Re: [foxboro] Architecture problem

A number of helpful hints apply here.

Start with 718
also 763, 871 and 937 may be 'helpful' !


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-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 February 2002 01:54
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Architecture problem



Re: are you saying you can use an AW51 to do the same thing as you do with
Exceed on a pc?

Absolutely yes.


Re: Can you pull up displays from another node from an AW?

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.


Re: How do I do it? (Okay, you didn't ask that, but you would have.)

AW/WP-51s are X-Servers. They can display any X-Window application running
from any location in the plant. Most commonly it is done over the 2nd
Ethernet port.


It is not particularly hard to setup, but it does require a little work.

Notes: 

1) This is off-the-cuff. I believe it is correct, but I've not tested what
I've typed here. I leave 
    that to the student.
2) Don't do this unless you can ping(1) between the machines.
3) You will need to edit /.rhosts on the remote machine to include the
network name 
    of the local machine.
4) Be sure that you have enough DM/FV licenses and that they are configured
to be free (at least initially).

If you have questions, please send a PO to your local Foxboro Application
Wizard, we appreciate the business.

Here are a few reference books that might be of interest to you

1)      Workstation Alarm Management manual, B0193RV
2)      50 Series X Client/Server Support, B0193NV
3)      Display Engineering for 50 Series, B0193MQ
4)      I/A Series Model 51 FoxRemote III Installation and Configuration
Guide, B0193WZ

Enjoy.


**************************

Write a script like this and place it in
/opt/foxind/RemoteFV/dmscripts/<rmtMachineName> on the local machine:


        dmcmd script
        dmcmd run /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/<rmtMachineName> $DM_DISPLAY


where <rmtMachineName> is the network name (or IP address) of the machine
from which you want to retrieve a display


Write a script like this and place it in
/opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/<rmtMachineName> on the local machine:


        #!/bin/sh
        /bin/mkdir -p /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/logs
        exec >/opt/foxind/RemoteFV/logs/`basename $0` 2>&1
        set -x


        RMT_WP=`basename $0`
        MY_SCREEN=$1


        /bin/rsh $RMT_WP /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/sendFV $MY_SCREEN


Write a script like this and place it in /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/sendFV
on the remote machine:


        #!/bin/sh
        /bin/mkdir -p /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/logs
        exec >/opt/foxind/RemoteFV/logs/`basename $0` 2>&1


        set -x


        echo ARGC=$#
        echo ARGS=$*
        DISPLAY=$1
        export DISPLAY
        /opt/fox/wp/bin/default_dm &


The last line might be any of the following:


        for DM:
                /usr/fox/wp/bin/dm_wp50 &
        for FV:
                /opt/fox/wp/FoxView/foxview &
        for default:
                /opt/fox/wp/bin/default_dm &

Now, 

1) configure a pick point on a graphic to run the DM script or
2) copy the DM script to a directory under your menu bar or
3) Edit /usr/openwin/lib/openwin-menu-programs to run the script
    /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/<rmtMachineName>

        The line would resemble:

        "NISAW3" exec /opt/foxind/RemoteFV/scripts/NISAW3

        This will allow you to pick on the "blue background" (OpenWindows
Desktop) to start a FV.


Any of these should call up the remote display manager.

Regards,


Alex Johnson
System Products - Invensys Systems, Inc.
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (office)
713.722.2700 (switchboard)
713.932.0222 (fax)
ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> 



        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Ed Zychowski [SMTP:Ed.Zychowski@xxxxxxxxxx]
        Sent:   Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:13 PM
        To:     foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject:        Re: [foxboro] Architecture problem



        Steve,
        Sorry if I misunderstand you but are you saying you can use an AW51
to do
        the same thing as you do with Exceed on a pc? Can you pull up
displays from
        another node from an AW? You wrote "log in as user "ia" where do you
do
        this? from a vt session? This sounds very interesting. Please let me
know
        if this is what you ment or if I misunderstand.

        Thanks!



        

                            "Murray, Steve"

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                            02/20/2002 10:19

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                            foxboro

        

        







        Hi Damien,

          We have two separate I/A systems that are only connected through
their
        second Ethernet cards and our corporate LAN.

          Mostly we "look" at the other side using our PCs and Exceed, but
we can
        just as easily connect using our AW51's.  Just log in as user "ia"
and the
        login script provides the display.  It might not be a good idea to
use the
        ICC remotely very often if you can avoid it.

          We have even logged our AW51's in to I/A systems in other states
across
        our corporate WAN, and a PC using Exceed  for Old Display Manager or
Go
        Global for FoxView works pretty good across a telephone line.

          Steve Murray
          Asarco



        -----Original Message-----
        From: Damien AMPE [mailto:d.ampe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
        Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:52 AM
        To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
        Subject: [foxboro] Architecture problem



        Hi list,

        I have a "little" architecture problem and perhaps someone of you
has the
        solution.

        We have to connect an I/A Series node (V6.11) to another site where
we want
        to install a new node. These two nodes are in different town. We
have a
        specialised line (private phone line) to connect the two site.

        In the first site, we have AW51E, AW51B and AW51D on a LAN (V6.11).

        In the second one, we would like to install an AW70 or AW51D to
communicate
        with an Siemens PLC (S7-400).

        My problem is : How to connect the two AWxx for having the same
functions
        on
        the two. (Same display, same ICC config if we have to dialog with
the PLC
        from the two site)
        And on the new site, if the communication is lost, the local node
will
        continue to work.

        I hope you understand my question.

        Thanks

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