Supported features
- Last UpdatedMar 11, 2025
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Feature |
Support |
|---|---|
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Part Number |
PI-IN-SI-SBAT-NTI |
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Auto-creates PI Points and equipment assets? |
Yes |
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Point Builder Utility |
No |
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Stores batch data in PI AF |
Yes |
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Supports equipment arbitration events |
No |
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Supports n-way buffering |
Yes |
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ICU Control |
No (use PI Event Frame Interface Manager configuration tool) |
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PI Point Data Types* |
Int32/ Float32/ String |
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Sub-second Timestamps |
Yes |
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Sub-second Scan Classes |
No |
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Automatically Incorporates Changes to PI Point Attributes |
No |
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Exception Reporting |
No |
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Outputs from PI |
No |
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Inputs to PI |
Event and Scan-based |
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Supports Questionable Bit |
No |
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Supports Multi-character PointSource |
Yes |
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Maximum Point Count |
No maximum |
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Uses AF SDK |
Yes: version 2.5.x or higher required |
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PINet String Support |
N/A |
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Source of Timestamps * |
BES (not system time on interface node) |
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History Recovery |
Yes |
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UniInt-based |
No |
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Disconnected Startup * |
No |
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SetDeviceStatus * |
Yes |
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Failover |
Yes |
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Vendor Software Required on PI Interface Node |
No (except for the Siemens SIMATIC interface) |
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Vendor Hardware Required |
No |
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Additional PI Software Included with Interface |
Yes |
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Device Point Types |
The interface receives data from source as strings and coerces the data into numerical types according to tag templates, if defined. |
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Serial-Based Interface |
No |
History recovery
You can stop the interface without losing any data, because the data is persistent in the data source. Data recovery is limited by the history available from the BES, the number of licensed PI tags, and the size and time frame of the PI archives into which data is recovered.
Device status tag
This string tag contains information about communication between the interface and the data source. This tag is evaluated only while the heartbeat tag is updating and is updated on startup, change, and shutdown.
During normal operation, the tag contains the digital state set value "Good," indicating that the interface is communicating properly with the data source. Otherwise, the tag contains a string indicating status. The following table lists standard status strings.
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Message |
Description |
|---|---|
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1 | Starting |
The interface is starting. |
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2 | Connected / No Data |
The interface is connected to the data source but is not capable or reading or writing data to the foreign device. |
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3 | n device(s) in error |
The interface is not able to communicate with the specified number of devices. Usually includes additional interface-specific details. |
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4 | Intf Shutdown |
The interface is shutting down. |
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5 | interface_specific_message |
Message specific to the interface. |