In one of our refineries, we installed Connoisseut on a separate stand alone
PC . The spec's for this PC is 256 MB memory , PIII 600 MHZ . The
communication between the AW50 and the PC is via a communication bridge that
was provided by the FOXBORO company . The software when linked to the DCS
Well Stan, fixed it yet???
Just kidding. When I have the time (this is not likely to happen within a
few days though) I will look into it over here. We do not have a Spectrum
Interface Proccessor (Is this the Spectrum Slave Gateway??) running in the
Lab right now.
Ron Deen
Foxboro Nederland
Hi everyone out there,
I have experienced a problem with the GDEV-block:
When a GDEV, that is already in stoped/closed status, is disabled it gives for
one cycle an error. Has anyone else experienced this before and is there
anyone who knows a way of preventing the block going in alarm?
Alex-
Thanks for the info on the CAG - I definitely misunderstood its use.
Manufacturing installed a system that can broadcast voice messages through
the building and they want to use it to tell the operators exactly what is
in alarm. The system can take a large number of digital inputs (a DO
Stan,
We are using 6 AB Stations rather than Integrator 30s at my plant. I don't
have a basis for comparison, but I can certainly tell you a little about our
AB Stations.
The main reason to go with these for us was to keep setup fairly simple --
setup and continuing work on the stations is
You could buy our Event Driven Scripts product. This product receives I/A
Series Alarm Messages and applies a filter to the message. If the message
passes the filter, a user specified script is run.
Thus, you could have a filter line for each alarm or alarm group (the
filtering is pretty
FV may be used with the I/A Series Historian or AIM*Historian.
The DM may be used with the I/A Series Historian or AIM*Historian.
You may run both FV and DM on the same box at the same time.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
The Foxboro Company
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (v)
You have really opened up a can of worms here, Stan.
We use Integrator 30s at our plant. They cause a lot of pain in both set up
and operator usage. The work is done in the PLC 5s and the I/A is used for
operator interface. The Basic Processing Cycle of the AB Gateways is 2
seconds. Our
Hi Ron,
I have looked at the OFHA several times and never decided to implement it.
I would like to get a copy of your .pdf document if you can send it to me.
Thanks in advance,
Stephen Murray
Asarco
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On Wed May 3 11:21:27 2000 Jones, Charles R. (Chuck) wrote...
You have really opened up a can of worms here, Stan.
We use Integrator 30s at our plant. They cause a lot of pain in both set up
and operator usage. The work is done in the PLC 5s and the I/A is used for
operator interface. The
On Wed May 3 10:35:48 2000 Johnson,Alex wrote...
FV may be used with the I/A Series Historian or AIM*Historian.
The DM may be used with the I/A Series Historian or AIM*Historian.
You may run both FV and DM on the same box at the same time.
Thanks, interesting I never thought of
Cyrus,
I'm glad you got the system working. I checked my SELECT page display and
mine does not show a BCALCO parameter, just the BCALCI, BCALC1 and BCALC2
parameters. I am using version 4.3, which version are you on?
Regarding SELECT page display problems I just submitted a CAR last week
On Wed May 3 10:33:39 2000 Johnson,Alex wrote...
To integrate AB PLCs, we have the following options:
ABI30s - Serial I/F to ABDH, slowest option, optionally FT. No PLC
Integration blocks. No PID family blocks.
AB Station - PLC 5 only, better diagnostics, no redundancy, faster I/O
interface,
On Wed May 3 10:07:33 2000 Kevin FitzGerrell wrote...
Stan,
We are using 6 AB Stations rather than Integrator 30s at my plant. I don't
have a basis for comparison, but I can certainly tell you a little about our
AB Stations.
The main reason to go with these for us was to keep setup fairly
Would someone mind telling what OFHA is?
Thanks,
Neil Martin
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Date: 05/03/2000 8:57 AM
Hi Ron,
I have looked at the
I'll try to clarify.
As you know all computers are bound by CPU cycles, RAM, and I/O bandwidth.
Generally, the DI30 is limited by I/O bandwidth. The limit is about 256
bytes per second (or 128 registers per second if you prefer).
The AB-Station has DMA access to the I/O, i.e., it reads the
Here is the last response to that question.
