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System administrator notes > Installation

Installation
Detailed information on installing PI ProcessBook is available in the PI ProcessBook Release
Notes, which are available on the OSIsoft Tech Support site.

Topics in this section

l System requirements

l 64-bit operating systems

l Upgrade from a previous version of PI ProcessBook

l Compatibility with other PI System client products

l Silent installation

l Installation test

l Installed files

System administrator notes > Installation > System requirements

System requirements
For up-to-date system requirements, go to the OSIsoft Tech Support Products page. Click the
product link to see information about the product, including the current system requirements.
System administrator notes > Installation > 64-bit operating systems

64-bit operating systems

PI ProcessBook is a 32-bit Windows application that runs on either 32- or 64-bit Windows
operating systems.
For 64-bit operating systems please note the following:

l The default install location for OSIsoft 32-bit applications:

C:\Program Files (x86)

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l Registry settings are located under the Wow6432Node branch. For example references to:

...\SOFTWARE\PISystem\PI – ProcessBook\...

can be found under:

...\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PISystem\PI – ProcessBook\...

System administrator notes > Installation > Upgrade from a previous version of PI ProcessBook

Upgrade from a previous version of PI ProcessBook

If you have a previous version of PI ProcessBook installed on your computer, you should
upgrade that version rather than uninstall it. During the installation of PI ProcessBook, your
previous version of PI ProcessBook is removed; however, .ini file settings are retained.
If you have created or edited displays and ProcessBooks with other versions of PI ProcessBook,
those files will still work.

Note:
If your existing version is significantly older, you may need to migrate the displays
through intermediate versions to ensure successful migration.

System administrator notes > Installation > Compatibility with other PI System client products

Compatibility with other PI System client products

l If you have other client products, such as PI DataLink, the same root path is used for
installation, often C:\Program Files\PIPC. Otherwise, incompatibilities in the .dll files
shared by the applications could occur.
l If you have PI BatchView installed on your system, the setup program for PI ProcessBook
installs a PI ProcessBook Batch group symbol that is compatible with the current version of
PI ProcessBook. You can also install PI BatchView after installing PI ProcessBook, and the
correct Batch Trend symbol is loaded.
l PI SQC is installed with PI ProcessBook.

System administrator notes > Installation > Silent installation

Silent installation

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You can install this software with the Windows silent installation feature. Sometimes called an
unattended installation, silent installation requires no feedback during the setup process.
System administrators with an automated software distribution application might use silent
installation to deploy software automatically to large numbers of corporate desktops.
To launch a silent installation, type:
Setup.exe –f silent.ini
The silent.ini file is included in the setup kit. You can make site-specific alterations to the
file as needed. See the silent.ini file for further information and descriptions of available
arguments.
System administrator notes > Installation > Installation test

Installation test
You can view the results of the installation process by examining the setup log:

PIPC\DAT\SetupProcessBook.log

This log also contains information pertaining to the directory structure, node, .dlls, user
name, and installation of various PI ProcessBook files. If the log file is not found in the
\PIPC\Dat folder, look in the root directory of your system drive (for example, C:\).
After you install PI ProcessBook, you can see the words PI System on the Windows Start menu
under Programs. At this point, you are ready to use PI ProcessBook.
If you experience problems with your software, contact OSIsoft Technical Support through the
OSIsoft Technical Support website.
System administrator notes > Installation > Installed files

Installed files
Upon completion, Setup installs PI ProcessBook under the root directory \PIPC.
Setup also installs online help files and Release Notes.
See the Release Notes (readme.htm) for a complete list of files. The Release Notes are normally
installed at:

C:\Program Files\PIPC\procbook\en\ProcessBook.pdf

You can look at SetupProcessBook.log in the Dat directory of your PI ProcessBook

installation to see a list of files installed by PI ProcessBook's Setup on your computer.
SetupProcessBook.log does not show the files installed by VBA.

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