Starting and Stopping the OSI PI Collector

About this task

The OSI PI Collector runs as a Windows service and can be controlled through the Services control panel. You must have Administrator rights to access the Services control panel.

To Modify the OSI PI Collector Service:

Procedure

  1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.
  2. Double-click the Administrative Tools control panel to open it.
  3. Double-click the Services control panel to open it.
  4. Double-click the Historian PI Collector service.
  5. To configure the Historian PI Collector service to start when Windows starts, set the Startup Type to Automatic.
    To configure the Historian PI Collector service to start manually, set the Startup Type to Manual.
  6. To start the service, click the Start button. To stop the service, click the Stop button.
    Other options are available in the Services control panel. For more information, refer to Windows documentation.