RE: Legacy Historian Upgrade

2001-09-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
You should give consideration to moving to AIM*. It contains migration utilities that preserve the customer's data and configuration information. Regards, Alex Johnson 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (office) 713.722.2700 (switchboard) 713.932.0222 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Legacy Historian Upgrade

2001-09-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
. Tim Lowell Control Systems Engineer Phillips Petroleum Company, Trainer Refinery Phone: 610-364-8362 Fax:610-364-8211 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Legacy Historian Upgrade

2001-09-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Control Systems Engineer Phillips Petroleum Company, Trainer Refinery Phone: 610-364-8362 Fax:610-364-8211 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: AW70 AKP

2001-09-26 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I'll start with the simplest question. What is AKP? 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: Stefano Persico

RE: upload timeout errors

2001-09-25 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) Gesendet: Montag, 24. September 2001 20:34 An: Foxboro DCS Mail List Betreff: RE: upload timeout errors It's

RE: upload timeout errors

2001-09-24 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
It's always a good thing to check you system load before and during an upload. Look at the idle time and the free RAM. 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]

RE: telnet_mail and a poke at contact information.

2001-09-19 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I do think that it is polite and wise to have all of your contact information on an e-mail. I for one get plenty of e-mails where a simple phone call would clear the issue whereas an e-mail conversation can be confusing. Given how easy it is within Outlook and Notes to apply a signature, I think

RE: Remote Displays

2001-09-19 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
We tested PC Anywhere and found significant stability issues after even a few hours of use. However, that was a couple of years ago. The TAC folks use NetOp and found it to me much better. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (office)

RE: Contact Information

2001-09-18 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I think it would be nice if everyone would include this information at the bottom of their e-mails. The AutoSignature feature of Outlook is very easy to use. Highlight the signature and select AutoSignature. From that point on, you are identified. Of course, that does not stop someone from

RE: Information

2001-09-18 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I can answer some of these: I'm not sure how well this will show up on the mailing list, but I've used different fonts for the answers and questions. 1. What is an I/A Series Host? There are two host types in the I/A Series: * Boot hosts which are required by Control

RE: PLC Question

2001-09-18 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Re: I will be able to make the choice of a Windoze based system that has logged a few hours running process facilities as opposed to helping Invensys with development. Without trying to address all of the issues being covered by this thread - most of which are way beyond my purview, I must

RE: PLC Question

2001-09-18 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
of Foxboro I/A on Unix? Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Contact Information

2001-09-18 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
. - Original Message - From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Foxboro DCS Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Contact Information I think

RE: System Alarms XWindow

2001-09-07 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I recommend that you read the following three manuals: * Display Engineering for 50 Series Workstations (B0193MQ) * X Client/Server Support for 50 Series (B0193NV) * FoxRemote and TCP/IP Network Integration Installation and Configuration Guide (B0193VR) I believe that after

RE: vi Editor

2001-09-05 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I like the MKS Toolkit. Commercial products are bad things. www.mkssoftware.com http://www.mkssoftware.com 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]

RE: vi Editor - Dang

2001-09-05 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:41 AM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject:RE: vi Editor I like the MKS Toolkit. Commercial products are bad things. www.mkssoftware.com http

RE: vi Editor

2001-09-05 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
I loaded it on my laptop for a while, but I liked MKS better. 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: Corey R

RE: training

2001-09-05 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
All, I took the liberty of contacting Michael Bleyhl for the LifeTime Learning Center for information on compressing our training cycle. I think you will find his answer quite interesting. Please feel free to contact Michael directly. Michael wrote, I appreciate Mr. Moore's feedback and I

RE: AW BOXES

2001-09-04 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
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RE: AW BOXES

2001-09-04 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
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RE: AW BOXES

2001-08-30 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
AW51B - SPARCstation 5 - Clock rates range are 85 MHz, 110 MHz, 175 MHz AW51C - SPARCstation 20 with dual 65 MHz microprocessors AW51E - UltraSPARC 30 with a 248 MHz processor Hope this helps. Regards, Alex Johnson 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (office) 713.722.2700

