I've done something like this: IN HF8 PRP RO01 The first line tells the CALCA block that you are interested in the first 5 RInn inputs (F8 = 11111000). The second line tells the block to propagate errors on any of those inputs to the specified output (RO01 in this case). You can then set MBADOP on the PIDA appropriately, as someone already mentioned. It has worked well enough in the applications I've used it for. Corey Clingo BASF Corporation "Ron Schafer" <rschafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/02/2008 10:10 AM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [foxboro] Hmmm.... So my latest problem is like this.. I have 5 ain blocks that feed a calca (RI01-RI05) and get summed and divided by five. This output is sent to a PIDA as the Meas. The process eng wants the block to go to manual if any transmitter goes to a bad status. I thought I could "OR" the blksta from the ain blocks and send it to the pida's bad status bit along with mbad in the PIDA. Does anyone know how to connect bcalci bad status or have a better solution? _______________________________________________________________________ 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