Review the installation checklist

If you are familiar with running PI data collection interface programs, this checklist helps you to get the interface running. If you are not familiar with PI interfaces, return to this section after reading the rest of this user guide in detail.

This checklist summarizes the steps for installing this interface. You need not perform a given task if you have already done so as part of the installation of another interface. For example, you only have to configure one instance of buffering for every interface node regardless of how many interfaces run on that node.

The data collection steps below are required.

1. It is preferable to run this interface on a separate server from the Data Archive. You can use PI SMT to confirm that you are able to connect to the Data Archive and for management of the Data Archive once system components such as this interface are installed.

   Note: If you are running the interface on an interface node, edit the Data Archive's Trust Table to allow the interface to write data.

2. Run the installation kit for the PI Interface Configuration Utility (ICU) on the interface node if the ICU will be used to configure the interface. This kit runs the AF SDK installation kit, which installs both the PI API and the AF SDK.

3. Run the installation kit for this interface. This kit also runs the AF SDK installation kit which installs both the PI API and the AF SDK if necessary.

4. If you are running the interface on an interface node, check the computer's time zone properties. An improper time zone configuration can cause the Data Archive to reject the data that this interface writes.

5. Run PI ICU and configure a new instance of this interface. The only interface-specific required parameter is: Server (/Server= URL). See the plug-in manual for other required parameters.

6. Build the Random interface simulator tags using the provided .csv file. Refer to Create default PI points for the procedure for creating default PI points.

7. Start the interface interactively and confirm its successful connection to Data Archive.

8. Confirm that the interface simulates the data successfully.

9. Configure the interface to run as a Service. Confirm that the interface runs properly as a Service.

10. Restart the interface node and confirm that the interface restarts.