PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV 5.1.10
- Last UpdatedJun 04, 2026
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PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV captures batch, manufacturing, and process data from an Emerson DeltaV System. The interface collects data from a DeltaV SQL server or EVT files, converts this data to PI tags and PI batch properties, and stores the collected data as event frames and elements within PI Asset Framework (PI AF). You can use tag templates to control PI point creation and event population. All modules, tags, tag aliases, and health tags are automatically created on the PI server.
PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV Batch 5.1.10.8, released January 2025, is a maintenance release addressing minor bug fixes.
For more information on product features and functions, including system requirements and installation/uninstallation instructions, refer to Welcome to PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV Batch guide.
The latest information about the 5.1.10.8 release is available online on the AVEVA Documentation Portal.
New features and enhancements
There are no new features or enhancements in this release.
Resolved issues
This section lists items resolved in this release:
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Work Item |
Description |
|---|---|
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75880 |
Procedure level recipe events are processed correctly and have no missing end times. |
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79243 |
Service IDs that start with "-" now function as expected. |
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94547 |
The BIFConfig preview window has all the batch interface output visible. |
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94680 |
Startup data file is no longer written in delete or status mode. |
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94881 |
Tagpath now can be entered with no value and with no error message. |
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97880 |
Open batches that are updated after restart are no longer incorrectly closed. |
|
98019 |
Null parameter messages are no longer logged when processing point annotations. |
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98872 |
Debug messages now show values rather than value lengths. |
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98905 |
CHECKINLIMIT and UNIRECORDBUFFERLIMIT parameters are configurable in the Operational Settings tab in PI Event Frames Interface Manager. |
|
99787 |
EMDVB only queries event records that have not already been fetched. |
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99896 |
PI Event Frames Interface Manager allows the user to specify if they would like the explicit "DESCRIPTOR" field to be used in the .ini file configuration, as opposed to the abbreviated "DESC" field. |
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100363 |
Desc or Description may be used interchangeably in recipe or property templates. |
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100365 |
The correct Descriptor input field is shown for every recipe level in the template configuration page. |
|
102264 |
Batch interfaces now exit cleanly. |
|
102472 |
The batch interface element is created after startup rather than before shut down. |
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103101 |
PI Event Frames Interface Manager no longer crashes when the user is not specified. |
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103371 |
Batch interfaces now exit with a helpful message when an AF-SDK timeout error occurs. |
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103415 |
Log Viewer exceptions are caught, logged, and displayed In the case of exceptions, the window remains open for user interaction. |
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103520 |
Duplicate issued by rounding error. |
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103530 |
The Batch Viewer shows the event logs as expected without shutting down on its own. |
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103600 |
The ENABLEINTERFACEELEMENT and INTERFACEELEMENTPATH options are now properly documented. |
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104437 |
Emerson DeltaV phases from SQL data sources are now associated with the correct element. |
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105139 |
PI Event Frames Interface Manager displays the state of "Disable auto module creation for A&E data source" correctly. |
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105670 |
Phase-step stop events are applied to the correct event frames when the parent stops or starts a new phase-state before the phase-step stop event. |
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105740 |
Batch interfaces with SQL sources no longer shut down due to multiple SQL source connections. |
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106559 |
Interfaces with a version less than 5.0.0.0 can now be configured using the PI Event Frames Interface Manager (higher than v. 5.0.0.0 flag/SMP) without PI Asset Framework. |
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106630 |
Emerson DeltaV continues to process primary database data even if the archived database is not attached or found. |
|
106721 |
A standby failover interface starts at the time the previous primary stopped processing. |
|
106798 |
Batch Interfaces log an error message to let the user know that they need to modify MaxMessageLength in their PI Server. |
|
107355 |
You can now use command line switch /dpretc (Optional - event frames only) to disable propagation of referenced elements to children. By default, the interface propagates each event frame element reference to its child event frames. |
|
107429 |
Batch interfaces no longer fail to use PI Collectives when PICONNTO or PIDATO are defined. |
|
111069 |
The event log viewer is now able to detect the interface event log. |
|
113190 |
Batch Interfaces now truncate string tag values and log each occurrence. |
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113191 |
Batch interfaces can write any number of tag values without failing due to PI server message size limitations. |
Known Issues
There are no known issues for this release.
Security information and guidance
We are committed to releasing secure products. This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision.
We proactively disclose aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities addressed in each release. The tables below provide an overview of security issues addressed and their relative severity based on standard scoring.
Vulnerabilities Found or Fixed
This section provides relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision. We are proactively disclosing aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities that are fixed in this release.
For this release of PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV, there were no vulnerabilities identified or fixed.
Distribution Kit Files
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Product |
Software Version |
|---|---|
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) |
14.21.27702.2 |
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) |
14.21.27702.2 |
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PI Network Subsystem |
3.4.450.165 |
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PI AF Client 2018 SP3 Patch 4 |
2.10.10.2539 |
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Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19 for SQL Server |
19.2.0.0 |
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PI Interface for Emerson DeltaV Batch (EMDVB) |
5.1.10.8 |
*The PI Network Subsystem Support (PINS) component is not displayed on the installation welcome screen if Data Archive is installed already.