RE: AIM* timezone issues

[Nadeau, Sylvain]

We use the AIM* batch input file below to configure our off-platform
instance with local time. The instance uses 2 I/A NT remote collector and 1
OPC IO gate.


With this setting, the PC's on the corporate network can be set with the
local time zone.


Note1: replace GMT_MINUS_5 with your time zone.
Note2: Twice a year you will have to run a batch file to change the DST
parameter from YES to NO and vice-versa. 


Regards,
Sylvain.

Sylvain Nadeau
Systems Integration  & IT
Invensys Process Systems 
Foxboro Canada Inc.
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0 CREATE AIMHIST myhst1
0 CREATE SESSION myhst1 SESKEY myhst1 rw

#
## AIM*HISTORIAN CONFIGURATION:
#
1 PUT AIMHIST myhst1 ARCHSIZE 1000
.
..more lines here
.
REDMEDINT= 0
REDSLOWINT   = 0
IATIME   = NO
ENABLE_STUBS = NO

#
## STATION CONFIGURATION:
#

#
## STATION :REALTIME_SERVER
#
1 CREATE STATION REALTIME_SERVER
ISIA = YES
TYPE = REALTIME_SERVER
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
BURSTINT = 0
ISREMOTE = NO

#
## STATION :MESSAGE_SERVER
#
1 CREATE STATION MESSAGE_SERVER
ISIA = YES
TYPE = MESSAGE_SERVER
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
BURSTINT = 0
ISREMOTE = NO

#
## STATION :myhst1
#
1 CREATE STATION myhst1
ISIA = YES
TYPE = IA_RT_COLLECTOR
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
CIRCFILESIZE = 100
BURSTINT = 0
BURSTBTPCT   = 10
BURSTTTPCT   = 90
SENDPASSSECS = 0.2
RECVPASSUPDS = 1000
CONSLEEPSECS = 5
ISREMOTE = NO
IPADDR   =  

#
## STATION :colnt1
#
1 CREATE STATION colnt1
ISIA = YES
TYPE = IA_RT_COLLECTOR
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
CIRCFILESIZE = 400
BURSTINT = 0
BURSTBTPCT   = 10
BURSTTTPCT   = 90
SENDPASSSECS = 0.2
RECVPASSUPDS = 1000
CONSLEEPSECS = 5
ISREMOTE = YES
COLDESC  = "nt collector 1"
IPADDR   =  

#
## STATION :ntcol2
#
1 CREATE STATION ntcol2
ISIA = YES
TYPE = IA_RT_COLLECTOR
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
CIRCFILESIZE = 400
BURSTINT = 0
BURSTBTPCT   = 10
BURSTTTPCT   = 90
SENDPASSSECS = 0.2
RECVPASSUPDS = 1000
CONSLEEPSECS = 5
ISREMOTE = YES
COLDESC  = "NT collector 2"
IPADDR   =  

#
## STATION :opccol
#
1 CREATE STATION opccol
ISIA = NO
TYPE = IOGATE_COLLECTOR
PLATFORM = NT
TZ   = GMT_MINUS_5
DST  = YES
NODE = 1
IATIME   = NO
CIRCFILESIZE = 100
BURSTINT = 0
BURSTBTPCT   = 10
BURSTTTPCT   = 90
SENDPASSSECS = 0.2
RECVPASSUPDS = 1000
CONSLEEPSECS = 5
ISREMOTE = YES
COLDESC  = "opc collector"
IPADDR   = 142.70.154.53

#
## POINT CONFIGURATION:
#

1 DEL SESSION myhst1 SESKEY myhst1 commit
exit

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:22 AM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: AIM* timezone issues


I was wondering if anyone on the user list has had any problems with
timezones
in AIM* products. The following is a problem we are having in Australia...

We are running AIM* 3.02 on off-platform servers at two of our sites. One
site uses 50 series boxes as remote collectors, the other site uses 70
series as collectors

Re: AIM* timezone issues

[David Johnson]

At 8/24/01 09:21 AM, you wrote:
>The time zone must be set at GMT on all clients.
>
>Wayne Pearson
>Castle Hill Technologies, Inc
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]


This is actually a clever marketing ruse by Invensys to get industrial and 
manufacturing facilities from around the world to be predisposed to 
relocate to the UK.  Thus alleviating (or at least minimizing) the GMT 
problem.  It also helps with the Daylight Savings Time problems we get 
twice a year.


