Comparison between Adapter and Plug-in

This section is useful for users who have previously used the TIBCO ActiveMatrix ® Adapter for OSIsoft PI System to help understand differences in the plug-in where supported features have overlap with adapter.

Feature TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for OSIsoft PI System TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for OSIsoft PI System
Services Provided
  • Tag Event Publication Service
  • Tag Values Request Response Service
  • Tag Definition Request Response Service
  • Tag Registration Request Response Service

The plug-in is a replacement of the PI Adapter available in TIBCO BusinessWorks.

  • AF TagDefinition activity is equivalent to PI Adapter's Tag Definition Request Response Service.
  • AF TagEventListener activity is equivalent to PI Adapter's Tag Event Publication Service and Tag Registration Request Response Service.
  • AF TagValues activity is equivalent to PI Adapter's Tag Values Request Response Service.
Transport Type JMS and RV The plug-in is native to TIBCO BusinessWorks and no longer requires messaging.
Group Multiple groups are supported All tags are in one group.
PI Group Configuration File File adpiTagGroups.cfg is created with tags listed under different groups and this file can be provided in Tag Event Publication service. No such file is supported as all tags are under one group.
Tag Registration Request Response Service A service to register, unregister, and get groups of tags Tag registration service to register tags is supported in AF TagEventListener activity.
Register Tags Operation is present in Tag Registration Request Response Service Tag Registration occurs on running the AF TagEventListener activity.
Unregister Tags Operation is present in Tag Registration Request Response Service Not supported
Get Groups Operation is present in Tag Registration Request Response Service Not supported as only one group is supported.
Bulk Tag Registration enabled/disabled adpi.tagRegistration.bulk property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator. Enable Bulk Registration check box on the General tab of the AF TagEventListener activity.
Regular Expression for bulk tags adpi.tagRegistration.bulk.wildcard property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator. Regular expression is to be provided in the Registration Wildcard text box on the Advanced tab of the AF TagEventListener activity.
Tags to File adpi.tagRegistration.tags2file property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator. File name is to be provided in Registration Tags to File text box on the Advanced tab of the AF TagEventListener activity.
ErrorTags2File

adpi.tagRegistration.errorTags2file property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator.

Not supported.
getTagHistoryByCount Operation is supported under TagValues Request-Response service Operation can be performed by using ValueHistoy operation present in the AF TagValues activity.
PI Adapter Service This adapter service is started to perform connection by using Heart Beat Tag properties AF TagEventListener activity is started to perform connection by using Heart Beat Tag properties.
Heart Beat Tag Name adpi.heartbeat.tagName property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator. To be provided in the AF Connection shared resource when server type is Data Archive.
Heart Beat Tag Interval adpi.heartbeat.interval property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator Heart Beat Tag interval is equal to Interval Between Reconnect Attempts (milliseconds) field given in AF Connection shared resource.
Heart Beat Tag Max Attempts adpi.heartbeat.maxAttempts property needs to be maintained either in the TRA file or in TIBCO Administrator Heart Beat Tag Max Attempts is equal to Maximum Number of Reconnect Attempts field given in AF Connection shared resource.