Named users is when you set up separate users and passwords in PI and you use those for permissions on tags. \u00a0This setup is not recommended by OSI.<\/p>\n
However, we still support this authentication method if your PI server is set up for this method.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is popular with many users and is recommended by OSI. For Windows Authentication \u00a0to work, you need to run the Data Broker service and Tag Discovery Console App<\/a> as the domain user that has the permission to access PI and leave the username\/password blank in the Adaptor configuration.<\/p>\n Note:\u00a0 Using the Windows username\/password in the adaptor won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n PI is configured with the IP address of the server, and it then will allow any request from that server without a username\/password being supplied.<\/p>\n Once PI is configured to allow the IP address of the server, configure the adaptor with a blank username\/password.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Which one you need to use will depend on how the PI Server has been set up<\/strong>.\u00a0 You will need to contact a system administrator\u00a0at your site as to what methods are set up in PI, and which one they want you\u00a0to use.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s an example of how we connect to a PI server using Named Users:<\/p>\n Once you have set up the PI Adaptor, you can proceed to fetch tags<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you're having difficulty deciding what authentication to use when configuring the PI Adaptor, this article's for you.<\/p>\n\n PI Trust<\/strong><\/td>\n \n ![\"Pisetup\"](\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pisetup.png\")
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