Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 3.0 H2H Interface User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

Introduction
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Feature Support
Inputs to Historian: Scan-based /
Unsolicited / Event Tags Scan-based Only
* Supports Questionable Bit No
Supports Multi-character PointSource Yes
Maximum Point Count Unlimited
* Uses PI SDK No
PINet String Support No
* Source of Timestamps Source Historian Server
History Recovery Yes
UniInt-based
* Disconnected Startup
* SetDeviceStatus
Yes
No
Yes
Failover Source Historian Server-Level
UniInt Phase 2 Interface Level (Warm)
* Vendor Software Required on
Historian interface node / PINet Node No
Vendor Software Required on Foreign
Device No
Vendor Hardware Required No
Additional Historian Software Included
with Interface No
Device Point Types Real, Integer and Digital.
Serial-Based Interface No
* See available paragraphs below for further explanation.
APS Connector
The PItoPI APS Connector (PItoPI_APS) is a specific module that communicates with the
Receiving and Source Host FactoryTalk Historian SE‟s, gets tag attribute updates from the
Source Host FactoryTalk Historian System, and locates new and deleted points on the Source
Host FactoryTalk Historian System. The PItoPI APS Connector and its attendant routines are
called with each synchronization scan.
Note: The PItoPI APS Connector contains a separate implementation of the
procedure to identify the source point for an interface point. If an interface instance is
registered with APS, confirm that the PItoPI APS Connector version implements the
same procedure as the interface, which is required to ensure that the PItoPI APS
Connector synchronizes with the same source point as the interface.
Supports Questionable Bit
The interface will copy questionable bit data for a give source point from one PI3 server to
another. However the interface itself does not make this a configurable parameter.
Uses PI SDK
The PI SDK and the PI API are bundled together and must be installed on each interface
node. This Interface does not specifically make PI SDK calls.