I believe that Lotus on Sun boxes has Foxboro extensions that can = snapshot process block data. You could set up a spreadsheet template for = one row, duplicate the rows, and then edit/replace the block names in = each row. You could export that spreadsheet using TCP/IP to whatever = machine/tuning package you desire. If you are looking for some sort of heuristic tuning as found in some of = these third party packages, I'm curious as to why you don't use the = exact block? Is it that bad? -----Original Message----- From: Ed Zychowski [mailto:Ed.Zychowski@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:07 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Data collection software for Sun I/A Hey list, We are looking for a new method to get data from our unix based I/A = systems (AW51E) for loop tuning. I am currently looking into OPC servers which = seem to work well but require block configuration at both the OPC server and = OPC client side. It is also very expensive. What I would like is a simple application where I can type in the tags I'm interested in (typically PID.MEAS, PID.SPT PID.OUT) and the sample rate. The application would = then put the data in a file in ASCII format. I thought before I wrote = something I'd see what your using. Thanks in advance for your help. =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 =20 foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave