I haven't looked at the docs yet to see what information is available from the starters. But regardless, I doubt I'll be able to talk anyone into reversing the breaker-starter order; the breaker is used to deenergize the bucket itself (and never mind the possible NEC implications). I'm probably making more out of this than is there; the bucket will remain energized if the motor is hooked up in the field regardless, to keep the dryers/heaters activated. If the motor is disconnected, say for repair, we would probably just offline (you heard it verbed here first, folks) the device in system management, which I presume would prevent it from being polled. We are hooking up a non-critical daisy-chain setup in my other plant soon, so I'll probably test some of these theories on that string. Best Regards, Corey Clingo BASF Corporation "Kevin Fitzgerrell" <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/06/2007 05:33 PM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject Re: [foxboro] FBM224-multiple slaves on one port Corey, Last time I looked at a similar project I didn't get specs until too late, but it looked like the best solution would leave the starters online with the breaker downstream. Ours had several parameters that would have been convenient to monitor even while racked out. Regards, Kevin FitzGerrell _______________________________________________________________________ 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