# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1454 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1455 --- ## [ActiveX component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-component/11746)
**Author:** [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-component/11746 "2016-06-06T20:46:30Z")
What version of Ignition dropped the ActiveX component? Reason I am asking we have a customer with V7.3.8 of Ignition and several Magelis XBGT HMIs throughout the plant. The Magelis have Web Gate enabled which allows a… --- ## [Question about the redundancy setup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-the-redundancy-setup/2591)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-the-redundancy-setup/2591 "2016-06-06T20:30:39Z")
I have the redundancy setup up and running on the ignition side. My question is in regards to detecting if my opc server is dead. My opc server has a heartbeat that I can monitor, to verify that it is live. Is there a wa… --- ## [Write to OPC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-opc/11707)
**Author:** [@bfearnow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfearnow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-opc/11707 "2016-06-06T16:28:05Z")
At shift change, I wrote a 1 back to an OPC tag to reset some timers and counters. I then have a handshake to acknowledge this at the PLC a set this bit low. I encountered a situation today where the controller was power… --- ## [SFC instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-instances/11096)
**Author:** [@Oleksii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Oleksii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-instances/11096 "2016-06-06T16:20:22Z")
Hello. I have an SFC chart with RunAlways execution mode and using this chart I write to tag different values. Every time when I save my project one more chart instance starts. I need to have only one running instance be… --- ## [UDTs and Modbus Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udts-and-modbus-tags/11771)
**Author:** [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udts-and-modbus-tags/11771 "2016-06-06T15:44:20Z")
Quick question, is there a way to create a UDT based on Modbus Tags? I'm watching the help videos and it looks like the UDTs are somewhat dependent on either A) A PLC that uses human readable names (So I can have multip… --- ## [Script Module Editor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-module-editor/11776)
**Author:** [@dgoddard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dgoddard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-module-editor/11776 "2016-06-06T15:33:38Z")
Hi, I am trying to import a script into Version 7.8.1 via the script editor. According to the manual "To open the Script Module Editor double-click on the Configuration \> Script Modules node in the Project Browser… --- ## [Button background color scripting name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-background-color-scripting-name/11779)
**Author:** [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-background-color-scripting-name/11779 "2016-06-06T14:32:46Z")
In the manual and the mouseover text the scripting name of the button component background color is 'buttonBG' it is actually 'background' Ignition 7.8.2 --- ## [Locking error trying remove a global script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/locking-error-trying-remove-a-global-script/11768)
**Author:** [@eyudes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eyudes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/locking-error-trying-remove-a-global-script/11768 "2016-06-06T13:58:23Z")
Hello everyone, I have a problem using some scripts in the shared library. Firstly, I created a script file in my project but then I decided to move it to the shared library, to do it, I dragged the script to the scrip… --- ## [Ignition Web browser in Debian/Raspbian/Linux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-web-browser-in-debian-raspbian-linux/10933)
**Author:** [@vanko25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vanko25)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-web-browser-in-debian-raspbian-linux/10933 "2016-06-06T13:56:33Z")
Hello everyone! I am trying to run a project that includes a web browser page within Raspbian. Everything is working fine until the moment when it switches to the screen with the web browser module. The error message i… --- ## [Confirmation window (system.gui.confirm) and Acknowledge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confirmation-window-system-gui-confirm-and-acknowledge/11703)
**Author:** [@Jayden](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jayden)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confirmation-window-system-gui-confirm-and-acknowledge/11703 "2016-06-04T18:24:07Z")
Hi Everyone, Hoping someone can help me out with some scripting I am writing some PLC sequences that involve some steps having Popup Prompts for the user. I have created a UDT that has the following members: Tag.Pro… --- ## [Run Project Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-project-script/11726)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-project-script/11726 "2016-06-04T01:36:27Z")
Hi, I need to run a Project Script every 5 minutes. How can I do this? I enclose a picture of my script. Thanks, Andrea --- ## [Easy Chart won't Display discrete Tags only analog tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-wont-display-discrete-tags-only-analog-tags/11757)
**Author:** [@ProCoded](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ProCoded)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-wont-display-discrete-tags-only-analog-tags/11757 "2016-06-03T23:22:43Z")
Am dealing with a challenge where my easy chart graph window will display some tags but not all the tags. Of the 5 tags that I have logged to the historian, 3 have there value mode configured as analog - these display… --- ## [Updating cells in a Power Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-cells-in-a-power-table/11772)
**Author:** [@mikehill100](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikehill100)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-cells-in-a-power-table/11772 "2016-06-03T17:45:02Z")
Hi Everyone! Looking for a best practice here... I have an onCellEdited script running behind a power table. This script updates a database table. Unfortunately if I click a cell, and then click another cell without en… --- ## [.AlertCurrentState](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alertcurrentstate/7408)
**Author:** [@jay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alertcurrentstate/7408 "2016-06-02T22:24:47Z")
The tag property .AlertCurrentState is not updated when a new alarm occurs. It will be updated when the alarm is acked though. I noticed this when upgrading from 7.5.10 to 7.6.3. My project's screen icons that used th… --- ## [runScript - Expression Tag vs. Binding Expression Property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-expression-tag-vs-binding-expression-property/11756)
**Author:** [@scicco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scicco)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-expression-tag-vs-binding-expression-property/11756 "2016-06-01T15:35:35Z")
Hi everyone, I'm trying to use runScript in an expression tag. I thought it was my project script so I changed it to something simple that just returned a string. Here is my expression: runScript("system.util.getC… --- ## [IP to Serial Device - Advice needed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-to-serial-device-advice-needed/11763)
