1998 pi system users’ conference pi 3.2 new features enhancements product support plans for the...

1998 PI System Users’ Conference

PI 3.2

New FeaturesEnhancementsProduct SupportPlans for the next release

1998 PI System Users’ Conference

New Features

PI-ODBC SupportTotalizerSystem Management ToolsMigration Tools

PI 2.x to PI 3.xOther PI 3.x Systems

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Enhancements

PI-BatchAlias table supportImprovements in Search Performance

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Enhancements

Snapshot Subsystem“-f” flag for repair of timestamps

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Enhancements

Archive SubsystemEvent queue file recovery

• data from queue file to off-line archive

Archive shift improvements• archive initialization optimized

• order-of-magnitude increase in performance

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Enhancements

Archive Subsystem“time fix” featureAdjusts for Microsoft time bug in Run-

Time Library• affects only systems in time zones that do

NOT observe Daylight Savings time

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Utilities

PIConfig@linelen

• sets length of input lines

@ostr ?, @istr ?, @select ?• Shows specification in effect

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PIConfig

New TablesPISubSys

• information on running subsystems

PISubsysStats• communication statistics

PINetMgrStats• connection statistics

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Utilities

Pidiag-ar, -ara

• repair registered archive list

-udf• locate piadmin

• reset password

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Utilities

piartoolarchive shift predictionname of next archive

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Tools to access Remote Servers

“-remote” command qualifierpiconfig

• also supports @login command

piartoolpilistupdpigetmsg

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Installation and Upgrade

Directory structureAll directories under “\pi”PI-PE Scheduler under “\pi\bin”

Windows NT“table” file repairDebug symbolsRun-Time Library bug check

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Support

Microsoft NetMeetingWeb site

PI 3.2 Data Archive Manual on-line“Internet Resources Network”

• Problem Reports

• future: knowledge base

Internet Newsgroup

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Future Releases

PI 3.2: Service ReleasesAlarm SubsystemBase Subsystem

• memory usage improvements

Read-only archives

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Future Releases

PI 3.2: Service ReleasesWindows NT

• Performance Monitor interface– both generate and track counters

• Setup– Uninstall

– “Silent” install

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PI 3.3

Third-Party Historian accessChanging point classChanging point typeSQL

Access to PI 3.x featuresINSERT, UPDATE keywordsORDER BY, GROUP BY

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PI 3.3

License SubsystemIntegration with NT SecurityMicrosoft Management Console

create “snap-in”

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Performance Equations

No design changeSeveral bug fixes and improved

documentationType check fixes enable nested

functions.Curve function.More operations allowed on times and

digital states.

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PE Directions

Functions for Alarm StatesFully event-scheduled processingUser functions in DLL’sGroup scheduling programs with

multiple outputs

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Totalizer

IntroductionWhat totalization isAbout the new totalizerFunctions and FeaturesExamples

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28 Scan Points

Exception reports Archive compression

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Exception Reporting

exm inexm ax

exdev

P rev ious reportedev en t

F irs t ev en t ou ts ide o fexcep tion specs

E v en ts sen t to snapsho tas resu lt o f firs t excep tion

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18 Exceptional Values

11 exception reports6 have two data points

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Compression Testing

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6 “Compressed Data” Points

Compressed, but not squished .. these are points selected from the actual scan data

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Why Totalizer

Totalizer processes every exception point

1 to 2.5 percent

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Totalizer Structure

Sam ple- N atura l- E vent- C lock

FilterExpression

Accum ulator- Tota l- Features- C ounts- T im e

R eset Schedule- T im e- E vent- E vent T rue

R eport- E nd- R unning- R am ping

TotalizerTag

SourceTag

EventExpression

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PI3 Totalizer

Event DrivenNew Point Class

Pneumonic parameters replace numeric codes

New Functions

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Functions - numeric source point

Total-averageMin-maxRange - Standard DeviationMedianOptions

time or event weighted

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Functions - numeric source point

Total-averageMin-maxRange - Standard DeviationMedianOptions

time or event weighted

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Functions - Digital and string

Event CountAll or change only

Event values comparedEQ, NE, GT, LT, …Count all or changeTime true

Numeric source points also

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Report Mode

Period EndRunningRunning EstimateRamping

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Totalization Period

ClockEventEvent TrueEvent MovingTime Moving

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Development

Basic total and count functions work

Current accumulation is lost across restartService Release 1

User feedback appreciated

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Questions?

Thank you for your interest