Posts Tagged ‘OSIsoft’
Why You Should Have a PI System Access License
Traditional PI Clients We all know the traditional PI client applications of Processbook, DataLink, and the newer PI Vision. These applications allow users access to PI data for visualization and analysis. While you can program inside these client applications, they do not provide general purpose programmatic access to PI. Integrating PI data with other…
Read MoreWhat Asset Framework Needs – A Web-Based PI System Explorer
My previous post about .NET 5 leads me to another suggestion. The Asset Framework needs a modern web-based client. As anyone who uses the fat-client PI System Explorer knows, keeping everyone up to date can be challenging. The PI System Explorer, or PSE for short, is a powerful editor with a lot of smarts built…
Read MoreWhat the Asset Framework Needs – .NET 5
The Asset Framework uses the Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, for communication with clients. WCF was an excellent choice when OSIsoft initially developed AF as it facilitated integrated Windows authentication, encryption, and other features that made building a modern API easier. The AF SDK is a .Net assembly for developing applications for AF. The AF SDK…
Read MoreWhat the Asset Framework Needs – Timezone support
Aveva’s (acquired OSIsoft) Asset Framework features attributes to specify the location of an asset. Adding a built-in timezone attribute is a missing component that would help several use cases. Many AF Servers contain elements located in different timezones. This would allow: Analysis calculations to be triggered from the element’s local time. This is useful when…
Read MoreNew vCampus Beta Goodies! AF 2014 with Abacus analytics and DataLink 2014 with Event Frames
I just received the email from vCampus with a bunch of new goodies! The most exciting is the beta release of AF 2014 with the Abacus data analytics built in. Think Performance Equations for AF, only much much better. We got to play with an early alpha at vCampus 2012 and everyone has been eagerly…
Read MoreConfiguring your vCampus environment. Every PI Geek needs a Sandbox. (Part 1)
You need a sandbox To become good at building reliable solutions you have to be really good a breaking things. You must have a sandbox that allows you to play, experiment, and develop an intuitive sense of how things work. Over the years, I have literally spent thousands of hours in sandbox environments making a…
Read MoreRaesemann Enterprises joins the OSIsoft vCampus
I just finished participating in the OSIsoft vCampus Introductory Webinar. The OSIsoft vCampus is a new community designed to assist developers in developing applications around PI.
Read MoreOSIsoft Users Conference
I said that I would be live blogging from the users conference. If you have ever been then you know how busy it can get. Things are pretty packed from morning until night. We are heading into the end of the conference today and I guess I could say that I was just waiting to…
Read MoreLive Blogging from the OSISoft Conference in Monterey, CA Aug 6-10
I will be live blogging from the OSISoft Conference in a couple of weeks. It has been about 3 years since I have been able to make it to a conference and I am really looking forward to catching up on…
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