# Ignition

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## [Property not bindable Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-not-bindable-vision/55907)

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**Author:** [@Remco\_Thijssen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Remco_Thijssen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-not-bindable-vision/55907 "2022-02-09T15:15:10Z")

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Hi there! I have a question about property binding in Vision, if I want to set a property binding I don’t have all the properties to chose, for example I want to set the Enabled button to a different state using propert…

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## [Component Bindings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-bindings/55804)

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**Author:** [@kaushik.shah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaushik.shah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-bindings/55804 "2022-02-09T14:04:27Z")

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Hello There, I am seeing a behavior in the system where if the tag binding breaks (showing red broken binding) for some reason (low pull rate from the client, time-out, etc.), it doesn’t get refreshed automatically. Whe…

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## [Where is python folder 2.7.2 installed ? Ignition 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-python-folder-2-7-2-installed-ignition-8-1/55890)

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**Author:** [@hewking32](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hewking32)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-python-folder-2-7-2-installed-ignition-8-1/55890 "2022-02-09T13:35:13Z")

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In one PC it was installed on C:python2\_7\_2 but on the other i cannot find it but i was able to run python scripts in designer/ python\_editor. Please guide if you can if there is any configuration inside ignition folder…

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## [Evaluating tag write quality codes in scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/evaluating-tag-write-quality-codes-in-scripts/30984)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Bridgeman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dan_Bridgeman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/evaluating-tag-write-quality-codes-in-scripts/30984 "2022-02-09T13:19:03Z")

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What are the options for evaluating the quality code returned from system.tag.writeBlocking? I would rather have a comparison to a meaningful value like “Good” than a number like 192. Do we have access to built-in cons…

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## [Dispatch mouse event to template instance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dispatch-mouse-event-to-template-instance/55298)

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**Author:** [@Francesco\_Terraneo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francesco_Terraneo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dispatch-mouse-event-to-template-instance/55298 "2022-01-24T07:55:02Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to dispatch a mouseClicked event to the template instance, this is the code: from java.awt.event import MouseEvent evt = MouseEvent( event.source.parent ,event.getID() ,event.getWhen() ,event…

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## [Linear scale bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linear-scale-bug/55754)

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**Author:** [@wmbrits7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wmbrits7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linear-scale-bug/55754 "2022-02-09T09:03:57Z")

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Linear scale seems to break (slow response on session) with large min(-300000) and max (300000) values. Is this a bug?

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## [Unable to open a perspective view in designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-open-a-perspective-view-in-designer/55893)

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**Author:** [@berkay.cinar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/berkay.cinar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-open-a-perspective-view-in-designer/55893 "2022-02-09T08:55:07Z")

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Hello, I can not open one of my views in the designer everything else opens fine but one of the view is stuck in loading and I get this error. It was opening until yesterday. java.lang.Exception: Unable to get the view…

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## [How to install Sepasoft MES OEE/Downtime module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-install-sepasoft-mes-oee-downtime-module/55744)

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**Author:** [@Priyanka.Khandge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Priyanka.Khandge)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-install-sepasoft-mes-oee-downtime-module/55744 "2022-02-09T07:36:28Z")

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Hi Friends, I’m trying to install sepasoft MES OEE/Downtime module but some errors were found. Please can you help me? Thanks, Priyanka

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## [Wonderware as OPC UA Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wonderware-as-opc-ua-client/55888)

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**Author:** [@larryjones](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/larryjones)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wonderware-as-opc-ua-client/55888 "2022-02-09T03:48:04Z")

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I’m trying to use Wonderware’s OI Gateway as the OC UA client to an Ignition server. They are running one separate VMs. I’ve configured OI Gateway to use endpoint “opc.tcp://192.168.6.33:62541/discovery”. The initial …

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## [Detailed Log Error Visualization](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/detailed-log-error-visualization/55887)

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**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/detailed-log-error-visualization/55887 "2022-02-08T23:46:51Z")

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I am not really sure what to call this, so there may be an option here that I did not find in my research. But is it possible to trigger same type of “expand to see more details” in a log sent to the gateway? My use ca…

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## [Writing to Logix datatype Book\_STRING](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-logix-datatype-book-string/55865)

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**Author:** [@rsonnicksen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rsonnicksen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-logix-datatype-book-string/55865 "2022-02-08T22:42:25Z")

