Dwayne, I am in a similar situation so I would appreciate it if I could also get a copy. Sorry I did not get my name on the list earlier but I did not think anything even existed. I assume it will work on this old DM system that has been mothballed. Thanks... Joseph M. Riccardi 386-441-0250 Office 386-451-7607 Cell Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "To give real service you must add something that cannot be bought or measured with money; and that is sincerity and integrity." - Donald A. Adams -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Landry, Dwayne Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:33 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Timothy.Lowell@xxxxxxxxxxx; TLBrazell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] AAtab file generator Attached is the script that we use to generate our AAtab files. Place it in the /usr/fox/alarms and run it as such maketab W23AW6 Where W23AW6 is the stations WP Logical Name. It will build a new tab file with the extension of .new There is also an interactive mode where you can choose which display should have the alarm if the alarm resides on multiple displays. The scripts main downfall is that it relies on the dedit -dump to work properly. If you have some larger complex displays then the dump may fail. What we do to get around that is to cut half the objects off of the display in Foxdraw, run it then do the other half then piece the tab file together. PAIN. Were running FV/FD 10.2.1 I wrote a CAR on the dedit dump failing and they claim it is fixed in the newest version of FoxView/FoxDraw which I haven't tested yet. Thanks, Dwayne Landry PPG Industries Inc. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 4:23 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] AAtab file generator Oh great list, Does anyone have a WindowsXP based AAtab file generating script (or collection of scripts) that is proven to work? I know that the usual process is to extract the blocks on the displays using dedit -R, then compare that to the AApan file and to any blocks that might have alarms, and then once you get the list of all alarm blocks on all displays, you have to comb through and remove duplicates. One of our sites had a collection of scripts for this purpose, and I was able to generate an AAtab file that looked pretty good. It had no duplicates and looked like it was the right format. One problem: when you boot up using this file, AAserver.exe hangs and FoxView never starts. At first, it looked like the use of spaces instead of tabs was causing the problem, but I removed the spaces and inserted tabs, and that didn't help. After fighting with it all afternoon, I'm appealing to the list to see if they know of a better solution that is at least mostly reliable. Please contact me off-line if you have anything or if you know of an Invensys-based solution that one of their engineers uses. Thanks, Tim Lowell Tesoro Corporation | 54741 Tesoro Rd, Kenai, AK 99611 | 907-776-3526 (work) | 210-439-5914 (cell) _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave