Re: [foxboro] Display Manager fonts for FoxView
- From: <jmowrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:30:23 -0400
Are there font conversion problems when going from Windows to Solaris?
We are looking at doing just that to continue to use our F and G boxes when we
convert to the Mesh network and FV/FD 10 which has the FD portion only on the
Windows side. Any feedback on converting the displays from Windows to Solaris
using the .g files and any problems that are introduced would be most helpful
to us.
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> From: <Adam.Pemberton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/09/27 Wed PM 11:29:24 EDT
> To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Display Manager fonts for FoxView
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> We're staying on Solaris and currently using 9.0
> Sounds like one more reason why we should go ahead with 9.0.2. I believe
> our trusty IPS guys will be supplying it shortly after some testing.
>
> Thanks Alex
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Johnson, Alex P (IPS)
> Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2006 12:56 PM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Display Manager fonts for FoxView
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> Adam,
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> On Solaris, FV9.0.2 is supposed to have fonts that are the same as the
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> DM Fonts.
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> Are you converting from:
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> Solaris DM to Solaris FV or
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> Solaris DM to Windows FV?
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> If you are Solaris to Solaris, something is amiss (I think). Please let
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> me know.
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> Regards,
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> =20
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> Alex Johnson
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> Invensys Systems, Inc.
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> 10900 Equity Drive
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> Houston, TX 77041
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> 713.329.8472 (voice)
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> 713.329.1700 (fax)
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> 713.329.1600 (switchboard)
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> alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> On Behalf Of Adam.Pemberton@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:14 PM
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> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Display Manager fonts for FoxView
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>
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> The fonts are totally different - FoxView does not have an equivalent to
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> the Display Manager Fonts.
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> The main problem we have is the fonts in DM are generally much taller
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> than the FV fonts and hence we find we have to make them much smaller to
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> make them fit within the same width. Hence they become hard to see.
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> There was talk of generating some DM fonts in FoxView and this would be
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> by far the simplest solution I would have thought. I can't be that hard
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> for the Foxboro guys.
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> Our solution (now that we have just completed our transfer on the main
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> part of the plant) will be to redo the most important screens (probably
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> about 10 unique screens) in line with the new height to width ratio of
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> the new fonts.
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> Regards
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> Adam
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> Lihir Gold
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> On Behalf Of tjvandew@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2006 10:12 AM
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> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Display Manager fonts for FoxView
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>
>
> Ted,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. It sounds like the font conversion might
> still be an issue. Is it only when you resize the FV window from the
> default size or was the basic conversion of fonts also flawed?
>
>
>
> Tom VandeWater
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> Johnson, Theodore (Ted) S wrote:
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> > Just an update for those who might be interested...
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> > We did not try to reconvert (second time) using the 9.0.2 utility
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> > because we felt at that time we had already 'invested' too much time
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> > into the graphics migration effort after the first conversion to start
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> > over.
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> >=20
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> > The FoxView 9.0.2 did solve some of our concerns (fast blink rate on
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> > colors is actually fast now, we use this to indicate at a glance which
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>
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> > loops are in alarm; and rapid input via use of ramping arrow buttons
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>
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> > works much better), however we still have issues with window sizing,
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> > fonts/readability, etc. Some of it seems to be product issues and
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> some
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> > seem to be configuration related. Also, a new 'feature' in our case
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> > seems to be an 'extra' window (minimized small in the upper left area
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> of
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>
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> > the desktop). It is non functional and there's nothing in it but you
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>
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> > can't close it or otherwise get rid of it.=3D20
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> >=20
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> > Foxboro personnel have left the site. I am told and being reassured by
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>
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> > the folks in Foxboro Houston and our local service rep that they are
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>
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> > working on all our issues with TAC and are doing some more testing
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>
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> > before they return. We are trying to work through the 'proper
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> channels'
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> > but are still waiting for final resolution.=3D20
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> >=20
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> > Meanwhile, we have reverted back (temporarily?) to using Display
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> > Manager. The workstations have been changed back to boot up into
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> > Display Manager instead of Foxview and the alarm annunciator keyboards
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> > have been reconfigured to call up the DM graphics (instead of
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> FoxView).=3D20
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