Re: [foxboro] OAJ in Aim

Tom,

The easy way is to purchase one of the tools suggested.

Some alternatives include:
1) You can use the apitst tool to get messages - with the an_get_msgs
function test.  This is OK if you only need to find one message and
don't care how long it takes you.
2) You can use the OLE DB license which I believe is included with
your AIM* to access the data in AIM* and import it in to excel or a
database.
3) You can use the ODBC license which I believe is included with your
AIM* to access the data in AIM* and import it in to excel or a
database.

Personally I had many problems with the ODBC driver and settled on the
OLE DB method.  If you're going to go this far, may as well go all the
way - put your OAJ messages in a database and see if your MIS guys
will build you a query front end for it.  Then go ahead and collect
your alarms and do the same with them.

Cheers,

Kevin FitzGerrell

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Badura, Tom <tbadura@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I do not have any valuable input on this specific issue, but I do have a
> related question that I will through out to the group since the subject
> came up.  We have recently upgraded from 6.x Nodebus/Solaris/Historian
> to 8.3 Mesh/XP/AIM*.  The application upgrade was handled by Foxboro
> engineering services.  We have OAJ logging to AIM*; however, I have not
> been able to determine how to access the OAJ messages in AIM*.  The
> Print Report to File option that was on our Solaris system is no longer
> available.  I have briefly looked into the OAJ message section of AIM*.
> The Legacy OAJ Messages are configured for Logging =3D Yes, but I do not
> see any means of accessing the data.  The answer I get from the
> application engineers is that we need an additional data mining package.
> I will admit that I have not taken the time to seriously review any AIM*
> documentation myself. Can anyone verify if we do indeed need additional
> software, or if there is just some AIM* configuration that needs to be
> done.  Perhaps I can take advantage of someone who has already done the
> leg work for me.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
>
> Tom Badura
> Plastics Engineering Company
> 920-458-2121 x3366
> tbadura@xxxxxxxxxx
>
 
 
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