PI Processbook Multi state
I am trying to setup a PI Processbook Multi State box. I have a 4 step limit. < 0 Red 0 - 230 Yellow 230 - 250 Green > 250 Red When I go to put in the 0 - 230 rule it tells me its an invalid...
View ArticlePB Add-in Issue
Hi, I'm having some trouble in adding a custom ActiveX Control to a C# PB Add-in. The problem is that i can't cast a PObjLib.Symbol to a PBSymLib.PBControl, thereby i can't access fields of the...
View ArticleUTC time offset error frequently generated on PI interface
Hello Friends, We have implemented PI server in our company for Information management system. In our system total 5 interfaces are connected and working. Three interfaces are OPC, other two are...
View ArticleYour PI System might be ‘fragile’ if…
Before taking a stab at telltales of a fragile system, why is a cyber security guy talking about fragility anyway? The process control engineer in me is more accustom to the idea of system stability....
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Selecting all displays in Processbook VBA
Hi All Do anyone know how to select/change all displays in Processbook in VBA. I want to change the start- and end-time for all displays - something like this: ALLDISPLAYS.SetStartAndEndTime...
View ArticleTag Value Via VBA
First at all, sorry my english. I know that if i want to get a tag value, i can create a Value, insert its tag and use the command: tagValue = getValue(vrDate, vrStatus). Is there a way to get a...
View ArticleDisplay - Templates
Hi all, again, first at all, sorry my poor english. Is there a way to create a "master" display? Ex.: I got a display with four buttons. Each of these buttons goes to another display that the...
View ArticleGlobal Variables - Inter Displays
Hi everybody, As always, sorry my bad english. How can i have the same variables between two displays? That is the situation: I have one display (let's call D1), that contains one button and...
View ArticleHow to count machine trip events (Start/Stops) between dates using PI...
Hi, I am a new user of PI Process book and currently exploring the PI Datalink in Excel to count the number of critical machine trips (Start / Stops) between dates. Could any one help me how to...
View ArticleMax DataSet Value in a Period
Hello, how can i get a max value from a dataset in a period. I know that i cant have a max value from: TAGMAX('tag', 'starttime', 'endtime'). But i dont have a tag for my value. I only have a...
View ArticleHow to change user's password
As title, how to change user's password if user forget his password? Old password is needed when using SMT to change user's password. Is delete account then recreate the only way to solve this issue?...
View ArticlePI Notification: Show Timestamp in other Timezone
My PI server topology is a hub-and-spoke with PI-to-PI interfaces feeding data from various plants into the "master" historian at the central head office. PI Notifications are configured in the...
View ArticlePI Notifications Stopped Sending
Had a case here recently where PI Notifications stopped going out. This is actually a report going out every 6 hours that is triggered by a PI tag. Yesterday the email from the notifications stopped...
View ArticleActive DataSet in Trend
Hi, I have a trend in my display, and this trend has 5 data sets that are out of scales. So, in this in way, i would like, that everytime someone open this displays, the trends shows only 2 of...
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Job Opportunity - San Francisco, CA - Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Hello Everyone, Pacific Gas and Electric is looking for a Developer / Engineer to work on a growing OSISoft PI infrastructure based in San Ramon, CA (roughly 40 miles east of San Francisco, CA). We...
View ArticleHave you heard about our new way to share information within and across...
If you haven't, you should be soon. Here's a video we just released explaining what the concept might do for customers and equipment manufacturers: At the Users Conference 2013 you'll hear a lot...
View ArticleComposite Visible Properties.
Hi, I got many toolboxes, and i grouped it. Processbook named it by Composite1. I would like to make my toolboxes invisible. I tried "textbox1.visible = false", but it does not turn invisible...
View ArticleSo, what am I missing?
Alright, so here is the deal. I am copying an interface in the MDB, and I pasted it on to another interface machine in the MDB. The interface doesn't show up on the new machine when I open up the...
View ArticleAutomating PICONFIG Question
Hello, What I'm trying to do is automate the backfill process using piconfig, but I'm running into a few issues. Here's a little bit of what I'm doing: backfill.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Program...
View ArticlePI Notifications: Daily no matter what?
I'm trying to configure a PI notification to go out daily, no matter what. Since the tag in question is the tank level expressed as a percent, the zero and span are 0 and 100. So I set my trigger...
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