Installation Checklist 12 9. If necessary, configure a digital state set that indicates the Bailey Station Status values (Manual, Auto, Cascade/Ratio,
Dig Station Failure, Manual Lock,
Bypassed, Auto Lock, Cascade Lock.
10. If necessary, configure a digital state set that indicates the Bailey module status values (Configure, Failed, Error, Execute.
11.
Build input tags and, if needed, output tags for this interface. Important point attributes and their purposes are Location specifies the interface instance
ID it should match the /ciu# parameter. Location is the Bailey PCU (node) portion of the Bailey address. Location is the Bailey module portion of the Bailey address. Location is the Bailey block portion of the Bailey address. Location is the Bailey point type.
ExDesc is not used.
InstrumentTag is not used.
12. Start the interface interactively and confirm its successful connection to the PI Server without buffering.
13. Confirm that the interface collects data successfully.
14. Stop the interface and configure a buffering application (either Bufserv or PIBufss). When configuring buffering use the ICU menu item
Tools
Buffering…
Buffering Settings to make a change to the default value (32678) for the
Primary and
Secondary Memory Buffer Size (Bytes) to 2000000. This will optimize the throughput for buffering and is recommended by OSIsoft.
15. Start the buffering application and the interface. Confirm that the interface works together with the buffering application by either physically removing the connection between the interface node and the PI Server Node or by stopping the PI Server.
16. Configure the interface to run as a Service. Confirm that the interface runs properly as a Service.
17. Restart the interface node and confirm that the interface and the buffering application restart.
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