David Johnson





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Re: AIM* timezone issues

[Castlehillwp]

The time zone must be set at GMT on all clients. 

Wayne Pearson
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RE: AIM API config

[Burnham, Rob C.]

In stand alone mode you must have a Microsoft
Loopback Adapter installed as well as your
Ethernet Adapter, or you have to connect it
to the node.
See FoxDoc B0400JG (Rev D), Page 10.

-Original Message-
From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: AIM API config


i don't understand well wath Loopback Adapter is . I've a DELL GXI pc with
one
network adapter on motherboard.
Should the AW70 be connected with the node ? - ( I really need only the
configuration of AIM*AT for some checks...)

"Burnham, Rob C." wrote:

> Do you have the Loopback Adapter installed,
> it has to be first on the list for adapters.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:18 AM
> To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
> Subject: AIM API config
>
> Hi all
> I've just configured an AW70X with Rel 6.2 - Now is running in
> standalone mode -
> After installing AIM*AT 3.0.2 i opened the api admin tool to check
> host_id and so on but i receive the answer CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER.
> I've checked an_init.cfg file in winnt directory and seems to be good.
> I tried to change some parameters but after rebootin nothing changed.
> Can anyone please tell me the 3 stupid steps for install and configure
> an AIM*AT ?
> (docs seems to be very easy - i follow them as suggested but nothing run
> - am 'i stupid ?? )
> Thanks
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Re: AIM API config

[Stefano Persico]

i don't understand well wath Loopback Adapter is . I've a DELL GXI pc with one
network adapter on motherboard.
Should the AW70 be connected with the node ? - ( I really need only the
configuration of AIM*AT for some checks...)

"Burnham, Rob C." wrote:

> Do you have the Loopback Adapter installed,
> it has to be first on the list for adapters.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:18 AM
> To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
> Subject: AIM API config
>
> Hi all
> I've just configured an AW70X with Rel 6.2 - Now is running in
> standalone mode -
> After installing AIM*AT 3.0.2 i opened the api admin tool to check
> host_id and so on but i receive the answer CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER.
> I've checked an_init.cfg file in winnt directory and seems to be good.
> I tried to change some parameters but after rebootin nothing changed.
> Can anyone please tell me the 3 stupid steps for install and configure
> an AIM*AT ?
> (docs seems to be very easy - i follow them as suggested but nothing run
> - am 'i stupid ?? )
> Thanks
>
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RE: AIM API config

[Burnham, Rob C.]

Do you have the Loopback Adapter installed,
it has to be first on the list for adapters.

-Original Message-
From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:18 AM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: AIM API config


Hi all
I've just configured an AW70X with Rel 6.2 - Now is running in
standalone mode -
After installing AIM*AT 3.0.2 i opened the api admin tool to check
host_id and so on but i receive the answer CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER.
I've checked an_init.cfg file in winnt directory and seems to be good.
I tried to change some parameters but after rebootin nothing changed.
Can anyone please tell me the 3 stupid steps for install and configure
an AIM*AT ?
(docs seems to be very easy - i follow them as suggested but nothing run
- am 'i stupid ?? )
Thanks


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RE: AIM AT extraction

[Nadeau, Sylvain]

The I/A Series Report Package extracts data from the Historian (AIM* or
Legacy)and publishes the results in MS Excel and HTML formats.
The Data extraction (Reports)  can be scheduled or on demand.

The PSS number for the report package is PSS 21S-6C8 B3.


Regards,
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-Original Message-
From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 6:02 PM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: AIM AT extraction


Hi list
is it possible to estract data from AIM*Historian samples and convert
them in some easy format ( ASCII ) ???
In other words is it possible to read into an ms office application
samples from AIM*AT  ??
Thanks


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RE: AIM AT extraction

[Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)]

That's exactly what AIM*Datalink (PSS 21S-6C4 B3)  enables.

Try it you will like it. There is (or was) a bundle of AIM*Datalinkand
AIM*Explorer (PSS 21S-7A5 B3) that was only a little more than AIM*DataLink
by itself.


I'll send you the PSS's separately.



