The PI Point Builder

And the PI System Management Tools

Gerhard Matzen

Agenda

What are…...the tasks of the PI System Manager?…the PI System Management Tools (PI-SMT)?...the strengths and limitations of PI-SMT?

How does the Point Builder fit in?

Existing PI-SMT Tools

Point Builder Demo

Future of PI-SMT

PI System Management

Daily Health Check

PI Point Management

Digital Set Management

Starting and Stopping PI

Managing Archives

Managing Security

Managing Interfaces

Tuning the PI System

PI-SMT

Command- Line

Utilities

What are the PI-SMT Tools?

General DescriptionGraphical applications designed for remote administration of PI Systems.

Currently Released PI-SMT ToolsPI Health Check

PI Tag Configurator

SoonPI Point Builder

PI Health Check

PI Tag Configurator

Tag Search

Tag Search Results

Import Tags

Voilà

Tools of the Trade

PI Health Check(Released)

PI Tag Configurator(Released)

PI Point Builder(Soon)

Why Point Builder?

Comparisons

PI Tag Configurator

Create a slew of points at one time

No digital set editor

PIConfig, PIDiff

Can build points on PI 2 and PI 3

PI Point Builder

Create a few points at a time

Digital set editor

PI-SDK

Can build points on PI 3 only

New Dialogs

Digital Set Search

New Tag Search

PI Property Sheet

Attribute Categorization

Location1

Exdesc

DescriptorSq

uare

Roo

t

Poin

tTyp

e

Location2

Point Class Classic

CategoriesAdminArchiveCompressionDigitalDisplayMiscOverviewSecurity

Point Class Classic

35 Base Attributes

50 Classic Attributes

All Point Classes Contain the Base Attributes

Additional Attributes for PI 2 Compatibility

What About Templates?

Template Tags

VS

Save As

Future Work

Wizards in Point Builder

Integrate Point Builder with Module Database

New PI-SMT ToolsArchive maintenance

Questions?