RS3 possible topics

[Tom Turner]

All:

Part of my job responsibilties has changed to managing a large RS3
site. I've learned some interesting things which I willing to share...

1) Keeping password files in sync.
2) RNI reboot
3) RNI serial cable pinout (why you might want this)
4) RNI example programs
5) RNI FTP programs
6) Windows Task Scheduler and RS3 report archiving

Areas of current interest:

a) Bringing an SCI back to life. Has Time Sync capabilities for
matching with another master (DeltaV). Also capabilities which the RNI
does not have.

b) Historical Trending with OSI PI Historian. Customer moving to this
historian.

Let me know if any of these topics are of interest to you, and perhaps
we can start a discussion.

Tom T.

[jimmy quilty]

Hi Tom,
I would be interested in these topics.
We currently have 3 RNIs off the shelf which are not working and would
like to make one functional RNI from the 3.
We also use PI as our historian so we may be able to help each other,
Thanks,
Jimmy Quilty
Roche Clarecastle,
Ireland

[Tom Turner]

Jimmy:

I see your interest in the RNI booting. I'll organize my notes and
post in a day or two. In the meantime, I would recommend you looking
around for a RJ11 connector with 6 pins to stick in the RNI serial
port. You;ll want to wire this into a COM port on a PC so you can see
the boot up diagnostics for trouble shooting.

Looking at the RNI serial port, I call the left most conductor, pin 1,
and the right most, pin 6.

With that convention, bring RNI serial port pin 1 to pin 2 of 9 of the
PC COM port 9-Dshell connector,
bring RNI serial port pin 4 to pin 5 of 9 of the PC COM port,
and bring RNI serial port pin 6 to pin 3 of 9 of the PC COM port.

In the second post I'll include HyperTerminal settings to go with the
COM port for communications. (I understand HyperTerminal is gone in
WIndows 7, so if that is going to be your PC, you'll need a terminal
program too.)

Tom T.

[TorbjornWendt]

Tom,
I think all topics of RS3 are of interest and would be happy for your
sharing.

I have worked with RS3 for many years (since 1986) and might be able
to help with some issues.


Regards
Torbjörn Wendt


On 29 Dec 2011, 14:27, Tom Turner <tom.tur...@newenglandcontrols.com>
wrote:

[TorbjornWendt]

Hi Jimmy,

First thing to check with your RNIs is the fan, broken fans are a
common issue.
If the fans are working, connect to the maintenace port and see what
is happening during boot.
It seems that Tom is writing more details how to connect.

/Torbjörn

[Tom Turner]

I have prepared a document with a lot of my personal experiences with
the RNI. It's not finished, but due to the length, it may be a good
place to start. Any comments, corrections, or suggestions are
welcomed.

Just need to figure out how to get it on this site....

Tom

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