Configuration parameters for silent PI Manual Logger PC client installation
- Last UpdatedNov 22, 2022
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- PI System
- PI Manual Logger 2017 R2
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The parameters that you need to specify to install different components for the PI Manual Logger PC client are described in the following tables and syntax examples.
Command line arguments
|
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
|
ADDLOCAL |
Specifies features to install, as described below. |
|
ALLUSERS |
Specifies the per-computer or per-user installation context. Use a value of 1 for silent installations. |
|
REBOOT |
Restarts the computer. Use a value of Suppress for silent installations. |
ADDLOCAL arguments
The following table lists the features specified by the ADDLOCAL argument. Feature names are case sensitive. ADDLOCAL values consist of a comma-separated list and cannot contain any spaces. To install all features, use ADDLOCAL=ALL.
|
Internal feature/command line name |
User-friendly feature name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
ALL |
N/A |
All features are installed. |
|
Common |
N/A |
Required. Shared common files used by PI Manual Logger. |
|
Database |
Database Files |
A blank PIML database file. You will need to attach this file to your SQL server during first time installation. Both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 template database files are included. |
|
BaseApplication |
Client Application |
Client Application. This includes the main PI Manual Logger Windows application. |
|
AutoSync |
Auto Sync Utility |
PI Manual Logger AutoSync enables you to automatically sync data between a docked device and the host server. |
|
WindowsService |
Windows Services |
PI Manual Logger Windows Services run in the Windows background and keep the main PIML database in sync with the targeting PI Data server. Install this feature only one time per PIML SQL database. |
|
WebServices |
Web Services |
PI Manual Logger Web Services enable wireless data transfer to and from PI Manual Logger Mobile 2012. |
|
Documentation |
N/A |
Documentation for PI Manual Logger. |
Syntax examples
For a silent PI Manual Logger PC client installation, use the syntax shown in one of the following examples. Note that the /i argument specifies an installation, and the /qn argument specifies “quiet mode” and suppresses dialog boxes and prompts.
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Install all PI Manual Logger PC client features:
msiexec.exe /i PimlWindowsSetup_<Version #>.msi REBOOT=Suppress ADDLOCAL=ALL ALLUSERS=1 /qn
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Install all PI Manual Logger PC client features except PI Manual Logger Windows Services:
msiexec.exe /i PimlWindowsSetup_<Version #>.msi REBOOT=Suppress ADDLOCAL=Common,Database,BaseApplication,AutoSync,WebServices ALLUSERS=1 /qn