Display data in excel Cell for a tag only if value changed
Hi, Lets say I have tag called XYZ_1. if I do archive value for it for yesterday it. and if I do 30 second interval. it will mostly have value of "Good". Is there a way PI can do this type of...
View ArticleProcessBook VBA QUestion
Hello, I am currently working with VBA in ProcessBook. My straightforward question is whether it is possible to iterate over elements in AF through VBA in ProcessBook. The only way I know to do this...
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Point Source
Hi all, I've created a new Point source "O' in the Point source table @ SMT Plugin then i created tag with the Point source "O" in the point builder, but i cannot able to save / create the tags it's...
View ArticleTimestamp accuracy issue in Excel/PI
Hi all, I've just come across a weird situation. One of my colleagues has just had his PC updated to Excel 2010 and with it, upgraded to Datalink 4.2.1. He has an excel sheet which has worked...
View ArticleMultiple Entry Addon/Tools in Manual Logger
Dear users, I am using PI Manual Logger for Lab data entry aside from FTLD from DCS system. We will have a point in time with sample port ID and the sample is tested for 10 different parameters (pH,...
View Articlepipc.log message
Hello community! I'm new user of PI (few months) and in last days I got a message in pipc.log : "03-Sep-13 17:48:48 pipeschd.exe>PI-API> pinetread> recv blocking failure or host localhost:5450...
View ArticlePi PE Get Last "Good" Value
Hi All, I am relatively new to Pi, joining an organization with a very mature Pi System. We have lots of Performance Equations that sum together multiple daily totalizers. (If...
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View ArticleTotalizer motor running
Using Totalizer tag and a digital source tag with mode of "running" and stop. How can I create a Totlaizer tag accumulating the motors run time with no reset?
View ArticleData from tags recently created makes Excel crash
I'm having problems when performing queries in Excel, with new tags between old tags.Example: I need to query data between 01/Apr/2013 and 01/May/2013. I know that one of the tags was created on...
View ArticleComplex Filter Expression in PI Datalink
Greetings OSI Forums, I have to combined a couple PI tags and filters into one Filter Expression. ''Some Tag' = "Closed" ''Some Tag' > .5 I need to combine these into one filter tag for...
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Q-CERT highlighted this article by SANS expert and trainer Mike Pilkington on the Power of Powershell Remoting. If you manage Windows computers and want to be secure it is well worth the read. It's...
View ArticleTotalizer with manual start value
I have created a run time totalizer tag and configured it to desired results. How can I set the start value to 3000.
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Securing MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management) software and application servers from hackers and potential malware threats continues to be a concern. Attend this MESA Webcast to learn steps you...
View ArticleProcessbook - Concatenate values
Is there a way to concatenate values from two attributes together and display it as one value in processbook. For example i have a tag that has the latitude and a tag that has the longitude I want...
View ArticleJDE and PI Data Exchange
I am looking for anyone that has performed a data exchange from JDE to PI and vice-versa without using RDBMS. I have been asked to try using a JDE business function to perform all the data exchanges....
View ArticlePI Manual logger with laboratory data without exc/dev
Hi guys, Another obstacle for me in learning to use PI for my need. I need to have exact data at exact time retrievable without any exception or compression. Supposed I have LABDATA1 tag and I...
View ArticleXY CURVE IN PROCESSBOOK
hi all, how can i plot x,y curve for multiple values...using VBA and define trace n background colour?thanks
View ArticlePI Datalink Calculation
Hi, I've got a tank output flow tag which is incremental but due to instrument fault it resets randomly and starts the count from zero. So when i try to get the total flow for a week or a month I get...
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