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I am unable to write to a Book\_STRING datatype in an AllenBradley ControlLogix PLC. I have configured a tag in ignition with datatype “Automatic” and am able to read the value of the PLC tag, but am unable to write to t…

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## [Multiple gateway audit profiles pointing to the same db table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateway-audit-profiles-pointing-to-the-same-db-table/15087)

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**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateway-audit-profiles-pointing-to-the-same-db-table/15087 "2022-02-08T22:49:43Z")

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I have two gateways that I'd like to point to the same table in the same database, to share it and have a combined audit log. Can do this, or am I better off splitting them into two separate tables? Please let me know …

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## [IP camera software](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-camera-software/6026)

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**Author:** [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ip-camera-software/6026 "2022-02-08T20:26:42Z")

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Ive been trying to get video from a usb camera displayed in ignition - ive tried a number webcam servers including webcamxp, sentry vision, VLC media server, yaw cam and Gmax IP camera. Ignitions IP camera function doe…

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## [Dynamically change the Container OR Template Repeater Size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-change-the-container-or-template-repeater-size/11531)

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**Author:** [@ian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-change-the-container-or-template-repeater-size/11531 "2016-04-20T03:38:47Z")

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Is there any way we can dynamically change the Container OR Template Repeater size in Ignition? Let say I have a Spinner/Numeric Text Field, and I want the user to be able to change the Container/Template Repeater size…

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## [Ignition Weekly Totalizer Reporting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-weekly-totalizer-reporting/55842)

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**Author:** [@John\_Smith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/John_Smith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-weekly-totalizer-reporting/55842 "2022-02-08T20:37:31Z")

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I’d appreciate anyone to point me in the right direction. I am using Ignition 8.1. I have configured a flow totalizer tag that is logging to the tag historian (MSSQL) upon every change. I want to create a weekly report,…

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## [SQLExpress Faulted after Java update from jre1.8.0\_211 to jre1.8.0\_321](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqlexpress-faulted-after-java-update-from-jre1-8-0-211-to-jre1-8-0-321/55876)

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**Author:** [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqlexpress-faulted-after-java-update-from-jre1-8-0-211-to-jre1-8-0-321/55876 "2022-02-08T19:27:07Z")

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It appears I spoke to soon about everything working after my crash. As of now it seems that everything is working except ignition is showing that my sqlexpress database is faulted, I’m probably sure it has to do with up…

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## [Perspective Power Chart Load Graph](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-load-graph/55709)

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**Author:** [@michael.walter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.walter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-load-graph/55709 "2022-02-08T18:23:54Z")

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Is there currently a way in perspective without custom scripting or any plans to make a “load graph” feature similar to vision’s graph. my client has found this very useful to be able to save configurations and then load…

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## [How to launch remote desktop from perspective view (system.util.execute permissions?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-launch-remote-desktop-from-perspective-view-system-util-execute-permissions/55873)

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**Author:** [@djs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-launch-remote-desktop-from-perspective-view-system-util-execute-permissions/55873 "2022-02-08T18:07:49Z")

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I’m trying to make a button that launches a remote desktop session to one of our servers. This command works in the Script Console: system.util.execute(\["mstsc", "-v:hostname"\]) It launches Remote Desktop and immediate…

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## [Edit date format in CategoryChart in Report module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-date-format-in-categorychart-in-report-module/55848)

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**Author:** [@SamuelsenLarsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamuelsenLarsen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-date-format-in-categorychart-in-report-module/55848 "2022-02-08T17:49:19Z")

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Hi, I have not figure out how to edit the date format in CategoryChart in Report module. Tried to use this script from java.text import SimpleDateFormat from org.jfree.chart.axis import DateAxis from org.jfree.char…

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## [Cannot Get Gateway Tag Change Event to Run](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-get-gateway-tag-change-event-to-run/55824)

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**Author:** [@Marc\_Velazquez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marc_Velazquez)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-get-gateway-tag-change-event-to-run/55824 "2022-02-08T16:05:38Z")

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Feel like I should apologize for the noob question, but after several days my frustration is getting up there. I’m very simply trying to get a Gateway Tag Change event to work. I have two memory tags, btnclk and GwayYe…

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## [Ignition Perspective iOS App](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-ios-app/30738)

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**Author:** [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-ios-app/30738 "2022-02-08T14:11:12Z")

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Hi everyone, I am trying to connect to ignition gateway (localhost:8088) through the iOS app. There are two options: Gateway Search and Scan QR Code. My questions are: 1- Where can the QR code be found? 2- How can I …

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## [Inductive University Scripting in Ignition Project Scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inductive-university-scripting-in-ignition-project-scripts/55862)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_Gigaroa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Patrick_Gigaroa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inductive-university-scripting-in-ignition-project-scripts/55862 "2022-02-08T13:39:09Z")

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Going through training in Inductive University Scripting in Ignition Project Scripts. Followed the example, but I am getting the following errors when trying to duplicate the example.

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## [Remove the column headers from the Alarm Status Table via CSS?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-the-column-headers-from-the-alarm-status-table-via-css/55857)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-the-column-headers-from-the-alarm-status-table-via-css/55857 "2022-02-08T11:39:20Z")

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v8.1.5 I’m on an ancient version and maybe it’s already solved, but is there any way that I can force the column headings in the responsive alarm status table to go away? I can do this by setting their flex css manuall…

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## [CPU value is out of range](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-value-is-out-of-range/55470)

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**Author:** [@andrea.minu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.minu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-value-is-out-of-range/55470 "2022-02-08T11:26:41Z")

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Hi Everybody I have a strange issue , the value of the CPU showed on the perfomance status page of the gateway is always - 100% The problem is appeared with Ignition 8.1.13 , I have updated to 8.1.14 but the problem th…

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## [Gateway Appears to Have Restarted on Its Own](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-appears-to-have-restarted-on-its-own/55822)

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**Author:** [@rbachman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbachman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-appears-to-have-restarted-on-its-own/55822 "2022-02-08T08:04:40Z")

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I discovered an issue yesterday where our Ignition instance failed over to the backup Ignition server. Upon investigation, it appears from the logs that the gateway service spontaneously restarted. The first error in th…

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## [\[BUG\] Inherited UDT parameter does not change when parameter has changed on parent UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-inherited-udt-parameter-does-not-change-when-parameter-has-changed-on-parent-udt/55761)

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**Author:** [@louagejasper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/louagejasper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-inherited-udt-parameter-does-not-change-when-parameter-has-changed-on-parent-udt/55761 "2022-02-08T07:34:47Z")

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Hi, On 8.1.13. I have 2 UDT’s, 1 Parent UDT with 1 parameter and a Child UDT with no parameters. I would expect all child udt’s to inherit the parameter of the parent udt. When the parameter on the parent udt change…

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## [OPC UA server is faulted and tcp:127.0.0.1:62541 is gone after I restart ignition service](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-is-faulted-and-tcp-127-0-0-1-62541-is-gone-after-i-restart-ignition-service/30893)

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**Author:** [@weixionglichina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/weixionglichina)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-is-faulted-and-tcp-127-0-0-1-62541-is-gone-after-i-restart-ignition-service/30893 "2022-02-08T06:48:24Z")

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tcp:127.0.0.1:62541 is gone after I restart ignition service, and I have to restart computer if I wanna get it back, do you have any opinions? Below is my error once I lost 62541 UaException: status=Bad\_ConnectionRe…

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## [Any way to copy the history of one tag to another?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-copy-the-history-of-one-tag-to-another/55829)

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**Author:** [@DaveRNeal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DaveRNeal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-copy-the-history-of-one-tag-to-another/55829 "2022-02-08T00:45:07Z")

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Good Afternoon, I’m currently tasked with creating a simulator based off of live values we have in our system already. The idea is to copy a set of tags from live values, then change the behavior of some of those new t…

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## [ClockDrift Warning](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clockdrift-warning/55594)

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**Author:** [@Richita\_Pandey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richita_Pandey)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clockdrift-warning/55594 "2022-02-08T00:07:23Z")

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I am getting warning for clock drift in my logger. I went through couple of forum answers but didn’t really understood the cause of this warning. PS: I have SQL Tags updating every 1 second/5 Seconds, do it really h…

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## [Ignition Expressions compare quality values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-expressions-compare-quality-values/55830)

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**Author:** [@paul.longtine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul.longtine)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-expressions-compare-quality-values/55830 "2022-02-07T23:32:43Z")

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The problem de jour is taking an existing tag, and testing for a particular quality value with an Ignition expression. With the expression function library, I can use the qualityOf function to pull out just the QualityC…

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