Re: [foxboro] Adding New FCP to System and downloading via IACC.

  • From: Maks Wilde <makswilde@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 13:30:36 -0400

Tom,
I am currently away from my system so I can't verify the filenames. The
first time I setup a CP with IACC I used the document B0400BT_C - Learning
to Use IACC
It's a step by step guide which when I followed it, everything worked ok.

Hope this helps,

Maks Wilde


On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Pulas, Philip <Philip.G.Pulas@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I don't have IACC, but did you pass the Commit through more than just the
> host AW for the new FCP?  I thought IACC had one AW that kept a master
> database, something equivalent to CSA Server, but for IACC.
>
> 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 Tom VandeWater
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 10:00 AM
> To: foxboro
> Subject: [foxboro] Adding New FCP to System and downloading via IACC.
>
> To All,
>       I added a new FCP, (F270FT named CP0013), to System Definition,
> created commit disk, and successfully installed the new CP on the host AW.
> The new FCP booted up successfully and I can see it in SMDH/Sysmon.  I can
> ping CP0013 so I know the host file in C:/Windows/System32 is correct and
> being accessed.  The FTMAC Address in System Def and IP Address match what
> I see in SMDH, EQUIP INFO and I can Image Update, Reboot, and Checkpoint
> from SYSMON.  FoxSelect shows the CP and the Station and ECB compounds.
> All sounds good to this point.
>
>  The problem is this. I MUST use IACC for configuration.  I tried
> everything I could read about but still cannot successfully download the
> new FCP from IACC.  Here were my steps:
>
>  1. I have never accessed the CP via ICC, (although I really want to;<)
>
> 2. I edited the file D:/opt/fox/IACC/CoExistence/IACC-CP and added the new
> CP0013 and IP address.  The CP's previously on the system show up in there
> already and can be accessed and downloaded from IACC.
>
> 3. Reviewed D:/opt/fox/IACC/CoExistence/IACCSGsettings.dat to verify
> values for [INTERVAL] and [LOGMESSAGES] were both set to 1.  As I
> understand it "1" for INTERVAL means that once per minute the
> IACCSafeguards.exe will enforce that the stations defined in
> D:/opt/fox/IACC/CoExistence/IACC-CP
> can only be accessed via IACC.
>
> 4. I executed D:/opt/fox/IACC/bin/IACCSafeguards.exe
>
> 5. I entered IACC and tried to add the new CP to the existing IACC
> database.  I could set the IP address to match what SysDef had defined but
> the FTMAC address IACC assigned was not the same as what SYSDEF and the
> live system show.  I can't change it to be correct.
>
> 6. I generated an export disk from SysDef and tried to import it into the
> plants existing IACC database but IACC says it needs a clean/initial
> database to import the SysDef export.  Not sure how you can add a new
> station to an existing IACC database with the correct FTMAC.  Any guidance
> is appreciated.
>
> 7. I created a new database by creating a new folder in
> D:/opt/fox/IACC/Database named "My_New_DB" and then copied the files from
> D:/opt/fox/IACC/Database/EmptyDb into "My_New_DB" folder.  I could then
> import the updated SysDef into "My_New_DB" database and the the old and new
> CP's all have correct IP address and FTMAC address.
>
> 8. I open up IACC and select "My_New_DB" project but when I try to
> download to CP0013 I get this error:
>
>  "Control Station Download Agent Error. Download Failed.  Reason: OPEN
> CP0013!:ICC OPEN error: icOpenSession: OPEN ACCESS by IACC not allowed.
>
>  When I look in D:/usr/fox/sp/locks I see a file named fCP0013 which I
> know means it is locked.  If I remove that lock file from
> D:/usr/fox/sp/locks and try again the lock file reappears at the time I try
> to download from IACC.  It looks like ICC has taken ownership and won't let
> IACC access the new CP.
>
>  Is there another hidden file I need to edit to make ICC give it up?
>
>  Thanks for any help.  I assume there is an easy answer to this but
> haven't been able to find any other solution.  Surely using IACC can't be
> this difficult to achieve.
>
>  Regards,
>
> Tom VandeWater
>
> Control Conversions, Inc.
>
>
>
>
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