Create a Tag Configuration File Manually
Procedure
Create an .xml file to include the tag properties for all the tags whose data you want to extract.
Tag properties for a tag named Pressure used in Proficy Historian:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Taglist>
<Tag Name="Pressure">
<LocalName>ValvePressure</LocalName>
<RemoteName>ValvePressure</RemoteName>
<Compression>1</Compression>
<DeadbandRange>2.5</DeadbandRange>
<DeadbandTimeout>2</DeadbandTimeout>
<RequireRescale>1</RequireRescale>
<HiEng>10</HiEng>
<LowEng>8</LowEng>
<HiScale>10</HiScale>
<LowScale>8</LowScale>
</Tag>
</Taglist>Tag properties for a tag named Pressure used in PI Server:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Taglist>
<Tag Name="Pressure">
<LocalName>ValvePressure</LocalName>
<RemoteName>ValvePressure</RemoteName>
</Tag>
</Taglist>