# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1005 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1006 --- ## [Alarm Shelf Display by Default](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelf-display-by-default/47787)
**Author:** [@chris.morris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chris.morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelf-display-by-default/47787 "2021-06-15T15:53:36Z")
Is there anyway to get the shelved alarm slider to be slid up by default? I’ve tried a few different things but the methods setShowShelve() method did not seem to work. I have also tried: obj = event.source.parent.getCo… --- ## [Tag Historian values in a table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-values-in-a-table/47785)
**Author:** [@jack.dessart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jack.dessart)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-values-in-a-table/47785 "2021-06-15T15:24:54Z")
I am tracking tags using the tag historian and I would like to implement a value compare table, where it shows the current value and then a value from a selected time. Here is an example of what I want it to do. Do… --- ## [Changing allocated memory](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-allocated-memory/47660)
**Author:** [@kghali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kghali)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-allocated-memory/47660 "2021-06-15T14:29:39Z")
8.1.7 Everything was great except for a high cpu usage so we decided to allow ignition to use more memory. It was 16GB and we boosted it up to 32GB by changing the config file in ignition folder/data. All hell broke loo… --- ## [7.9.10 Upgrade - Scale Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-10-upgrade-scale-issues/21245)
**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-9-10-upgrade-scale-issues/21245 "2021-06-15T13:58:14Z")
I just upgraded the gateway to version 7.9.10 and when I launch a client the scaling is off and it looks like total crap. Im getting a blocky pixel look, and the client isn't fully visible in the window. Any ideas on t… --- ## [Shared script behave differently depending on the way it is lauched](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-behave-differently-depending-on-the-way-it-is-lauched/22037)
**Author:** [@Sulivann\_BROUTIN](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sulivann_BROUTIN)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-behave-differently-depending-on-the-way-it-is-lauched/22037 "2021-06-15T13:27:50Z")
Ignition Version : 7.8.3 Hello all, I have a stange behavior with shared scoped scripts. I have made a simple one to show the problem: In Shared, i have a simple script : def refreshTest(): retour = system.net.http… --- ## [Tag historian doesn´t save 0 values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-doesn-t-save-0-values/47775)
**Author:** [@agavino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/agavino)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-doesn-t-save-0-values/47775 "2021-06-15T08:37:10Z")
Hi, Is it possible save 0 value despite a values has bad quality? I need this to use system.tag.storeTagHistory to save 15minutal values, for example. Thank --- ## [How can we set a variable in select sql using "system.db.runQuery"?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-we-set-a-variable-in-select-sql-using-system-db-runquery/47633)
**Author:** [@Jay\_L](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jay_L)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-we-set-a-variable-in-select-sql-using-system-db-runquery/47633 "2021-06-15T01:56:47Z")
The original table I wanna query contains no index, while I wanna add index to make the final display more user-friendly. I first tried it in mysql and it worked like this which is great and convenient. However, whe… --- ## [Setting up Alarm Masking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-alarm-masking/47682)
**Author:** [@BenJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BenJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-alarm-masking/47682 "2021-06-14T22:59:15Z")
Sorry if this is already a thing with a different name but what I am trying to accomplish is having an alarm that when active will suppress other (not all) alarms. The goal of this being that if I emit an alarm that a ga… --- ## [Max time between samples](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/max-time-between-samples/41903)
**Author:** [@BenKearney](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BenKearney)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/max-time-between-samples/41903 "2021-06-14T22:30:32Z")
Why does setting the sample mode of a tag to Tag Group hide the “Min time between samples” and “Min time units” fields, but not the Max Time equivalents? I would have thought that since all 4 are in the tag group, they w… --- ## [Alternative for Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-for-tags/47743)
**Author:** [@harigobu.gb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harigobu.gb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-for-tags/47743 "2021-06-14T22:06:47Z")
Hi, I have a requirement where i need to define a custom property/parameter in Ignition internally (Not to be sourced by any external means like DB…). This property/parameter will be used in projects(perspective/vision/… --- ## [Automatic style class assignment?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-style-class-assignment/47751)
**Author:** [@V.Anderson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/V.Anderson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-style-class-assignment/47751 "2021-06-14T21:20:07Z")
Is there a way to automatically assign classes to a component when you add it to a view? I am finding that I spend a lot of time like this: Add component (button) \> Select component \> Add Class (button) Or is there som… --- ## [Perspective: How to restart a single-run style animation?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-to-restart-a-single-run-style-animation/40787)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-to-restart-a-single-run-style-animation/40787 "2021-06-14T18:49:33Z")
Is it possible to restart a CSS animation? I have a side dock that acts as a device popup, and I want to quickly flash its opacity to give some feedback that the user has changed the device popup when they click on anot… --- ## [On-Call Scheduling User Security](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-call-scheduling-user-security/47756)
**Author:** [@gors060](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gors060)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-call-scheduling-user-security/47756 "2021-06-14T18:16:20Z")
I am trying to edit the on call rosters tab so that there is no option to select a different user source than the one that exists within the project. Any idea if this can be done? I know that you can place security on th… --- ## [\[Feature-2795\] Error using Database Query Browser with leading comment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-2795-error-using-database-query-browser-with-leading-comment/47621)
**Author:** [@Cory.grube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cory.grube)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-2795-error-using-database-query-browser-with-leading-comment/47621 "2021-06-14T18:03:48Z")
Ignition 8.1.5 Looks like when I use the Database Query Browser, comments that lead the query (both --comment and /\* comment \*/) cause an error. Not a big problem, just caused me some confusion when testing some copy-p… --- ## [Scale reading value with engineering limit for historical trend](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scale-reading-value-with-engineering-limit-for-historical-trend/47749)
**Author:** [@jamshidzade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jamshidzade)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scale-reading-value-with-engineering-limit-for-historical-trend/47749 "2021-06-14T16:40:45Z")
I am reading two value from the Modbus device, whenever the pH device is calibrating the trend show 327 I was scaling the value in the device 0-14, but when they shut down or calibrate the device it’s how 327 I scale v… --- ## [Change colour of item in Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-colour-of-item-in-chart/35729)
**Author:** [@theerthraj.munusamy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/theerthraj.munusamy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-colour-of-item-in-chart/35729 "2021-06-14T16:17:57Z")
Hi, I am trying to change the colour of a shapes in chart based on the y value. For some reason the method is executing all the time when invoked once. class XYItemRenderer0(XYLineAndShapeRenderer): def getItemPaint… --- ## [Query Ignition Version of All Gateways on the Network](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-ignition-version-of-all-gateways-on-the-network/47560)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-ignition-version-of-all-gateways-on-the-network/47560 "2021-06-14T16:04:10Z")
Using Jupyter, we have a way to query all desired addresses to find out how much SQL storage space is remaining. I want to do something similar but what I want to do is find out the ignition version installed on every s… --- ## [\[bug-15134\]Ignition 8 SFC Scope to Project Scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15134-ignition-8-sfc-scope-to-project-scripts/26526)
**Author:** [@rttwge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rttwge)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15134-ignition-8-sfc-scope-to-project-scripts/26526 "2021-06-14T15:47:22Z")
Hello, I’m struggling to get the scripting scope figured out, particularly as it relates to SFCs and scripts in a project. Currently I have a package I’ve put down in …\\user-lib\\pylib\ on the Ignition server,… --- ## [\[bug: IGN-2494\] runSFNamedQuery Error:GatewayNamedQueryManager](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-2494-runsfnamedquery-error-gatewaynamedquerymanager/47745)
**Author:** [@r.lebohec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r.lebohec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-2494-runsfnamedquery-error-gatewaynamedquerymanager/47745 "2021-06-14T14:58:31Z")
As the Ignition documentation indicates, i want to use the 'system.db.runSFNamedQuery' function in a Gateway script to do an insert to 2 differents databases. This function doesn't succeed when 'database'/'datasource' i… --- ## [Alarm Journal won't populate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-wont-populate/47722)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-wont-populate/47722 "2021-06-14T14:10:11Z")
Is there any reason that I can query alarm journal history with a regular SQL query but the alarm Journal component itself will never populate? The specific error is: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.induct… --- ## [OPC UA Siemens S1500 connection problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-siemens-s1500-connection-problem/47646)
**Author:** [@m.ghilardi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.ghilardi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-siemens-s1500-connection-problem/47646 "2021-06-14T08:04:04Z")
Hi, i tried to create a new Siemens S1500 OPC UA device in Ignition 8.0 but i cannot connect. Status is always on N/A. Can anyone please help me? In Ignition log files i found this error: INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/… --- ## [EndDate and StartDate Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enddate-and-startdate-issue/47732)
**Author:** [@vasilevdim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vasilevdim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enddate-and-startdate-issue/47732 "2021-06-13T14:14:06Z")
Hi, I try to update report by button, but after binding the EndDate and StartDate from the Report Viewer with Report Window Root Container EndDate and StartDate, I get this dates below: I do not use any time ranges i… --- ## [Web Browser Module for Version 7.8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-module-for-version-7-8/47678)
**Author:** [@rwoolnough](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rwoolnough)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-module-for-version-7-8/47678 "2021-06-13T05:16:09Z")
Hello Experts, I am trying to download the web browser module for Ignition V7.8. From the download page the earliest available version is for V7.9. Is this compatible / usable for V7.8? Any advice or download links w… --- ## [Modbus TCP device problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-device-problem/7839)
**Author:** [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-device-problem/7839 "2021-06-13T02:03:15Z")
Hello for all! In a last time has very bad problem... Our company has some projects, in this projects we using Danfoss MCX PLC's. In one project this is ~35 PLC's, in another ~50 and one more ~100. Each PLC has more than… --- ## [Display Motor Current Variance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-motor-current-variance/47684)
**Author:** [@Adriaan.leRoux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adriaan.leRoux)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-motor-current-variance/47684 "2021-06-12T11:12:49Z")
What would be the best way to display motor current variance? I would like to make some sort of display that would show if a motor is running smoothly or not. But I do not want to use a TimeSeries chart. I want somethin… --- ## [Reset Hour Meter at Beginning of the Month](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-hour-meter-at-beginning-of-the-month/47714)
**Author:** [@DANewton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DANewton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-hour-meter-at-beginning-of-the-month/47714 "2021-06-12T11:03:33Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m setting up a transaction group as an hour meter. This will record the on time for dust collectors for an EPA report. The transaction group will count hours when an OPC bit is set. That part I understand… --- ## [Ignition aarch64 8.1.7 gateway service failed to start](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-aarch64-8-1-7-gateway-service-failed-to-start/47706)
**Author:** [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-aarch64-8-1-7-gateway-service-failed-to-start/47706 "2021-06-11T22:08:55Z")
I wanted to do some testing today using a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB, their 64-bit OS and Ignition aarch64 8.1.7, when I went to start it, it failed to stat the gateway service and the wrapper log said the following: STATUS | w… --- ## [Attribute Error in Component Custom Method](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attribute-error-in-component-custom-method/47712)
**Author:** [@edward.fowler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edward.fowler)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attribute-error-in-component-custom-method/47712 "2021-06-11T20:15:45Z")
The script (below) when residing in a Project Library works when I call it from a button script. To implement best practices I put placed the script as a custom method in my button component. def incrementVerNum4th(sel… --- ## [Suggestions for SMTP Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/suggestions-for-smtp-server/47717)
**Author:** [@jeff1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeff1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/suggestions-for-smtp-server/47717 "2021-06-11T19:48:11Z")
Working on a project and the client does not have an internal email server. What server would you suggest using? Not opposed to paying for this. Sounds like gmail (free) works but you never know when it will stop. Would … --- ## [Report Schedule- Save File](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-save-file/47708)
**Author:** [@bennettr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bennettr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-save-file/47708 "2021-06-11T18:31:44Z")
Hello, I am hoping to have a pdf report save locally on my computer to a designated folder at its scheduled time each day. No matter why I try the file does not seem to save in this. I’ve tried the save file action and … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1004) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1006)