# Ignition

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## [Modbus TCP connection to a Eurotherm nanodac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-connection-to-a-eurotherm-nanodac/104508)

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**Author:** [@m.benlarbi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.benlarbi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-connection-to-a-eurotherm-nanodac/104508 "2025-06-20T15:24:24Z")

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Hello Everyone, Has anyone had experience accessing a Nanodac parameter via Modbus TCP in Ignition? I’ve added the device ,the statut of the device is connected, but when I attempt to read a parameter, I get a timeout …

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## [How to Create Overlapping Instances in Ignition Flex Repeater (Avatar Stack Style)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-overlapping-instances-in-ignition-flex-repeater-avatar-stack-style/107586)

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**Author:** [@ARIFRAHUMAN\_A](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ARIFRAHUMAN_A)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-overlapping-instances-in-ignition-flex-repeater-avatar-stack-style/107586 "2025-06-20T13:59:05Z")

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I'm working with the Flex Repeater component in Ignition Perspective, and I need to overlap each instance (like avatar circles) slightly over the previous one—similar to the image I’ve attached. Is there a way to achi…

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## [Custom Image Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-image-issue/107615)

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**Author:** [@bshriner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bshriner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-image-issue/107615 "2025-06-20T14:56:39Z")

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I am trying to upload a custom logo into an image box. I have uploaded the image into the image manager, but when I copy the path and paste it into the "source" property of the image box nothing appears. Here is an examp…

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## [Justify table column to the right](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/justify-table-column-to-the-right/107618)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/justify-table-column-to-the-right/107618 "2025-06-20T13:45:46Z")

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Hello! I would like to know how I could justify the content of a table to the right. I tried with the style justifyContent: flex-end everiwhere (whole table, cells, rows) but doesn´t seem to work. Any ideas on how…

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## [Linking components to an MQTT & OPC tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linking-components-to-an-mqtt-opc-tag/107336)

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**Author:** [@Dillon\_Lippman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dillon_Lippman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linking-components-to-an-mqtt-opc-tag/107336 "2025-06-20T13:20:16Z")

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So, I'm trying to test out how it might be possible to link a component to an OPC tag and an MQTT tag. This test is based on a system for fail over. In short there are some remote sites that will be polled for their dat…

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## [Modbus addressing with a Modbus Bridge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-addressing-with-a-modbus-bridge/107616)

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**Author:** [@EDoepke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EDoepke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-addressing-with-a-modbus-bridge/107616 "2025-06-20T12:47:30Z")

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Good day all. I working on a Wonderware to Ignition conversion. Water plant monitors several Generators (Modbus) that are currently accessed in Wonderware through a Modbus Bridge (Bridge is IP 192.168.110.150 and Gener…

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## [Time Series Chart - Time axis tick placements are incorrect](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-time-axis-tick-placements-are-incorrect/63121)

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**Author:** [@Stephen\_Clark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Stephen_Clark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-time-axis-tick-placements-are-incorrect/63121 "2025-06-20T10:53:16Z")

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See the image below. The tick mark says 5am, but it is clearly 5:45 there. Am I doing something wrong?

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## [Enable detailed logging for OPC-UA server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-detailed-logging-for-opc-ua-server/42064)

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**Author:** [@sathianandan.dharmas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sathianandan.dharmas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-detailed-logging-for-opc-ua-server/42064 "2025-06-20T09:49:10Z")

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Hi All I’m trying to track the status of the client connections made with my OPC-UA server. I have a feeling that the connections are dropping I’m reconnecting more often than I should. It would be really helpful to go …

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## [Security Zones, Levels, Roles, and Perspective View Permissions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-zones-levels-roles-and-perspective-view-permissions/107605)

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**Author:** [@Douglas\_Lawrie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Douglas_Lawrie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-zones-levels-roles-and-perspective-view-permissions/107605 "2025-06-20T07:22:33Z")

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My end goal is to restrict View Permissions to certain IdP roles in certain Security Zones. I have created custom Security Levels to match up with IdP roles. The intuitive way to do that is configuring these View Permiss…

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## [Query binding triggers twice on embedded view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-binding-triggers-twice-on-embedded-view/107578)

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**Author:** [@jon.amelibia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jon.amelibia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-binding-triggers-twice-on-embedded-view/107578 "2025-06-20T07:02:02Z")

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Hi! I´m using a tree component that passes the selection parameters to a Embedded View. This View takes those parameters and executes a Query Binding related to a custom object. However, I´ve noticed that sometimes the…

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## [JSON to tabular form](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-to-tabular-form/107599)

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**Author:** [@adesingh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adesingh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-to-tabular-form/107599 "2025-06-20T06:42:59Z")

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I am new to Ignition Vision, and am trying to get my data in the form of a table. I am importing the data into the table through an OPC tag {\[SDFac\]FML20/0.value}\["Name"\] , and am getting the output: \[ { …

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## [How to re-evaluate (all) alarm property expressions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-re-evaluate-all-alarm-property-expressions/29385)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-re-evaluate-all-alarm-property-expressions/29385 "2025-06-20T05:31:24Z")

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I want to produce a list of all alarms using system.alarm.queryStatus(...), however some of the alarms have either not been active yet or their alarm property expressions have been modified, so I need these to be re-eval…

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## [Bidirectional binding to UDT parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bidirectional-binding-to-udt-parameter/107603)

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**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bidirectional-binding-to-udt-parameter/107603 "2025-06-20T05:20:11Z")

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I have a UDT which has a parameter called Alarm Priority, which is used to automatically set all alarms within the UDT to the same user-specified priority. The user enters Critical, High, Medium, Low or Diagnostic when t…

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## [Looking for a way to import csv values without changing certain characters like "°"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-import-csv-values-without-changing-certain-characters-like/107601)

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**Author:** [@r123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-import-csv-values-without-changing-certain-characters-like/107601 "2025-06-20T01:38:46Z")

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I've tried changing a few different things but nothing's working. I changed the format that the Excel VBA is using when saving the CSV file but then that added quote marks in the CSV which I couldn't get ignition to deal…

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## [Forcing one result of a named query cache to update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forcing-one-result-of-a-named-query-cache-to-update/107591)

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**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forcing-one-result-of-a-named-query-cache-to-update/107591 "2025-06-19T21:11:58Z")

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We have a MariaDB table that is moderately sized (thousands of rows, MBs of data), rarely written, read almost continuously, and the reads often have bursts of repeated parameters. It's a perfect candidate for named quer…

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## [Contacting Gateway Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/contacting-gateway-error/107587)

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**Author:** [@jlanzafame](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlanzafame)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/contacting-gateway-error/107587 "2025-06-19T19:16:20Z")

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Hey all, I was I/O testing today and closed my laptop lid when I was done. I reopened it because we wanted to test one more thing. It wouldn't load so I shut down and rebooted. Now, when I try to launch my designer or lo…

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## [Modbus TCP - 4 Consecutive Registers with Double Conversion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-4-consecutive-registers-with-double-conversion/107584)

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**Author:** [@Liam\_Dietrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Liam_Dietrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-4-consecutive-registers-with-double-conversion/107584 "2025-06-19T16:30:34Z")

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Hi, I am attempting to read 4 consecutive registers via Modbus. I currently have the communication working properly for 2 consecutive registers, using the HRF designator. Example: \[DEVICE\_NAME\]1.HRF4667 But when I att…

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## [\[BUG\] Page config "pages" dictionary emptied. Page Configuration lost](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-page-config-pages-dictionary-emptied-page-configuration-lost/61130)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Havlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nick_Havlicek)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-page-config-pages-dictionary-emptied-page-configuration-lost/61130 "2025-06-19T16:17:34Z")

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I ran into a bug on a project where the page configuration file (\\Inductive Automation\\Ignition\\data\\projects\\myProject\\com.inductiveautomation.perspective\\page-config\\config.json) reverted to no pages configured. I am…

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## [Perspective or Vision - Lost Network Connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-or-vision-lost-network-connection/93348)

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**Author:** [@Pat\_Cunningham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Cunningham)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-or-vision-lost-network-connection/93348 "2025-06-19T14:22:32Z")

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Is there way with Vision or Perspective to have the GUI continue to run at the tools if the network connection is lost?

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## [Can we find the record if someone disable a tag in tag browser？](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-we-find-the-record-if-someone-disable-a-tag-in-tag-browser/107523)

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**Author:** [@Lion\_Sun](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lion_Sun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-we-find-the-record-if-someone-disable-a-tag-in-tag-browser/107523 "2025-06-19T14:00:02Z")

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If someone disable a tag in tag browser, is there any method to find out who disable it and when it was disabled?

