# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1474 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1475 --- ## [How do I use timer.value in expression tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-timer-value-in-expression-tag/10743)
**Author:** [@waker1der](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/waker1der)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-timer-value-in-expression-tag/10743 "2015-11-06T18:29:30Z")
I want to use the Value of Timer in an expression to work out the work rate of a machine during a shift. I have created the Timer property and binded the Running property to the machine state. I now want to use the val… --- ## [Screen Index issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-index-issue/10723)
**Author:** [@qversa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qversa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-index-issue/10723 "2015-11-06T17:52:37Z")
I have a laptop computer with a second monitor attached. I would like to open the Client on the second monitor by default. I have tried using Screen Index of 0, 1 and 2 but the Client always loads to the laptop display. … --- ## [Transaction Groups with Multiple Arrays](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-with-multiple-arrays/10546)
**Author:** [@DSI600](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DSI600)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-with-multiple-arrays/10546 "2015-11-05T21:52:35Z")
Just looking for the best route to store data from several different arrays using a transaction group. TagA - String\[200\] - ReadONly TagB - String\[200\] - ReadOnly TagA and TagB - Concatenate into one String ( I d… --- ## [Add pens to easy chart through scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-pens-to-easy-chart-through-scripting/10740)
**Author:** [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-pens-to-easy-chart-through-scripting/10740 "2015-11-05T19:20:46Z")
Hi, I'm trying to add database pens from a transaction group to an Easy chart. This is what I have: newRow = \["Tag\_1", "Tag\_1", "graficos\_tag", "t\_stamp","DB", "Default Axis", 1, 1, "0,0,255", 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0," ","… --- ## [Date and Time Math](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-and-time-math/10739)
**Author:** [@Keith.Britton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Keith.Britton)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-and-time-math/10739 "2015-11-05T17:00:28Z")
I found a lot of posts here showing datetime operations but I just can't get this working. I've got two memory tags and they both contain DateTime objects. I store the "start time" after the user toggles a button, then… --- ## [OPC Connections / Servers error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-connections-servers-error/10745)
**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-connections-servers-error/10745 "2015-11-05T16:15:14Z")
I'm running Ignition 7.8.0 and am getting the following error when I click on OPC Connections / Servers on the gateway: 15:35:29 DefaultExceptionMapper Unexpected error occurred org.apache.wicket.WicketRuntimeExcepti… --- ## [Alarm on Enter Pressed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-enter-pressed/10741)
**Author:** [@Pam3636](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pam3636)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-enter-pressed/10741 "2015-11-05T07:59:57Z")
I currently have an alarm on tag change, but it is throwing false alarms when there are comms problems and the value of the tag temporarily wigs out I want the alarm to only trigger when the value is manually changed b… --- ## [Tags vs Database Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-vs-database-table/10732)
**Author:** [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-vs-database-table/10732 "2015-11-04T20:19:22Z")
We are working on a project (7.5.5) that tracks a large, but fixed, number of items. Each item has a number of properties and states which the client would like to see represented via multi-state indicators (one per item… --- ## [How to debug Designer? I get this exception](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-debug-designer-i-get-this-exception/10738)
**Author:** [@rforbes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rforbes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-debug-designer-i-get-this-exception/10738 "2015-11-04T20:12:34Z")
Ignition 7.8.0 (b2015101414) Windows 7 64-bit When I follow the instructions in the SDK manual (online) for debugging the Designer from Eclipse I get this fail. Is something more than launchclient.jar needed in the c… --- ## [Connection to Gateway Lost on Ubuntu desktop 14.04](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-gateway-lost-on-ubuntu-desktop-14-04/10482)
**Author:** [@Viggi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Viggi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-gateway-lost-on-ubuntu-desktop-14-04/10482 "2015-11-04T19:38:09Z")
Hi , I am running redundant Ignition Gateways on Two Ubuntu 14.04 servers. After a few days the ubuntu client machine gets disconnected to the server. Somehow it is only the Ubuntu clients that get disconnected. Java … --- ## [Ignition Login Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-login-issue/10733)
**Author:** [@JamesUalto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JamesUalto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-login-issue/10733 "2015-11-04T18:13:52Z")
Hi all, I am new to Ignition and am having an issue. I had an Ignition gateway with a project set up on my laptop which was to talking to an Allen Bradley Plc. I wanted to backup the gateway and transfer it to a desk… --- ## [Designer Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-error/10729)
**Author:** [@NLR.Lyle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NLR.Lyle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-error/10729 "2015-11-04T17:13:02Z")
When trying to save and publish changes in designer, an error now pops up "error reading updated project from gateway" Anyone have an idea on what may be causing this? Thanks --- ## [I have problems deleting database connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-have-problems-deleting-database-connection/10735)
**Author:** [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-have-problems-deleting-database-connection/10735 "2015-11-04T16:59:09Z")
Hi, I’m trying to delete a database connection but I get some errors I have another problem with OPC connection, the image show an OPC connection named Production and is always faulted, how can I remove it? --- ## [Components with Visible binding - view when in Comm Off mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/components-with-visible-binding-view-when-in-comm-off-mode/10726)
**Author:** [@GKrueger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GKrueger)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/components-with-visible-binding-view-when-in-comm-off-mode/10726 "2015-11-04T15:12:16Z")
Is there a way to make it so that components with visibility bindings show up independent of the online state when I go offline to work on them? When I add the visibility binding, if the online value sets the component … --- ## [Import UDT to new project with a missing scan class](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-udt-to-new-project-with-a-missing-scan-class/10734)
**Author:** [@Blefe001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Blefe001)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-udt-to-new-project-with-a-missing-scan-class/10734 "2015-11-04T14:20:49Z")
The problem occurs when you import a UDT that uses a scan class from the original project that has not been created in the new project. The tags are trying to use the scan class that is not defined so none of the tags (u… --- ## [Bug in Report with Bar chart(?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-report-with-bar-chart/10647)
**Author:** [@stokstaart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stokstaart)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-report-with-bar-chart/10647 "2015-11-04T12:16:20Z")
Is it me or does anyone else have the following problem: We make a Timeseries bar-chart in the report and fill it with data. Now switching between 'Design' and 'Preview' alters the 'Bar-Width' of the bar chart (mult… --- ## [7.8 report module hide/show graph](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-8-report-module-hide-show-graph/10731)
**Author:** [@stokstaart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stokstaart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/7-8-report-module-hide-show-graph/10731 "2015-11-04T09:26:01Z")
This probably is very simple to solve, i just can’t the right statement… In reporting i add a timeserieschart and set the correct dataset. On the properties tab of my graph is select ‘Visible’, Rmouseclick and select … --- ## [Engineering Limit Enforcement](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-limit-enforcement/10730)
**Author:** [@jay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-limit-enforcement/10730 "2015-11-04T00:50:52Z")
Ignition 7.8 applies Engineering Limit Enforcement on writes of tags even when the Engineering Limit Enforcement drop-down (Tag Editor-\>Metadata) is set to None. --- ## [Add columns to table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-columns-to-table/10728)
**Author:** [@Jado58](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jado58)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-columns-to-table/10728 "2015-11-03T23:35:30Z")
I'm trying to increase the number of a table's columns in the the new reports 7.8, changing the column count does not change anything..what am I missing here? --- ## [Reporting getReportNames function](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-getreportnames-function/10523)
**Author:** [@gadgetguru69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gadgetguru69)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-getreportnames-function/10523 "2015-11-03T21:51:20Z")
Looking through the reporting scripting i am not seeing a getReportNames function much like the getWindowsNames for parsing the available windows. Reason i ask is i use this function currently to fill a tree view control… --- ## [Problem when creating alarmconfig tag from global library](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-when-creating-alarmconfig-tag-from-global-library/10702)
**Author:** [@lemeur17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lemeur17)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-when-creating-alarmconfig-tag-from-global-library/10702 "2015-11-03T21:22:47Z")
Hello, I'm using V7.8.0 and I've got a problem when I try to create a boolean tag from a global shared module. following is the script tested with the Console without problem \[i\] \[color=#0080FF\]Path="Email/Site1" Nam… --- ## [X-trace on chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-trace-on-chart/10721)
**Author:** [@Sund](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sund)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-trace-on-chart/10721 "2015-11-03T16:33:53Z")
Hi. Let say I have a lineplot and time is the x-axis. Any idea on how i can link the built in x-trace function to a singel timestamp? So instead of clicking on the plot and place the trace, I want the trace to be placed … --- ## [system.tag.addTag default tag provider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-addtag-default-tag-provider/10725)
**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-addtag-default-tag-provider/10725 "2015-11-03T11:11:34Z")
I noticed when trying to use system.tag.addTag that if you don't specify a tag provider in the parentPath it uses the tag provider called 'default', even when this is not the default tag provider for the project. --- ## [Alarm Journal can not store events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-can-not-store-events/10656)
**Author:** [@Amarth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Amarth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-can-not-store-events/10656 "2015-11-03T10:55:44Z")
Hello, One of my clients actually have some problems with his Alarm Journal. It appears that events coming to the journal are quarantined. I haven't found any place to find out what alarm(s) is concerned and why the st… --- ## [GE 90-30 Addressing with Modbus TCP Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ge-90-30-addressing-with-modbus-tcp-driver/10687)
**Author:** [@JMicky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JMicky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ge-90-30-addressing-with-modbus-tcp-driver/10687 "2015-11-03T04:42:44Z")
Hi, I am using Ignition V7.8.0 to connect to a GE 90-30 model IC693CPU374 PLC with the Modbus TCP Driver. I am simply trying to duplicate an existing GE Quick Panel HMI application using Ignition. I can successfully … --- ## [Terminate Process like Task Manager](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/terminate-process-like-task-manager/10666)
**Author:** [@ian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/terminate-process-like-task-manager/10666 "2015-11-03T04:31:00Z")
Hi all, In Ignition, if we use something like processpath = "C:\\\\mypath.exe" system.util.execute(\["C:\\\\windows\\\\system32\\\\cmd.exe","/C","start", processpath\]) we can start a process (as in above: .exe file) My qu… --- ## [Error when adding data source to a new report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-adding-data-source-to-a-new-report/10716)
**Author:** [@JonVP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JonVP)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-adding-data-source-to-a-new-report/10716 "2015-11-02T21:55:35Z")
I get the following error when trying to add a new data source (other than a CSV) when trying to create a report within the new report designer: At this point can't delete the new data source completely (the data so… --- ## [Boolean Array Not Tagging Correctly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-array-not-tagging-correctly/10632)
**Author:** [@epsmitas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/epsmitas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-array-not-tagging-correctly/10632 "2015-11-02T21:03:40Z")
Ignition 7.8.0 Logix Driver 2.8.0 Attempting to tag a Bool in a Boolean Array connecting to a Compactlogix Processor running Version 26. Able to select the Dint reference i.e. MyBoolArray\[0\] which is a bool\[32\] Ch… --- ## [OPC-UA Server Fault](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-fault/10719)
**Author:** [@qversa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qversa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-fault/10719 "2015-11-02T20:41:29Z")
I'm getting an OPC-UA Server fault "connection timed out: /10.169.3.20:4096". I have set my OPC-UA Server Endpoint Address to 10.169.3.99 so I'm not sure why the IP address in the fault description does not match? I have… --- ## [Historian screwed up since I imported some tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-screwed-up-since-i-imported-some-tags/10705)
**Author:** [@Pam3636](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pam3636)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-screwed-up-since-i-imported-some-tags/10705 "2015-11-02T19:45:37Z")
A few days ago I imported some tags. After configuring the tags to log to the historian and initiating the data collection in the postgreSQL Database, none of those tags will push to the historian and I lost connection … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1473) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1475)