Re: [foxboro] Help on converting DM displays to jpg or gif format

Norbert,
Thanks for your help.will try it out and let you know how it goes.
2MB seems a large size to be copied into floppies if the system doesnt 
have a second ethernet port configured.Is there a way out to convert them 
to smaller formats like gif,jpg in the system itself by some scripts?

Thanks & Regards,
Maneesh Agrawal- Systems Engineer,
Invensys Middle East - Kuwait Operations.
Mobile:+965-9896718
email: Maneesh.Agrawal@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Fax:     +965-3718360




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Hi there,

The following script files pref's the display on a DM screen, dumps it to
a temp file and converts it to a protable bitmap format. This bitmap 
format
can then be ftp'd to and Intel PC. Be aware of the file size ~2Mb. 
Then download from irfanview (www.irfanview.com) the viewer. It provides 
you
with a batch converter to a huge number of file formats. (for free!) 

#!/bin/sh
# Script to convert X-Windows dump to 
# portable bitmap format file


# define variables:

# temp folder
TEMPFOLDER=/opt/tmp/disp

# X windows dump utility
Xdump=/usr/openwin/bin/xwd

# X windows dump convert utility
Xconv=/usr/openwin/bin/xwdtopnm

# Foxboro pref utility
Pref_tool=/usr/local/pref

# Station Letterbug
#LBug=Enter letterbug !!!!!
LBug=PCAT00

# Display Manager (DM) Letterbug
#DMName=Enter DM name !!!!!!!
DMName=PCAT00

# Sleep time between DM actions
SleepTime=5

# Make temp dir
if [ ! -d /opt/tmp/disp ]
then
                 mkdir $TEMPFOLDER
fi
cd $TEMPFOLDER

# listing of displays to be converted
disp='/usr/disp/disp1
/usr/disp/disp2
/usr/disp/disp3
/usr/disp/disp4'

for i in $disp
do
                 # Echo Display name
                 echo " Now  printing $i"

                 # Display process graphic on DM $DMName
                 $Pref_tool -$DMName dmcmd $i

                 # Give DM some time to find connections
                 sleep $SleepTime

                 # Display process graphic name in message line
                 $Pref_tool -$DMName dmcmd 'dmcmd msglin "[$ST0]"'
                 sleep $SleepTime

                 # extract display name
                 dispname=`basename $i`

                 # Dump display as X windows dump
                 $Xdump -name "FOXBORO: Display Manager  $LBug:$DMName" 
-out
${TEMPFOLDER}/${dispname}.Xwd

                 # Convert to portable bitmap format
                 $Xconv ${TEMPFOLDER}/${dispname}.Xwd > 
${TEMPFOLDER}/${dispname}.ppm

                 # Delete X windows dump
                 rm ${TEMPFOLDER}/${dispname}.Xwd
done

Have fun
Norbert

> -----Original Message-----
> From:          Maneesh Agrawal [SMTP:Maneesh.Agrawal@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:          Monday, July 28, 2003 2:08 PM
> To:            foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:               [foxboro] Help on converting DM displays to jpg 
or gif
> format
> 
> Hi list,
> I would like to port the DM displays from our systems to normal windows 
PC
> 
>  in either the 'gif 'or 'jpg' format.Using 'snapshot' will be too 
> cumbersome as there are plenty of displays.
> 
> Does anybody have any scripts or tools by which we can do this easily 
and 
> quickly?
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Maneesh Agrawal- Systems Engineer,
> Invensys Middle East - Kuwait Operations.
> Mobile:+965-9896718
> email: Maneesh.Agrawal@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fax:     +965-3718360
> 
> 
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