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Get more from your PI Systems with OSIsoft tips and case histories
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This month's case history
How can you improve plant efficiency in multiple areas without increasing complexity or decreasing flexibility? This was the challenge for a leading manufacturer of post-operative and complex wound dressing products.
This month's PI tip
When configuring OSIsoft PI System OPC interface tags to collect data from many Rockwell Automation PLCs and controllers, pay attention to the tag scan classes. If the OPC values are collected by PI on a polled basis, scan class configuration can significantly impact PLC communication performance.
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