**Author:** [@tbackus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tbackus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-to-serial-device-advice-needed/11763 "2016-06-01T14:45:16Z")
Working on a project with some equipment hooked up serially to an Ethernet Enabled com box. comtrol.com/ethernet-device- ... ort-db9-1e I have done local Serial control on a Client running Ignition, but I need this to … --- ## [Open Console Window Automatically](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-console-window-automatically/11755)
**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-console-window-automatically/11755 "2016-06-01T11:58:31Z")
Hey all, Is there a way to open up the console window programmatically or send print statements to a text box somehow on a window? I have a pretty long running process that FTP's into controllers and downloads text fil… --- ## [Editing multiple cells at once in table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-multiple-cells-at-once-in-table/11760)
**Author:** [@vanko25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vanko25)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-multiple-cells-at-once-in-table/11760 "2016-06-01T08:40:30Z")
Hi all! I have a table that consists of 1 row and 24 columns which represent the 24 hours in a day. Each of the cells contains a number from 1 to 4. I got the script working with the SQL UPDATE statement working for 1… --- ## [Dictionary to Pydataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dictionary-to-pydataset/11758)
**Author:** [@ks0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ks0)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dictionary-to-pydataset/11758 "2016-06-01T00:29:38Z")
Is there a nice function to convert a python dictionary into a pydataset? Cheers, Keiran --- ## [Polyvalent templates vs multiple templates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/polyvalent-templates-vs-multiple-templates/11753)
**Author:** [@Philcr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Philcr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/polyvalent-templates-vs-multiple-templates/11753 "2016-05-31T19:26:25Z")
Hello, does someone knows if making polyvalent templates, like one template with multiple custom properties to make multiple display (rotation, reflexion, visible,etc.), can make a project to run slower because I must … --- ## [Ignition Windowed Title Bar Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-windowed-title-bar-issues/11752)
**Author:** [@johnston](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johnston)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-windowed-title-bar-issues/11752 "2016-05-31T18:40:17Z")
Hi, I am trying to have ignition run without a title bar and without taking up the whole screen. Is there a way to remove the titlebar without running full screen mode? Thanks, Paul --- ## [Bind to tags in table data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-to-tags-in-table-data/11745)
**Author:** [@sudhamoorthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudhamoorthy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-to-tags-in-table-data/11745 "2016-05-31T15:02:36Z")
Hi, I have put a table, for which the data is taken from a sql query. The sql query returns 5 columns. Among that, one column returns a tag path(channel/device/tag/amps). In table, it's displayed as path. However, … --- ## [Accessing Twincat OPC-UA server on another server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-twincat-opc-ua-server-on-another-server/11736)
**Author:** [@BG3009](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BG3009)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-twincat-opc-ua-server-on-another-server/11736 "2016-05-30T01:32:17Z")
Hi, For some reason, Beckhoff's Twincat server will not work once it has been uninstalled and reinstalled. Hence, I have to resort to installing the Beckhoff OPC-UA software on another machine. How can I point Igniti… --- ## [SMS Modem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sms-modem/11724)
**Author:** [@HALW80](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HALW80)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sms-modem/11724 "2016-05-27T12:28:42Z")
Hi. We have an eWon industrial router with alarms and datalogging functions on site and were wondering could we use it to send SMS rather than Airlink LS300 from Ignition. --- ## [Module mongodb not found](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-mongodb-not-found/11732)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-mongodb-not-found/11732 "2016-05-26T20:12:36Z")
Hi, I created a new module in the marketplace and I load it in the Ignition Gateway. This module is a module with a mongodb jar driver. This is my module in ignition: Name Version License … --- ## [Error run script project and shared with MongoDB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-run-script-project-and-shared-with-mongodb/11725)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-run-script-project-and-shared-with-mongodb/11725 "2016-05-26T15:33:38Z")
Hi, I created a module with the driver of MongoDB and it works only with a project script (with a button in a window). It is under the Script Library \[project\]. Then I want to call it in the value changed of one tag. I… --- ## [Tag Scan Class](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-scan-class/11712)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Henebrey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Henebrey)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-scan-class/11712 "2016-05-25T23:16:59Z")
I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. If I set my scan class any lower than 1.750 seconds I am getting flashes of bad quality on all my tags (~12k). This basically renders the program inoperable with such slow re… --- ## [Using Function 16 Modbus over TCP in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-function-16-modbus-over-tcp-in-ignition/11722)
**Author:** [@namesdontmatter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/namesdontmatter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-function-16-modbus-over-tcp-in-ignition/11722 "2016-05-25T21:01:25Z")
Hello, I'm trying to set up a button to initiate a resistance test on an Alber BDS-40 Battery Monitor. The Firmware Control register is 41542. According to the Modbus protocol for BDS-Series Monitors, we're supposed to… --- ## [Easy chart remove tag option](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-remove-tag-option/11715)
**Author:** [@andy1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andy1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-remove-tag-option/11715 "2016-05-25T13:16:44Z")
I did search the forum, but am still stumped. How do I remove the ability for a user to remove a pen from a easychart? I need to deselect user\_removable, but where is that option? --- ## [Connection to Ignition OPC Server with a c# client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-ignition-opc-server-with-a-c-client/11713)
**Author:** [@Totof](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Totof)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-ignition-opc-server-with-a-c-client/11713 "2016-05-25T09:25:44Z")
Hi everyone! I’m working on a project wich consist of developping a Visual Studio application that will be connected to a PLC throught an Ignition OPC Server. First I just created a “Simulators Dairy Demo Simulator” in… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1453) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1455)