Lets drop the bashing

2001-08-20 Thread Neil Martin
I for one would like to continue to get input from the knowledgeable Foxboro folks who participate in this list. Therefore I recommend we quit bashing folks because we did not like their answer. The answer may have been short, but it was not rude. There is nothing about this list that says we m

Re: Windows 2000

2001-08-21 Thread Neil Martin
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Re: FoxCAE Enhancements

2001-08-21 Thread Neil Martin
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FoxCAE comments

2001-08-21 Thread Neil Martin
This is not much to go on, but basis my experience with FoxCAE 3.X, FoxCAE is way too complicated and non-intuitive for an occasional user. I suggest some of the focus points to be: 1. Provide a menu interface that is intuitive for back documentation and provide very good instructions. Provide

RE: CP60, old and new FBM type

2001-08-23 Thread Neil Martin
There is also new din rail mounted DCM10E & DCM10F devices that will enable Foxboro Fieldbus twin ax cable to be connected on one side of the box and the CP ethernet fieldbus communications will be on the other side (coax or fiber). This will eliminate the requirement or replacing all of the FBM

Upgrade to CP60's

2001-02-07 Thread Neil Martin
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RE: Version 4.3 to 6.2.1 upgrade question

2001-03-21 Thread Neil Martin
Some things to think about. On the plus side FoxDraw has the build and configuration functions within the same program, it is easier to edit text, some additional file formats can sometimes be incorporated into a FoxDraw graphic, you can create some nifty looking graphics, and there might be few

Re: FW: Upgrading Foxboro Boxes

2001-04-18 Thread Neil Martin
Before you spend money on new AWs, I hope you have reviewed the possibilities of adding more memory, reducing your PI data parameters to reduce the changes per minute rate, and made sure your OM () lists are optimized. Are you running the PI server on your AW? If so, I would recommend chang

RE: Upgrading Foxboro Boxes

2001-04-19 Thread Neil Martin
FYI, Refurbished Sun Ultra30 boxes can be had for about $3,500 and Ultra5 for about $1,200. "Hicks, Gaylon F."

Re: Hard drives for AW/WP-51D

2001-04-24 Thread Neil Martin
In addition to your list, I have Seagate ST34312A (4.3GB) and ST38410A (8.6GB) as drives than can potentially be used. You will need to check the install script on your version of software to see which ones your software version will recognize. We are at V6.2.1. The higher the rev, the more dr

RE: Hard drives for AW/WP-51D

2001-04-25 Thread Neil Martin
One difference is that the D boxes are an IDE drive as opposed to SCSI. It is easy to do with the SCSI drives, but we have not found a way to format the IDE drives in a manner that changes the hard drive name like ST30 to something else. If somebody knows how to do it in a manner that will

Re: CP30 to CP60 upgrade

2001-05-03 Thread Neil Martin
We have two FT pair of CP60s installed in our operating units and in both cases the Fieldbus has caused us numerous headaches until we figured out the correct installation. In fact we are still having some problems. We thought the coax ethernet cabling would be easy, but we discovered otherwise

Re: Remote Displays using Exceed

2001-05-03 Thread Neil Martin
With Windows 95 we have a problem if the software is installed while a user is logged into the network, then it only works for that user logged in with that user name. The solution was to install the software on the PC before any logins were made - then every user could then have access. Could

Re: OPC client for I/A?

2001-07-09 Thread Neil Martin
Matrikon has an OPC Server for Foxboro and they also have software that enables two OPC Servers to communicate back and forth. Corey R Clingo

Re: Portable PC

2001-07-30 Thread Neil Martin
I believe there is a company that makes an expensive Class I Div 2, Group notebook, but I can not remember their name. Contact Warren Meyer at Foxboro to get a lead. I forget what groups the notebook was good for, but it was not sufficient to meet all of our classification needs.

Re: Failed FBM

2000-06-15 Thread Neil Martin
ry a download of the module from System Mgmt., they will probably find that the module will boot. Neil Martin &q

Re: Back on the Soap Box

2000-07-20 Thread Neil Martin
limitation or just a license limitation). Are we asking for a bootless CP upgrade for this type of installation? 2. Do we consider the Micro I/A to be a CP? It is to me, but it can not be made Fault Tolerant. "Neil Martin" AT cc

RE: Back on the Soap Box

2000-07-26 Thread Neil Martin
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Re: Alternative Displays

2000-10-19 Thread Neil Martin
Foxboro's touchscreen CRTs have a touchscreen unit in them that is made by MicroTouch. Foxboro has someone outfit the CRTs with the touchscreens. Even more difficult is the thought that I believe the touchscreen controller is not located in the CRT chassis. I believe it is located in the GCIO.

Re: Return Alarm

2001-08-31 Thread Neil Martin
Have you tried SAO = TRUE and SCOPT = 1 (for all transitions)? "dhawly hawpyt"

Re: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread Neil Martin
The AW51B is a Sun SPARC 5. I am only aware of 32MB RAM (SIMMs or DIMMs ??) being available. You should consider 64MB to be the minimum, but 128MB is recommended especially if you are running FoxView/FoxDraw.

File system error massege

2001-09-04 Thread Neil Martin
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RE: PLC Question

2001-09-18 Thread Neil Martin
Alex, I think the threads concerning NT started when someone picked up on an ARC note that seemed to be saying Foxboro was migrating towards a new architecture - essentially Wonderware on I/A NT. I wonder if some one in Foxboro Marketing could clarify the issue concerning the future directions

Re: Contact Information

2001-09-19 Thread Neil Martin
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