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  • Last UpdatedMar 04, 2025
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PCS Navigation App navigates through PCS PI Data provider using IBrowse contract and exposes the selected asset. Tree View Navigation OMI App navigates through the PI Asset Framework hierarchy.

Import files for PCS Navigation App

  1. Navigate to Galaxy>Import>Visualization>OMI App.

  2. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA\PCSPIDataProvider\PCSNavigation.

  3. Import the folder PCSNavigation. This imports the app with name PCSNavigation001.

    PCS Navigation app template

  4. Rename PCS Navigation App from PCSNavigation001 to PCSNavigation.

Configure NavTree

  1. From the ToolBox, under PCSNavigation, drag and drop the NavTree to the layout.

  2. Configure the Properties for the NavTree. Ensure you have provided a valid Provider URL.

  3. The following are the configurable properties for PCS Navigation App:

    • Provider: Name of the PCS Provider Instance (ServerName\Instance Name).

      • Server Name: Name of the server where you have deployed the PCS provider instance (only needed if using OMI Web and PCS provider node is assigned to a node different from the WebViewEngine).

      • Instance Name: Name of the PCS provider instance.

        Ex: UOCPIGR2\PCS.PIProvider_001 or just PCS.PIProvider_001 if server name is not needed.

    • Node Id (readonly): Id of the selected PCS Browse node from Asset Framework.

    • Node Name (readonly): Name of the selected PCS Browse node.

    • Node Unique Name (readonly): Unique name of the selected PCS Browse node.

    • Enable Attributes (readonly): Enable selected node attributes list output.

    • Node Attributes (readonly): List of attributes of the selected PCS BrowseNode in XML Format.

  4. After configuring the NavTree, you can see the Asset Framework database in the layout. The following image is an example to demonstrate NavTree.

    Asset Framework database hierarchy

  5. Select any node to view the details on the left pane. In the example, we have selected the node Pump01.

  6. The following are the properties that are displayed in the right pane:

    • Node Id: 47

    • Node Name: Pump01

    • Node Unique Name: \\UOCOSIPI\Pumps CBM\Pump Station\Pump01

    • Enable Attribute: ON

    • Node Attributes: Based on the Enable Attribute value the attributes for Pump01 is displayed in XML format.

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