Howdy! think about OPC A&E. Works over TCP/IP, works pretty good, similar what (Windows)OS and I/A Version, whether it are Alarms, OAJ, System Alarms.. similar what collector (IMAC, Matrikon, Plain Text,...) and works redundant! Doesn't always have to be Foxray... Cheers! Richard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Neil Martin Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. April 2014 18:19 An: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8 Russ, I wonder if TAC can develop a help hint or something on how do it and get it working, because so far, the Houston office has not been successful at finding and providing a working solution to send alarms out a serial port for our V8.8 upgrade project. Conroe & Dayton , TX. Conroe ph) 936-760-6205 Dayton ph) 936-257-4212 pager) 936-522-0052 "Boulay, Russ" <Russ.Boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 04/03/2014 11:02 AM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Re: [foxboro] paperless printer at V8.8 I was in the middle of typing when Philip responded.... Mainly ...only IP printers at V8.8 was not the case..... USB printers are also supported.... And as you can see from Philip response...he has a working solution... _____________________________________________________________________________________ Russ Boulay | Schneider Electric | Invensys | United States | Support Engineering Manager Phone: +1 508 446 1769 | Mobile: +1 508 446 1769 Email: russ.boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx | Site: www.invensys.com | Address: 2000 Crow Canyon Place Suite 170, 94583 San Ramon, California, United States *** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pulas, Philip Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 8:58 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> [ppg-logo-corp-signature] _______________________________________________________________________ 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. 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