Get the CP sizing spreadsheet and enter the data for your CP. The refs toolkit on the Cassandra web site has an output mode that can help. The sizing spreadsheet is in the standard documentation on the TAC web site. The family of spreadsheets can be found in the Planning section. B0193BF G Allen-Bradley Gateway Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 49 KB B0193BF G Allen-Bradley Station Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 47 KB B0193BF G Control Processor 10 (CP10) Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 81 KB B0193BF G Allen-Bradley Integrator Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 50 KB B0193BF G Control Processor 30 (CP30) Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 123 KB B0193BF G Control Processor 40 (CP40) Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 124 KB B0193BF G INTERSPEC Integrator Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 63 KB B0193BF G Modicon Gateway Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 49 KB B0193BF G Modicon Integrator Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 50 KB B0193BF G Instrument Gateway Spreadsheet (.xls) 03/30/01 51 KB B0400BK C Control Processor 60 (CP60) Sizing Guidelines and Excel Workbook 10/04/02 524 KB B0400BK C Control Processor 60 (CP60) Spreadsheet (.xls) 10/04/02 327 KB Other documents there include: B0193AB V Site Planning 03/28/03 4.4 MB B0193BF G System Planning and Sizing 03/30/01 1.1 MB B0193UU F European Union CE-Mark Compliance Manual 03/30/01 744 KB B0193UX H Network Cable Systems Planning 03/28/03 1.4 MB If you mean on-line, you can use the station block. You can build a graphic that shows the data for all of your CPs on one page and you can configure it to turn collection on and off. Hope this helps. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Process Systems Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (voice) 713.722.2700 (switchboard) 713.932.0222 (fax) ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BrianLong Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:30 PM To: Foxboro Subject: [foxboro] CP Loading Does anyone have a good rule of thumb to check CP loading without spending lots of time. Thanks, Brian AKD _______________________________________________________________________ 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