Re: [foxboro] That DM to FoxView Conversion Tool

Joseph
   I wasn't aware that one could retain the files in the /usr folder.
Why is /opt/menu a problem? We found, with our limited experience of
FoxView so far, putting them there made life easy.
 
You can't use GConvert to convert g files to the same location (didn't
consider this possibility). What I suggest is if you want to do this,
have a single mapping from /usr/ to /hello/ or what ever you like, and
when the conversion is finished, rename the hello directory to usr
(after renaming /usr to something else).
 
I don't know what you mean by "the display file may still retain the old
path names". It's a three stage process. 1) DM (pdf) to g. 2) g to g. 3)
g to fdf. During stage 2, GConvert converts all paths as far as I know.
 
There is no mechanism to convert the DM Markers in g convert. It only
performs the 3 functions mentioned in the documentation. I confess I
don't know what DM markers are?
 
Regards
Adam
 
 
 
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<mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of joseph wu
>Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2006 12:23 AM
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>Subject: Re: [foxboro] That DM to FoxView Conversion Tool
>
>Gcconvert is a good program! The comment I have is that the 
>path for the display files are user selectable. You can use 
>/usr/disp if you want in FoxView. /opt/menu turns out not to 
>be a good choice for file location for most plant.
> 
> The reason Invensys suggest to put the user files under the 
>/opt directory is because it is a directory not use as much by 
>the Invensys folks compare to ./usr. (Yes, it is used for 
>/opt/fox/ciocfg etc!).
> 
> If you move the display files to (let say) ./usr/disp and do 
>a dump, you will notice that the display path name is shown as 
>what ever directory it is located.
> 
> Another comment is that the display file may still retain 
>the old path names. A D_EDIT will fix this. I have tried to 
>run a script on converting file path in a whole directory for 
>another customer and it is a lot faster than one file at a time.
> 
> I am curious how do you convert the DM markers (valve, pump 
>etc) to FoxView because it does not have a marker set like DM?
> 
> Joseph Wu
> Dow Chemical DCS contract support
 
Adam Pemberton
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