Stan, You can't get there from here. The FBM224 and its FDSI equivalents do "standard" Modbus and strings are not standard. They may be common, but they aren't part of the normal standard. The only options that I can suggest are: 1) Use DI30 based Modbus Integrator with the FD blocks. These blocks take in the entire message and allow you to parse it. 2) Upgrade to a CP270/FDSI FBM and get a custom driver. The one feature that was lost in the move from DI30 to CP/FDSI is the ability to bring a raw message into the CP and parse it with FD blocks. Something equivalent can be done in the FDSI with a custom driver, but there is no mechanism to bring the original message into the CP for parsing. I wish I could be of more help. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Systems, Inc. 10900 Equity Drive Houston, TX 77041 713.329.8472 (voice) 713.329.1700 (fax) 713.329.1600 (switchboard) alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of stan Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:37 AM To: Foxboro List Subject: [foxboro] FW: Fw: SCADA Points I need to aquire data from some equipment via an FBM224. This dat is really a text string. I want to log the text string to a flat file on disk. I'm wondering how the best way to apraoch this will be. I've atached some details if the data below. Sequence of Events (SER) - Collected into the communications processor via = ASCII SER message: Parsed as a character string each character requires a = register :17,920 registers per 351A = Includes a text record of up to the last 512 point changes. Each point = will include record number (1 - 512), date (mth/day/yr), time = (hr:min:sec:msec), element (name 6 characters max), and state (asserted or = Deasserted). = You also may consider having the remote system logging into each relay = periodically and issuing the ASCII SER message and parsing the character string into a file instead of having the communications processor have to = store and forward them. It may also be possible to Flex parse the SER into = the communication processor meaning we can break apart the SER report into = integers, floats, and characters and send them over the SCADA where they would need to be reconstructed into a useful format. With the flex parse solution each SER point would consist of 6 integers, 1 float, and 20 = characters. = -- = I'm sorry, no one here has any intentions of helping you with anything. = I am the manager of all of Customer Service." = _______________________________________________________________________ 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=3Djoin to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave = Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any associated files are intended solely for the individual= or entity to whom they are addressed. Please do not copy it or use it for = any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Further, this e= -mail and any associated files may be confidential and further may be legal= ly privileged. This email is from the Invensys Process Systems business uni= t of Invensys plc which is a company registered in England and Wales with i= ts registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF = (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within t= he Invensys Process Systems business group, please click here http://www.in= vensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=3D77&nav_id=3D80&prev_id=3D77. If you have received this e-mail in error, you are on notice of its status.= Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message = from your system. Thank you for your co-operation. You may contact our Help= desk on +44 (0)20 7821 3859 / 2105 or email inet.hqhelpdesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx T= his e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any a= greements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the= recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). _______________________________________________________________________ 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