# Ignition

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## [Tag Change Help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-help/70968)

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**Author:** [@nruimveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nruimveld)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-help/70968 "2023-03-13T18:54:35Z")

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Hello all! I currently have a script that needs to save a value to a tag. client = system.net.httpClient() location\_id = '1234' token = '1234' params = { 'location': location\_id, 'start\_time': '2023-03-13 00:00', 'e…

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## [Checking if network is working properly with SNMP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/checking-if-network-is-working-properly-with-snmp/70647)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jeremy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/checking-if-network-is-working-properly-with-snmp/70647 "2023-03-13T18:22:31Z")

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Hello, From a previous formation on Ignition (a few years ago...) I was remembering that it was possible to connect to switches or such with SNMP to read information from compatible device but I cannot find any informat…

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## [The Access level does not allow writing to the node gateway specific](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node-gateway-specific/70967)

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**Author:** [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node-gateway-specific/70967 "2023-03-13T17:56:59Z")

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Hello, Im getting Bad("Bad\_NotWritable: The access level does not allow writing to the Node.") on one tag. The weird thing is this tag works in another gateway. Same tag path and everything. Any ideas why this would p…

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## [Standard OPC Tag Property Substitution](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/standard-opc-tag-property-substitution/70972)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/standard-opc-tag-property-substitution/70972 "2023-03-13T17:23:44Z")

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I am used to using tag property substitution within the definition of tags inside of a UDT. So, I would've expected the same property substitutions to work in a standard tag definition. For instance, in a UDT it works t…

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## [Script Console print() not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-print-not-working/51308)

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**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-print-not-working/51308 "2023-03-13T17:21:00Z")

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One of my other devs brought me a odd issue. After upgrading to 8.1.10 print statements when using script console for debugging stopped working. This only happens in specific situations where a custom class is used in …

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## [Function issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/function-issues/70938)

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**Author:** [@sam.pries](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sam.pries)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/function-issues/70938 "2023-03-13T17:15:35Z")

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I have two issues, and they appeared to recently come up, where in the past, they have worked. I don't know if these are known issues or if this was fixed in a past nightly build. If they have been fixed, I will work wit…

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## [User and roles in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-and-roles-in-ignition/70940)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_javier\_reyes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ricardo_javier_reyes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-and-roles-in-ignition/70940 "2023-03-13T16:45:49Z")

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Could I add or remove users from the application and assign them a role?

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## [Tag history calculation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-calculation/70969)

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**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-calculation/70969 "2023-03-13T16:36:55Z")

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Hello ninjas! I'm trying to use a time series chart to show a mobile average of a tag over a period of time. I must be doing something stupid because it is not working... This setting, in my mind, is supposed to get t…

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## [Transaction Group Error Clear/Reset Status](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-error-clear-reset-status/70970)

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**Author:** [@rod.rebman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rod.rebman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-error-clear-reset-status/70970 "2023-03-13T16:28:10Z")

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My SQL Server went to read-only due to log file issues, resulting in most of my transaction groups going to status 'Errored'. After correcting the issue I was able to resend everything from quarantine and data collectio…

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## [Meta-programming a window?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/meta-programming-a-window/32769)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/meta-programming-a-window/32769 "2023-03-13T16:23:07Z")

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Kind of out of the realm of the typical questions there but I figure it's worth an ask. I created my own scripts that serializes/marshalls the form data from a window, and inserts/updates forms based on a naming convent…

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## [Json Custom Parsing Assist](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-custom-parsing-assist/70006)

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**Author:** [@Frantz\_Miles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Frantz_Miles)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-custom-parsing-assist/70006 "2023-03-13T15:52:29Z")

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Hi There, I need some guidance as to whether the following is even possible. - We have a system where we get the following JSON message: { "type" : "DeviceCommand", "sessionId" : "86a624c5-fa85-4e82-8c5b-0c09774139a3…

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## [jsonGet() Need Correct Path Syntax](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jsonget-need-correct-path-syntax/70949)