Regards,


Alex Johnson
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (office)
713.722.2700 (switchboard)
713.932.0222 (fax)
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-Original Message-
From:   Stefano Persico [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:02 PM
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Subject:AIM AT extraction

Hi list
is it possible to estract data from AIM*Historian samples and
convert
them in some easy format ( ASCII ) ???
In other words is it possible to read into an ms office application
samples from AIM*AT  ??
Thanks



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Re: AIM AT extraction

[Darryl Bond]

Stefano Persico wrote:
> 
> Hi list
> is it possible to estract data from AIM*Historian samples and convert
> them in some easy format ( ASCII ) ???
> In other words is it possible to read into an ms office application
> samples from AIM*AT  ??
> Thanks
Have a look at gethist on the Cassandra site. It can extract data from
AIM* to a text file.
Be careful though. The version on the site is for the legacy historian
and must be recompiled for AIM*.
You can download a C compiler from www.sunfreeware.com if you don't
already have it.


Darryl Bond

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RE: AIM Hist

[Heath, Graham]

Unfortunately Not really possible.. fdb files contain instance name, i.e.
hist01 / hist02...  Also data is stored by index number only.. that index
being effectively unique to that committed instance..

The only way I know is to use fdb from instance to new instance (of same
name)

I: from instance, histsave (with deleted RTP's to ensure index numbers
remain consistent)

2: Save fdb files from instance

3: Delete instance

4: histbatch created .inp file - change params in .inp as / if required 

5: restore fdb files

6: xrebuild

7: start instance

regds

Graham Heath 

Foxboro GB Ltd.


-Original Message-
From: Stefano Persico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 20 April 2001 19:40
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: AIM Hist


Hi all
does anybody know if and how is possible to merge rpts from different
istances into a unique new istance ?
 I've this problem on a 70 station : an old istance corrupted -- make of
a new one that works correctly -- needs of use old rpt values in trend
displays but new rpt started from r10x while the old reached
r1000.
Is it all clear ?
Thanks in advance



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RE: AIM historian and display of reduced data

[Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)]

Re: .  How many SVs would be available to us for use in getting these
averages displayed?

The number of SVs is configurable. By default, the AW has 1250. The limit
can be expanded using the instructions in 

*   System Administration Guide for 50 Series Systems (Solaris 2.X)
[B0193ND/Rev H]
*   50 Series Configurable Operating System   [B0193MJ/Rev A]

The documented limit is 4000 SVs in a station. This limit can be raised
using a different procedure to around 50,000. That limit can be raised by
taking one more step.

The ultimate limit is unknown, but I've taken it as high as 80,000.


Re: How to get the data into the SVs

The obvious mechanism is generate a text file with the data, use grep and
awk to isolate the values and names and create a script using omset to stuff
the SVs.

(Yes, omset is okay to use in this case because the data will be local. Use
omsetimp if the SVs are in a different station.)


Regards,


Alex Johnson
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (office)
713.722.2700 (switchboard)
713.932.0222 (fax)
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-Original Message-
From:   Stan Ruth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:34 AM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:    RE: AIM historian and display of reduced data


Alex,

In our case, we have more averages than we care to perform in a CP
due to
loading issues.  That function we were hoping to perform by the AIM
historian, since we could configure it to provide the reduction for
hourly,
daily, monthly, etc. as needed.  How many SVs would be available to
us for
use in getting these averages displayed?  And where might there be
documentation on how this could be accomplished?

Stan



___


FV/DM get their data from an OM variable (CPB, AOA, or SV) by name.

AIM* reduces data and stores it internally. For that matter, so does
the
old/legacy/data historian.

So far as I am aware the only ways to get these calculations onto a
FV/DM
display are:

*  Use a trend
*  Write a program/script to extract the data from AIM* and
put it
in a
SV periodically which probably more trouble than doing the averages
in the
CP.


Regarding averages in a CP, you have a number of options, the DTIME
block
can be used to generate a rolling average.

The 8 of the 10 buckets in the DTIME can be connected to one of the
inputs
of a SIGSEL block and the SIGSEL can do the average of those 8
values.
Setting the DTIME delay and the SIGSEL and DTIME periods will give
you the
average you want (if 8 samples is sufficient).

There are others, but these are not obvious.



