Thanks Jerry + Rick... I have recommended FoxRay before.. The customer has invested on Foxboro AMS software together with IA 8.8 ( already operational since Oct 2013 ), scheduled delivery for Mid 2014.. Their management is asking for weekly alarm reports, but both plants with IA 8.8 are not able to fulfill this requirement at least until the AMS is delivered... That is why, I am seeking for a simple, inexpensive solution.. Thanks anyway... God knows best.. Best Regards.. Hizamri On 2/21/2014 1:25 AM, Jerry Bourgeois wrote: Foxray is an excellent tool for this. Sent from my iPhone On 2/20/2014 10:42 PM, Rick Guercio wrote: Fox Ray was made for you Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2014, at 12:24 AM, Hizamri Johari <hizamri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear List.. On IA 7.1.4 we are using the /usr/hstorian/almhist to collect monthly alarms data ( using HH731 Guide ) According to older an posting //www.freelists.org/post/foxboro/foxboro-AIM-questions : /If you are at 8.0 or later, the Alarm Manager reads the alarms from the AIM* database via the AIM*API. AIM* still writes the almhist file however. Kathy / On our IA 8.8 the /usr/hstorian/almhist is not updating on all 3 AWs.. I think the current alarm data are kept in /opt/aim/inst/xxxxxx/m*.fdb Is there a command to extract the alarm data ( similar to HH731 concept ) which I can schedule via scripts or execute via command prompt.. Or a command to make the /usr/hstorian/almhist updating again.. Many thanks in advance.. God knows best.. Best Regards.. Hizamri _______________________________________________________________________ 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