Just curious - have you tried replacing the annunciator keyboard? There could possibly be some kind of hardware glitch that's allowing the AApan function to work, but not the AAtab. Shelby Jones = -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rguercio@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:17 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] foxboro Digest V8 #14 = = In a message dated 1/15/2008 12:13:19 Central Standard Time, = foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: The easiest way of detecting duplicate Compound:Block entries in the file is the following: Thanks to everybody who has responded to my problem. There is still a = problem, and here is what I have done: = I am very familiar with the loadalmpnl and prtalmpnl commands and use them = all the time. They make the panel buttons work and produce the exact file = contents I would expect. I am not having trouble with the AApan file and = key-pushing functions. My problem is: I cannot get the associated AAtab file to = be recognized (can't get alarms to light ANY LED's). = Before this last round of help, I had already checked for duplicates in the = ...AAtab file using the Excel route (and thanks everyone for the other = dup-checking utilities which I will keep in my bag of Foxboro Tricks), and I = actually started from scratch with FoxPanels configurator and set up a simple = panel. Sure enough, the AApan file created made the key-pushes work, but I could = not get any LED's to light. I verified that the ...AA... files I had = previously created had both the same name and same format as those created by = FoxPanels, thus eliminating that path. The only difference was that FoxPanels, of = course, created the <LBUG>.apc file, whereas I had never seen that file in = /usr/fox/alarms before. I thought, "aha, here is the problem, even though = dozens of other workstations have been working successfully without it for = years". Despite all this, the new ...AAtab file apparently isn't getting = recognized, as the new annunciator setup would not report any alarms to the LED's. = Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to make sure everyone understood the = situation. That given, is there any wisdom to be had? = RGC 12803 Josey Creek Ct. Cypress, TX 77433 713-805-8742 cell 281-256-1111 home office/FAX 281-256-1333 home **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=3Daolcmp00300000002489 = = _______________________________________________________________________ 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