Shutdown

The Shutdown attribute is 1 (true) by default. The default behavior of the PI Shutdown Subsystem is to write the SHUTDOWN digital state to all PI points when PI is started. The timestamp that is used for the SHUTDOWN events is retrieved from a file that is updated by the Snapshot Subsystem. The timestamp is usually updated every 15 minutes, which means that the timestamp for the SHUTDOWN events will be accurate to within 15 minutes in the event of a power failure. For additional information on shutdown events, refer to PI Data Archive manuals.

Note: The SHUTDOWN events that are written by the PI Shutdown Subsystem are independent of the SHUTDOWN events that are written by the interface when the /stopstat=Shutdown command-line parameter is specified.

To configure PI Shutdown Subsystem to write SHUTDOWN events only for PI points that have their shutdown attribute set to 1, edit the \PI\dat\Shutdown.dat file, as described in the PI Server System Management Guide.

SHUTDOWN events can be disabled from being written to PI points when the Data Archive is restarted by setting the Shutdown attribute to 0 for each point. Alternatively, the default behavior of the PI Shutdown Subsystem can be changed to write SHUTDOWN events only for PI points that have their Shutdown attribute set to 0. To change the default behavior, edit the Shutdown.dat file, as discussed in the Data Archive user guide.

Buffering

It is undesirable to write shutdown events when buffering is being used. PIBufss is a utility program that provides the capability to store and forward events to a Data Archive, allowing continuous data collection when the Data Archive is down for maintenance, upgrades, backups, and unexpected failures. That is, when the Data Archive is shutdown, PIBufss will continue to collect data for the interface, making it undesirable to write SHUTDOWN events to the PI points for this interface. Disabling SHUTDOWN is recommended when sending data to a high availability SHUTDOWN collective. Refer to the PIBufss user guide for additional information.