Starting and Stopping the OSI PI Distributor Service

About this task

The OSI PI Distributor 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 start/stop the OSI PI Distributor 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 Distributor 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 Distributor service to start manually, set the Startup Type to Manual.
  6. To start the service, select the Start button. To stop the service, select the Stop button.
    The other options are available in the Services control panel. For more information, refer to Windows documentation.