Re: [foxboro] Can alarms be directed to somewhere other than a printer?

We also use the same package but have added a little enhancement to it. =
I created a small VB application that takes the files on a Hourly and =
Daily basis, renames the files and runs a small ftp script that sends =
them to a designated place on a Windows FTP server. This makes the files =
available to everyone in the plant and opens up other opportunities like =
other VB applications that allow you to cross reference Alarms to OAJ =
actions. The application also cleans up files older then a year on the =
PC and we have a different retention policy for the FTP server. Of =
course to do this you have to tie the PC to the network which can make =
the PC visible to your I.T. department so be ready for that battle.

Dwayne Landry
PPG Industries Inc.
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printer?

We run a software called Visual Alert from 2TSI (WWW.2TSI.COM) on an old =
PC
to capture all alarms (process and system ) from the I/A.  To set it up, =
we
unplugged the printer cable from the line printer on the I/A (via
commprocessor) and plugged it to the com port on an old PC.  The =
challenge
is to get the pin out correct before plugging it to the com port.  After
that, we start the Visual Alert and it starts capturing system and =
process
alarms from I/A.  The software will create a new alarm file every day so =
we
can archive them as needed.  The cost of printer paper and  printer
ribbons, and the problem of paper jammed outweighs the cost of the
software.



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Can process alarms be directed somewhere (say a script),
other than a physical printer?

I'm thinking of sending them to netcat, so I capture them on
another machine WO having to keep commprocessors happy.

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