PI Ping interfaces

There are three ways that interfaces are added to the Point Browser:

• The Point Browser automatically loads PI Ping Interfaces that are managed by PI ICU and displays a hierarchy of interfaces and PI Ping points.

• You can also add interface nodes if you:

  • Use the Enter Interface Information dialog provided by the Point Browser to manually enter the interfaces, or

  • Create an interface list batch file to import a list interfaces to the Point Browser.

To add an interface:

• Right-click on a Data Archive node, select Add Ping Interface, and one option:

  • Select Manually Enterto enter the required information, including Interface Name, Point Source and Interface ID into the Enter Interface Information dialog.

  • Select Open Configuration File to open a batch (.bat) file containing the information needed to configure the Ping interface.

    Note: When an interface is added, PI Ping points belonging to the interface are automatically retrieved by and visible in the Point Browser.

To display configuration information for an interface:

• Right-click on the interface node and select Interface Information.

  Note: Scan classes are displayed only for interfaces managed by the PI ICU.

You can remove interfaces that users added to the Point Browser with the PI Ping tool:

• Right-click on the interface node and select Remove Interface.