Re: [foxboro] FoxView Overlay
- From: "QUEIROLO, IGNACIO ESTEBAN" <ignacio.queirolo@xxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:09:06 +0000
I have a presentation about object visibility according the environment that I
presented at the User´s Meeting in Argentina in 2006. Alex was invited and saw
the presentation (he also made some corrections :-)). I can translate it and
send you off-list if you are interested.
Regards,
Ignacio
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Enviado el: lunes, 24 de febrero de 2014 10:15 a.m.
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Asunto: Re: [foxboro] FoxView Overlay
The init.user file can be used to do this for you.
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Alex Johnson
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On Feb 24, 2014, at 2:43 AM, Heath, Graham <Graham.Heath@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Further thought which we have used on several projects
>
> One issue with all that has been proposed is that the visibility is either
> system wide or AW wide (think of the case where you have server running 10
> FoxViews).
>
> We used a script that runs on start-up of each AW to generate a
> boulean shared variable for each DM in the form 'DMNAME'VIS. The
> Visibilty connection is in the form $DMNAMEVIS. As is the action that
> toggles the shared variable
>
> Local shared variable so no network traffic
>
> Only affects local Foxview
>
> Our script uses the dmcfg file to get the dmnames existing on each box so no
> configuration either.
>
> Cheers Graham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy
> Sent: 21 February 2014 21:48
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] FoxView Overlay
>
> Richard,
>
> Expanding on Alex's comment...
>
> For a limited number of connections, you can create a dummy CIN block with
> IOMOPT of zero that serves this purpose. Just assign the .CIN value of this
> block to the Visibility parameter of your overlays. Then you can have a
> little button on the screen that toggles the value of this CIN block from 0
> to 1. This will toggle the visibility of the objects on the screen that are
> configured with the .CIN in the Visibility field.
>
> If you want to make this a site-wide thing on many graphics, you will want to
> use a DM variable. DM variables can be created in
> d:\usr\fox\bin\data\init.user. You can create a DM variable called something
> like FOXDISPVIS, and then assign the visibility of your sub-overlays to this
> variable (using the reference $FOXDISPVIS, for example). The advantage of DM
> variables is that if you have a ton of objects configured this way, they
> won't all be taking up network bandwidth checking that CIN block each time
> the screen updates. DM variables are self-contained within the AW and the
> only resources used are CPU time and RAM. The downside is that you have to
> edit init.user on every station where you want to create and use a DM
> variable, and then maintain that edit through every Day Zero.
>
> As Alex said, the p1 through p8 DM variables also exist for things like this,
> but if you use one of these, you need to remember which one is used for which
> function. It's a little easier to maintain and understand if you declare a
> variable specifically for this function.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Coon, Richard M
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 3:01 PM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [foxboro] FoxView Overlay
>
> Is there a way to show/hide objects in overlays? I would like to use
> pushbuttons to show/hide or call up sub overlays similar to the detail
> display components.
> Regards,
>
>
>
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