# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1398 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1399 --- ## ["Gateway Comm Mode is not Read/Write" error in clients?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-comm-mode-is-not-read-write-error-in-clients/16514)
**Author:** [@jeffkrol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeffkrol)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-comm-mode-is-not-read-write-error-in-clients/16514 "2018-01-08T22:34:11Z")
I have been noticing this problem on a big project of ours. Occasionally users of our client are reporting that sometimes when they click a button/field that executes a write to the PLC, they get an error that says "Gate… --- ## [Can an expression tag be shelved?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-an-expression-tag-be-shelved/16521)
**Author:** [@adolfo.rafael.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adolfo.rafael.martin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-an-expression-tag-be-shelved/16521 "2018-01-08T20:55:58Z")
Hi; Can an expression tag be shelved? --- ## [Get Values from Int Array](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-values-from-int-array/16511)
**Author:** [@hassferterst56889](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hassferterst56889)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-values-from-int-array/16511 "2018-01-08T17:20:35Z")
Hello is there a way to get the values of a Int array from a Siemens SPS 1515 over the Ignition OPC UA server? We only get the first Value and differented into bits. What should we change to get the Values itself?? … --- ## [Ad hoc trending range property is not scaling uniformly for different tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hoc-trending-range-property-is-not-scaling-uniformly-for-different-tags/16515)
**Author:** [@prithvidesai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prithvidesai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hoc-trending-range-property-is-not-scaling-uniformly-for-different-tags/16515 "2018-01-08T17:03:50Z")
Ad hoc charting range property is not scaling uniformly for different tags. For e.g. we have two temperature tags one with the range of 0-500 and other with 0-100. After dragging from tag browse tree to the chart, the fi… --- ## [system.db.runPrepUpdate with variables](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-runprepupdate-with-variables/16478)
**Author:** [@tbackus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tbackus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-runprepupdate-with-variables/16478 "2018-01-08T16:23:04Z")
Ok, having a brain fart here..... How do I call an update query with multiple variables?? sn = some tag cav = some number id = some tag system.db.runPrepUpdate('UPDATE QC\_Sample\_Measurements SET SnapID = sn WHERE c… --- ## [Thread lock on tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/thread-lock-on-tags/16506)
**Author:** [@connormaynes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/connormaynes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/thread-lock-on-tags/16506 "2018-01-08T01:29:46Z")
I'm trying to build a multi-threaded application in ignition where I have a set of workers and they pull from a data set 2 of jobs. Currently I have the issue that the real rights the tag are not thread locks so I am the… --- ## [IA\_university question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ia-university-question/16410)
**Author:** [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ia-university-question/16410 "2018-01-06T11:54:17Z")
What’s the write answer !! --- ## [Displaying information from a network folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-information-from-a-network-folder/16491)
**Author:** [@dholt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dholt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-information-from-a-network-folder/16491 "2018-01-05T20:47:51Z")
Greetings, I apologize if this has been asked/answered before perhaps I have just failed in the "Search" department, but I did not find an answer to my search. We currently use a disastrous set up of chrome casting compu… --- ## [Dropdown component Property change script triggered multiple times](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-component-property-change-script-triggered-multiple-times/16494)
**Author:** [@jbb5310](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jbb5310)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-component-property-change-script-triggered-multiple-times/16494 "2018-01-05T20:27:37Z")
I have a script component based upon a property change on a dropdown component. I have a simple print selected label system.gui.messagebox("","") for some reason the script runs twice whenever I select a different i… --- ## [Fingerprint scan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-scan/12421)
**Author:** [@Mr.K001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mr.K001)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-scan/12421 "2018-01-05T20:17:16Z")
Hey guys, I was just curious if any of you have tried to implement a fingerprint scanning process with Ignition. we are trying to move forward with using those and I was trying to figure out if they will work with Igniti… --- ## [Looking for Suggestions on putting multiple tag data in a DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-putting-multiple-tag-data-in-a-db/16489)
**Author:** [@Mr.K001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mr.K001)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-putting-multiple-tag-data-in-a-db/16489 "2018-01-05T17:25:18Z")
Hey everyone, Looking for some opinions. I have bunch of tags I'm monitoring, cycle times and fault bits and stuff like that, I want to put them in their proper table based on different triggers for example when cycle ti… --- ## [Interrupt/Stop infinite loop in script console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interrupt-stop-infinite-loop-in-script-console/16484)
**Author:** [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interrupt-stop-infinite-loop-in-script-console/16484 "2018-01-05T17:14:23Z")
Hi, Is there a way to interrupt or stop a running script in the script console stuck in an infinite loop? So far I had to close down the designer to end the loop. Pythons own interrupt is supposed to be 'Ctrl + C', but… --- ## [Chart Mode via scripting?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-mode-via-scripting/16452)
**Author:** [@albetro.15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/albetro.15)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-mode-via-scripting/16452 "2018-01-05T17:11:38Z")
I've been looking in the documentation but i cant seem to find the way to do this. Basically in a chart when right clicking we get a popup menu that allows us to change the 'mode' or functioning of the mouse. Is there a … --- ## [User Management component can create duplicate users](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-can-create-duplicate-users/9443)
**Author:** [@Pat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-can-create-duplicate-users/9443 "2018-01-05T16:17:43Z")
It's possible for the User Management component to create duplicate users. The problem seems to be that when the User Management component is checking for valid user names it's only validating against the user names it … --- ## [CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cors-access-control-allow-origin/16427)
**Author:** [@adolfo.rafael.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adolfo.rafael.martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cors-access-control-allow-origin/16427 "2018-01-05T15:30:39Z")
How can I add a head e.g. Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://www.somesite.com to the response that is sent by the Webdev module? --- ## [How do I draw some strings that can be copied?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-draw-some-strings-that-can-be-copied/16472)
**Author:** [@guanghui](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/guanghui)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-draw-some-strings-that-can-be-copied/16472 "2018-01-05T15:27:05Z")
Hello,I have draw a flow chart in Paintable Cavans, and the string was drawed by java2d drawString(str,x,y) . but I would like to make the strings could be selected and copied,does anyone know how to do it? --- ## [Link to a project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-to-a-project/16479)
**Author:** [@k.jain](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/k.jain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-to-a-project/16479 "2018-01-05T13:56:11Z")
Is there a way to generate a link of a project on ignition? I am looking to send a link of a particular project to my coworkers to download it. --- ## [Get Data Type from Tag Path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-data-type-from-tag-path/16481)
**Author:** [@larryjones](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/larryjones)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-data-type-from-tag-path/16481 "2018-01-05T12:58:32Z")
If I have a string specifying the full path (e.g., FolderStructure/InstanceName) to a UDT instance, how can I get the data type of the UDT instance? I found the user manual information for the system.tag.browseConfigura… --- ## [Vision Window opened event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-window-opened-event/16387)
**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-window-opened-event/16387 "2018-01-05T09:34:23Z")
Hello all, Currently trying to pre select a row in a Power Table using a custom property on the window opened event. Just got one issue though. I can't use any of the system. functions in this event. Getting errors like … --- ## [Table and paintable canvas Object refresh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-and-paintable-canvas-object-refresh/16412)
**Author:** [@mgraham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgraham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-and-paintable-canvas-object-refresh/16412 "2018-01-05T05:18:30Z")
I have a simple question. I use things like tables and the paintable canvas, and find i have to use a kludge to get them to refresh when I want them to. Is it possible to add a refresh method? I dislike using kludges b… --- ## [Milliseconds to Hour:Minutes:Seconds format (double digits)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/milliseconds-to-hour-minutes-seconds-format-double-digits/9512)
**Author:** [@Gratliff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gratliff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/milliseconds-to-hour-minutes-seconds-format-double-digits/9512 "2018-01-04T21:44:24Z")
Thanks to njsd on a post in another topic, I found this solution to converting milliseconds to Hours:Minutes:Seconds via an expression. It works very well (Thanks njsd) . Make a label, and then tie the value to the fo… --- ## [Using Tree View to display SQL Tags for use in Easy Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-tree-view-to-display-sql-tags-for-use-in-easy-chart/4405)
**Author:** [@cgele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cgele)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-tree-view-to-display-sql-tags-for-use-in-easy-chart/4405 "2018-01-04T16:23:41Z")
I would like to use the tree view to display certain SQL tags that I have created which could then be selected and used by the Easy Chart? Kind of like how the Tag Search Window works. Suggestions? --- ## [Creating Multiple Alarms](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-multiple-alarms/16373)
**Author:** [@c.bertulli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/c.bertulli)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-multiple-alarms/16373 "2018-01-04T06:54:29Z")
Hello, Is there an easy way to create multiple tags with an associated alarm? I've thought at 3 possible ways: 1) Do it one at the time: Handly create a tag and set the alarm, but if I have to create 200 alarms it will b… --- ## [Interrupt a now binding on date range endDate via checkbox expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interrupt-a-now-binding-on-date-range-enddate-via-checkbox-expression/16467)
**Author:** [@swhipple](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swhipple)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interrupt-a-now-binding-on-date-range-enddate-via-checkbox-expression/16467 "2018-01-03T22:00:34Z")
if({Root Container.CheckBox.selected},now(5000),now(0)) I am trying to dynamically change the polling rate of a now() binding in a Date Range slider endDate using a CheckBox to select/deselect live mode. I have tried p… --- ## [Scripting in the new target after retargeting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-in-the-new-target-after-retargeting/16465)
**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-in-the-new-target-after-retargeting/16465 "2018-01-03T21:13:34Z")
I'm making a sort of overview window that will have the ability to retarget to one of several gateways. I have this working in general, but I'd really like to do some sort of scripting once I'm in the newly retargeted cl… --- ## [Client can't connect ValidationException](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-cant-connect-validationexception/11107)
**Author:** [@noahs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/noahs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-cant-connect-validationexception/11107 "2018-01-03T20:48:55Z")
Hi, New Ignition admin/user here. Client was previously working, and now has stopped. Running Ignition on Linux, and client to OSX office machine. When I run the client, it: 1) Successfully connects to the gat… --- ## [Expression Tag Questions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-questions/16407)
**Author:** [@jeffkrol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeffkrol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-questions/16407 "2018-01-03T18:50:03Z")
Howdy, I am pretty new to using Expression tags. I've been playing around with them for the past week. I am using them to write values to a few devices via Kepware (Modbus) and Ignition OPC (Ethernet) servers. The thin… --- ## [Moving-Grouping tags in Folders - Repoint windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-grouping-tags-in-folders-repoint-windows/1914)
**Author:** [@jim\_lapratt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jim_lapratt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-grouping-tags-in-folders-repoint-windows/1914 "2018-01-03T15:15:44Z")
If I move tags into some groups for better organization within Ignition, How can I re-point tags in current project windows to the new locations easily? Currently we have machines individually in folders under "Tags" w… --- ## [New User: Creating Template and binding members of UDT to object](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-user-creating-template-and-binding-members-of-udt-to-object/16454)
**Author:** [@dis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-user-creating-template-and-binding-members-of-udt-to-object/16454 "2018-01-03T12:51:45Z")
I've created a template and so far I've added just a 'Moving Analog Indicator'. I'll add more as I go. On the template Container I've added a Template Parameter called 'Analog' this maps to a UDT named P\_AIN. P\_AIN is… --- ## [Historian tag chart - line w/ shape](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-tag-chart-line-w-shape/16449)
**Author:** [@szcz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/szcz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-tag-chart-line-w-shape/16449 "2018-01-03T08:44:55Z")
Hello, first of all, happy and prosperous 2018 to all of you! I’ve been struggling with displaying historian tag in a way our users want. Here’s our setup concerning this tag: historian tag has scanclass the tag can… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1397) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1399)