Related documentation for UniInt interfaces

UniInt interfaces use and interact with many other components of the PI System. For related information, refer to the following documents:

Read-only versus Read-write Interfaces FAQ

Describes information on the differences between read-only and read-write interfaces, and instructions for migrating from the read-write to the read-only option. See Read-only versus read-write interfaces.

System Management Guide

Documentation for managing Data Archive installations, interfaces, PI points, and digital state sets. See the PI Data Archive System Management Guide.

Security Configuration Guide

Includes information about Data Archive security.

See the PI Data Archive Security Configuration Guide.

PI System High Availability Administration Guide

Describes how to configure high availability and manage Data Archive and interface installations when using PI collectives.

See the PI System High Availability Administration Guide.

PI SDK and PI API Online Help Files

Documentation for the PI SDK and PI API libraries used by interfaces. The embedded help (.chm) files are located in the %PIHOME%\PIPC\Help\ directory. PIHOME is an environment variable that contains the PI API installation path. See PI SDK and PI API Online Help Files.

PI API Installation Instructions User Manual

Details about installing supporting components, including buffering to prevent data loss if the connection to Data Archive is lost. See PI API Installation Instructions User Manual.

PI Buffering Manager Help Files

Explains how to configure buffering using PI Buffer Subsystem 4.3 or later, including how to upgrade from API Buffer Server (bufserv) if needed. The embedded help files are located at PIPC/HELP/BufferManager.chm. See PI Buffering Manager Help Files.

PI Interface Configuration Utility User Guide

Describes how to configure interfaces using PI ICU. See PI Interface Configuration Utility User Guide.

Interface logging

For more information about reading message logs, see the OSIsoft Knowledge Base article How to read new UniInt 4.5.0.x and later Interface message logs.

Interface release notes

Release-specific information about functional updates, bug fixes, and new features. Release notes are provided both for the UniInt framework and for each interface on the OSIsoft Customer Portal.