Steve, Thanks for the help. I was able to get it working. Jeff Hurt, Indeck-Energy --- "Murray, Steve" <SMurray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > This is an example of using omgetimp. I am > actually reading 25 points, > but paired the script down for the email. Separate > each C:B.P with one > space. > > I ftp the resulting data file over to a computer > hosting a web server, and > use a perl script to create a web page from the data > file. The timestamp is > included so the web user knows when the data was > last updated. > > This is getting live data from blocks, not from > the historian. To get > data from my historian (legacy Informix) I use the > report writer to create > the data file and then ftp it to the web server. > > Steve Murray > Asarco > > ********** content of script file scheduled in cron > ******************************* > #!/bin/sh > # Shell script to load values for Plant Overview web > page > # Thirty points per omgetimp permitted > # awk command will read in the third field from the > omgetimp and write them > to the > # file dataX.tmp > > TIMESTAMP=`date '+ %m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S'` > echo $TIMESTAMP >/var/steve/webdata/smdata3.tmp > > # Twenty-five this omget > /opt/fox/bin/tools/omgetimp FIC69:FIC69.MEAS > G16:ST.RO0001|awk '{print $3}' > >>/var/steve/webdata/smdata3.tmp > > ************************************ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Hurt [mailto:hurtman@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:44 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] Writing point values to an > external database > > > Kevin, > > Thanks for the advice of using omgetimp. I'm not > familiar with this command. From googling it, it > looks like it runs from the command line? Any > places > you can point me to for more information. > > Thanks, > Jeff H. > Indeck-Energy > > > > > * > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are > the property of ASARCO LLC and/or its affiliates, > are confidential, and are intended solely for the > use of > the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is > addressed. If you are not a named recipient or > otherwise have reason to believe that you have > received this message in error, > please notify the sender and delete this message > immediately from your computer. Any other use, > retention, dissemination forwarding, printing or > copying of this e-mail is > strictly prohibited. Although this email and any > attachments are believed to be free of any virus or > other defect that might affect any computer system > into which it is > received, and opened, it is the responsibility of > the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no > responsibility is accepted by ASARCO LLC and/or its > affiliates for any loss or damage arising in any way > from its use > > This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by > MailMarshal > www.marshal.com > > * > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________________________________ 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