Monitor tag reference

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PI Interface for Siemens SIMATIC Batch 5.1.11
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The following table lists each monitor tag that you can disable from the Monitor Tag Setup tab.

Monitor Tag	Point Type	Archiving*	Description
BatchStatus	Int32	true	Status of interface data collection.
BatchProcessorStatus	Int32	true	Status of interface data processing.
BatchListCount	Int32	false	Number of objects in the cache.
EquipmentCount	Int32	false	Number of equipment objects in the cache.
TagListCount	Int32	false	Number of cached tags.
TagAEListCount	Int32	false	Number of alarm and event tags.
EventReadCount	Int32	false	Number of events processed.
ErrorCount	Int32	false	Global error counter.
SourceUnitCount	Int32	false	Number of unit modules found on source.
PIUnitCount	Int32	false	Number of unit modules found on and added to destination.
SourcePhaseModCount	Int32	false	Number of phase modules found on source.
PIPhaseModCount	Int32	false	Number of phase modules found on and added to destination.
SourceBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of batches found on source.
PIBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of batches found on and added to destination.
SourceUnitBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of unit batches found on source.
PIUnitBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of unit batches found on and added to destination.
SourceSubBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of sub batches found on source.
PISubBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of sub batches found on and added to destination.
SourcePropertyNodeCount	Int32	false	Number of property nodes found on source.
PIPropertyNodeCount	Int32	false	Number of property nodes found on and added to destination.
SourcePropertyEventCount	Int32	false	Number of property events found on source.
PIPropertyEventCount	Int32	false	Number of property events found on and added to destination.
SourceTagCount	Int32	false	Number of tags found on source.
PITagCount	Int32	false	Number of tags found on and added to destination.
SourceTagEventCount	Int32	false	Number of tag events found on source.
PITagEventCount	Int32	false	Number of tag events found on and added to destination.
SourceTagAliasCount	Int32	false	Number of tag aliases found on source.
PITagAliasCount	Int32	false	Number of tag aliases found on and added to destination.
CachedBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of batches in cache.
OpenBatchCount	Int32	false	Number of open batches in cache.
SourceReadTime	Float32	false	Time spent reading source data per iteration.
TagCacheTime	Float32	false	Time spent updating the tag cache per event.
BatchCacheTime	Float32	false	Time spent updating the batch cache per event.
EquipmentCacheTime	Float32	false	Time spent updating the equipment cache per event.
BatchSyncTime	Float32	false	Time spent synching with PI and AF per event list.
TagSyncTime	Float32	false	Time spent synching tags per event list.
EquipmentSyncTime	Float32	false	Time spent synching equipment per event list.
TotalTime	Float32	false	Total time spent caching and synching batches, tags, and equipment per event list.
WaitingForEquipmentUB	Int32	false	Number of unit batches waiting for unit defining events.
NumberofWorkOrders	Int32	false	Number of Work Orders being processed.
NumberofOpenWorkOrders	Int32	false	Number of Open Work Orders being processed
WorkOrderQueryTimeAvg	Float32	false	Work Order Query Time Average.

*Indicates whether the point that is created archives past values.

Note: The following monitor tags cannot be disabled: DeviceStatus and HeartBeat.

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