If they are using AIM*Historian, there is a scriptable version of the Data Display HMI that you can use. It will return only 8 tags at a time, but you can invoke it from a script for as many tags as you want. You can see the full list of command line arguments by running histdisp.exe without any arguments. I'll send you a screen capture off list, but here's an example: histdisp.exe -NM=3D"Example Report" \ -T1=3D"TRENDVARS:FIC3915.PNT" -H1=3Dhist01 -S1=3D01AW01 \ -T2=3D"TRENDVARS:LIC3901.PNT" -H2=3Dhist01 -S2=3D01AW01 \ -T3=3D"TRENDVARS:PIR3922.PNT" -H3=3Dhist01 -S3=3D01AW01 \ -T4=3D"TRENDVARS:TIC3908.PNT" -H4=3Dhist01 -S4=3D01AW01 \ -SD=3D"03/03/2005" -SH=3D14 -SM=3D00 \ -TS=3D"6 hrs" -IT=3D"30 mins" -DT=3Dlinear \ -OF=3D"ReportOutput.txt" 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 Kondapi Veera Siva Rama Brahmam Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:02 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Scripts for getting historical data from FOXBORO Hi Guys, Please save me from spending lot of time to pull out the historical data from the FOXBORO DCS as we need it for basecase for a PID tuning project. Our client do not have the DataLink software. Client suggested us to pull data from traditional tool to pull data up to 1200 samples at a time and for only 8 tags at a time. This way we need to spend about a week to pull the data that we need. I heard that there are some sripts/utilities to get the historical data pulled out into ascii file. please suggest me any of such a script or utility Thanks K.V. Siva Rama Brahmam = = _______________________________________________________________________ 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