Hi
I don't know if this kind of information is allowed in these forums pages.Feel free to remove this post if I break some forum rules.
I developed a small tool capable of converting FHX file in an XML file.If you are interested, it is available at: http://www.template.fr/fr/produits/downloads.phpIt's free. You just have to signin to be able to download the zip.
I developed this tool because the Emerson one called "FhxToXml.exe" (deltav/bin folder) does not give very stable results ... when it works, sometimes.It works on FHX files from DeltaV 8, 9, 10 or 11.Developed using framework 2, it doesn't need anyelse file to run.
Enjoy it.
Thank you Jack,
The problem is that I did not manage to download it. I created a user account, but when I click download and I try to log in I get an error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method Login::getLVL() in /public_html/fr/produits/predownload.php on line 69
Istvan
In reply to István Orbán:
Jack,
This is a great idea! Any chance you'd consider releasing the source code and making it open source?
I got the same error. Not sure what the issue is.
In reply to Phil L:
István, Phil : Sorry for the problem you are experiencing, but dozens of other users was able to download the tool without problem. Have you tried changing the browser you use to ?
The error of the php page is the test if the login account has been activated.
So, you have to click the link in the mail you have received immediately after registering. Did you ?
Tyler : You're the first to share your encouragement, and I thank you.
No, this tool will stay a compiled tool because it is a part of another project I'm building around FHX auto-generation, analyzing and generate automated documents for monitoring the tracking of procedure variables across the UP and operations.
I'm a little bit disappointed with and the behavior of users who load the tool and have not enter real Ids when they register.
I was thinking a long time before deciding to offer this tool for free, rather than a licensed product.
The next ideas that are being developed will not be freeware, sure.
In reply to Jack_France:
Hi Jack,
Yes, it was some problem with the activation. I clicked the link in the e-mail again and I logged in before clicking on Download.
Now it was all OK, I could download it.
Thank you for the nice tool!
Are you planning to create another tool to convert xml back to fhx?
Just for your information, there was a discussion earlier about another conversion tool, maybe you should check it out and share your experiences with the developer: community.emerson.com/.../2087.aspx
Hi István
I'm glad that everything is back in order.
No reverse tool for two reasons:
-1 - I do not want to take responsibility for import problem in DB - too risky
-2 - In the FHX file, some items contain binary data (normal or not, I do not know how) encountered in the definition of material manufacturer. When FHX treatment to XML, these items are treated as abnormalities and resulted in replacement of the symbols (a triangle) and documented comments with binary values encountered.
These data must be manual processing (if they are interesting).
Thank you for this previous link about conversion, but sending confidential industrial configuration to the net is risky and is not suitable for large files such as a full DB that can be up to several hundred of Mb.
I test my converter with full DB export FHX file up to 218 Mb (near 15 minutes treatment).
When processing large files, we sometimes feel that the tool is fixed (stall) and seems to bug, but to avoid consuming too much memory, it processes with smallest data packets as possible, but it is sometimes necessary to grow its buffer to retrieve very large indivisible sequences, giving the impression of not advancing, but I've never had a crash.
Finally, about Emerson conversion tools provided (with no result waranty) in the deltav/bin folder, I have never generate a valid XML file with it (truncated datas, no information about successfull or abnormal completition and so on)
In reply to gtkrueger:
Thanks Greg.
My tool give correct translation.
The improvements concern only working time.
Yes, XML format is very usefull to elaborate working documentation.
I frequently use it (in Excel VBA) for a large Swiss pharma plant projects to list the recipe parameters and design their flow through the phases; a kind of batch cross-referencing.
About improvement, yes, I could easily add this kind of option, but if this tool is incorporated to an automation of information processing, it could not stay a freeware.
I take this opportunity to point out that we will shortly produce a client-server software to establish the cross-referencing of DeltaV modules and Provox points in the iFix displays (DV 8 to 12).
Currently, the product (called TCR for "Template Cross Reference") works very well, but some improvements are being made to manage, in particular, the impact of the removal of displays on the cross references database.
I'll give you more information ASAP or contact me for further information.
Regards.
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