Re: [foxboro] remote DM's on multi-headed machine

Yeah, I said I wasn't following this thread very closely and it showed. 
I re-read Brian's original posting and he said exactly what I was 
trying to say. Duh!

Sorry about that.

Duc


At 04:20 PM 4/29/04 -0400, Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) wrote:

 >Duc,
 >
 >What you write works if and only if, the DM is not tied to a PC by the dmcfg
 >file.
 >
 >I believe Brian wants to specify the PC and the head on the PC in the dmcfg
 >file. The software that processes the dmcfg file does not allow it.
 >
 >It seems to me that we could do something by changing hi_init, but at the
 >end of the day it didn't do what we wanted.
 >
 >Regards,
 >
 >Alex Johnson
 >Invensys Systems, Inc.
 >10707 Haddington
 >Houston, TX 77043
 >713.722.2859 (voice)
 >713.722.2700 (operator)
 >713.932.0222 (fax)
 >ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx
 >For the latest information on ArchestrA, go to
 >http://www.invensys.com/Archestra.html.
 >
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
 >Behalf Of duc.do@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 >Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:30 PM
 >To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 >Subject: Re: [foxboro] remote DM's on multi-headed machine
 >
 >>It looks like the dm_wp50 program appends :0 to the ip address of dedicated
 >>machines.
 >>I guess Foxboro never anticipated remote machines with multiple heads.
 >
 >Brian,
 >
 >I haven't followed this thread closely since we're not setting dedicated DM
 >in the dmcfg file and I figured I wouldn't have anything to offer. But your
 >assertion above made me sit up and take notice.
 >
 >Like I said, we don't dedicate DM to certain remote station, but on the
 >remote side (albeit dual-headed Windows boxes in our case) we can call up a
 >DM and designate it to go to the primary or secondary display. Adding :1 to
 >the PC's nodename in the DM script call sends the DM to the secondary
 >display. Omitting :1 (or explicitly specifying :0) sends it to the primary
 >display. So, it's the long-winded way to say that it's possible to designate
 >a DM to go to certain head on a multi-head workstation, at least from the
 >calling end of it.
 >
 >(Our script to invoke the remote DM is a modified version of
 >/opt/ia/.profile mainly to smooth the communication between PCs on our LAN
 >and the 2nd Ethernet port of the 51-series boxes.)
 >
 >Hope this help a little.
 >
 >Duc
 >
 >--
 >Duc M. Do
 >Dow Corning Corp.
 >Carrollton Plant
 >Carrollton, KY, US

 
 
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