Installing the interface service manually

Help for installing the interface as a service is available at any time with the command:

PIOPCAE.exe -help

Open a Windows command prompt window and change to the directory where the PIOPCAE.exe executable is located. Then, consult the following table to determine the appropriate service installation command.

* - When specifying service id, the user must include an id number. It is suggested that this number correspond to the interface id (/id) parameter found in the interface .bat file.

Check the Microsoft Windows Services control panel to verify that the service was added successfully. The services control panel can be used at any time to change the interface from an automatic service to a manual service or vice versa.

The service installation commands in this section create an interface service that runs under a low-privilege built-in account. On Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 and later, the service logs on as the service virtual account. For earlier versions of Windows, the service logs on as Network Service.

Note: For best security, we recommend running this interface service under an account with minimum privileges, such as a Windows service virtual account, the built-in Network Service account, or a non administrative account that you create.

The services control panel can change the account that the interface service runs under. Changing the account while the interface service is running does not take effect until the interface service is restarted.