AVEVA PI System™ Training

Learn to use AVEVA PI System™ AF.

• Building an asset framework
• Analytics
• Calculations
• Event frames

Audience:

A process engineer who wants to get the greatest value from the PI system and needs to understand all the benefits of the features that are available with AF. Could also be a PI system administrator who wants to pass on the information and train other members of staff in the use of AF. Knowledge of the data archive is required.

Prerequisites:

• Basic knowledge of the PI system
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft excel
• Basic understanding of a relational database, although no administration or maintenance tasks are discussed or required

Class outline:

• Understanding the PI system architecture
• Key features of the AF server
• Modelling your assets with AF
• Organising/structuring your assets
• Visualising your assets
• Aggregating external data in AF
• Adding business rules, KPIs and calculation results to your assets
• Being informed of important events
• Scaling out your AF system
• Communicating important events

In our Visualizing PI System Data class, you will learn how to use components of the PI Visualization Suite to access and combine your process data with your enterprise data.

Audience:

• People who will be using the PI System to monitor their business.
• People who will be using the PI System to analyse their data.
• People who will be using the PI System to create reports and displays to track their process data.
• Beginners to the PI System.
• Prospective customers of the PI System.

Prerequisites:

• This class is taught in a Windows/Microsoft Office environment and is designed for students who have a good understanding of that environment. You will have to open and close files, locate files in different directories and use menus and toolbars
• Students will spend almost a whole day using Microsoft Excel, so knowing the basics of working in Microsoft Excel is a prerequisite for this class
• No specific knowledge of the PI System software is required.

Class Outline

• Understand the basic PI System infrastructure and components
• Get to know PI Data through PI Vision
• Create and edit process, summary and dashboard displays in PI Vision
• Retrieve current, historical, summary and calculated data in PI DataLink
• Explore event frames with PI Vision and PI DataLink

Learn to maintain and administrate the AVEVA PI System™.

Audience:

Anyone who needs knowledge of how to maintain the PI system. Ideally this will be someone who already has exposure to PI through their work or a Client course.

Prerequisites:

• Basic Windows and Network security (why you log in, what is a domain, etc)
• Basic directory navigation and management (using Windows Explorer, creating and finding files)
• Some familiarity with your real-time data sources (control systems PLCs, OPC)

Class Outline:

• Understanding data flow through the PI server and the PI AF server
• The PI interface defined
• PI interface configuration utility
• PI point attributes and interfaces
• Polling, advise and event points
• Organizing your PI tags into PI system assets
• What is PI buffering?
• Explore the PI server directory structure
• What is the event queue
• Common tuning parameters
• Opening the hood of the PI AF server
• Safeguard your data
• Securing the PI system environment
• Monitor your PI system
• A word about PI server and PI AF server collectives