Chapter 8. startup command file, Configuring the interface with icu, Chapter 8 – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 3.0 H2H Interface User Guide User Manual
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Chapter 8.
Startup Command File
Command-line parameters can begin with a
/
or with a
-
. For example, the
/ps=M
and
-ps=M
command-line parameters are equivalent.
Command file names have a
.bat
extension. The Windows continuation character (
^
) allows
for the use of multiple lines for the startup command. The maximum length of each line is
1024 characters (1 kilobyte). The number of parameters is unlimited, and the maximum
length of each parameter is 1024 characters.
The Historian Interface Configuration Utility (ICU) provides a tool for configuring the
interface startup command file.
Configuring the interface with ICU
Note: ICU requires PI 2.0 and later.
The Historian Interface Configuration Utility provides a graphical user interface for
configuring Historian Interfaces. If the interface is configured by the ICU, the batch file of
the interface (
PItoPI.bat
) will be maintained by the ICU and all configuration changes will
be kept in that file and the module database. The procedure below describes the necessary
steps for using ICU to configure the FactoryTalk Historian to Historian Interface.
From the ICU menu, select Interface, then New Windows Interface Instance from EXE..., and
then Browse to the
PItoPI.exe
executable file. Then, enter values for Point Source and
Interface ID#. A window such as the following results: