I have a follow-up question on this. We have a sequence block that kicks off a script file every 30 seconds which records the value of some important totalizers into a text file. The idea is, if the CP should fail and set the totalizers to zero, this sequence block will run upon the initialization of the CP and read the text file it has been writing to every 30 seconds and omset the totalizer values back to what they should be. This works well, but the problem is, the sequence code uses the :AW0101DMCMD call to kick off the script, and every time it does, this gets recorded to the OAJ. This means there are 2880 useless messages per day in the OAJ. Is there a way to kick off a script from a sequence block so that no message gets recorded to the OAJ? This script uses wp_applic to invoke the script, and I was wondering if using just applic would work better. Does anyone know? Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri Oct 19 21:29:42 2007 Subject: Re: [foxboro] hlbl msglin If memory serves, the object is to have the Sequence block set the DM/FV variable "DMCMD" with the text of a display manager command. That variable can be accessed from outside the DM/FV by using a name which is the DM/FV name followed by the variable name "DMCMD". So, for FoxView name 05WP01, the variable is named 05WP01DMCMD. In Sequence code an OM name is preceded by ":", so the statement to set it is: : 05WP01DMCMD := "dmcmd msglin Hola" Be careful to remember that if the DM/FV instance isn't running, the Sequence block gets a -1 error (because the variable doesn't exist), also that it will fail the same way if the DM/FV station is dead or is rebooting, etc. There are also some nodebus conditions which can also make the command fail, at least temporarily, so it is a good idea to have an error handler. William C Ricker FeedForward, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Schafer Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:17 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] hlbl msglin Does anyone know the command for hlbl (ind block) to send text to the message line? Ronald G. Schafer Distrubuted Controls System Administrator White Birch Paper Bear Island L.L.C. Division 10026 Old Ridge Rd. Ashland Va. 23005 804-227-4034 Email: rschafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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