Learn about PI point configuration

PI Interface for Random Simulator Data is installed and configured with PI Data Archive, is an excellent source of test data. You can configure points to generate various types of randomized data. The default PointSource for this interface is R. To list the points created using the steps in the Create default PI points section and to create points for the interface, use PI System Management Tool's Point Builder option or the Point Builder Excel add-in. To configure the type of data generated for a point, set Location5. The interface can generate the following kinds of data:

• Sinusoid (Location5=0)

  Sine wave data that oscillates over a specified amplitude and period.

• Random (Location5=1)

  A signal similar to white noise, values range from 0 to 1.

• Station (Location5=2)

  Random data changes around a specified midpoint.

• Fractal (Location5=3)

  Mandelbrot Sets, which resemble process data and pink noise.

• Profile model (Location5=4)

  Data based on a Profile model for use with the PI-Profile client application.

• String (Location5=5)

  Random-length string data.

Set point attributes according to the type of data you want to generate. The following point data types are supported:

• float16

• float32

• int16

• int32

• string

• digital