Lance
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From: James Kahlden [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:RE: Re: Scripts to backup CP database and CSA to an alter
Neil,
OFHA is Foxboro's
Re: Are you saying that all points in teh Inegrator 30 must run at the same
BPC? I can't have some at say 0.5 sec, and others at say 2 sec.?
Stan, don't confuse BPC with Block Period. The BPC (Basic Processing Cycle)
is fixed at system configuration for a particular station. It is the fastest
Re: CP40 based AB Station that would let us take our block periods back to
0.5 sec
FYI: The hardware is AB hardware. We don't manufacture it; we put software
on their hardware. In that regard, the AB-Station is similar to what
Honeywell does with ControlLogix (sp?) when they create ProcessLogix
Here is the last response to that question.
Lance
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From: James Kahlden [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:RE: Re: Scripts to backup CP database and CSA to an alter
Neil,
OFHA is Foxboro's
On Wed May 3 12:45:29 2000 Kevin Fitzgerrell wrote...
Stan,
Regarding loading on AB Stations, you can run a 0.5 sec BPC with the same
type of issues you see on a CP30 - although the AB Station will support
1000 block equivalents, you can only use about 100 blocks if you want them
all running
On Wed, 3 May 2000 12:27:36 -0400 (EDT) Stan Brown wrote...
Stan,
We are using 6 AB Stations rather than Integrator 30s at my plant. I
don't
have a basis for comparison, but I can certainly tell you a little about
our
AB Stations.
The main reason to go with these for us was to keep setup
On Wed May 3 13:14:19 2000 Johnson,Alex wrote...
I'll try to clarify.
Thanks for the nice concise summary.
I geuss I am leaning in the direction of Integrator 30's at this point.
Kind of a big diapointment, since I know the limts of them pretty well,
and The
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I checked my SELECT page display and
mine does not show a BCALCO parameter, just the BCALCI, BCALC1 and BCALC2
parameters. I am using version 4.3, which version are you on?
Kevin,
I'm at version 6.1. It sounds like they lost a fix when they went
Now that I have my xterminal in front of me I'll post in a little more
detail here. In response to the question posed last night regarding fields
disappearing on xterminals (similar to Exceed problems with Backing Store):
If you have terminal controls enabled on your xterminals, you can select
HH 714 from the CSC explains this
I've included it for your reading pleasure. Don't say I never did anything
for you.
HH#: HH714
IA INFO: maf9506
File: Alarm History
Release:
Wouldn't you love to do a I/A printscreen from your PC running GoGlobal AND
to your local PS printer too?
Well, do I have the answer. Although, I have to admit, it is not entirely mine.
But who cares, as long as it works
The following scripts are tested and working for the old style DM but
Re: Realize that this is a Version 6.2 product and I was told there were not
many (any) in the field
for what it's worth.
Micro I/A has been shipping for years on a number of version of the I/A
Series.
There are enhancements to the product due in 6.2.1, but I don't know what
this comment
On Wed May 3 14:08:09 2000 Kevin Fitzgerrell wrote...
Alex,
You're right of course, thanks for the clarification. I should have said
I'd like an upgrade to the AB Stations similar to what the CP40 gave us
over CP30. And I still won't hold my breath waiting. As I recall from the
Y2K
From: Timothy A. Ruhland
Based on some exchanges I have had with Charlie Piper, I think the A-B
PLC5E interface is brand new this year, still in beta, and will be released
around the end of the second quarter (? best guess ?).
Could that be it?
Regards,
Tim Ruhland
Eastman Kodak Company
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I am trying to set up a news account in outlook express to gain acces to
the list server.
Does anyone know the nntp server name or address to use?
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This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All
The PSS exists. Beats me.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
The Foxboro Company
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (v)
713.722.2700 (sb)
713.932.0222 (f)
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I can't seem to get these script to work. This script is the exactly like
the script on http://www.csc.foxboro.com http://www.csc.foxboro.com . I
can't seem to get either to work.
Has anyone cleaned this script up? If so could you please post it?
Thanks,
Rory Loupe
On Wed May 3 17:51:03 2000 Daren Bishop wrote...
Following this discussion, I have noted several things.
1. DH+ is basically, for all intents and purposes, Token Ring (56K).
Through a 1770-KF2 CAM (modem) to RS232 Communications to the INT30 to
the node. Bad loss of
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