# Ignition

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## [Best method to display all values greater than x in a certain period?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-method-to-display-all-values-greater-than-x-in-a-certain-period/31973)

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**Author:** [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-method-to-display-all-values-greater-than-x-in-a-certain-period/31973 "2020-02-06T15:46:10Z")

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What would be the best way, for example, to display all tanks in which their temperature was 150 degrees and higher over the last 24 hours. This could then give a report of something and a bonus would be a showing which…

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## [Edge Tag History in TimeSeriesChart on report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-tag-history-in-timeserieschart-on-report/31993)

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**Author:** [@dkyerger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkyerger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-tag-history-in-timeserieschart-on-report/31993 "2020-02-06T14:48:01Z")

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We have an Ignition Edge 8.0 system that is using remote data sync to push the tag history to an Ignition 8.0 server. We can see the data in the database tables and if we create a Vision chart component we can view it. W…

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## [Designer Launcher Network Name Resolution Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-network-name-resolution-issue/29280)

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**Author:** [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-network-name-resolution-issue/29280 "2020-02-06T15:27:20Z")

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I have several servers set up in a development pipeline, and have accordingly had our network team give them DNS names. So each gateway has a server name with the pattern \<3 char site code\>V\<4 digit sequence\>, and then …

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## [Pass Mouse Event to Template Definition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-mouse-event-to-template-definition/31830)

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**Author:** [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-mouse-event-to-template-definition/31830 "2020-02-06T15:15:05Z")

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The title basically sums it up. Is there a method to dispatch a mouse event to the template definition of a template instance on a screen which does have a mouse event defined.

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## [system.dataset.updateRow -can't be coerced to pyDictionary](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-updaterow-cant-be-coerced-to-pydictionary/31968)

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**Author:** [@csanyia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/csanyia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-updaterow-cant-be-coerced-to-pydictionary/31968 "2020-02-06T13:49:55Z")

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Trying to update the dataset in a template canvas templates dataset, the system.dataset.addRow worked fine, but the example from the ignition documentation is coming up w/ the following error: For this example I'm attem…

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## [Call file .bat from scedulated script python](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-file-bat-from-scedulated-script-python/30163)

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**Author:** [@carlo.lodirizzini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carlo.lodirizzini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-file-bat-from-scedulated-script-python/30163 "2020-02-06T13:01:01Z")

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Goodmorning, I need to create a script schedule, inside this script I need to call a batch file. I try to use the python module subprocess, but the bat script was never execute. I try to use two different code: =====…

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## [Cloud Template Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cloud-template-browser/31985)

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**Author:** [@Jorgeibesi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jorgeibesi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cloud-template-browser/31985 "2020-02-06T12:27:23Z")

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Hello, I can’t see any template at Cloud Templates Brower. Why is this?

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## [View windows Application in an Ignition Window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-windows-application-in-an-ignition-window/18344)

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**Author:** [@hajaj.saleh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hajaj.saleh)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-windows-application-in-an-ignition-window/18344 "2018-06-08T20:21:15Z")

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Hello All, I'm trying to find out if there is a way to view an application that is running in the background on the same windows pc as the client. I've figured out how to launch external applications but what i want to…

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## [Saving login credentials in designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-login-credentials-in-designer/27264)

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**Author:** [@waldner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/waldner)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-login-credentials-in-designer/27264 "2019-08-08T18:39:04Z")

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I don’t know whether this has been requested or discussed before, but…how about offering an option to save designer login credentials?

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## [Really frustrating how things fail to line up in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/really-frustrating-how-things-fail-to-line-up-in-perspective/31969)

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**Author:** [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/really-frustrating-how-things-fail-to-line-up-in-perspective/31969 "2020-02-05T22:43:52Z")

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Here’s a little table I setup with labels on a XY coordiante view set to percent, this is how it looks in the Designer: Here’s how the table actually looks on the live web browser: I don’t see how evenly spaced com…

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## [Axes Range Font/Color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/axes-range-font-color/31971)

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**Author:** [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/axes-range-font-color/31971 "2020-02-05T22:21:55Z")

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Hello There, I am just wondering if its possible/how to change the font size/font color of the range tickers on the X/Y axes. As shown in the attached screenshot, i would like to change the font size/color of the text …

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## [Custom SMS & Phone Message error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-sms-phone-message-error/31970)

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**Author:** [@cmohr623](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmohr623)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-sms-phone-message-error/31970 "2020-02-05T22:09:40Z")

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In version 7.9 I had created custom SMS and voice notification messages. After upgrading to 8.0 I had to revise ALL of those messages to include the concat( instruction to build the messages using strings and parameters…

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## [32-bit client issues Ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/32-bit-client-issues-ignition-8/31966)

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**Author:** [@austin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/austin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/32-bit-client-issues-ignition-8/31966 "2020-02-05T21:27:38Z")

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Working to try to get a 32 bit Windows client online with a 8.0.7 gateway. I’ve followed the steps here, but I am still getting errors. Pretty confident I have my Java 11 JRE and JAVA\_HOME set up correctly, as this is …

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## [Get component property from primary desktop (on multiple desktops)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953)

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**Author:** [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-component-property-from-primary-desktop-on-multiple-desktops/31953 "2020-02-05T17:39:46Z")

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I’m utilizing the system.gui.openDesktop to open a popup so the user can drag it to their secondary monitor. This works, but I also want, through a script, to interact from the second desktop’s popup to talk to a compon…

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## [8.0.8 RC1 going to be released?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-8-rc1-going-to-be-released/31964)

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**Author:** [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-8-rc1-going-to-be-released/31964 "2020-02-05T19:44:14Z")

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When is 8.0.8 going to be released? Is 8.0.8 RC1 stable enough for use?

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## [Display user name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963)

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**Author:** [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-user-name/31963 "2020-02-05T19:17:32Z")

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In view I can display username by binding an expression to “{\[System\]Client/User/Username}” How can I do this in Perspective?

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## [Variable in a script not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/variable-in-a-script-not-working/31962)

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**Author:** [@lkruper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lkruper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/variable-in-a-script-not-working/31962 "2020-02-05T19:07:11Z")

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When I hardcode “.text” ( line 10 that is commented out) when populating the text for a component it works, but using a variable does not. I know I can work around this by testing for the type from my power table, but i…

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## [Using multi-select checkboxes to update table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-multi-select-checkboxes-to-update-table/31698)

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**Author:** [@ht1237](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ht1237)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-multi-select-checkboxes-to-update-table/31698 "2020-02-05T18:20:11Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Tree-view like selection using checkboxes for search filtering: Is this still the best way to do this? I’m looking to do something similar by using the checkboxes to update a table. I’m …

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## [\[BUG\] mouseClicked event not firing on Template Instance when adding toolTipText in a Template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-mouseclicked-event-not-firing-on-template-instance-when-adding-tooltiptext-in-a-template/31951)

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**Author:** [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-mouseclicked-event-not-firing-on-template-instance-when-adding-tooltiptext-in-a-template/31951 "2020-02-05T17:56:12Z")

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Not sure if I am the only one experiencing this, but I have some shared templates of icons (like an icon for Add, Save, Close, Delete…etc.) to act as buttons on our user interface. These templates contain a group of Pat…

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## [Can't login to client after restoring](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-login-to-client-after-restoring/18979)

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**Author:** [@enertec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/enertec)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-login-to-client-after-restoring/18979 "2020-02-05T17:49:42Z")

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Hi, I can login to designer and gateway, but not in client http://prntscr.com/kb4fco GatewayException: Error authenticating. caused by Exception: SQL exception during authentication But DB is OK, and user is exist …

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## [Gateway faulted status - X11 window server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-status-x11-window-server/20064)

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**Author:** [@closset.gauthier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/closset.gauthier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-status-x11-window-server/20064 "2020-02-05T17:39:07Z")

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Hi every body, Since yesterday we have some strange issue on our development system : (Cent OS 7 , java 1.8, Ignition 7.9.7). The gateway becomes faulted after some time ... and not only once a day. Here is what i have…

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## [Feature Request - Seamless Spawning of Separate Projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-seamless-spawning-of-separate-projects/31933)

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**Author:** [@byrnep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/byrnep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-seamless-spawning-of-separate-projects/31933 "2020-02-05T17:37:56Z")

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Just promoting an idea that I’ve seen discussed since 2012 on these boards, but so far no motion. It should be possible to spawn a fully independent project from an already open project. This is a basic code modularity…

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## [Importing Historical Data Into Ignition History Tables](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-historical-data-into-ignition-history-tables/31947)

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**Author:** [@alainia.spencer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alainia.spencer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-historical-data-into-ignition-history-tables/31947 "2020-02-05T17:35:19Z")

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I have a situation where I need to import 5 years of data into the Ignition historian tables (.csv file format/SQL Server). What is the easiest way to accomplish this? Is the only viable option the system.tag.storeTagHis…

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## [Error When I query number from Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-i-query-number-from-database/10348)

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**Author:** [@jreynolds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jreynolds)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-i-query-number-from-database/10348 "2020-02-05T17:32:24Z")

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This is pretty much line by line out of the manual, so I'm missing something. Operation is when a button is clicked it runs the query to match the part number they typed into the numbox to the part list in the DB part…

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## [\[SOLVED\] New script not saving correctly still running old script 7.9.10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-new-script-not-saving-correctly-still-running-old-script-7-9-10/31952)

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**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-new-script-not-saving-correctly-still-running-old-script-7-9-10/31952 "2020-02-05T16:35:42Z")

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I have a script using the invokeLater() function that eventually opens a screen. In my old script I had the line: system.nav.openWindow('Main Navigation/\_Navigation') In my new script I have the line: system.nav.open…

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## [Power Table - Text Entry Question Concerning Text Wrap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-text-entry-question-concerning-text-wrap/31915)

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**Author:** [@paulm1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paulm1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-text-entry-question-concerning-text-wrap/31915 "2020-02-05T16:06:22Z")

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Displaying text wrap in our Power Table is working fine. How or can we apply text wrap when an operator is entering text. The pic below is what our tables currently look like.

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## [Mobile Perspective App numeric entry field focus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobile-perspective-app-numeric-entry-field-focus/31950)

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**Author:** [@petar.zurzevic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/petar.zurzevic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobile-perspective-app-numeric-entry-field-focus/31950 "2020-02-05T15:24:13Z")

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I am working on a perspective view designed to be used on the mobile app. The view consists of a Carousel containing views composed by a label and a numeric entry field. Outsied the Carousel there is a button that simp…

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## [Honywell HC900 PLC Tag Writing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/honywell-hc900-plc-tag-writing/14617)

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**Author:** [@sferron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sferron)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/honywell-hc900-plc-tag-writing/14617 "2020-02-05T14:30:40Z")

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I have a particular issue writing tags to an HC900 Honeywell Processor. Interestingly enough, I can read the tags but get an error "Bad; Unspecified" when trying to write to the same tags. The tags have Read/Write acce…

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## [Gateway Connection Lost happening with remote client sessions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-connection-lost-happening-with-remote-client-sessions/31948)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-connection-lost-happening-with-remote-client-sessions/31948 "2020-02-05T14:29:59Z")

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We have an in-house Ignition application on a local physical server. People who work in the office with the server on the local wi-fi have no issues. We also have a domain that points to the server so we can use the ap…

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## [Database Connection - SQL Server 2017 Express LocalDB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-sql-server-2017-express-localdb/31904)

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**Author:** [@jlopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlopez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-sql-server-2017-express-localdb/31904 "2020-02-05T13:59:31Z")

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I am trying to setup a new database connection for development purposes to keep separate from production. I want to connect to SQL Server LocalDB Instance on my local machine with Ignition Gateway residing on server, bu…

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