Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 4.0 Live Data Interface User Guide - Manual (Page 40)

Chapter 8 Startup Command File
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Required parameters:
Parameter Description
/ps=Source The /ps parameter specifies the point source for the interface. The Source value is not case
sensitive. The length of the Source value is limited to 100 characters by the PI-UniInt. The
value can contain any character except ‘*’ and ‘?’.
The point source that is assigned with the /ps parameter corresponds to the Point Source
attribute of the individual Historian point. The interface will attempt to load only those
Historian points that have the appropriate point source.
Strategies for assigning a point source character vary depending on the interpretation of
the /id parameter by a particular interface. See the /id parameter description for more
information.
/id=x Example: /id=1
The /id parameter specifies the interface identifier.
The interface identifier is a string that is no longer than 9 characters. FTLD Interfaces also
use the /id parameter to identify a particular interface copy number which corresponds to
an integer value that is assigned to one of the Location code point attributes, most
frequently Location1. For these interfaces, you should use only numeric characters in the
identifier.
/host=host:port The /host parameter specifies the PI Home node. Host is the IP address of the PI Server
node or the domain name of the PI Server node. Port is the port number for TCP/IP
communication.
The port is always 5450.
/uiDLL=FTLDIntCtl.dll
/uiDLL="c:\Program
Files\PIPC\Interfaces\PIUniint\FTLDIntCtl.dll
"
The /uiDLL parameter is used to specify the DLL file name of the FTLD interface. The DLL file
is usually installed in the \Windows\System32\ or Windows\SysWOW64\ directory. If the
DLL file is located elsewhere, the full path to the DLL must be provided in the /uiDLL
parameter.
/FTDirectory=$Global The /FTDirectory parameter specifies the FactoryTalk directory. It can only be set to
$Global.
/FTContext="/" This parameter is reserved. Set to “/”.