Re: [foxboro] Protecting FoxView Environments using '.pulldown' Files
- From: "Boulay, Russ" <Russ.Boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:13:16 -0500
FoxView can do what you are looking for.
First FoxView does work with .pulldown file for menu bar buttons tied to
directories like /usr/fox/config where ICC and FoxDraw resides.
So FoxDraw can be protected which was asked further down in email trail.
Secondly, as to environments...
FoxView doesn't need .pulldown for actual drop down menus.... it has a built-in
.mnu alternative.
As example if I create a Change_Env.mnu file I can add that to the Menu Bar
Example of Change_Env.mnu file:
pulldown foxview menu
"Process_Eng" "script /opt/fox/env/Process_Eng.env" -p 100
"Operator" "script /opt/fox/env/Operator.env"
First line establishes the built in pulldown command
Second line puts a Process_Eng label in the pulldown and also disables
selection Process_Eng environment (protected)
Third line puts a Operators label in the pulldown and will allows selection of
Operator_Env (unprotected)
Caution:
Calling environments this way would bypass the password dialog box as then the
perception would be that if you are allowing or disallowing from the
menu...then a password prompt is not needed.
I'm currently looking at a lab system where both above approaches are applied.
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] Protecting FoxView Environments using '.pulldown' Files
Martin,
I definitely suggest entering a PER to add the .pulldown type functionality for
the FoxView environments to limit certain ones from being pickable like they
were with DM. It is a feature that I very much miss, and I could swear that I
already entered a PER for it several years ago, however I could not find it our
site's PER list on the TAC website.
But then again, the PER list seemed to only show most recent 41 PERs from the
last few years, so I don't know what happened to all of the older ones.
Conroe & Dayton , TX.
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Alex & Co.,
Well I gave it a try and then involved GCS. The net result is that
currently, in FoxView, we cannot use '.pulldown' files to protect access
to Environments like we can with Display Manager. GCS have suggested that
we raise a PER if we want this feature to be considered for a future
release.
Regards,
Martin Theobald
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From: "Johnson, Alex P (IOM)" <Alex.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 08/02/2013 15:22
Subject: Re: [foxboro] PASSWORD FOR FOXDRAW CHANGES
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I don't know. I've never tried it.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
Invensys Operations Management
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Houston, TX 77041
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+1 713 329 1600 (operator)
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] PASSWORD FOR FOXDRAW CHANGES
Alex,
I should really try this but I'll ask instead, on MS Windows boxes, can
you make use of a '.pulldown' file in the directory that holds the
environment files for FoxView? The idea would be to prevent some
environments from being selected from others.
Regards,
Martin Theobald
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From: "Johnson, Alex P (IOM)" <Alex.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 08/02/2013 13:21
Subject: Re: [foxboro] PASSWORD FOR FOXDRAW CHANGES
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You can also create a .pulldown in the config directory to require that a
particular access class is open before accessing the config directory. You
would then have an environment that opens that class and all the others
will close is.
You can also buy the smallest license of FoxCTS and get support for
individual users and specific environments for them. We don't charge by
the workstation for FoxCTS so if you aren't tracking CP changes, you can
buy just the small license. It also supports inactivity log outs.
Finally, if you buy FoxCTS you can track users to CP changes.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
Invensys Operations Management
10900 Equity Drive
Houston, TX 77041
+1 713 329 8472 (desk)
+1 713 329 1600 (operator)
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On Behalf Of Dimitris Legakis
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 3:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] PASSWORD FOR FOXDRAW CHANGES
Hello,
I have I/A series under windows XP.
We did it the same way, using an "operator" environment without the
foxdraw
in the menu. only "engineer" environment with the appropriate password has
access to Foxdraw.
2013/2/8 Dirk Pauwels <dirk.pauwels@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I haven't tried it on windows yet, we went full windows in dec last
year,
> and the environments were configured by Invensys, but this is how I
would
> do it assuming you're on a windows system:
>
> Create an environment where you leave out the foxdraw utility (
> usr/fox/config) from the pull down menu's (and all other stuff you don't
> want unauthorized guys to mess with)
> Use this environment for your non authorized personell, ie as initial
> environment after a boot up
> Put a password on the other environments (ie Proc Eng_Env) where you do
> have foxdraw, config (ICC, IACC etc)
>
> You can find the environments in /opt/customer/env or /opt/fox/env. Have
a
> look at the different settings for menu bars, pull down menu's etc
(.acl,
> .dbr., .mbr,.env)
> To change the password you can probably still use the dmsepass utility
in
> /usr/fox/wp/bin/tools
> Syntax used to be like this: (Haven't tried it in windows though)
> dmsepass environment -p paswoord -d environment (where environment is
the
> environment name you want to password protect.)
>
> You can also use protect values in menu's to enable or disable
functions,
> but in this case the seperate environment seems best suited for me.
>
> Rgds,
> Dirk
>
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> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of RAKESH DASH
> Sent: vrijdag 8 februari 2013 8:59
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [foxboro] PASSWORD FOR FOXDRAW CHANGES
>
> Hi List,
> Anyway we can put password for Foxdraw. So that not all can edit the HMI
> screens. Only authorized people do it.
> Regards,
> - Rakesh
>
>
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