Alex, I remember the attached discussion we made in 2004 about installing the OSI's PI system. This project was approved to be installed in our Plant. We are actually in the basic design stage of installing the OSI's PI system. We prefer to use OPC to connect the OSI PI system to the IA foxboro system. However, we do not like to overload our system CP60's, AW51E..) Could you please advise the best way to connect. Please be informed that our AIM historian V3.2 is installed on AW51E (V6.1.1, soalaris 5.5.1). Do you think we need to use the existing AIM collector or the standard OSI PI data collector. What software shall we install in the AW51E ? Thanks to respond. Regards Hafedh Lead C&I eng. BG group -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 12 February 2004 18:51 To: Ghodhbani, Hafedh; 'foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx '; ''foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' ' Subject: RE: [foxboro] soft tools I'm afraid that I don't understand the question. If you are asking me if OSI's PI is a useful product, the answer is, "It must be because a large number of people use it and seem to be happy users at that." If you are asking me if the AIM*OPC Server should be used with OSI's PI, my answer is, "You may use it, but I prefer the standard OSI PI data collector for the I/A Series because it buffers the data on the AW in the event of a network failure." If you are asking me if AIM*AT Suite is sufficient to your needs, I can only say that, "There are a number of customer who have only AIM*AT Suite and do not have PI and seem to be happy with what what it does." If you are asking me if AIM*DataLink can be used with PI Client applications, the answer is, "If the application can use DDE, it can work with AIM*DataLink." If you are asking me if I prefer AIM*DataLink or the AIM*OPC Server, my answer would be, "It depends on the client. If the client supports both DDE and OPC, I'd go with OPC since it is widely used with many other client applications." Did I come anywhere near your question? Regards, AJ ______________________________________________________________________ BG Energy Holdings Limited Registered in England & Wales No: 3763515 Registered address: 100 Thames Valley Park Drive Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PT UK Telephone: +44 (0)118 935 3222 Website: http://www.BG-Group.com This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, please advise us immediately if you are not the named addressee or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave