Re: Browser access to Foxboro graphics.
Hi Frits, I set up an Apache server on an AW51B a few years ago to get information out to users that didn't have (or didn't want) Exceed. I set up a simple script to "omget" about a hundred key values and write them to a text file. I then read the file with a perl script and generate an html document. This is quick and easy, and I update the html document every two minutes. I include a command in the html to have the browser request a new page every minute, so users are pretty much kept up to date. Some users keep their browser open to this page all day long. The only cost was my labor (& I work cheap!) because Apache is free & nobody needs Exceed or DM licenses to look at the plant. One of these days I might look into two way communication for control, but that is not required by most users because they only want to see what their operators are up to. I kept the web page as sparse as possible - no graphics & only a few tables of information. This kept the size down to a minimum, and there is no perceptible load on the system. - Original Message - From: Schouten, Frits JF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Foxboro List (E-mail)' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:31 PM Subject: Browser access to Foxboro graphics. >Hi all, > >I've just recently put a web server (Apache) on one of my WPs to have very easy access to reports and the like. >This is particularly useful for the maintenance group. They don't have to log in any more to get various status reports >out of the system about the mechanics of the Casting machine. It's all there, available on their browser. >In fact, I use in now a lot myself. All I want to know is pre-cooked (cgi scripts) and up to date :-) > >What I want to know is if anyone in our group have done some work to get DM or FoxView style graphics available >with a browser, perhaps using Java (my weak point at the mo) .That would be the topping on the cake. > >Cheers, > >Frits Schouten. >BHP-NZSteel. > --- This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All postings from this list are the work of list subscribers and no warranty is made or implied as to the accuracy of any information disseminated through this medium. By subscribing to this list you agree to hold the list sponsor(s) blameless for any and all mishaps which might occur due to your application of information received from this mailing list. To be removed from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe foxboro" in the Subject. Or, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Browser access to Foxboro graphics.
Hi all, I've just recently put a web server (Apache) on one of my WPs to have very easy access to reports and the like. This is particularly useful for the maintenance group. They don't have to log in any more to get various status reports out of the system about the mechanics of the Casting machine. It's all there, available on their browser. In fact, I use in now a lot myself. All I want to know is pre-cooked (cgi scripts) and up to date :-) What I want to know is if anyone in our group have done some work to get DM or FoxView style graphics available with a browser, perhaps using Java (my weak point at the mo) .That would be the topping on the cake. Cheers, Frits Schouten. BHP-NZSteel. EOM --- This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All postings from this list are the work of list subscribers and no warranty is made or implied as to the accuracy of any information disseminated through this medium. By subscribing to this list you agree to hold the list sponsor(s) blameless for any and all mishaps which might occur due to your application of information received from this mailing list. To be removed from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe foxboro" in the Subject. Or, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Using network printers
> -Original Message- > From: Stan Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 13 March 2000 03:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using network printers > > On Sat Mar 11 15:10:58 2000 Duc M. Do wrote... > > > >Hi everyone, > > > >Here's an easy one for you printer experts out there: > > > >I want to use the network printers (the printers hanging off of our > >business LAN) via the second Ethernet port of the Sun workstations. > >These are mainly HP 5Si and HP 4000 laser printers. After much trials > >and errors and more than a little cussing, I can control the font > >size and the pagination of the output, but there remains one thing > >that I can't control: The output to the 5Si always prints in duplex > >(two-sided printing). > > > > Get the lateset HP Jetadmin software for Solaris from the HP site. > Install it on the Sun machines that you want to access these printers, > and set up the network printers in the Sun's print spooler. This should > allow a very fine grained leve of control for these printers. > > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 > Westvaco > Charleston SC. > -- Just to give you a bit of a confidence boost, I've done just that on our AP. I have now LP13 which is a LaserJet 4Si in my office far away from the control system. The printer is also added to the printer list on the WP's and can be set as the default printer. Because the printer is PS I can do screen dumps to the office printer and that all from my office PC running a DM under GoGlobal (this is very fast btw). Cheers, Frits Schouten. BHP-NZSteel. EOM --- This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All postings from this list are the work of list subscribers and no warranty is made or implied as to the accuracy of any information disseminated through this medium. By subscribing to this list you agree to hold the list sponsor(s) blameless for any and all mishaps which might occur due to your application of information received from this mailing list. To be removed from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe foxboro" in the Subject. Or, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
