Re: [foxboro] Why Dell

FYI,
        For details about the 70/XP ethernet adapters that are supported by
Foxboro see:
B0193AC REV U 
I/A Series System Equipment Installation 
October 4, 2002

A few excerpts are included below:
NOTE For a Nodebus operation with a DNBI through the AUI port on the 3C509B
card, the automatic cable sensing function must be disabled, and changed to
the AUI port to ensure a reliable connection to the DNBI.

Connecting WP70 to AW70 in a Stand-Alone System For a WP70 in a stand-alone
system, install a 3Com 3C900B Ethernet PCI card in both the WP70 and its
associated AW70. Run an RG-58 (ThinNet) cable, up to 150 m (500 ft), between
the WP70 and the AW70, and connect it to the BNC ThinNet connectors on the
PCI Ethernet cards (see Figure9-13). If you have two WP70s in your
stand-alone system, terminate the Ethernet cable at the last WP70.

NOTE  If you use a DNBI/DNBT/DNBX connection to the I/ASeries Nodebus, you
cannot use this direct Ethernet WP70 to AW70 connection.  Refer to
Figure9-14 for an illustration of a WP70 connected to an AW70 with PCI
Ethernet cards.

Tom VandeWater
Control Systems Developer/Analyst
Dow Corning Corp.
Carrollton, KY

-----Original Message-----
From: Gosselin, Patrick, CTech [mailto:pgosseli@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:25 AM
To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Why Dell



3C509B for nodebus and 3c900 for 2nd ethernet, if I remember correclty !!!

Regards,
Patrick Gosselin, CTech
Systems Service Representative
Invensys Systems Canada Inc.
Foxboro Division
1349-2 Kelly Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5P5

(705) 523 1331  (office)
(705) 523 1881  (fax)
(705) 690 1642  (cellular)
pgosseli@xxxxxxxxxx

Please visit us at: www.foxboro.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:22 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Why Dell


The most critical item is that if the PC is to sit on Nodebus, it must have
the same 3COM Ethenet NIC that we use.

We license their driver code and modify it to control both the Ethernet port
and the serial port connected to the DNBI. If a different board is used, the
driver will not handle the Nodebus properly.

No, I don't remember the 3Com part number. Sorry. However, someone "out
there" will tell us. :)

Alex Johnson
Invensys Systems, Inc.
10707 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
713.722.2859 (office)
713.722.2700 (switchboard)
713.932.0222 (fax)
ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx
For the latest information on ArchestrA, go to
www.invensys.com/Archestra.html.

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Mickey Kinney [mailto:MKINNEY@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:   Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:04 PM
To:     foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        [foxboro] Why Dell


We are scheduled to install Aim* Historian V3.2 and Report Writer V5.1 on =
our I/A system running 4.3. We intended to install it on a Dell NT box =
hooked up to our corporate network.  But in order to do our network people =
insist the box  must be a Compaq. Is there a study out there anywhere that =
would tell me why Foxboro has standardized on Dell PC's?=20

Thanks,

Mickey Kinney
  =20
=20

 
 
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