In this video, I'll be showing
you how to install the PI Interface for OPC
DA. Along with the PI Interface Configuration
Utility. Right now, we are logged onto our new
PI Interface node which doesn't have any OSIsoft
software on it yet. However, it does have the
OPC server installed and running. And that's going to be
my data source for my PI Interface for PI
OPC DA. Before we begin,
we'll want to make sure that the user that's going to be performing this
installation is either the local administrator
or is a member of the local administrator's
group. So let's do that first.
I know that I'm using my domain
account. So I'm going to check whether it's a member of the administrator's
group. I can do this using the administrative tools.
In Windows 8, you can simply type it.
And you'll be able to find it
under settings. You can also find the administrative
tools using the control panel. OK, so
now you want to click on computer
management. And then go under local users and
groups. And select groups.
Here we'll be able to find the administrator's
group. So let's double click on
that. And we'll see the administrator's
properties. So here we can see which user
accounts are members of the administrator's
group. So here, I can see that my
account is a member, so I'm
good to go.
OK, so the
first step is going to be to download the
installation kits off the tech support
website. The URL of the
tech support website is
techsupport.osisoft.com.
The first thing to do is to
sign in.
In order to download the installation
kits, you are going to need access to a single
sign on account which is linked to a site which is
licensed for the PI Interface for
PI OPC DA.
Once logged in, I can access the download center by pressing the
downloads button here.
The most commonly used downloads are
available on the front page. And under PI interfaces
and PI connectors, I have my PI Interface for OPC DA
and my PI Interface Configuration Utility.
I'll start by downloading the PI Interface for OPC
DA.
The installation kit is the very first link
here.
I need to make sure to select the
appropriate license type.
I also need to make sure to
read the license and services agreement.
Once I've done this, I can
check the box and start the download.
I will want to save the
download somewhere on the computer.
So I have a folder on my desktop
for my installation kits. So I'll save it here.
Once I've done this, I can go
ahead and download the PI Interface Configuration
Utility. So once again, I can
hit downloads and click on
PI ICU.
The installation kit download is going to be the
very first link again.
Once again,
I need to select the appropriate
license type. And
once I've read the license and
services agreement, hit the check box and
start the download.
Once the downloads have completed, I can browse to the
location on my computer where I saved the installation
kits. So now I
can start my installations. So if you have an
existing interface node, you might've already
installed the PI ICU. So you can skip the next
part and go straight to the PI Interface for
OPC DA installations. But I'm going to start with the PI
ICU since I haven't installed it
yet. So when you are running
installation kits, an important step to remember
is to hit shift and then right click on your
installation kit and select run as
administrator. This will ensure that you have the
proper permissions while running the
installation kit.
So here you can choose where
to extract the executable. You can leave the default location which will be a
temporary location, or select another location on your computer.
Since I've prepared a
location, I'll select that location.
OK, so the first window shows me which components
are going to be installed as part of the installation.
For example, I see here that the
PI Software Development Kit is going to be installed
and the PI Buffer Subsystem will be
installed.
Something that's important to remember here is one of the
components is the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.
So this installation requires a reboot of the
computer. So if you aren't ready to reboot the
computer, keep in mind that this will be required
at some point. So I already have this
component installed, so I don't need to worry.
However, I do need to remember that
some of these components
may stop and restart the other OSIsoft
software I might have already installed. So
let's say you have other components such as other interfaces
running already, those might be stopped momentarily.
That means that you are going to stop collecting data
momentarily. So if this is not a good time for that, you might want to wait
until you have some down time to perform
these installations. Since this is the very first
OSIsoft software that I'm installing, I don't need to
worry. So I'll just go ahead and click OK.
Next, I'm
told to choose my PI Home directory.
The default directory
is the operating system directory, C.
So if you have a different drive where you would like
to install OSIsoft software, make sure to specify it now.
Because this is going to decide all
subsequent installations.
Now we need to put in our default
PI Server.
You'll want to choose the PI Server which is now known as
the PI Data Archive that you want to
send your data to.
Here we see the status of all of the services that
were created during the installation. And we see that
all services were started successfully. So we can go ahead and
hit next. And in this
window, we see that all the components were installed
successfully. OK, so now we are ready
to install our PI Interface for
OPC DA. So again, we want to hit
shift, right click and select
run as administrator.
Once again, we can leave the
default execution
path or select one that we have
chosen.
Once again here
we can see the components that will be
installed. Most of these components were installed when we installed the
PI Interface configuration utility. So what remains are the components
specific to the PI Interface for
OPC DA.
So here we can
personalize our installation.
And now we are installing the PI Interface
for OPC DA. You'll notice here that the same thing
applies. Some existing
PI Services are going to be stopped during the
installation. So again, make sure that you are doing this
when it's OK to stop these
components, such as PI Interfaces.
So you might want to wait until you have
down time for this installation.
Alright,
now we can see that all of the components
were installed successfully.
Now we are ready to start. And in the
next video, I'll show you that the first step is going to be
to check the data on our OPC
server, using the PI OPC Client Tool which was installed with the
PI Interface for OPC DA.