May I also humbly suggest the use of a MON block in conjunction with an IND block. In this solution the MON block monitors the alarm condition and activates the IND block upon detection of it. The IND block calls up the display. Advantages: MON block continuously runs continuously instead of looping IND block (better use of processing cycle and memory) Activation of IND block can be done in an "one-time-only" manner by means of the ACTCASES statement. (i.e. instead of continuously calling up the display on the screen on every scan the alarm condition is true, which can be terribly aggravating, you can call-up the display once then deactivate monitoring until the condition returns false at which time monitoring is again activated.) Disadvantages: Use of 2 blocks Activation and deactivation of monitoring must be carefully designed. Howard -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:30 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Calling displays with alarms To expand on the previous answer, look at HH 674 The command is: :WPNAMEDMCMD :=3D "dmcmd /usr/disp/d1"; to make the display called "d1" show up on the WP called WPNAME. Tim Lowell Control Systems Engineer ConocoPhillips Trainer Refinery (610) 364-8362 tim.c.lowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = On Behalf Of IQUEIROLOO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:00 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Calling displays with alarms Does anybody in the list know if it is possible call a process display = with an alarm? =20 Ignacio Queirolo Olivera Control Avanzado Complejo Industrial Ensenada Repsol YPF - Qu=EDmica Av. Vergara Km 2,7 (B1925AZA) - Ensenada - Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA Tel.: 54 221 429-8400 ext. 26481 Fax: 54 221 429-8400 ext. 26209 iqueiroloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:iqueiroloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20 =20 AVISO LEGAL: Esta informaci=F3n es privada y confidencial y est=E1 dirigida = =FAnicamente a su destinatario. Si usted no es el destinatario original = de este mensaje y por este medio pudo acceder a dicha informaci=F3n por = favor elimine el mensaje. La distribuci=F3n o copia de este mensaje = est=E1 estrictamente prohibida. Esta comunicaci=F3n es s=F3lo para = prop=F3sitos de informaci=F3n y no debe ser considerada como propuesta, = aceptaci=F3n ni como una declaraci=F3n de voluntad oficial de REPSOL YPF = S.A. y/o subsidiarias y/o afiliadas. La transmisi=F3n de e-mails no = garantiza que el correo electr=F3nico sea seguro o libre de error. Por = consiguiente, no manifestamos que esta informaci=F3n sea completa o = precisa. Toda informaci=F3n est=E1 sujeta a alterarse sin previo aviso.=20 This information is private and confidential and intended for the = recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message = you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or = copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is = for information purposes only and shall not be regarded neither as a = proposal, acceptance nor as a statement of will or official statement = from REPSOL YPF S.A. and/or subsidiaries and/or affiliates. Email = transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, = we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it = should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change = without notice. =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 =20 foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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