# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=101 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [Control Windows related action through Ignition client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638)
**Author:** [@namrathae02](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/namrathae02)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638 "2025-12-05T13:35:49Z")
Hello everyone, I’m looking for a way to control Windows-level actions from within the Ignition Vision Client. Scenario When a user presses Ctrl + Alt + Delete, Windows shows the black security screen. I want to preve… --- ## [Iec 60870–5‑104](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-60870-5-104/112639)
**Author:** [@venkatesan.a](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/venkatesan.a)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-60870-5-104/112639 "2025-12-05T10:22:23Z")
Hi Are there any drivers available to get data to ignition via IEC 608705-104 If its not , what would be the best alternative to get the data in to Ignition from this protocols? Thank you. --- ## [Disable/enable row selection in table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-enable-row-selection-in-table/112618)
**Author:** [@mmadariaga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mmadariaga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-enable-row-selection-in-table/112618 "2025-12-05T08:59:40Z")
Hello, I've got a button with this action: def runAction(self, event): self.view.custom.enable\_selection = False import time time.sleep(0.1) self.view.custom.enable\_selection = True With the sleep, it w… --- ## [\[IGN-15025\] Prevent invalid character | in tag provider name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15025-prevent-invalid-character-in-tag-provider-name/112587)
**Author:** [@jahb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jahb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15025-prevent-invalid-character-in-tag-provider-name/112587 "2025-12-05T08:02:50Z")
We have a situation where a user accidentally used a ‘|‘ character in the name of a tag provider and now the gateway throws null pointer exceptions and it won’t start up. And there seems to be no way of fixing it? This… --- ## [MQTT Distributor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-distributor/112635)
**Author:** [@jpreese246](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jpreese246)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-distributor/112635 "2025-12-05T05:15:20Z")
I am trying to understand the limitations of the MQTT Distributor module. I understand it has a 50 device/client limit. What counts as a client/device? Would the Ignition server itself count as 1 device/client and the… --- ## [Need Menu Tree to stop pushing other elements to the right](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-menu-tree-to-stop-pushing-other-elements-to-the-right/112632)
**Author:** [@CTrenkamp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CTrenkamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-menu-tree-to-stop-pushing-other-elements-to-the-right/112632 "2025-12-05T01:58:17Z")
I am using a Menu Tree in a page configuration header but when I click on it the other components are pushed to the right. I have seen it work where the menu appears below the element in other applications using the same… --- ## [Gateway Webpage goes away after inital setup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-webpage-goes-away-after-inital-setup/112630)
**Author:** [@colethorton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/colethorton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-webpage-goes-away-after-inital-setup/112630 "2025-12-04T23:22:09Z")
I originally had ignition set on this machine and licensed as a back up. It shutdown and wouldn’t start back up, just kept faulting. So I uninstalled. Removed the install directory and reinstalled. I can get to the start… --- ## [OPC Case Sensitivity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-case-sensitivity/112633)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-case-sensitivity/112633 "2025-12-04T22:08:44Z")
Coming from Wonderware and FactoryTalk I have noticed that some tag connections from Wonderware or FactoryTalk use all caps for tags that are not actually all caps and then when I “move” the tag connection over to Igniti… --- ## [Powerchart causing network spikes when viewing long time horizons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-causing-network-spikes-when-viewing-long-time-horizons/112623)
**Author:** [@Sean\_Glantz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sean_Glantz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-causing-network-spikes-when-viewing-long-time-horizons/112623 "2025-12-04T21:01:30Z")
Running Ignition Cloud Edition on AWS with an RDS on the same VPC as history provider. My power chart defaults to “last 4 hours” and “realtime” when a user opens the powerchart for the first time in perspective. The dat… --- ## [Help with NTLM Authentication and POST commands in 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-ntlm-authentication-and-post-commands-in-8-3/112465)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Martineau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lynn_Martineau)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-ntlm-authentication-and-post-commands-in-8-3/112465 "2025-12-04T20:10:31Z")
I need to make API calls to a system that will only allow authentication via NTLM in Ignition 8.3. After being authenticated, I need to POST to two APIs as an authenticated user. I’m writing a Project Library script th… --- ## [Global keywod in project scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-keywod-in-project-scripting/112625)
**Author:** [@michael.ruel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.ruel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-keywod-in-project-scripting/112625 "2025-12-04T19:22:42Z")
I have a Vision project script that has declared a number of dictionaries using the python global keyword like below. I have read that it is not advised to do this in Ignition. The intent of this is to interact locally… --- ## [\[CVE-2025-55182\] React vulnerabilty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cve-2025-55182-react-vulnerabilty/112621)
**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cve-2025-55182-react-vulnerabilty/112621 "2025-12-04T17:00:20Z")
Can someone from IA give some comment whether Perspective is affected by this? --- ## [Pass data out of subview back to originating table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-data-out-of-subview-back-to-originating-table/37475)
**Author:** [@YF129701](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YF129701)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-data-out-of-subview-back-to-originating-table/37475 "2025-12-04T15:25:57Z")
I have a table with some data and I have a SubView attached to each row of the table. The SubView is a very simple view with a table in it that receives an ID from the first table and does a sub-query based on whatever r… --- ## [PLC backup in ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-backup-in-ignition/112617)
**Author:** [@frank.garcia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/frank.garcia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-backup-in-ignition/112617 "2025-12-04T15:21:17Z")
Hi All. First post for me. We are currently using ignition for our Building Management System. Is there a way that we can do PLC backups (Siemens and Allen Bradley) utilizing ignition? I am mainly looking to do a comple… --- ## [Perspective table not accepting edits](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-accepting-edits/82340)
**Author:** [@wdfus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wdfus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-not-accepting-edits/82340 "2025-12-04T15:11:11Z")
My question is similar to this one, Not able to edit Ignition Perspective table. I have a table that has a query binding with the return format being a dataset. (not polling). The edit box appears but when I hit the e… --- ## [Determine is OPC is using failover source](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/determine-is-opc-is-using-failover-source/36952)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/determine-is-opc-is-using-failover-source/36952 "2025-12-04T14:37:37Z")
Hello all, We have a redundant gateway connected on two IGS server. One IGS is the primary OPC server and the other one is a failover. How to know if Ignition is using the primary IGS of the failover one? A tga somewhe… --- ## [Displaying Keyence Camera Livefeed in Ignition Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-keyence-camera-livefeed-in-ignition-vision/112606)
**Author:** [@NoahChan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NoahChan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-keyence-camera-livefeed-in-ignition-vision/112606 "2025-12-04T14:36:20Z")
Hi Ignition community. This is my first time using Ignition, and currently I am struggling to learn how am I able to display another app interface inside Ignition As the image shows, this is Cognex vision control, sh… --- ## [Why I am facing an issue where writing to the PLC tags happens quickly, but reading the tag values has a very big delay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-i-am-facing-an-issue-where-writing-to-the-plc-tags-happens-quickly-but-reading-the-tag-values-has-a-very-big-delay/112613)
**Author:** [@nandhakumar.baskaran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nandhakumar.baskaran)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-i-am-facing-an-issue-where-writing-to-the-plc-tags-happens-quickly-but-reading-the-tag-values-has-a-very-big-delay/112613 "2025-12-04T14:27:35Z")
I am facing an issue where writing to the PLC OPC tags happens quickly, but reading the tag values has a significant delay. This is my Tag group settings this is showing overload, I am having this much tags 18945… --- ## [V8.3.1 JXBrowserUtil - Failed to extract Chromium binaries](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-1-jxbrowserutil-failed-to-extract-chromium-binaries/112596)
**Author:** [@cmaynes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmaynes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-1-jxbrowserutil-failed-to-extract-chromium-binaries/112596 "2025-12-04T14:18:28Z")
Version: v8.3.1 GUI Module: Vision We just migrated from v7.9.21 to v8.1.48 to v8.3.1 on our DEV server and then backed that up and restored it to our QAS server and started seeing this error. There is no web browser m… --- ## [History Manager is not licensed for storage](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/history-manager-is-not-licensed-for-storage/110789)
**Author:** [@gabosm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gabosm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/history-manager-is-not-licensed-for-storage/110789 "2025-12-04T11:58:39Z")
Hello, I am running into an issue where I have configured a Tag History database that appears to be running fine. After adding a particular tag to historical trending via the Tag Editor, I am not seeing any data being mo… --- ## [Perspective : How can do Pop-up dashboard?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-do-pop-up-dashboard/112608)
**Author:** [@soontosr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/soontosr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-do-pop-up-dashboard/112608 "2025-12-04T09:24:14Z")
How can do Pop-up dashboard ? for see the trend of value. , example in the picture. --- ## [OPC Browser won't display connections anymore, times out](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-browser-wont-display-connections-anymore-times-out/112605)
**Author:** [@stephanie.dsouza](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stephanie.dsouza)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-browser-wont-display-connections-anymore-times-out/112605 "2025-12-04T02:51:48Z")
Hi, I’ve been selecting tags from OPC connections without a problem for months, but for some reason the browser stopped displaying them earlier today. When I hit refresh, I get a timeout exception. This seems to affect … --- ## [Ignition 8.3 Siemens Enhanced Driver OPC Item Path Syntax](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-siemens-enhanced-driver-opc-item-path-syntax/112604)
**Author:** [@ian2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-siemens-enhanced-driver-opc-item-path-syntax/112604 "2025-12-04T01:12:06Z")
Hi all, I am using Ignition 8.3 with the Siemens Enhanced driver with S7 symbolic communication to an S7-1500 and came across some unexpected behavior with the OPC item paths that I wanted to clarify. I am copying over … --- ## [UDT parameter names containing special characters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameter-names-containing-special-characters/112521)
**Author:** [@PatrickB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameter-names-containing-special-characters/112521 "2025-12-03T21:36:36Z")
Can anyone help me with the correct way to ensure the correct parameter name (with period “.”) is passed/parsed through a system.tag.readBlocking /.writeBlocking command so I can update the parameter individually? Back… --- ## [Ignition File Brower Default Location](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599)
**Author:** [@parker.hedrick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/parker.hedrick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599 "2025-12-03T20:17:41Z")
Hi, Having an issue with the file browser in ignition (when adding pictures, looking for a file to import, etc) defaulting to a network location that freezes my designer, forcing me to close and reopen. Is there any way… --- ## [Graphic orientation issue tied to user log out or log in](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/graphic-orientation-issue-tied-to-user-log-out-or-log-in/112598)
**Author:** [@Jordan\_Saneholtz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jordan_Saneholtz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/graphic-orientation-issue-tied-to-user-log-out-or-log-in/112598 "2025-12-03T19:17:25Z")
I’m looking for assistance troubleshooting an unusual issue in Ignition Vision 8.1.47. When logging in or out while viewing a screen that contains .PNG graphics, the client is returned to the main screen. After navigatin… --- ## [How friendly are svg with updates?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-friendly-are-svg-with-updates/112597)
**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-friendly-are-svg-with-updates/112597 "2025-12-03T18:45:34Z")
Hi! I'm starting to use svg to small things in our project. It all started when I discovered this. Just wondering how update friendly are those things. Not saying they break, but what about missalign or things like th… --- ## [\[IGN-14525\]Ignition v8.3.1 Vision Client - Buffering Capacity Exceeded Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14525-ignition-v8-3-1-vision-client-buffering-capacity-exceeded-error/112595)
**Author:** [@cmaynes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmaynes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14525-ignition-v8-3-1-vision-client-buffering-capacity-exceeded-error/112595 "2025-12-03T17:09:28Z")
Version: v8.3.1 GUI Module: Vision We keep seeing the following error in the logs sporadically in our vision client apps after upgrading from v8.1.48 to v8.3.1. The vision client is ultimately able to launch just fine,… --- ## [Jog Button on Touchscreen HMI in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jog-button-on-touchscreen-hmi-in-perspective/87295)
**Author:** [@Carly\_Jankowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carly_Jankowski)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jog-button-on-touchscreen-hmi-in-perspective/87295 "2025-12-03T15:57:20Z")
Hi everyone, I have a jog button on a touch screen HMI that is hosting my perspective session. The goal is that when I hold the button down, the machine will jog until I release the button. With the help of a past forum… --- ## [Selected row background color not changing fully when using subview](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selected-row-background-color-not-changing-fully-when-using-subview/112594)
**Author:** [@mmadariaga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mmadariaga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selected-row-background-color-not-changing-fully-when-using-subview/112594 "2025-12-03T15:30:41Z")
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