Re: [foxboro] AIM* Alarm Retrieval
- From: "Lowell, Timothy" <TLowell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:39:23 -0500
Jason,
This can be found in HH1000. I'll post it here so it can show up in the
Cassandra list archives.
HH1000 deals with sysmon messages only, but you can adapt it for alarm
messages, which I have done below.
*****************************Start HH1000
Copy*****************************
1. Open a Command Prompt window and change to korn shell (d:, ncenv and
sh) or a
VT100 window.
2. Change to the /opt/aim/bin directory.
Example:
$ cd /opt/aim/bin
3. Run apitst
Example:
$ apitst
4. From the Main Menu, select the "700 -(Menu 7) AIM*Historian" option.
Example:
Foxboro AIM*API Test Program
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Menu (1) AIM*API Test Program Hostid = 64884966 System Type = 71
Test Program Quick Tests Sub Menus
-1 Exit 10-AIM*API Status 100 -(Menu 1) Main Menu
0-Repeat Last 11-Block Info 200 -(Menu 2) Block Info
1-Help 12-Objects 300 -(Menu 3) Objects
2-Menu On/Off 13-CDX 400 -(Menu 4) CDX
3-Echo On/Off 14-File 500 -(Menu 5) File
3-Echo On/Off 15-Historian 600 -(Menu 6) Historian
4-Save Settings 16-AIM*Historian 700 -(Menu 7) AIM*Historian
5-an_error 17-Counters 800 -(Menu 8) Counters
18-Trouble Shooting 900 -(Menu 9) Trouble Shooting
19-OM 1000-(Menu 10) OM Functions
1100-(Menu 11) Old Functions
function[ 0]: 700
4. From Menu (7), select the "11-fh_FdbMsgQuery" option
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Menu (7) Historian Access Hostid = 64884966 System Type = 71
Test Program Functions
-1 Main Menu 10-fh_FdbPutMsg 20-fh_RTPDef
0-Repeat Last 11-fh_FdbMsgQuery 21-fh_RTPIndex
1-Help 12-fh_FdbPutValue 22-fh_RTPName
2-Menu On/Off 13-fh_FdbGetValues 23-fh_MsgNr
3-Echo On/Off 14-fh_FdbReduction 24-fh_MsgName
4-Save Settings 15-fh_FdbRedArray 25-fh_RTPControl
16-fh_FdbBlkInsert 26-fh_MsgControl
27-fh_GroupControl
28-fh_Cfg
function[ 0]: 11
Note: Step 3 and 4 can be executed at the same time if you type 711 from
the
Main Menu.
5. Enter the information requested, the example below will give you an
idea what
type of information you need to type.
Example:
Bulk output to file? [ N]: y
Historian [ hist01 ]: hist01
Output File [ msg.txt]: alarms.txt
Start time {04/17/02_06:14:13}=[1019024053]
Date? 04/16/02
Time? 12:00:00
Start time {04/16/02_12:00:00}=[1018958400]
Accept Date & Time [Y]y
End time {04/17/02_08:15:14}=[1019031314]
Enter "Now" for the current time!
Date? now
End time {04/17/02_08:15:51}=[1019031351]
Accept Date & Time [Y]y
filter [ *]: *
ok to add? [ ]: y
6. APITST will provide the number of messages captures.
Historian = hist01
Start Time = 04/16/02_12:00:00 (1018958400)
End Time = 04/17/02_08:15:51 (1019031351)
Filter = *
Msg 1 iaalarm:alarmmesg 04/16/02_15:28:34 to
alarms.txt
Msg 2 legacy:sysmonmsg 04/16/02_15:28:53 to
alarms.txt
Msg 3 legacy:opraction 04/16/02_15:29:07 to
alarms.txt
Msg 4 iaalarm:statemsg 04/16/02_15:43:07 to
alarms.txt
4 messages printed into the alarms.txt file.
Note:
The alarms.txt file can be created in the /opt/aim/bin or
/opt/aim/inst/histname
directory. Where histname is the name of the instance
7. Do more on the alarms.txt file.
Example:
$ more alarms.txt
****************************End HH1000
Copy*********************************
Using the "*" option for the filter gets you every message, including
process alarm messages, operator actions, and sysmon messages (assuming
you are recording these messages in AIM*). You can try to filter
specific process alarms by using iaalarm:alarmmesg, iaalarm:statemsg,
iaalarm:alackmsg, and iaalarm:disablmsg. There are more alarm tables,
but I don't have a listing of every single one handy. Using "*" as the
filter makes sure you get everything.
Tim Lowell
Control Systems Engineer
Tesoro Petroleum Company
210-283-2929 (w)
210-253-0225 (c)
tlowell@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of SLADE Jason -NANTICOKE
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:51 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] AIM* Alarm Retrieval
Does anyone know how to retrieve alarm messages from the AIM* (v3.1)
alarm history archive files? The AIM*API SPY tool doesn't get us to the
data we're looking for, which seems to be in the middle of the file.
Thanks,
Jason Slade
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION
Nanticoke GS
Control Technologist
Engineering / Control Systems
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