Re: [foxboro] Sequence code (MON, DEP, IND) opinions

  • From: "Murray, Steve" <SMurray@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:47:16 -0700

Hi Gabriel,

  I used to use d_edit until the fine folks at Feed Forward wrote "xref".
It is the cat's meow for finding block cross references.

http://www.feedforward.com/xref_downloads.htm

  This is from the download page:
Features:   
1. Cross Reference Foxboro I/A Comp:Block.Parm
1. Connected or referenced in other blocks connections
2. C:B.Ps that are connected to its input parameters, or referenced in its
sequence code
3. Display connections (Both Display Manager and Foxview)
4. Historian connections (Legacy Historian only)
5. Sequence code references, as long as the references are
explicit and not de-referenced from a variable (by using single quotes).
6. Provides output in both text-formatted and comma-separated-variables for
easy import into Excel.


2. FBM Point usage
1. FBM Letterbug and Point number
2. COMPOUND:BLOCK that uses that FBM/point
3. Block type

Uses 
You could use this utility to determine every location that references a
particular block.  For example, if you wanted to change the name of a block,
you could use this utility to determine where it is used so you find where
you would need to make the necessary connection changes. 

You could also use this utility to determine unused spare FBM points.

  Good Luck,

Steve Murray
Asarco

-----Original Message-----
From: Gabriel ODwyer [mailto:ODWYER_GABRIEL@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:47 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Sequence code (MON, DEP, IND) opinions


Tom V's comment about deleting blocks pinged a nerve here. I've always 
been most uncomfortable about deleting blocks because I cant be sure I've 
removed all of the threads.
To check IND sequence code I go to /opt/fox/ciocfg and grep BLOCKNAME 
*/*.s which sniffs out the code references, then I use a fresh FoxCAE 
image to look at the block to be deleted, this shows me any continuous 
connections (I might miss some if I havent refreshed all my CP images, but 
we generally keep control connections within one CP, ish).

The irksome bit that remains is the Graphics, DM or Foxview, does anybody 
have an easy surefire way to scan graphic files for block references ?

Regards,
Gabriel O'Dwyer
Eli Lilly
Ireland.

 
 
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