Hello, You can add a new Foxboro Windows workstation and connect to your network for the purpose of hosting an OPC server, however I don't think that Nodebus windows workstations are still available (I could be wrong). Or you can install Foxboro OPC server (or Matrikon OPC server for Foxboro) on a standard WinXP or Win2003 computer with and connect via 2nd Ethernet to one of your existing Nodebus AWs (or a new one). This AW will run AimAPI to provide data to Foxboro OPC server (or can run FoxAPI to provide data to Matrikon OPC server for Foxboro). You can have more than one Nodebus AW running FoxAPI. You can have both FoxAPI and AimAPI running in the same AW. If yours is a large or heavily loaded system you should be careful about the extra load another data collector may place on the system. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ainuddin Ali Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:53 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] additional station in Nodebus & FoxAPI issue hello experts we have 3 x AWs (AW1001, 1002, 1003) and 1 x WP (WP1001)..... for the purpose of Foxboro OPC server... 1) can we just add another station running either WINXP or WINDOWS SERVER 2003, get it connected to the Nodebus, install FoxAPI and straight away install Foxboro OPC server? 2) can more than 1 machine having FoxAPI installed in the Nodebus? currently only our AW1003 having FoxAPI. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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