Learn about initialization file reference

The initialization (.ini) file stores configuration information for an interface instance. This file is generated and updated by the PI Event Frame Interface Manager configuration tool. To enable you to control access to these files, initialization files are stored under the ProgramData folder. (Note that, prior to release 4.x, initialization files were stored in the interface installation directory.)

Note: To ensure a correctly configured .ini file, use the PI Event Frame Interface Manager configuration tool. Do not edit the .ini file manually.

The information in this appendix is intended for troubleshooting purposes, to enable you to understand the contents of the .ini file.

The .ini file is divided into the following sections:

• COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS: Basic interface settings.

• SIMPLE SWITCHES: Connection settings.

• SOURCE TEMPLATE: Specifies the settings required to connect to the data source, and events to be skipped (filtered).

• RECIPE TEMPLATE: Defines how data is recorded at each level of the batch hierarchy.

• TAG TEMPLATE: Defines how tags are created and updated based on incoming data from the data source.

• PROPERTY TEMPLATE: Define how PI properties or event frame attributes are created based on incoming data from the data source.

• TRANSLATIONS: Maps text from the data source language to the target language for the PI System.

• DCS LINK TEMPLATE: Define rules for linking event frames created by different interfaces.

In defining settings for templates, you can use the following wildcards to compose expressions:

• # - single digit numerical value (0-9)

• @ - single alphabetic character (a-z, A-Z)

• ? - any single character

• ! - repeat previous mask symbol

• * - any number of characters

Command Line Parameters

The Werum PAS-X command line parameters are as follows:

[COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS]
ID=1
PS=BATCHPOINTSOURCE
HOST=PISERVER1

Simple Switches

The following is an example of switches used for Werum PAS-X:

[SIMPLE SWITCHES]
AFHOST=AFSERVER1
AFDATABASE=AFDATABASE1
WPASXQUERYFILE="C:\Program Files (x86)\PIPC\Interfaces\WPASXBatch\BatchQueriesEncrypt.json"
DB=2
ADU=true
SCAN=5
CACHETIME=0.1
ABTO=15
MAXQTF=5
WPASXQUERYVER=31805