Perform silent installation

As an alternative to running the installer, you can install AVEVA PI Vision silently by running a script from a command prompt. Use a silent installation if you want to install AVEVA PI Vision with no user interaction. Before running the silent installation script, edit the configuration properties for AVEVA PI Vision, and edit the script to set the default PI Data Archive and PI AF servers for your AVEVA PI Vision installation.

Note: You should install .NET Framework 4.8 before running the silent installation as this provides the most consistent silent installation experience for AVEVA PI Vision.

1. Extract the AVEVA PI Vision installation files by double-clicking the .exe file.

   Note the folder where the installation files are extracted.

2. Open the silent.ini file in a text editor.

   This file lists the commands run during the AVEVA PI Vision silent installation.

3. In the [COMMANDLINE] section of this file, edit the commands to reflect your configuration:

   1. In the AFClient (32-bit or 64-bit) CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS command, replace MyPIServer with your default Data Archive server, and replace MyAFServer with your default PI AF server.

      8 = /qn REBOOT=Suppress ALLUSERS=1 PI_SERVER=MyPIServer
      PI_USER=pidemo AF_SERVER=MyAFServer ADDLOCAL=FD_AFSDK,
      FD_AFExplorer,FD_AFBuilder,FD_AFDocs

4. Save the silent.ini file.

5. Start a command prompt as administrator and navigate to the folder that contains the extracted installation files.

6. Enter the following command to start the silent installation:

   setup.exe –f silent.ini