Re: [foxboro] Windsnows Question

  • From: Corey R Clingo <corey.clingo@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:06:14 -0500

+1.  We always have PCs in the control room for email, generating tags and 
other documentation, etc.

This also makes me think again about thin-client solutions.  I suspect 
that those thin-client boxes either don't have USB ports, or they can be 
configured not to transmit back to the server :)


Corey
 



From:
"Russ Kaiser" <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
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Date:
03/23/2011 03:19 PM
Subject:
Re: [foxboro] Windsnows Question
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Joking aside, at our facility a mouse will occasionally go bat-$#|+ and 
the
operators will unplug it and plug it back in fixing the problem.  They 
also
have access to the spare mice and keyboards.  The fact that they are 
willing
to do this at 4 AM instead of calling me is very convenient. 

We have also given them a computer (off the control network) they can log
into individually with controlled internet access.  They know the sites 
they
visit are monitored, and many types of sites are blocked, and they behave
accordingly.  If they want to slip a thumb drive into the computer and 
show
their fellow operators the fish they caught on their last vacation they 
can.
They all have plenty of work to do and for the most part I don't think
anyone abuses these privileges - division of labor and peer pressure would
prevent it.  The computer is running antivirus of course and they can't
install software.

Sometimes the best thing to do is to trust.  I know some of you probably
operate in facilities where regulations or the product you are making 
makes
this arrangement impossible, but if you don't, you might try it.  Giving
them a computer keeps them from messing with the control system boxes.


Russ

 



 
 
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