We also use priority 5, group 8 on any alarm we wish to activate but not = show on any AMs or in the historian and haven't encountered any = problems. Travis Meredith DCS Programmer Albian Sands Energy Inc P.O. Box 5670, Fort McMurray, Alberta, T9H 4W1, Canada Tel: +1 780 713 4797 Email: travis.meredith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.albiansands.ca -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Kahlden Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:26 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Hypothetical alarming question Corey, We have not seen any... When Foboro set up our system over 10 years ago, = =3D any block that used an alarm for logic purposes is set for priority 5 = and =3D uses group 8 in the station block. We do not have any devices = configured =3D for group 8 and have seen any problems. Jim Kahlden System Reliability Analyst Lower Colorado River Authority Fayette Power Project 6549 Power Plant Road La Grange, TX 78945 (979) 249-8514 (Ph) (979) 249-8390 (Fax) jim.kahlden@xxxxxxxx >>> clingoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 2/10/2006 8:16:20 AM >>> O omnipotent list, Are there any adverse effects when sending alarms to a group with = no=3D20 configured devices (e.g., system loading, network traffic)? The reason = =3D I=3D20 ask is for those few alarms I have that aren't used as alarms, but =3D just=3D20 status indicators (e.g., to drive logic). I don't need them to go to = =3D any=3D20 AMs or historians, and I thought of using an empty station block = alarm=3D20 group for this. Thanks, Corey Clingo BASF Corp. =3D20 =3D20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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=3D20 =3D20 foxboro mailing list: = http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro=3D20 to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Djoin=3D =3D20 to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dleave=3D =3D20 =3D20 =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