# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1043 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1044 --- ## [Eaton PXM2000 Power meter to Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-pxm2000-power-meter-to-ignition/44868)
**Author:** [@jmeyer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmeyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-pxm2000-power-meter-to-ignition/44868 "2021-03-24T17:40:10Z")
Hello, I am getting connection lost error from our Eaton power meter. The meter was firmware updated to 2.1.37 which changed the interface to HTML5 I believe. I’m using a TCP connection. It is losing the connection a… --- ## [Perspective, tooltip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tooltip/44790)
**Author:** [@Andrii.Randiuk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrii.Randiuk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tooltip/44790 "2021-03-24T17:12:19Z")
Hello friends) Can help me? I want create a tooltip(Height90px) in header, but my header must be height 70px. How I can show this tooltip under other windows? I using ignition demo project for that. --- ## [Send Email to user only if their ID is not null](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-user-only-if-their-id-is-not-null/44862)
**Author:** [@seanbuckley2698](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seanbuckley2698)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-user-only-if-their-id-is-not-null/44862 "2021-03-24T16:12:09Z")
I have the following code behind a button for deleting an object. The first email is sending, but the second email in the if statement is not. I dont want the email to be sent if the memberID is null. I am getting the me… --- ## [Multistate indicator properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator-properties/44844)
**Author:** [@vani161998](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vani161998)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator-properties/44844 "2021-03-24T15:42:47Z")
can we get curved corners and colored border in multistate indicator?? --- ## [Reading from serial port](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-from-serial-port/44861)
**Author:** [@anastasia.blinova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anastasia.blinova)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-from-serial-port/44861 "2021-03-24T15:30:22Z")
I am currently reading from serial port. My code is still rough and in script console, but generally does: with system.serial.port ("COM1", bitRate=system.serial.BIT\_RATE\_115200) as port: line = port.readLine(1000) pr… --- ## [On Startup Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-startup-issues/44644)
**Author:** [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-startup-issues/44644 "2021-03-24T14:24:05Z")
My gateway is not starting up when I reboot my PC. The ignition gateway service is set as automatic in Windows services but each time the PC is rebooted, the gateway is never started. --- ## [Client launch error!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launch-error/19198)
**Author:** [@AkikRanade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AkikRanade)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launch-error/19198 "2021-03-24T14:07:06Z")
I’m facing a serious client launching error.;- PLEASE HELP… ITS URGENT… The problem occurred when my C:\\ drive went full and I changed my database path to different drive. While restoring the backup, when I launch th… --- ## [Ignition 8.0.15 redundancy with SSL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-redundancy-with-ssl/44849)
**Author:** [@yifan.jiang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifan.jiang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-redundancy-with-ssl/44849 "2021-03-24T12:33:59Z")
Hi All: Thanks in advance for reading this post. I am trying to use ignition in redundant mode with SSL and with the self-signed certificate. while the gateway network and redundancy seems to work, after i add the gatew… --- ## [Is there any thing like Scripting/Event browser and cross referance for tags?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-thing-like-scripting-event-browser-and-cross-referance-for-tags/44835)
**Author:** [@can.coksoyler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/can.coksoyler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-thing-like-scripting-event-browser-and-cross-referance-for-tags/44835 "2021-03-24T09:39:16Z")
Hello. I’m quite new in Ignition. I’m working on a perspective project and sometimes I lose my self while finding the event that triggers something or the specific script changes a value etc. Is there any scripting/event… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Select user functions dialogue in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-select-user-functions-dialogue-in-designer/44829)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-select-user-functions-dialogue-in-designer/44829 "2021-03-24T02:07:23Z")
One thing that I always find myself doing is going back and forth between Perspective/Vision and the Scripting modules in the Designer in order to find custom functions that I want to use but can’t recall the name of or … --- ## [Sepasoft Web Service SOAP Consumer Timeout Setting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sepasoft-web-service-soap-consumer-timeout-setting/44830)
**Author:** [@dustin.cooper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dustin.cooper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sepasoft-web-service-soap-consumer-timeout-setting/44830 "2021-03-24T02:41:28Z")
Recently, some changes have been made to one of our ERP service endpoints that makes for longer back-end processing time, and I have need of a longer wait time for the response from the SOAP endpoint. I have tried chang… --- ## [Http request API works on script console but not](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-request-api-works-on-script-console-but-not/44824)
**Author:** [@Yfactor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yfactor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-request-api-works-on-script-console-but-not/44824 "2021-03-24T00:14:05Z")
Hi there, I ran a simple system.net.httpClient() with url and parameters. It worked when using a script console in designer but when I pasted the script to e.g. a button in a view or on gateway events and execute it, … --- ## [Ed25519 key pair keystore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ed25519-key-pair-keystore/44826)
**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ed25519-key-pair-keystore/44826 "2021-03-23T23:52:54Z")
One of our vendors wants us to switch to using SFTP using a key pair. Does anyone one have any tips on how to set this up in Ignition? I was thinking I need to setup a keystore and generate a keypair, but I cannot find … --- ## [What logger(s) show PLC connection losses?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-logger-s-show-plc-connection-losses/44822)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-logger-s-show-plc-connection-losses/44822 "2021-03-23T23:00:27Z")
I’m trying to see if a PLC (Logix driver, but I’d like to know for any driver for future) lost comms overnight, but I don’t know which of the 100’s (1000’s?) of loggers to look at :thinking: There reeeally needs to be s… --- ## [Barcode Scanner with Perspective text or numeric fields PC based not mobile](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-scanner-with-perspective-text-or-numeric-fields-pc-based-not-mobile/44604)
**Author:** [@Yfactor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yfactor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-scanner-with-perspective-text-or-numeric-fields-pc-based-not-mobile/44604 "2021-03-23T21:28:57Z")
Hi there, would like to know how we can collect a set of barcodes using a bluetooth barcode scanner continuously. I would like the text box to display the current barcode scanned and when they scan the next it will displ… --- ## [How to use httpGet and httpPost for API](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-httpget-and-httppost-for-api/44817)
**Author:** [@beckya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beckya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-httpget-and-httppost-for-api/44817 "2021-03-23T20:10:28Z")
I want to make a connection to a device that requires an API connection. I was informed that in order to connect to Ignition I would need to make a custom API with the httpPost and httpGet methods. The end goal is to cha… --- ## [Comments Panel selected row property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comments-panel-selected-row-property/44811)
**Author:** [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comments-panel-selected-row-property/44811 "2021-03-23T18:44:57Z")
Can I access a selected row property on the Comments Panel like on a Table component? I would like to get the ID from the selected row to pass into a popup window on mouse clicked. --- ## [How query over ignition historian for Gantt chart dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-query-over-ignition-historian-for-gantt-chart-dataset/44806)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-query-over-ignition-historian-for-gantt-chart-dataset/44806 "2021-03-23T18:10:23Z")
Hi, I have some boolean tags that represent stations connection status (true = link ok, false=offline) I want to show them on a Gantt chart. The problem is I don’t know to query, so dataset is acceptable for Gnatt char… --- ## [Ignition 8.1.3: NoRouteToHostException](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-3-noroutetohostexception/44796)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-3-noroutetohostexception/44796 "2021-03-23T17:23:44Z")
I’m developing a project using Ignition 8.1.3 (b2021030309). Today in the afternoon wrapper.log started recording the following exception every 6 seconds: Any suggestion? Thanks, regards --- ## [Can make a folder in a gateway script but cannot create report in folder?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-make-a-folder-in-a-gateway-script-but-cannot-create-report-in-folder/44794)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-make-a-folder-in-a-gateway-script-but-cannot-create-report-in-folder/44794 "2021-03-23T17:22:31Z")
I have a gateway message handler to create PDF’s. It makes new folders and then creates a PDF report and puts it inside of one of those folders. Here are the relevant parts - try: new\_folders.create.folder(destinat… --- ## [Uncertain\_IntialValue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/uncertain-intialvalue/44803)