Regards,


Alex Johnson


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RE: AIM historian and display of reduced data

[Jones, Charles R. (Chuck)]

I believe that one of our plants accomplishes this by having the historian
(the legacy historian, in our case) generate a report and then reading in
the report via a substitution list on the Display Manager.  If you want, I
can delve into this some more, but I'm leaving on vacation for a week after
today.  I don't know if this type of operation is possible with the AIM
historian.  Perhaps Alex knows.


-Original Message-
From: Stan Ruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AIM historian and display of reduced data


Hello list,

I have an application in which we would like to take data into our AIM *
historian, and reduce the data into hourly and / or daily averages.  We
would like to take these averages and display the most recent values on a
FoxView or Display Manager display.  Is this possible, or do we need to
generate these averages within the control processor instead of using the
historian for the data reduction?

Stan Ruth
Huntsman JCO Process Control


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RE: AIM historian and display of reduced data

[Stan Ruth]

Alex,

In our case, we have more averages than we care to perform in a CP due to
loading issues.  That function we were hoping to perform by the AIM
historian, since we could configure it to provide the reduction for hourly,
daily, monthly, etc. as needed.  How many SVs would be available to us for
use in getting these averages displayed?  And where might there be
documentation on how this could be accomplished?

Stan

___


FV/DM get their data from an OM variable (CPB, AOA, or SV) by name.

AIM* reduces data and stores it internally. For that matter, so does the
old/legacy/data historian.

So far as I am aware the only ways to get these calculations onto a FV/DM
display are:

*  Use a trend
*  Write a program/script to extract the data from AIM* and put it
in a
SV periodically which probably more trouble than doing the averages in the
CP.


Regarding averages in a CP, you have a number of options, the DTIME block
can be used to generate a rolling average.

The 8 of the 10 buckets in the DTIME can be connected to one of the inputs
of a SIGSEL block and the SIGSEL can do the average of those 8 values.
Setting the DTIME delay and the SIGSEL and DTIME periods will give you the
average you want (if 8 samples is sufficient).

There are others, but these are not obvious.



Regards,


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RE: AIM historian and display of reduced data

[Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)]

FV/DM get their data from an OM variable (CPB, AOA, or SV) by name. 

AIM* reduces data and stores it internally. For that matter, so does the
old/legacy/data historian.

So far as I am aware the only ways to get these calculations onto a FV/DM
display are:

*   Use a trend
*   Write a program/script to extract the data from AIM* and put it in a
SV periodically which probably more trouble than doing the averages in the
CP.


Regarding averages in a CP, you have a number of options, the DTIME block
can be used to generate a rolling average.

The 8 of the 10 buckets in the DTIME can be connected to one of the inputs
of a SIGSEL block and the SIGSEL can do the average of those 8 values.
Setting the DTIME delay and the SIGSEL and DTIME periods will give you the
average you want (if 8 samples is sufficient).

There are others, but these are not obvious.



Regards,


Alex Johnson
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (office)
713.722.2700 (switchboard)
713.932.0222 (fax)
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-Original Message-
From:   Stan Ruth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Monday, April 09, 2001 10:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:AIM historian and display of reduced data

Hello list,

I have an application in which we would like to take data into our
AIM *
historian, and reduce the data into hourly and / or daily averages.
We
would like to take these averages and display the most recent values
on a
FoxView or Display Manager display.  Is this possible, or do we need
to
generate these averages within the control processor instead of
using the
historian for the data reduction?

Stan Ruth
Huntsman JCO Process Control



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RE: AIM*3.0.2 Upgrade

[Adams, Bob D (Salt Lake City)]

The upgrade to V3.0.2 is very simple.  I have completed it at several sites
with no problems.  The easiest way to do it is to have your Foxboro Service
Rep do it for you.  He will then install all of he quick fixes.

Instructions are included on the CD.  You must install it on both the
off-platform historian and the AW.  The sequence is not important but it
must be done to both boxes before re-starting the historian and collector.
There are Quick fixes that should be installed also,  most of them on the
off platform machine.  They are all listed on the Foxboro website and may be
downloaded from there.