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**Author:** [@hwbrill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hwbrill)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jsonget-need-correct-path-syntax/70949 "2023-03-13T15:33:45Z")

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I've tried to follow all the examples in this forum to get the function to return the 'cameraId' value from the following json: {"dispositions":\[{"scannedLabel":"m073770000100000000006700","cameraId":"20230310203133016…

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## [What criteria should be used to decide if ignition can be run in the cloud?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-criteria-should-be-used-to-decide-if-ignition-can-be-run-in-the-cloud/70963)

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**Author:** [@hewking32](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hewking32)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-criteria-should-be-used-to-decide-if-ignition-can-be-run-in-the-cloud/70963 "2023-03-13T14:22:36Z")

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hi All I wonder if you could please share your criteria when deciding whether ignition can be run on the cloud? I understand the licence could become an issue if the cloud server fingerprint changes. What else shall b…

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## [Expression tag is slow sometimes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-is-slow-sometimes/70771)

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**Author:** [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-is-slow-sometimes/70771 "2023-03-13T13:47:11Z")

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Hi, sometimes expression tags are not fast enough to keep with updating variables. Below I have examples of good and bad case: GOOD BAD How the whole procedure looks? We collect data to a string tag, which is an…

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## [Force redundancy Failover via scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-redundancy-failover-via-scripting/70889)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jeremy)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-redundancy-failover-via-scripting/70889 "2023-03-13T13:17:02Z")

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Hello, I am trying to create a button in Vision to force a redundancy fail over. I intend it to work like the button in the gateway webpage. I have found this post: and also I have found this on Ignition Exchange whi…

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## [Transaction Group large delays when Device Connection in ReconnectWait state](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-large-delays-when-device-connection-in-reconnectwait-state/70960)

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**Author:** [@Earl\_Jensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Earl_Jensen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-large-delays-when-device-connection-in-reconnectwait-state/70960 "2023-03-13T12:34:40Z")

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I am running Ignition 8.1.2 with 8 devices (AB PLCs) and 4 DBs (MSSQL) connected. There are 8 projects running with each project consisting of a Transaction Group setup to run multiple Stored Procedures on the DB for eac…

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## [Edge 8.1.25 error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-1-25-error/70958)

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**Author:** [@Apostolis\_Michailidi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Apostolis_Michailidi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-1-25-error/70958 "2023-03-13T12:00:49Z")

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Hello everyone, we have a problem on ignition edge 8.1.25. every time we apply a script "with value change" we receive the following error. Error compiling event script for event id 'valueChanged'. java.lang.Exceptio…

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## [Insert and update row using button click in power table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-and-update-row-using-button-click-in-power-table/70955)

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**Author:** [@Priyanka.Khandge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Priyanka.Khandge)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-and-update-row-using-button-click-in-power-table/70955 "2023-03-13T10:25:49Z")

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Hi Guys, I have tried to update and insert the row using a button click. When I write any value in the cell and go to the next cell or button click then automatically deleted newValue. and insert new row Null and does u…

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## [writeBlocking function issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writeblocking-function-issue/70954)

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**Author:** [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writeblocking-function-issue/70954 "2023-03-13T10:19:02Z")

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Hi, so normally writeBlocking function works pretty well, but I found in our archive history, that once writeBlocking took about 30 seconds to write a value to the tag, where normally it's about 200 ms. What could cause…

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## [Power Table connection to a component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-connection-to-a-component/70952)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Kevin\_Dagapioso](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dan_Kevin_Dagapioso)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-connection-to-a-component/70952 "2023-03-13T08:32:33Z")

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The red one is a power table and the green one is a container I made with component for the power table. I need to connect my components in my container to my power table settings.