**Author:** [@npai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/npai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/uncertain-intialvalue/44803 "2021-03-23T17:04:06Z")
Hello all, I tried my hands on the software using a test bench and I’ve been enjoying it past 2 months now. I was testing software for upgradation of our screen at our plant but few days ago I encountered a problem that… --- ## [Issue with Perspective Table Showing seconds since epoch instead of formatted date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-perspective-table-showing-seconds-since-epoch-instead-of-formatted-date/25734)
**Author:** [@mitchell-ACS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mitchell-ACS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-perspective-table-showing-seconds-since-epoch-instead-of-formatted-date/25734 "2021-03-23T16:23:29Z")
I have a table in perspective thats supposed to be showing me a date in a column, but instead it seems to be showing seconds since the epoch. I have the column render set to date, and the format specified but it doesn’t… --- ## [Perspective table column dynamic render type and viewPath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-dynamic-render-type-and-viewpath/44789)
**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-dynamic-render-type-and-viewpath/44789 "2021-03-23T13:48:24Z")
Is it possible to dynamically change the render type and viewPath for a row based on a value in the row? I’m populating the table data with a simple dict list with a name and setting. Then on a transform on the table d… --- ## [Printing missing some text](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-missing-some-text/27278)
**Author:** [@OkiePC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OkiePC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-missing-some-text/27278 "2021-03-23T13:29:02Z")
I am using 7.9.12 and a script to print the parent component. I am getting a result in which most all of the text is missing. The tag values in the result are there, but none of the labels. My print script: job = sys… --- ## [Printing Root Container...Not all Objects showing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-root-container-not-all-objects-showing/37956)
**Author:** [@Jfrantz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jfrantz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-root-container-not-all-objects-showing/37956 "2021-03-23T13:26:43Z")
I’m using system.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.parent) (print button is inside of container…hence parent.parent.) Issue is not all of my components are showing . Drop down data, couple of labels and text from mult… --- ## [system.serial.openSerialPort crashes client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-serial-openserialport-crashes-client/44792)
**Author:** [@mathieu.thibodeau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mathieu.thibodeau)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-serial-openserialport-crashes-client/44792 "2021-03-23T13:22:51Z")
hi, I’m using Ignition 7.7.4 with the serial support client module V 2.7.4, and as soon as I try to open the serial port, the client crashes. The port is not already open and not used by anything else. Any Idea? --- ## [Edit Contact info for existing users](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-contact-info-for-existing-users/44757)
**Author:** [@seanbuckley2698](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seanbuckley2698)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-contact-info-for-existing-users/44757 "2021-03-23T12:19:12Z")
I have the following code for adding contact info when creating a new user… contactInfo = {"email":self.getSibling("txtEmail").props.text} userToChange.addContactInfo(contactInfo) How would you be able to change this s… --- ## [Power table column datatype change string to date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-column-datatype-change-string-to-date/44743)
**Author:** [@Neha.kabra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Neha.kabra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-column-datatype-change-string-to-date/44743 "2021-03-23T11:59:23Z")
how to change power table datatype string to date by using power table script functions, while data binded to custom property. That data loaded from open window to that custom property with proper data headers & data inc… --- ## [Set Property Binding via Scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-property-binding-via-scripting/37568)
**Author:** [@David\_F](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_F)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-property-binding-via-scripting/37568 "2021-03-23T06:37:33Z")
My company is working on an iFix to Ignition migration procedure and we are trying to automate as much of that process as possible through scripting. We have scripts that automatically configure the drivers, build our ta… --- ## [Easy chart renderer change is not reflecting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-renderer-change-is-not-reflecting/44737)
**Author:** [@Premnath.K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Premnath.K)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-renderer-change-is-not-reflecting/44737 "2021-03-23T04:42:11Z")
Hi All, I tried changing the default renderer type (StandardXYItemRenderer) to XYStepRenderer as the value where plotted wrong in StandardXYItemRenderer. After changing the renderer type to XYStepRenderer the plotted g… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1042) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1044)