CALCView

1. What is the Foxboro approved way to install java on a Solaris 2.5 system?

2. Any tricks in doing a windows install of java?

3. Are there any Solaris limitations in CALCView?

4. Are there any Windows limitations in CALCView?

5. How do I use Exceed (or remote workstations) with CALCView?

5. How do I create an ICC driver task dump?

1. What is the Foxboro approved way to install java on a Solaris 2.5 system?

Solaris 2.5 systems require Java 1.2.2 which is avalable from Sun (http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html). 6.1 and 6.3 (not 6.5 and higher) systems also requires the installation of 4 Solaris patches which are also available from Sun:
        103461-33     http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=103461=33
        103566-56     http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=103566=56
        103627-13     http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=103627=13
        103640-37     http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=103640=37

To install the patches use the following steps:
        - Enter single user mode
        - Install above patches
        - Reboot

2. Any tricks in doing a windows install of java?

No tricks. Just follow the instructions on Sun's web site. You can use the latest version - JRE 1.4.1 as of this writing.

3. Are there any Solaris limitations in CALCView?

The only thing wrong with CALCView on a Solaris system is a few of the dialogs get a blue border. We believe this is due to a bug in Java 1.2.2 and are looking for a way around it. However, the program is still completely functional.

4. Are there any Windows limitations in CALCView?

The icc driver task fail during an upload or a download for some unknown reason (spinit problem). We are looking into a fix or a workaround. You can manually dump blocks with the icc driver task an open them in CALCView for debugging.

** FIXED: Just make sure CALCView is on the same partition as the Foxboro system (usually D:)

5. How do I use Exceed (or remote workstations) with CALCView?

To run CALCView remotely with Exceed, use the following scripts:

1) in /usr/fox/config (called CALCView):

dmcmd script
wp_applic /Path to second script/RunCV      $DISPLAY

2) in CALCView directory or anywhere else (called RunCV):

#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -eq 0 ] then
	DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
	export DISPLAY
else
	DISPLAY=$1
	export DISPLAY
fi

cd /opt/todbaudais/CALCView/
java -jar CALCView.jar &

NOTE: Don't forget to do "chmod 777 RunCV" on the second script.

In exceed under the Screen Definitions setting, change "Default to Native" to "Native". If you don't, the title bars disappear. Be aware that Java programs running under exceed behave quite poorly. Screen updates are rather slow. However, CALCView runs just fine from remote Solaris workstations.

6. How do I create an ICC driver task dump?

I use one of two shell script depending on what I am doing. They work pretty much the same except their output is different.

The first script, DumpAllICC, dumps each of the CPs and Gateways, in turn, to the standard output. This script would typically be used to create the input for the ICCCompare program.

#!/bin/sh #This script dumps the contents of all the attached modules #to the standard output for cp in `cat /etc/cplns/` do /opt/fox/ciocfg/api/iccdrvr.tsk << EOF OPEN $cp READ iccdumper GET *:* ALL CLOSE EXIT EOF done

You would use the program like this:DumpAllICC > MyICCDump

The second script, DumpAllICCInd, dumps each CP or gateway to a separate file in a directory called "dumps" with the file name being its letterbug. This script would typically be used to create the input for the ICCReporter program since it places the file name (i.e. the Letterbug if you use this script) in the first column of the output.

#!/bin/sh #This script dumps the contents of all the attached modules #to a directory mkdir dumps for cp in `cat /etc/cplns/` do /opt/fox/ciocfg/api/iccdrvr.tsk > dumps/$cp << EOF OPEN $cp READ iccdumper GET *:* ALL CLOSE EXIT EOF done