Jason, You have received a lot of good feedback on this subject that helps answer some of my questions regarding using FSIM as a development station. We are slowly expanding our small IA system that I think you may have worked on the initial installation back in the mid-90s (my apologies if I am thinking of the wrong person). I have still been working with Tom M. and the folks in Cleveland. I have had an offline development station on my wishlist for years, and I have been thinking about having Foxboro quote an FSIM as an option on our next proposal. The consensus from the group seems to verify what I would expect - that it would be much more practical and cost effective to setup an offline hardware solution unless we are truly going to utilize all of the features of FSIM. I may still go through the exercise and ask Foxboro to provide information and quote both solutions. I would be glad to relay anything worthwhile that I learn in the process. I hope everything is going well, Tom Badura Plastics Engineering Company 920-458-2121 x3366 tbadura@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of foxpat Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:23 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] FSIM as a replacement for the AW70X >It seems like it would be cheaper to purchase a AW, switches and a CP270 and have the spares to boot< That's exactly what we did! It has it's pro's and con's but in our case it was quite a bit less expensive. P. Martens Total Raff. Ned. N.V. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Jason Wright Verzonden: vrijdag 24 oktober 2008 5:05 Aan: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: [foxboro] FSIM as a replacement for the AW70X Does any end user have experience in using FSIM as a replacement for a AW70X? Given the pricing I have received for FSIM, although it may be a more functional replacement, it doesn't seem like a practical one. It seems like it would be cheaper to purchase a AW, switches and a CP270 and have the spares to boot. I could probably also buy a car to drive it around. Perhaps I didn't use the right verbiage when I requested the quote? I had an opportunity to use FSIM a few years back. I liked it, but it is a lot more than what I currently need for simple off-line training and development (and priced accordingly). It seems like the loss of the AW70x at v 8.x is a big one to the user community, another backwards step? Let me know if someone has had a different experience. -jp __ Jason P. Wright ACE Technologies Office: (517) 507-5983 Cell: (317) 557-2846 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1742 - Release Date: 23-10-2008 15:29 _______________________________________________________________________ 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