Re: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8

  • From: Terry Doucet <doucet427@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:37:13 -0500

Remember that Device Monitor has to see the printer destination as good or the 
CP's will be instructed to stop sending alarm messages to that specific device 
(real or virtual).
 
 
 
> From: mkinsinger@xxxxxxx
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:25:02 +0000
> 
> Thank again for this help. We have been trying to do this the last few 
> months, and seemed to have had it working. I did not remember your note at 
> the bottom about possibly having to re-install the driver after a commit. Did 
> your printer stop working completely when this happened, or just get 
> sporadic? This works great for some time, but then messages get delayed or 
> behind. One time they stopped completely and I had to reboot. We have played 
> with spooling settings and such, but they don't seem to help. Occasionally 
> the IA alarm print job gets stuck spooling and never finishes, just holds a 
> few messages back until something else comes in, and it sends the old message 
> then holds the new. Any ideas?
> 
> Matt Kinsinger
> mkinsinger@xxxxxxx
> 330-825-1208 office
> 330-472-1454 ppg cell
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Pulas, Philip
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 11:58 AM
> To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8
> 
> Foxray is definitely a good solution for this, but is just missing real-time 
> emailing of alarms.
> 
> We also use the serial port connection for LogMate and found that at v8.8:
>       1. You need to change the old printer connection in SysDef to a USB 
> printer.
>       2. Purchase a USB to Serial converter.
>       3. Install the driver for the converter (follow instructions on whether 
> the converter needs to be plugged in or not, can't recall now).
>       4. Connect your serial device.
>       5. Boot into I/A.
>       6. Messages get collected again.
> 
> One note is that the new USB printer always shows offline in SysMgr and SMDH, 
> but it does work.  I happen to be using the Aluratek USB to Serial Adapter.  
> One thing I have found is that you may have reinstall the driver after every 
> Commit of the AW.
> 
> Thanks,
> Philip Pulas
> Lead Engineer, Process Systems
> Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery
> Ph: (925) 372-3043
> Email: philip.g.pulas@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Kinsinger, Matthew R
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 8:17 AM
> To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8
> 
> We have had paperless printers for years using a serial printer going to 
> another windows box logging all the traffic with a program called Visual 
> Alert. It has always worked great for us. We send alarms, system messages, 
> OAJ's, Sequence code messages, etc all to this one place. The operators in 
> particular like it which is why I have been asked to keep it. The problem is 
> there are no serial printers at V8.8 and we have not found a solution. I have 
> asked around, and Foxboro as well as PAS said they could do it, but have not 
> been able to follow through with a proposed solution. I really want to get 
> rid of my COM10's (which will pretty much allow me to get rid of my nodebus 
> all together) and upgrade all of these units to a V8.8 compatible solution. 
> I'm ready to spend the money, but no one seems to want to do it. Anyone know 
> of a solution that will duplicate the "destination" functionality (Alarm 
> destination, MSG group, OAJ, system messages, etc) ? I'm ready to spend the 
> money, ju
>    st need someone with a working solution willing to do the work.
> Matthew Kinsinger
> Process Control Engineer
> PPG Industries
> Barberton, OH
> Office. 330-825-1208
> PPG Cell. 330-472-1454
> Fax. 330-825-8492
> mkinsinger@xxxxxxx<mailto:mkinsinger@xxxxxxx>
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