Re: FoxCAE Enhancements
Return Receipt Your Re: FoxCAE Enhancements document : was Steve Turner/FCC/First Mississippi Corporation received by: at: 08/21/2001 09:46:50 AM --- 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: FoxCAE Enhancements
1, Ctrl F and Ctrl G (Find and Find next) dont work in either the Taglist window or the Source code window. The new FILTER feature in the taglist view, is too cumbersome for simpler find work. The old way was better, now its almost impossible to navigate/edit/copy source code. This is really bad. 2, When using the Ctrl B (replace) feature in the taglist view, neither the Tag or the L_Tag are selectable for global modification/replacement, I find this a major hindrance. This is bad. 3, There is a feature, Ctrl M, which is available in most views to allow multiple selection of blocks etc. but you must tick each block individually with the cursor to select them, the previous version allowed use of the uppercase arrow and Ctrl key in combination with the cursor to select large, spreadout, chunks of blocks or whatever. (Think of selecting multiple cells in Excel and you will know what I mean here). This is, well, a bit dumb. 4, Loop copying truncates most of the tag/block/compound data if the loops are not typicals, this is bad. 5, When importing taglists, there was a feature to save the mapping from the import file, this message/prompt now comes up with no text in the box, just the YES/NO buttons. Some of these type of messages are in German, and yes, I did an English install. This is just a niggle. 6, New TAGS dont appear in loop view, the only way I know to make them appear is to export the TAGLIST and then import it again. This is bad. 7, If you export the taglist and then import it (directly, without changes) some loops are listed as being modified, but no parameters are listed in the differences display area. This is misleading. 8, I set up a user for level 1 access which means read only. If this user activates a nest view from the Enclosure Loading view, the add/remove tag buttons in the lower left corner are not selectable, suggesting access is denied, but if you double-click on a tag in an fbm, a message appears requesting confirm/cancel deleting the tag. Basically double-clicking in an fbm area opens up the various add/delete options for tags in this view. This is not good if you wanted multiple user access. This is not good. 9, Why does the online transfer window automatically close after a transfer, it takes too long to connect to the AWs (weve got 8) each time, I frequently want to transfer more than one CP, couldnt we just have an exit or close button to end this session manually. This is a pain. 10, Can we have proper support for SFC programmes and ladder logic, Ver 4. will transfer these, I think, but you cant view/edit etc. This will never happen, right ? I can provide further clarification if needed. Regards, Gabriel
Re: FoxCAE Enhancements
I don't know exactly how to put this, but every time I use FoxCAE for any serious work I feel like I have to beat the software into submission. It is very non-intuitive. Window conventions, icons, etc. are weird. It occasionally crashes! It is possible to go into the sheet editor and modify sheets such that nothing can print. Standard page setups are inadequate for large plots. Help is inconsistent where it is available. It does not handle PLB logic. It does not handle sequence logic(HLBL). It doesn't show (find) unsecured sets on parameters. I like the graphical loop idea, I think some of the features of CAE are really neat, but it is one of the most aggravating products that I have ever repeatedly used. (If there was an alternative, I would switch.) I don't know why Foxboro / Invensys Process Systems / whatever waits so long for such incremental upgrades on this product. I think it's so they can charge for some marginal improvements, while major holes remain. Boy it felt good to vent. Regards, David --- 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: FoxCAE Enhancements
Title: RE: FoxCAE Enhancements Hi, I need to modify the an_init.cfg in order to read the AW70 stand alone named S1 an the CP too. I have the FoxCAE installed on the same machine (Windown NT 4.0) I use the letterbug S1 for the AW70 and CP stand alone (for simulation purpose). Someone can send me a file with an example of the an_init.cfg Thanks in advanced. -Mensaje original- De: Golemme, Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: Martes 21 de Agosto de 2001 9:12 AM Para: Foxboro DCS Mail List Asunto: FoxCAE Enhancements Please provide suggestions/recommendations for improvements in FoxCAE. --- 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] --- 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]
FoxCAE comments
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 an interface for the occasional user who does not have a lot of time to try to re-learn the software every time they want to use it. The manual also needs to be geared for quick self learning for someone is knowledgeable about Foxboro I/A. At least for back documentation, it is very difficult to read the manual and learn how to do it - even when you did it a year ago. This is especially true when you want to arrange how the blocks look on a page and which blocks are grouped together on a page. 2. In the past, when trying to figure out how to back document, the software did not seem very forgiving and flexible in trying different groupings of blocks on a page. It seemed like once a grouping was picked, that was it, there was no easy way to go back. 3. This capability may exist in the 4.x version, but concerning back documentation, it needs to be easy to show the value of any desired parameter, not just those that have a connection. Besides a default for the block type, it should also be easy to show the value of parameters on a block-by-block basis. --- 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: FoxCAE Enhancements
Return Receipt Your Re: FoxCAE Enhancements document : was Juan Carlos Linares/Valencia/Cabot received by: at: 08/21/2001 10:53:02 AM AST --- 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: FoxCAE Enhancements
Return Receipt Your Re: FoxCAE Enhancements document : was Wally Magda/MC/WROPS/WR/CSU received by: at: 08/21/2001 10:05:22 AM --- 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: Windows 2000
Return Receipt Your Re: Windows 2000 document : was Sue Papineau/FOXBORO/SCD@siebeia received by: at: 08/21/2001 12:59:38 PM --- 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: Windows 2000
Return Receipt Your Re: Windows 2000 document : was Alejandro Urunuela/FOXMEX/SCD@SIEBEIA received by: at: 08/21/2001 03:45:28 PM --- 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: FoxCAE Enhancements
Return Receipt Your Re: FoxCAE Enhancements document : was Alejandro Urunuela/FOXMEX/SCD@SIEBEIA received by: at: 08/21/2001 03:45:51 PM --- 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]
