Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 4.0 Live Data Interface User Guide - Manual (Page 8)

Chapter 1 Introduction
8 Rockwell Automation Publication HSELD-UM024A-EN-E–September 2013
The features of the FTLD Interface include:
Item Description
PI SDK The PI SDK and the PI API are bundled together and must be
installed on each PI Interface node. The FTLD Interface does not
specifically make PI SDK calls. It uses the PI API calls to support
longer instrument tag fields and multiple-character point sources.
The PI SDK cannot be used if the interface will be set up to use
Disconnected Startup because it is based on API calls only.
Source of Time
Stamps The FTLD Interface can accept time stamps from the FactoryTalk
Live Data server, or it can provide time stamps from the FactoryTalk
Historian server. This is controlled by a command-line parameter.
See "Startup Command File (page 39)" for more information on
using the command line to control time stamps.
UniInt-based UniInt stands for Universal Interface. UniInt is not a separate
product or file; it is an OSIsoft-developed framework used by
developers, and it is integrated into many interfaces, including this
interface. The purpose of UniInt is to keep a consistent feature set
and behavior across as many Rockwell interfaces as possible. It also
allows for a rapid development of new interfaces. In any
UniInt-based interface, the interface uses some of the
UniInt-supplied configuration parameters and some
interface-specific parameters.
Platforms The FTLD Interface is designed to run on the Microsoft Windows
operating systems.
Due to its dependency on FactoryTalk Services Platform, the
FactoryTalk Historian Live Data Interface is not supported on
non-Windows platforms. To see a list of operating systems
supported, refer to the FactoryTalk Historian SE Release Notes.
The following documentation provides additional information
related to the FTLD Interface:
• FactoryTalk Historian SE Installation and Configuration
Guide
• FactoryTalk Historian SE Release Notes
Features
Related Documentation