Get timed value into vba
Hello All, I just started to use vba an pisdk together. I would like to get timed data from a pipoint into a vba variable. Here is a quick code Option Explicit Dim srv As Server Dim pt As...
View ArticlePI Notifications - bulk import of contacts?
Hi all, Is there anyway to bulk import contacts for use with PI Notifications? I am moving my email alerts in to PI, but I don't want to have to manually enter all the email contact details. Also...
View ArticleDelete/Save data with PI-API with HA
Hello guys, In my new journey with pi-api, i've wrote a script (python :D) to recalculate some calculated tags in my system. I'm using this script directly in one of my servers and the informations...
View ArticleImporting Data from a CSV file
Hello all. I am fairly new to Pi and still trying to learn the systems capabilities. So, please be patient with me. Currently, I am using software to connect to a chromatagraph and retrieve the...
View ArticleCreate a user to edit tag configuration that is not the admin account
Hi All, I've been using the default pi administrators account to do point edits (instrument tag, description, etc) and I want to move away from that and use another account instead so that I can give...
View ArticlePI-Profile... anyone still in this area?
Hi Community, For those that remember PI-Profile, this was a great tool for looking across a great number of like tags and finding outliers by setting up color limits. This was geared especially for...
View ArticleSelecting multiple Pi tags
I know the tag names. How to retrieve only these specific multiple tags by using the serach tool? They do not have a pattern, so I cannot use * kind of search, I want to search by specific tag names.
View ArticleDiscrete Tag State Change Detection
Hi all, New to PI scripting, so I was expecting that someone would give a kick-start. I have to get time stamps of state changes of discrete tags (PLC diagnostics information), for example, in the...
View ArticleA datalink and PI-calc question for the really talented amongst you!
So here is a an issue I have, that i wondered if Pi could solve. I Know in Procbook (and I use this capability) you can make Procbook calcaulate Steam Table data, this is really usefull for me in the...
View ArticlePI Notification
Hi, There is a PI TAG as XXXLASTMSGID, which keeps incrementing. Would like to set up a notification on the AF server (Using PSE), to check if the timestamp of the PI tag XXXLastMSGID isn't matching...
View ArticleString Builder not available as a selection from Drop Down in AF
Good morning all, Has anyone seen string builder not be available as a selection when building elements in AF? Am I missing a checkbox or something somewhere? Thanks in advance, Scott
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Error with calculated value with PI-Datalink
I am working to get the maximum value of a tag, but the following error occurs in Error PI-Datalionk.jpg image. Any idea of the cause of this error? Thank you in advance. Attached Images
View ArticleEvent Frames - deep dive
Working to see if this scenario is doable using only PI-AF and event frames, no ACE, sorry ACE. When a product is being made (Tag "ProcessState" = 1") I want to go to the midpoint in that time range...
View ArticleMigration to PI2014
How can I convert PiCalcVal function in excel into PiAdvCalcVal function without re-writing all of the formulas in an excel sheet when migrating to PI 2014? (64 bit) I have an older excel sheet with PI...
View ArticleJobs forums
What are good forums for both posting and searching for PI Server Admin positions? Should that/could that be part of this Community?
View ArticlePI Datalink Calculation Mode
I frequently encounter large spreadsheets with many individual PI Datalink functions that are incredibly difficult to modify/use. Is it possible to use a programmatic solution to override the...
View ArticlePopulating Access w/ Excel PI data VBA
Hello, I'm new to the PI system but fairly experienced with VBA. First some background on the application. I have been tasked with creating an Access database to store production data from our...
View ArticleTrend auto-update
I have what is probably a simple question for which the answer is eluding me. I'm a PI ProcessBook user (still learning). I have two workbooks that have trends in them that do not auto-update (end...
View ArticlePI Test Server
What is the best way to build a PI test server? Our existing PI server is 2012 and runs on Windows 2012 as a VM. The test server will be in the same domain as the live server. We have considered a PI...
View ArticleAverage rate while running
Hi, I'm trying to set up an average rate while operating, based on a tonnes per hour tag of a conveyor belt. The 24hr average is simple enough, but we have intermittent feed. When we run into...
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