

22250

Merging issue causes unit procedure and operation not to close.

22251

Empty UniRecord dump files are no longer generated.

22260

Batch event frames no longer merge event frames when merging is disabled and unique ids do not match.

22268

All RST and RET within the configuration will be parsed as US format. Fix in current development branch and in 4.3.x.x Branch.

22275

A check that verifies that a Procedure Event Frame and a Unit Procedure Event Frame are both generated by the same interface instance before linking them together.

22281

Procedures created by Operation recipes are properly updated extended properties for determining end time and merge.

22283

The Event log source is created during the interface install step.

22289

When network interruptions cause AFSDK to becomes out of sync and throw duplicate uniqueid exceptions, the interface attempts to complete the rest of the checkin, set the offending event frame(s) to a checked in state, and exits.

23832

A delay (/DELAYBUFFER) was added so the source data is available at the time of query. This helps event start times such as __BATCHSTART.

24117

Interface now supports the INCLUDEINCOMPLETEDATA configuration option. If set to true, the interface creates unit procedures and all its children without a unit.

25811

PI data server collectives and PI buffering to multiple PI data servers is now supported.

25995

There is a new AFERR (-500) value that gets set on the Batch Status tag during an EFGEN AF check in error. Customers can monitor the value of the tag and notifications and analyses can be performed in the event that an error occurs.

26466

Batch Interfaces now support an AF Interface Statistics element that stores the values of the PI tags recorded during interface execution. The location of the newly created element can be configured using the Batch Interface Configuration Manager and passed through the INI file.

26756

With the release of version 5, if you have a batch interface supported batch database, it will no longer be able to write to PIBatch Database. Version 5 only supports Event Frames Customers who need to write to PIBatch. The database needs to stay with Version 4.x.x.x Batch Interfaces.

27053

Added new logging level 3 (DB) to include Unirecord diagnostics messages into message log.

27091

Extra emphasis on ensuring AF checkin is performed before disconnecting, as well as the addition of the AFAutoCheckin feature.

67289

UniRecord exports now include all UniRecord fields.

67298

Event sorting is faster and memory consumption is better managed during event queuing.

67927

A UID in the UIDLIST with zero or empty start times will be ignored.

68377

Changed the Batch list management algorithm to improve event processing accuracy (prevent missed batches).

68907

Default account to setup interface service is now Default Virtual User (NT Service/).

69287

Updated the BIFConfig utility to only allow TagPath properties to be set on Asset Templates and Property Templates. Fixed issue where the TAGPATH value was not being saved properly.

69486

All attributes are now created on the correct event frame.

69854

Interface supports failover and includes a health tag that can be monitored.

70398

Float tag values are now evaluated correctly.

70403

Message logging includes exception data.

70471

Very long log messages are successfully logged.

72522

Interface stability improvements.

73489

Interface no longer stops due to locale thread lock issue.

73498

Setup kit creates the event source name under application logs to match with Interface application name (which is used by logging framework).

75880

Procedure level recipe events are processed correctly and have no missing end times.

Known Issues

There are no known issues for this release.

Security information and guidance

We are committed to releasing secure products. This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision.

We proactively disclose aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities addressed in each release. The tables below provide an overview of security issues addressed and their relative severity based on standard scoring.

Overview of new vulnerabilities - Fixed or Mitigated

This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision. AVEVA is proactively disclosing aggregate information about the number and severity of PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch security vulnerabilities that are fixed in this release.

For this release of PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch, the following vulnerabilities have been fixed or mitigated.

Security vulnerabilities fixed in PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch 5.1.2.7 release

Severity Category

CVSS Base Score Range

Number of Fixed Vulnerabilities

Critical

9 - 10

0

High

7.0 - 8.9

0

Medium

4.0 - 6.9

0

Low

0 - 3.9

0

Distribution Kit Files

Product

Software Version

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86)

14.21.27702

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64)

14.21.27702

PI AF Client 2018 SP3 Patch 4

2.10.10.2539

PI Interface for ABB 800xA Batch (ABB800xA)

5.1.2.7

PI Network Subsystem Support (PINS)*

3.4.435.538

*The PI Network Subsystem Support (PINS) component is not displayed on the installation welcome screen if the PI Data Archive is installed already.

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