RE: HLBL question

2001-08-28 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
How is this example? It will look better if you put it in a file and use a courier (monospace) font. Watch how I use APPNAME. * I declare it (APP_NAME : SN0001;) to be the contents of SN0001 * I use it to get the value of a variable (CTLINT := :'APP_NAME':DMCOP.CTLINT;)

RE: Ethernet port

2001-08-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
The ifconfig command can be used to reconfigure the port. There is an update to the Ethernet driver to fix a number of defects. You need to contact the Customer Satisfaction Center and ask about a QF for the Ethernet Driver on 50 Series AWs. I don't remember the QF number. Regards, Alex

RE: Ethernet port

2001-08-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
. -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:56 AM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject: RE: Ethernet port The ifconfig command can be used

RE: Ethernet port

2001-08-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
) 713.722.2700 (switchboard) 713.932.0222 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:20 AM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject

RE: Portable PC

2001-07-27 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Try Azonix ( http://www.azonix.com http://www.azonix.com ). They have lots of interesting stuff. However, I doubt that you can get an Intrinsically Safe portable PC since they have batteries. You might be able to get a (rather heavy) explosion-proof device. I assume that you've looked at our

RE: ListServer Archive

2001-07-14 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Why wouldn't you use the DMCplus Bridge and run the controller on the 50-Series AW/AP? It's standard product developed, sold, and supported by both AspenTech and Foxboro. It provides access to all DMCplus Controller data through OM Variables on the AP/AW. It builds a standard set of displays

RE: 70's SERIAL CARD

2001-07-11 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Stefano, The FoxPage package uses a Digiboard and a Multi-Tech MultiModem to add a modem to an AW/WP 70. The information on the required serial board, cable and APPROXIMATE US list is as follows: P0971SF DigiBoard 4 Port Serial Expansion Card$500.85 P0912SG Cable Cable for Serial

RE: Aspen and WP70s

2001-07-11 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
An except from my book. I hope it helps: Windows NT Preliminary Decisions Before attaching a Windows NT based I/A Series AW or WP to a company network, several decisions must be made: * Should the machine use the standard I/A Series Auto-login facility or should each user login

RE: HLBL REF.

2001-07-09 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
. What Alex did NOT mention although I feel he should have, is that using setpars should be avoided period. There are other more graceful (omset class) methods that are not nearly as dangerous. -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: HLBL REF.

2001-07-09 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
recommend running a checkpoint after every use of the setpars tool? Ken Moore NSCC Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [EMAIL PROTECTED] @lists.TheCassandraProject.org on 07/09/2001 13:23:44 Please respond to Foxboro DCS Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Station does not appear on-line

2001-05-23 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
] -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:07 AM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject:RE: Station does not appear on-line I hesitate to respond to a FoxGuard Manager

RE: ACM Module

2001-05-16 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
The document B0193MK Rev D has sizing information. I'll send Chad a copy. The version of the document on my FoxDoc CD is Revision D and it lacks sizing information. Basically, it is about as fast as a CP-10 and can hold more blocks. The Rev D document says that it can handle only 300 outgoing

RE: ACM Module

2001-05-16 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:57 AM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject:RE: ACM Module Err, that should read

RE: ACM Module

2001-05-16 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:46 PM To: Foxboro DCS Mail List Subject: RE: ACM Module Okay, I'm back with my head on a little straighter. Re: (FoxGuard Manager) ACM

RE: ASCII Characters in 16 bit registers

2001-04-23 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
One other comment on Sequence Blocks: Sequence Blocks are VERY CPU intensive. The time to execute one simple line of Sequence Block code is roughly the same as the time required to process an AIN block! So, be cautious about using this approach on a large number of such inputs. Regards,

RE: Failed SaveAll -- the rest of the story

2001-04-07 Thread Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)
Don't forget that your sequence and PLB code could be out of date as well! Generally, it is not lost and can be simply added to the backup machine by copying the files named /opt/fox/ciocfg/cmpdName from the real system to the test system. Regards, Alex Johnson 10707 Haddington Houston, TX