Bob Adams
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> Subject:  AIM*3.0.2 Upgrade
> 
> Hi all,
> I am planning to upgrade an existing AIM*3.0  to AIM*3.0.2.
> This installation uses an AW51 as a remote collector, and the historian
> resides in a "off platform" NT box.
> Have anyone upgrade with a similar installation? If so, I would like to
> know
> the right sequence of the upgrade.
> (do we install anything on the 51, or all the installation is done on the
> NT) 
> Also are there any QF's involved?
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Doron Sani
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RE: AIM*

[Mercer, Craig]

Glen,
 
I believe the Upgrade was for FoxHistory 2.0 (PIM's Suite) to AIM *.  We
also had a Free Upgrade from V3.0 AIM to V3.02.  If you have FoxHistory it
should not be a problem to get an upgrade Free of charge.
 
How are you doing?
 
Craig

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From: Glen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:34 AM
To: Foxboro DCS Mail List
Subject: AIM*


Do I remember Foxboro offering free upgrades to 
AIM* from Data For Windows at the User's Group
meeting or did I dream it?  Our Foxboro people
seem to know nothing about it.
 
Glen Bounds
Corn Products


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RE: AIM*

[Johnson, Alex P (Foxboro)]

All such questions should be addressed to Brian Barry - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 


Regards,

Alex Johnson
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77063
713.722.2859(v)
713.722.2700(sb)
713.932.0222(f)
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-Original Message-
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Sent:   Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:34 AM
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Subject:AIM*

Do I remember Foxboro offering free upgrades to 
AIM* from Data For Windows at the User's Group
meeting or did I dream it?  Our Foxboro people
seem to know nothing about it.
 
Glen Bounds
Corn Products

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RE: AIM*

[Airhart, Chad M.]

We had to pay for it as an upgrade.  We later decided not to install.  We
went to Aspen's InfoPlus/21.

Chad Airhart
Instrument, Electrical & Control Systems Engineer
Equistar Chemicals, LP.
Victoria, TX
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Fx. (361) 572-2541

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> To:   Foxboro DCS Mail List
> Subject:  AIM*
> 
> Do I remember Foxboro offering free upgrades to 
> AIM* from Data For Windows at the User's Group
> meeting or did I dream it?  Our Foxboro people
> seem to know nothing about it.
>  
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RE: AIM*Historian

[Joe Markham]

The 'histq' tool that I contributed to TheCassandraProject should help you.
It is at http://www.thecassandraproject.org/archive/histq.tar.Z. It is a C
program that can extract data from AIM* or FoxHistory, depending on how it
is compiled.

Please drop me a note if you need any help with it.

-JAM

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Hi,

We are using the AIM*Historian on an off-line SUN-platform.
We are looking for an extraction tool (preferable in 'C') to extract data
from
the AIM*Historian data files or the exact 'make'-string or a list of all the
libraries wich should be linked !
A search in the Cassandra database showed us some tools like
makeaatab.tar.Z,
ez_archive.zip and ez_archive.tar.Z but I don't think this is an answer to
our
problem.

Best regards,

Vaningelgem Alfons
Bayer Antwerpen N.V.
Afdeling IN-EP/PAS
Haven 507 - Scheldelaan 420
B-2040 Antwerpen
Tel. (0)3 540.35.40
Fax. (0)3 540.36.90

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RE: AIM*Historian

[Lowell, Tim:]

If you would like to extract System Monitor or Operator Action Journal
messages from AIM*, there are existing tools to do this.  You need to
download Quick Fix #991513, which consists of two programs, oajgen and
fh_sacego.  These programs are Foxboro-supplied C programs that can be used
with AIM* to replace the functionality that the ACE report writer has with
the legacy historian.  If you follow the Quick Fix instructions, it works
pretty well.  I use it to generate a System Monitor report every day.

If you need to extract process data and alarms from AIM* with a C program,
so far, you are on your own.  Foxboro does not supply such applications at
the moment.  In fact, they supply nothing whatsoever to extract Alarm data
out of AIM*.  I would recommend a company called TiPS, Inc., which sells a
nice product called "LogMate" that captures alarm messages from the I/A
Series COMM10 port, among other DCS systems, and stores the messages in a
Paradox database on an NT PC, Vax/VMS Alpha machine, or NT network.  They
can be found at www.tipsweb.com  .

