# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1126 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1127 --- ## [Gateway Timer Event Scripts in 8.0.6](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-timer-event-scripts-in-8-0-6/30168)
**Author:** [@byrnep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/byrnep)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-timer-event-scripts-in-8-0-6/30168 "2020-09-11T18:08:10Z")
So, we just upgraded from 7.9 to 8.0 and most things are working well. First things first, the online manual has a typo: https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Gateway+Event+Scripts The timer scripts examp… --- ## [No username validation in commissioning](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-username-validation-in-commissioning/36164)
**Author:** [@peter.dolberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter.dolberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-username-validation-in-commissioning/36164 "2020-09-11T16:18:24Z")
TL;DR: There seems to be no username validation during gateway commissioning. I can set the username to have several “invalid” characters and even make the username longer than would otherwise be accepted. Also, the erro… --- ## [OPC server is Bad, how can I diagnose this and restart the right way](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-is-bad-how-can-i-diagnose-this-and-restart-the-right-way/38596)
**Author:** [@patrick.garceau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/patrick.garceau)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-server-is-bad-how-can-i-diagnose-this-and-restart-the-right-way/38596 "2020-09-11T15:40:40Z")
We have an RTAC device connected as an OPC device. We read the values, but for some reason, it disconnect sometimes, about 95% of the values qualities are set to “Bad\_NotConnected”, we execute the code system.device.set… --- ## [Reporting Module: Adding total line for each grouping from single data source](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-module-adding-total-line-for-each-grouping-from-single-data-source/38597)
**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-module-adding-total-line-for-each-grouping-from-single-data-source/38597 "2020-09-11T14:51:39Z")
I have a report table with a single data source. The data is then grouped using the report table grouping options. Is there a way to add a line count summary below each data group? The table summary row adds a line be… --- ## [Alignment issue with Ignition perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alignment-issue-with-ignition-perspective/38551)
**Author:** [@nizamuddin.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nizamuddin.m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alignment-issue-with-ignition-perspective/38551 "2020-09-11T13:02:06Z")
I am facing an issue of alignment in Ignition Perspective. There is a coordinate container in a flex container where I am trying to view this in a Tablet and having issue in viewing this correctly. Hope I am doing this … --- ## [Client freezing in a strange way](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-freezing-in-a-strange-way/38469)
**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-freezing-in-a-strange-way/38469 "2020-09-11T12:47:48Z")
At one of our installations, clients get often stuck. At first, I thought it was caused by an infinite loop somewhere (in a gui script or binding). But there seems to be no connection to what screen is open, and on top … --- ## [Passing a Dynamic value to a report parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-a-dynamic-value-to-a-report-parameter/38585)
**Author:** [@jmacascas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmacascas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-a-dynamic-value-to-a-report-parameter/38585 "2020-09-11T12:04:17Z")
Hi everyone, Good day! Is there a way to pass a dynamic string value from my UDT’s in the report parameter? --- ## [Perspective design help to recreate header from Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-design-help-to-recreate-header-from-vision/38590)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-design-help-to-recreate-header-from-vision/38590 "2020-09-11T10:55:01Z")
I’m trying to recreate this from Vision: I think i need to use the coordinate container as the bats and ball are sitting over the top of other components. I created this so far in Perspective in the Designer: How… --- ## [Set Selected Row for Power Table on Window Opening](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-selected-row-for-power-table-on-window-opening/14693)
**Author:** [@dws2384](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dws2384)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-selected-row-for-power-table-on-window-opening/14693 "2020-09-11T10:34:14Z")
Can't seem to get this working. Using the initialize extension in the table properties all I want to do is set the selected row to 1 when the window opens. I'm assuming this has to be pretty simple have tried table.se… --- ## [Are my settings right for email notification via pipeline?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-my-settings-right-for-email-notification-via-pipeline/38522)
**Author:** [@trishadx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/trishadx)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-my-settings-right-for-email-notification-via-pipeline/38522 "2020-09-11T10:26:02Z")
Hi guys, I’ve been trying to sort out getting an email sent through ignition for the longest time. I’ve followed and looked online for any possible settings i could be missing but nothing works. I have a pipeline confi… --- ## [Perspective: Tab container text not centred when small](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tab-container-text-not-centred-when-small/38545)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tab-container-text-not-centred-when-small/38545 "2020-09-11T02:59:40Z")
v8.0.15 See below, tab label text isn’t centred when the display is small, however it appears to be centred when larger. I have tried changing the style text alignment to centre but it doesn’t affect it (tried changing … --- ## [Block Transaction Group - Clearing Latched Values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-transaction-group-clearing-latched-values/38580)
**Author:** [@andrew.harrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.harrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-transaction-group-clearing-latched-values/38580 "2020-09-10T22:45:01Z")
I am experimenting with Block Groups and am trying to use Ignition to filter records from a table by passing WHERE conditions from the PLC. The selected values are then mapped back to the PLC. It seems to basically work… --- ## [Perspective URL props to docked window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-url-props-to-docked-window/38550)
**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-url-props-to-docked-window/38550 "2020-09-10T22:31:35Z")
Been having some trouble with something that seems like it really shouldn’t be difficult. We have a perspective project that utilizes a parameter specified in the URL. For the main views on pages this works as expected.… --- ## [DNP3 Force time sync](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp3-force-time-sync/38579)
**Author:** [@FelipeSepulveda](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/FelipeSepulveda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp3-force-time-sync/38579 "2020-09-10T22:08:47Z")
Hello there, So, like the title says, I have a problem with the Time Sync between Ignition and some devices, the thing is my devices are configured with 1 min to sync, and when I connect IOServer with them they sync, no… --- ## [Trends date problem between machines](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trends-date-problem-between-machines/38570)
**Author:** [@apimente](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/apimente)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trends-date-problem-between-machines/38570 "2020-09-10T20:20:01Z")
Hello friends, This time We have a problem with trends and the date used for displaying. For example, this is our server (gateway machine): As you can see, We were around 4 PM with UTC -4 and daylight saving time. … --- ## [Jython socket.send large sends](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jython-socket-send-large-sends/38566)
**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jython-socket-send-large-sends/38566 "2020-09-10T19:10:17Z")
After hours of trying to find a work around to socket timeouts, I figured I should open the \_socket.py and see what is going on under the hood, low an behold, there is my problem! I’m calling socket.sendall(str) and yes… --- ## [Writing an xlxs to a google drive sheet?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-an-xlxs-to-a-google-drive-sheet/38564)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-an-xlxs-to-a-google-drive-sheet/38564 "2020-09-10T17:48:37Z")
My team is currently going through a lot of folder paths reconciliation, we use a google drive sheet to keep track of all of it. I have some python functions I have written in my project to generate xlxs sheets of the d… --- ## [Undo tag writes and restore old value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undo-tag-writes-and-restore-old-value/38526)
**Author:** [@d.iannozzi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/d.iannozzi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undo-tag-writes-and-restore-old-value/38526 "2020-09-10T16:46:57Z")
Hi everyone, i need to check a value tag written in a numeric text box on a window (vision). I want to save the value of the tag and check what the user inputs ; I need to be able to undo the tag changes and write back… --- ## [Ignition to mqtt broker without using sparkplug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-mqtt-broker-without-using-sparkplug/38459)
**Author:** [@NII](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NII)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-mqtt-broker-without-using-sparkplug/38459 "2020-09-10T16:09:11Z")
Hi, I have mosquitto broker on a pi and cirruslink mqtt engine module installed on Ignition. I can publish simple topic/message to the broker using system.cirruslink.engine.publish(). I’d also like to subscribe to a t… --- ## [DB query over GW network](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-query-over-gw-network/38559)
**Author:** [@jmoniz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmoniz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-query-over-gw-network/38559 "2020-09-10T15:51:18Z")
Silly Question. Anyone Know? Is there a way to query from a client on one GW to a data source on another GW? --- ## [\[Bug - IGN-149\] Monitoring Inherited SFCs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-149-monitoring-inherited-sfcs/38540)
**Author:** [@john.glynn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.glynn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ign-149-monitoring-inherited-sfcs/38540 "2020-09-10T13:51:27Z")
I’ve found that unlike inherited scripts where you can select “Open read-only”, there is no way to select an inherited SFC (it is greyed out). This prevents me from monitoring any SFC instance. Is this an intended featu… --- ## [NIOEventLoop and high cpu usage](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nioeventloop-and-high-cpu-usage/38542)
**Author:** [@guanghui](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/guanghui)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nioeventloop-and-high-cpu-usage/38542 "2020-09-10T13:41:14Z")
Hi,I am having an issue with high cpu usage even i do noting in designer or client .every time ,i can find an warning named NioEventLoop.any one have ideas?Thanks!. --- ## [\[Bug?\] Possible to write to tag even in read-only mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-possible-to-write-to-tag-even-in-read-only-mode/38548)
**Author:** [@Toobor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Toobor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-possible-to-write-to-tag-even-in-read-only-mode/38548 "2020-09-10T13:04:12Z")
Hi, I noticed that it is possible to write to a tag in a script using system.tag.write() even if the communication is set to read-only. Is that meant to be possible? I am using Ignition 8.0.14 Best regards Tobias --- ## [Zulu Platform x64 Architecture using way too much processor percentage in ver: 8.0.16 (b2020082513)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-way-too-much-processor-percentage-in-ver-8-0-16-b2020082513/38224)
**Author:** [@DonMayville](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DonMayville)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-way-too-much-processor-percentage-in-ver-8-0-16-b2020082513/38224 "2020-09-10T12:59:45Z")
What module is using this service? If i am not using it I will remove it. Zulu used too much CPU and my system crashed. I found if i turned SQL server off the Zulu process stopped misbehaving. --- ## [\[Bug-416\]Flex container not shrinking at runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-416-flex-container-not-shrinking-at-runtime/38546)
**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-416-flex-container-not-shrinking-at-runtime/38546 "2020-09-10T11:15:15Z")
I have a dock 300px wide and 800px tall (default), with a flex root container. The flex root container is in column mode, with justify set to “space between”. There are three more flex containers in the root container. … --- ## [Removing idP Grants](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-idp-grants/38547)
**Author:** [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-idp-grants/38547 "2020-09-10T08:34:34Z")
Hi, Is there a way to have user grants configured for the idP expire or remove them using a script on a schedule? I would like the grants to be used as the exception (such as for project commissioning). Bad discipline … --- ## [Screen/Window Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-window-issues/18327)
**Author:** [@BillS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BillS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-window-issues/18327 "2018-06-24T21:40:20Z")
Hello, A couple of complaints that really do not fit with my Touch Screen problems. So I thought they should be in a separate topic. ANY popup window produced by Ignition should be reachable from either the windows … --- ## [OPC UA - Opto 22 groov EPIC and SNAP PAC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-opto-22-groov-epic-and-snap-pac/36736)
**Author:** [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-opto-22-groov-epic-and-snap-pac/36736 "2020-09-09T23:19:47Z")
Hello, I am using Ignition Edge 7.9.12 utilized in an Opto 22 Groov EPIC. a couple of IO points have been configured local to the groov EPIC. We would like to use these points in edge. so we used the OPC-UA device driv… --- ## [Adding Where clause to update query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-where-clause-to-update-query/38538)
**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-where-clause-to-update-query/38538 "2020-09-09T23:07:25Z")
I am trying to figure out where to add my where clause to the update query. query = "Update EquipWorkOrder Set (DateTm, PlantLocID, StatusID, MaintLocationID, EquipmentID, EquipTypeID, CategoryID , CrewID, MeterRea… --- ## [Playing Video Clip in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/playing-video-clip-in-ignition/9447)
**Author:** [@skallepalli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/skallepalli)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/playing-video-clip-in-ignition/9447 "2020-09-09T21:36:13Z")
Dear Inductive Automation Team, According to inductiveautomation.com/forum/v ... =50&t=8277 post, we can play Video clips in Ignition using ActiveX module. Somehow, we are not able to find this module on downloads … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1125) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1127)