Re: [foxboro] USB disgust

Our USB mouse (not trackball) and keyboards are working without any rebooting 
of  5 AW P81s.
We are not using any extenders.
Regards,
 
Mike
Sydney Water
>>> Adam.Pemberton@xxxxxxxxxxxx 9/12/05 1:08 pm >>>

We are having the same issue, but not as often as you appear to be
having. We just accept that we have to reboot occasionally (once or
twice a week). Would love to know of a better solution.

We also have issue with the SUN supplied ball mice. Ball mice went out
with the ark, especially in a dirty industrial environment!! We have
found Microsoft USB optical mice don't work, but Dell optical mice do.

Regards
Adam
Lihir Gold

-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Troy L Brazell
Sent: Friday, 9 December 2005 3:12 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] USB disgust
All of you list gurus ......
Anyone experiencing problems with P81 USB mouse and keyboards?
I have an AW that 5 times in the last 3 days has had to be rebooted
because the mouse and keyboard quit working.
We are using the USB extenders provided by Foxboro.
This has been an ongoing problem and I submitted a CAR, installed a
Custom Quick Fix Foxboro provided. I am a little disappointed with the
support Foxboro has given me on this problem. Usually they are really
good at helping solve issues like this.
Of course I am upset because we can no longer unplug and re-plug the
keyboards ...... but Foxboro says that it is Sun thing.
We are pretty sure that part of the problem is static discharge and have
taken a multitude of steps to resolve the issue. About the only thing
that we haven't done is install anti-static flooring and if I tell the
facility we will have to do that I will probably be looking for a job.
Next week I am going to change out the standard CAT 5e extender with a
more expensive fiber extender in a effort to optically isolate. I don't
know if this will help or not, but don't think that it will hurt.
I have tested is fiber USB extender on a P81 at another facility and it
works just fine.
Now ...... was wondering if any knows of a better technology for
extending the USB on a P81?
Could a script be written to reconnect the mouse and keyboard
automatically in case they dropped off?
Could wireless mice and keyboards be used?
Thanks in advance!
Troy L. Brazell
Duke Energy Field Services
Sr. Process Control Analyst
ISA CCST
Phone (405) 263 4130
Cell (405) 301 2994
Okarche Plant
Route 3 Box 95
Okarche, OK. 73762
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