For AIM* C Programs, the make string should look like this, based on my
experience with AIM*:

-llargem -laimapi -laimhistory -lfox -lfoxfdr -lsocket -lnsl -lposix4 -lm
-lmfc40 -lcommdlg32 -lodbc32 -lolest32 -lcommctrl32 
-lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lprnt32 -lwinsock32 -lC -lthread -lw -lgen -lXm
-lXext -lXt -lXmu -lX11 -ldl -lfoxlc -lhi -ldsp

I think you will get a bulleted list in Microsoft Outlook when I send this.
Ignore that.  All the libraries should have "-l" (the letter "ell") in front
of them with no space and then the library name.
According to the documentation (B0193YN), there is a -laim, but that doesn't
exist.  The correct library is -laimhistory. I also had to rename libC.so.5
to libC.so in /usr/lib, and I had to add -ldsp to the list.  Alex Johnson of
Foxboro and Jeremy Milum of Hunstman helped me figure this stuff out.
I hope that gets you started.
Tim

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To: - *[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:AIM*Historian

Hi,

We are using the AIM*Historian on an off-line SUN-platform.
We are looking for an extraction tool (preferable in 'C') to extract
data from
the AIM*Historian data files or the exact 'make'-string or a list of
all the
libraries wich should be linked !
A search in the Cassandra database showed us some tools like
makeaatab.tar.Z,
ez_archive.zip and ez_archive.tar.Z but I don't think this is an
answer to our
problem.

Best regards,

Vaningelgem Alfons
Bayer Antwerpen N.V.
Afdeling IN-EP/PAS
Haven 507 - Scheldelaan 420
B-2040 Antwerpen
Tel. (0)3 540.35.40
Fax. (0)3 540.36.90



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RE: AIM*AT 2.5 Installation Alert!!! Please read if you havepurc has ed this!!!

[Lowell, Tim:]

Wouldn't you know it, but the CSC web site went kaput at 10 AM yesterday, so
I did not have access to this database.  Figures.

Tim

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Sent:   Tuesday, April 04, 2000 8:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:        Re: AIM*AT 2.5 Installation Alert!!!  Please read if
you havepurchas ed this!!!

Tim,

Thanks for the info, just want to let everyone know that there is an
AIM*Historian Troubleshooting Guide on the Foxboro CSC website which covers
this problem plus many others.
Jim Kahlden

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Re: AIM*AT 2.5 Installation Alert!!! Please read if you havepurchas ed this!!!

[James Kahlden]

Tim,

Thanks for the info, just want to let everyone know that there is an 
AIM*Historian Troubleshooting Guide on the Foxboro CSC website which covers 
this problem plus many others.

Jim Kahlden

>>> "Lowell, Tim:" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/03 3:22 PM >>>
Well, it's been a fun day "upgrading" our historian to AIM*AT on our AW51E.
It's finally working, but I need to mention a very large omission in the
AIM*AT installation instructions:

If your historian has more than 1200 points, which it probably does, you
MUST do the following:

1.  cd /opt/aim/bin, or wherever you installed AIM*AT on your AW51.
2.  Edit the file called "aimapi.cfg".  As shipped, the file has one
line.  You must add a line to this file with your favorite text editor that
looks like this:

maxobj = (# of points that your historian is licensed for)

e.g.  maxobj = 2

If you fail to add this line, your AIM*Historian will only collect the first
1200 points.  Isn't that special?  This little tidbit does not appear in the
documentation, the Release Notes, or anywhere in the 1-week AIM*AT class I
just took in FoxMass.

Also, you may already know this, but it's a good idea to reiterate:  if you
have recently deleted a large number points from your CSA database, make
sure to also delete these points from your Historian.  All Historian
packages use either AIS, AIM*API or FoxAPI to establish connection lists to
the C:B.P points, and if the C:B.P's aren't there, it will take a long time
for either AIS, AIM*API or FoxAPI to start up.  I should have seen that one
coming, but FoxHistory is weird about deleting points.  They don't really
get deleted, they just don't get collected or count toward your license
amount.  Deleted points stay in your configuration forever, taking up index
points.  They show up in red on the GUI, and you can undelete them later if
you want.  I was concerned that if I "deleted" points that I had removed
from the CSA, that I could no longer retrieve them from tape archives.
Turns out, you can retrieve them, since they never really get deleted.

Ah, just another wonderful day in Foxboro-land!

Tim



 


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