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## [I want to open a popup when the value of the Perspective tag is changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-want-to-open-a-popup-when-the-value-of-the-perspective-tag-is-changed/70878)

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**Author:** [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-want-to-open-a-popup-when-the-value-of-the-perspective-tag-is-changed/70878 "2023-03-10T12:55:07Z")

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I want to open a popup when the value of the Perspective tag is changed. ( Tag Type : boolean ) Should I first use the value change script in the tag and secondly add the script to the session event as well?

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## [Insert & Update functionality for Power table (Without Button)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-update-functionality-for-power-table-without-button/70893)

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**Author:** [@Kuldeep\_Pawar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kuldeep_Pawar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-update-functionality-for-power-table-without-button/70893 "2023-03-12T13:50:47Z")

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Hello All, I am getting data into power table through SQL query from a particular table. However I want to give insert & update functionality in this power table. Update operation : User will click on any cell in power…

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## [Making a Custom EmbeddedView](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/making-a-custom-embeddedview/70944)

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**Author:** [@ignitionuser123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ignitionuser123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/making-a-custom-embeddedview/70944 "2023-03-12T02:53:35Z")

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Hello, I am experimenting with making my own custom perspective modules. I am trying to make a version of the EmbeddedView that can pan and zoom. I have a module now that can pan and zoom on static content like images. …

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## [MQTT Publishing via MQTT Engine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-publishing-via-mqtt-engine/70941)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_mohamed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahmed_mohamed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-publishing-via-mqtt-engine/70941 "2023-03-12T00:55:24Z")

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i'm trying to publish data through "MQTT Engine" via scripting as mentioned here but it doesn't work, is there any configuration should I do?

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## [Data transfer speed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-transfer-speed/70939)

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**Author:** [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-transfer-speed/70939 "2023-03-11T20:54:01Z")

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I know this is an "it depends" question, but I'm curious about your answers. We promised colleagues from another company that Ignition would respond to an S7-1500 PLC within 100ms per signal. On the way, the data also pa…

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## [Named Query Inserting Inaccurate Decimal Value into DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-query-inserting-inaccurate-decimal-value-into-db/70924)

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**Author:** [@dkylep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkylep)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-query-inserting-inaccurate-decimal-value-into-db/70924 "2023-03-11T20:06:01Z")

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I found something interesting today that I thought I'd share. I don't know if it's a bug or something I'm doing wrong/missing. I was trying to insert a value from a perspective (8.1.18) numeric entry field into a datab…

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## [Alarm consolidation custom script recommendations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-consolidation-custom-script-recommendations/70925)

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**Author:** [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-consolidation-custom-script-recommendations/70925 "2023-03-11T15:55:12Z")

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So far, all of our alarms are run off a plc tags (the plc handles all the logic) so we only had to configure an alarm on that tag. However, now we would like to alarm based off battery voltages, so when it goes below a …

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## [Disabled text color with HTML](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabled-text-color-with-html/70804)

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**Author:** [@AIO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AIO)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabled-text-color-with-html/70804 "2023-03-11T15:35:06Z")

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Hey folks, 8.1.24 I feel like I'm missing something simple here, but I've been banging my head against this issue for over an hour now. I've tried implementing fixes proposed in other topics on this matter (short of us…

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## [Kepserver 6.12 : check suppressed: certificate failed hostname check](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kepserver-6-12-check-suppressed-certificate-failed-hostname-check/63881)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kepserver-6-12-check-suppressed-certificate-failed-hostname-check/63881 "2023-03-11T14:01:05Z")

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I try to connect to kepserver 6.12 following the guide: https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Connecting+to+Kepware+OPC+UA My connection is faulted, I have the follong error: check suppressed: certificat…

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## [Error when connecting to Banner DXM700 via Modbus TCP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-connecting-to-banner-dxm700-via-modbus-tcp/69995)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_Neubecker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Edward_Neubecker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-connecting-to-banner-dxm700-via-modbus-tcp/69995 "2023-03-11T12:11:57Z")

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Hi, Ignition rookie here and new to the forum and looking for some guidance. I am trying to connect Ignition to a Banner DXM700 to read registers and also write registers to control and monitor things that are connecte…

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