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## [Will the Mitsubishi Driver Work if the tags for the PLC are in old GX Developer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-the-mitsubishi-driver-work-if-the-tags-for-the-plc-are-in-old-gx-developer/107574)

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**Author:** [@halbiglogan05](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/halbiglogan05)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-the-mitsubishi-driver-work-if-the-tags-for-the-plc-are-in-old-gx-developer/107574 "2025-06-19T13:33:32Z")

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So I have worked with the Mitsubishi plc driver before in the past on previous company projects however those projects used GX works 2 and Above for the PLC Ladder logic to where all the tags are housed in the Mitsubishi…

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## [How to Group Roles into a Custom Security Level in Ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-group-roles-into-a-custom-security-level-in-ignition/105252)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Lino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jose_Lino)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-group-roles-into-a-custom-security-level-in-ignition/105252 "2025-06-19T12:32:44Z")

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Hi Everyone, I've been working on setting up security settings similar to what PlantPAx uses (not exactly the same, but along the same lines). My goal is to define multiple roles, such as: HMI\_Operators (A) HMI\_Opera…

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## [API request error 500](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/api-request-error-500/107458)

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**Author:** [@colle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/colle)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/api-request-error-500/107458 "2025-06-19T12:09:15Z")

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My JavaScript code belike try { const response = await fetch('saveManualDocs', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ docsdata: docs }) }); if (!response.ok) thro…

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## [ACM360 Bluetooth Device](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/acm360-bluetooth-device/107517)

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**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/acm360-bluetooth-device/107517 "2025-06-19T11:57:24Z")

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We are looking at the possibility of using this bluetooth device to transmit scale data from a fork truck to Ignition. Is this possible? If so, how would I go about setting this up? Assume newest version of Ignition.

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## [Accessing Translations from Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-translations-from-database/107568)

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**Author:** [@anjali.siya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anjali.siya)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-translations-from-database/107568 "2025-06-19T11:01:02Z")

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I am new to ignition working on the translation project . Is there any way I can fetch the translations directly from the SQL database rather than using translation manager. Is it possible? As we use 3rd party software …

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## [Time Series Chart Color Change Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-color-change-issue/107510)

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**Author:** [@lognewyear11](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lognewyear11)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-color-change-issue/107510 "2025-06-19T09:15:29Z")

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Two colors only to show this how to change a color for four line .it means params

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## [Send data from GSM modem to Ignition SCADA](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-data-from-gsm-modem-to-ignition-scada/107539)

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**Author:** [@sarvarmizrobov7007](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sarvarmizrobov7007)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-data-from-gsm-modem-to-ignition-scada/107539 "2025-06-19T09:12:46Z")

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Hello i have 1500 devices (gsm modems) which send data to server (scada), gsm modem can send data json can i get this data on ignition scada. Thanks

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## [Find/Replace Cannot be Trusted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-be-trusted/77377)

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**Author:** [@Kraenbring](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kraenbring)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-cannot-be-trusted/77377 "2025-06-19T08:40:37Z")

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Found this on 8.1.30, but I know this isn't a new issue. Searching for a bit of text that has been eluding me for a few versions. The binding isn't even one that's complicated or evaluated, it's just straight text on a…

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## [How to Add a Custom Column (e.g., Duration) in Alarm Status Table in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-a-custom-column-e-g-duration-in-alarm-status-table-in-perspective/107502)

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**Author:** [@Anantharaman\_Nagaraj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anantharaman_Nagaraj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-a-custom-column-e-g-duration-in-alarm-status-table-in-perspective/107502 "2025-06-19T06:41:39Z")

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Hi all, I’m currently working with the Alarm Status Table component in Ignition Perspective and looking to enhance its display by adding a custom column. Specifically, I would like to add a "Duration" column that shows…

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## [Automatic Resize of Image and Text inside a Button in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-resize-of-image-and-text-inside-a-button-in-perspective/73200)

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**Author:** [@Sergio\_Alonso](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sergio_Alonso)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-resize-of-image-and-text-inside-a-button-in-perspective/73200 "2025-06-19T06:06:55Z")

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I have a button in perspective which contains a text and an image. The problem is that when I resize the emebedded view, the button itself shrinks but the image and the text do not shrink. I attach an screenshot of the c…

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