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Appendix B.
PI SDK Options
To access the PI SDK settings for this Interface, select this Interface from the Interface drop-
down list and click UniInt - PI SDK in the parameter category pane.
Disable PI SDK
Select Disable PI SDK to tell the interface not to use the PI SDK. If you want to run the
interface in Disconnected Startup mode, you must choose this option.
The command line equivalent for this option is
/pisdk=0
.
Use the Interface
’s default setting
This selection has no effect on whether the interface uses the PI SDK. However, you must not
choose this option if you want to run the interface in Disconnected Startup mode.
Enable PI SDK
Select Enable PI SDK to tell the interface to use the PI SDK. Choose this option if the
Historian Server version is earlier than 2.x or the PI API is earlier than 1.6.0.2, and you want
to use extended lengths for the
Tag
,
Descriptor
,
ExDesc
,
InstrumentTag
, or
PointSource
point attributes. The maximum lengths for these attributes are:
Attribute
Enable the interface to use
the PI SDK
Historian Server earlier than 2.x or PI
API earlier than 1.6.0.2, without the
use of the PI SDK
Tag
1023
255
Descriptor
1023
26
ExDesc
1023
80
InstrumentTag
1023
32
PointSource
1023
1
However, if you want to run the interface in Disconnected Startup mode, you must not choose
this option.
The command line equivalent for this option is
/pisdk=1
.