I am interested in DM commands, especially with those who can modify the
enviroments. Other point I want to know is FoxAPI server in AW51.
Please Alex, remember those of us who can't be in the meeting.
Jorge Monsalvo
IVControl S.R.L.
Argentina
----- Original Message -----
From: Johnson, Alex P (Foxboro) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: A request for questions
> I've been asked to speak at the 'Gulf Coast User's Group' meeting on Jan
> 24th. The topic requested is I/A Series Calls.
>
> Since this is a topic that is a little hard to cover in a couple of hours,
I
> was wondering if you folks had questions in this area.
>
> My thought was that you folks could summit questions to me and I will (try
> to) answer them and present the results at the GCUG meeting and on this
> forum.
>
> The calls that most people seem interested in include:
>
> IPC - Inter-process communication. These calls can be used to communicate
> between programs and to send/receive standard I/A Series messages, e.g.,
> alarms.
> OM - Object Manager calls. These are the calls that provide access to I/A
> Series process data at the lowest level.
> FoxAPI - A suite of APIs that provide access to process data (legacy AIS
> calls and new CDX calls), CSA data, and historical data (legacy API and
new
> API).
> Display Manager commands - These are the commands used in Display Manager
> scripts.
>
> Any comments? or questions?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Alex Johnson
> 10707 Haddington
> Houston, TX 77043
> 713.722.2859 (office)
> 713.722.2700 (switchboard)
> 713.932.0222 (fax)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorge Monsalvo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:07 PM
> To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
> Subject: RE: PI displays
>
> Really it's what i'm looking for. Get object to connect to the PI
> database.
> but ....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thornton, Dennis (Sudbury) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'Foxboro DCS Mail List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:16 PM
> Subject: RE: PI displays
>
>
> > This method works if you are happy with a bitmap background for
> Pi.
> > It doesn't give you all of the objects that I want for connection
> to the
> Pi
> > database.
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Murray, Steve[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Reply To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
> > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:18 AM
> > > To: 'Foxboro DCS Mail List'
> > > Subject: RE: PI displays
> > >
> > > Hi Jorge,
> > >
> > > If you use Exceed (or something else) and can bring up a
> display on a
> > > regular personal computer you can copy the display to the
> Window's
> > > clipboard
> > > and then paste it into many different applications. You can
> then
> convert
> > > the image to something else if you like.
> > >
> > > We copy displays into PowerPoint and Word documents all the
> time. You
> > > may
> > > be able to paste it directly into your PI application as well.
> > >
> > > (Alt - Print Screen will copy the current window to the
> clipboard in
> > > Windows)
> > >
> > >
> > > Another option may be to use snapshot &/or imagetool on the
> Solaris
> > > machine to convert a dsiplay - see the man pages on them. They
> are
> > > located
> > > in the /usr/openwin/bin directories.
> > >
> > > Stephen Murray
> > > Asarco
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jorge Monsalvo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:08 PM
> > > To: 'Foxboro DCS Mail List'
> > > Subject: PI displays
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm looking for an utility to convert DM/FV graphics into PI
> displays. I
> > > mean DM/FV into any "common" format (dxf for example).
> > > I think that this thing doesn't exits but any help will be
> appreciate
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Jorge Monsalvo
> > > IVControl S.R.L.
> > > Argentina
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