Thanks David, I used the script you sent off list, and it worked like a charm. Yes our goal is to identify defective limits and replace/repair.=20 Regards, Ken Moore Process Controls Specialist Celanese Emulsions Enoree, SC 29335 -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:11 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] GDEV ignore limits listing Getpars is good and quick, but the initial question was are limits configured, and are they being ignored. The implication is you would only turn on the IGNLM1 if a limit switch was failing. So getpars isn't too helpful to see what is going on in this instance. (Unless we assume that any block with the IGNLM[1,2] set to true is a hit and then we would have to still get the DEVLM[1,2] if that is what we are trying to fix. You are fixing the bad limit switches right Ken?) This awk script only took a couple of minutes to write and it gives a much better snapshot of what is configured. (But not what is happening, it's like quantum physics.) I'm cutting this from a unix session so CR/LFs might be wonky. BEGIN{ printf ("Block Name, Type, DEVLM1, IGNLM1, DEVLM2, IGNLM2 \n") } { if ($1 =3D=3D "NAME") name =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "TYPE") type =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "DEVLM1") devlm1 =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "DEVLM2") devlm2 =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "IGNLM1") ignlm1 =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "IGNLM2") ignlm2 =3D $3 if ($1 =3D=3D "END" && type =3D=3D "GDEV") { printf ("%-24s, %s, %24s, %s, %24s, %s\n",name,type,devlm1,ignlm1,devlm2,ignlm2) } } There, wasn't that easy? Regards, David =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: //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: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave