# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1493 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1494 --- ## [QR Code in a paintable canvas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/qr-code-in-a-paintable-canvas/7883)
**Author:** [@sfitze](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sfitze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/qr-code-in-a-paintable-canvas/7883 "2015-04-06T16:21:22Z")
I took the code from pyqrcode.sourceforge.net and added a drawing routine to draw on a paintable canvas. Just import the template, drop it on a window and set the StringToEncode property. --- ## [How to do flow water sytle in pipe?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-do-flow-water-sytle-in-pipe/9857)
**Author:** [@janlly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/janlly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-do-flow-water-sytle-in-pipe/9857 "2015-04-06T15:27:49Z")
how to do flow water sytle in pipe? --- ## [Using mobile module under Linux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mobile-module-under-linux/9877)
**Author:** [@linktdi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/linktdi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mobile-module-under-linux/9877 "2015-04-06T13:52:24Z")
Found the knowledge topic "Running mobile module under Linux" in the knowledge-base. Is this only necessary if running a headless server based distribution? I installed the "Ignition demo machine" vm in virtualbox f… --- ## [Need confirmation for Redundancy Configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-confirmation-for-redundancy-configuration/9875)
**Author:** [@skallepalli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/skallepalli)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-confirmation-for-redundancy-configuration/9875 "2015-04-06T07:17:46Z")
Hi All, We need to configure Ignition Redundancy for one of our client in couple days. We gone through Ignition Redundancy Setup video on Inductive University and learned little about it. We tested the Redundancy on … --- ## [Cannot launch the Designer on Linux using Oracle Java 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874)
**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874 "2015-04-04T23:43:39Z")
I just installed Java 8 on a client machine but when I tried to launch the Designer it froze with the Open/Create Project dialogue partially drawn. This was with Kubuntu 14.04, Java 1.8.0\_40 and Ignition 7.6.7. I then … --- ## [Custom Subject Alarm State](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-subject-alarm-state/9432)
**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-subject-alarm-state/9432 "2015-04-03T18:46:20Z")
I have an alarm with a custom subject. in the subject i have the {State} parameter. this seems to work fine when the alarm goes active, but when the alarm clears the subject still says active. why does the subject {St… --- ## [inpuBox without touch keyboard support?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inpubox-without-touch-keyboard-support/9873)
**Author:** [@Didi71](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Didi71)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inpubox-without-touch-keyboard-support/9873 "2015-04-03T17:20:54Z")
Hello. We are experiencing a problem using the inputBox dialog: when it is shown on a touch panel PC the “on screen keyboard” don’t popup. We have tried to replace the inputBox with a window but it isn’t modal. Any s… --- ## [Power Table Column Width](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-column-width/9862)
**Author:** [@r\_beall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r_beall)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-column-width/9862 "2015-04-02T23:49:01Z")
Can someone tell me how to change power table column widths? With the old tables I could loop through the table and set the column widths based on some other property, however I don't see the setColumnWidth() method an… --- ## [Alarm Count for multiple projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-count-for-multiple-projects/9600)
**Author:** [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-count-for-multiple-projects/9600 "2015-04-02T23:47:48Z")
So I have an icon on our menu that shows how many unacknowledged alarms there are for a time. We have used it with success - code below. What I am running into now is I have a system that has two separate projects. T… --- ## [User configurable tabs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-configurable-tabs/9872)
**Author:** [@ezbz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ezbz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-configurable-tabs/9872 "2015-04-02T18:35:27Z")
Is there a way that users can customize their screens? What I would like to do is create several different widgets that can be added to the display individually via drop down menu or other feature and then moved around b… --- ## [Bar chart design question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-design-question/9871)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_shoot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Don_t_shoot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-design-question/9871 "2015-04-02T18:33:15Z")
Hi.all,I want to make a bar chart componenet in the screen, which can show the bar of target count vs the actual count by hour ,and time range always from the begining time of current shift to now ，how can I design this… --- ## [Unable to drop Kepware \_System tags in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-drop-kepware--system-tags-in-designer/9869)
**Author:** [@cmisztur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-drop-kepware--system-tags-in-designer/9869 "2015-04-02T15:36:56Z")
The web quick client is able to read all Kepware/\_System tags, however in the designer when I try to drop a System tag, for example \_System/ActiveTagCount, I get a java.lang.NullPointerException. stack java.lang.Nu… --- ## [About redundancy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/about-redundancy/9859)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_coor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sebastian_coor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/about-redundancy/9859 "2015-04-02T13:24:53Z")
Hi! I tried the redundancy to see how it works with a dummy project, when the client loses the communication with the master ( the master is down) I have to restart the client so it connects to the slave. Is it possibl… --- ## [Run script in shared library gives object not callable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-script-in-shared-library-gives-object-not-callable/9866)
**Author:** [@Gratliff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gratliff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-script-in-shared-library-gives-object-not-callable/9866 "2015-04-01T19:27:42Z")
I am having trouble running a script (any script, even a simple test script as shown in user manual). Currently I've moved to testing in the script playground until I figure out what I'm doing wrong. My script (run in… --- ## [Help building a custom XTraceLabel on a chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-building-a-custom-xtracelabel-on-a-chart/9843)
**Author:** [@a344254](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/a344254)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-building-a-custom-xtracelabel-on-a-chart/9843 "2015-04-01T19:07:24Z")
I have an Easy Chart displaying history tags from my database. The values are all numerical obviously, but what I want to be able to do is when I display an X Trace or Mark on the chart is display some text from another… --- ## [Alarm Email Notification through Exchange Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-email-notification-through-exchange-server/9836)
**Author:** [@kattikartik7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kattikartik7)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-email-notification-through-exchange-server/9836 "2015-04-01T16:47:09Z")
Hi, I'm able to send the notification through my Gmail account, but my office uses exchange server which do not have smtp servers in use. While creating the notification account, I have a trouble getting the names for… --- ## [Load function list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-function-list/9845)
**Author:** [@janlly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/janlly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-function-list/9845 "2015-03-31T17:45:45Z")
in scritp editer, i use + to load function list, why the list can not popup? --- ## [Alarm Indication based off multiple tags inside UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-indication-based-off-multiple-tags-inside-udt/9828)
**Author:** [@sthayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sthayer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-indication-based-off-multiple-tags-inside-udt/9828 "2015-03-31T15:39:44Z")
Hello, I have a UDT with several OPC tags within, and would like to have an indicator show different colors (based off the highest priority) if any of these tags have an active alarm. The path of the UDT I'm looking for… --- ## [Issue with tag event scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-tag-event-scripts/9855)
**Author:** [@Duy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-tag-event-scripts/9855 "2015-03-31T01:29:17Z")
Ignition 7.7.3 I am having an issue with tag event scripts, specifically value change ones. They don’t seem to be executing when I change the value of the corresponding tag. I can get it to work using the Client or Gat… --- ## [invokeLater Python wrapper with parameters and retries](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/invokelater-python-wrapper-with-parameters-and-retries/9851)
**Author:** [@HCIdivision17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HCIdivision17)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/invokelater-python-wrapper-with-parameters-and-retries/9851 "2015-03-31T00:33:15Z")
The other day I needed to perform some work after a screen loaded, but the blocking resource was lagging unpredictably. Now, I could just make the delay longer, but that doesn't feel reliable. But I don't want to retry f… --- ## [Uncaught Throwable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/uncaught-throwable/9858)
**Author:** [@epsmitas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/epsmitas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/uncaught-throwable/9858 "2015-03-30T22:26:37Z")
Ignition Version 7.7.2 Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC 1769-L33ERM PLC Firmware Major Revision 21 Minor Revision 11 ( 21.11 ) Not sure what the issue is here...... 1/ PLC Device looks okay. ( Line1AutopackNew Allen-… --- ## [How to get System Type (64-bit or 32-bit) in Ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-system-type-64-bit-or-32-bit-in-ignition/9856)
**Author:** [@skallepalli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/skallepalli)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-system-type-64-bit-or-32-bit-in-ignition/9856 "2015-03-30T14:20:30Z")
Hi All, Is there a way to get Client System Type (64-bit or 32-bit) in Ignition? We tried with below sample code However, facing NameError: global name 'os' is not defined error. Thank you --- ## [Siemens PLC troubles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-plc-troubles/9790)
**Author:** [@rdelossantos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rdelossantos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-plc-troubles/9790 "2015-03-27T18:48:15Z")
Hi, we have a factory with a Siemens S7-300 PLC connected to Ignition 7.5.13. They work well all the time and they communicate each other properly, except when we have to connect one of our PCs to the PLC (through Siem… --- ## [1st arg can't be coerced to int](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/1st-arg-cant-be-coerced-to-int/9850)
**Author:** [@billymac00](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/billymac00)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/1st-arg-cant-be-coerced-to-int/9850 "2015-03-27T17:25:20Z")
I am sure the fix is simple but I need to get past this. I have 2 tables, and have this code in a button’s script. data1=event.source.getComponent(“Table1a”).data data2=event.source.getComponent(“Table1b”).data The c… --- ## [Error of scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-of-scripts/9846)
**Author:** [@janlly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/janlly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-of-scripts/9846 "2015-03-27T10:02:26Z")
in tag change script,i used script: import system value = newValue.value system.tag.write("rec\_tag",value) system.gui.messageBox("This is new value: %d " % value) but the script execute error, why? error info: \[E… --- ## [Using the six.py library in Jython 2.5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-six-py-library-in-jython-2-5/9842)
**Author:** [@HCIdivision17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HCIdivision17)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-six-py-library-in-jython-2-5/9842 "2015-03-26T18:23:02Z")
In case anyone else runs into an operator.methodcaller issue, I’ve attached a quick fix. Here’s the story: When trying to load a third party python library into Ignition, the Jython compiler was dying on a call in six.… --- ## [Power Table Auto Size Columns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-auto-size-columns/9639)
**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-auto-size-columns/9639 "2015-03-25T20:03:36Z")
on the power table is there a scripting function to auto size columns? I see i can manually auto size the columns in the client by right clicking the header, but i want the tables columns to auto size after the window … --- ## [Drag and drop a custom property?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-a-custom-property/9838)
**Author:** [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-a-custom-property/9838 "2015-03-25T15:13:36Z")
I have two tables with custom properties, I wanted to drag a row from one table to the next which works fine but I also wanted to get the value of the custom property, I tried using print sourceTable.myProperty but i… --- ## [Automatically Save Report PDF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatically-save-report-pdf/9679)
**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatically-save-report-pdf/9679 "2015-03-25T15:06:29Z")
Hi, After learning about reports over the last week. I have now managed to create the report, albeit a couple of visual tweaks but its there. I have a bit that starts transactions groups while the machine is running… --- ## [Deleting tag history](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-tag-history/9832)
**Author:** [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-tag-history/9832 "2015-03-25T09:16:30Z")
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