# Ignition

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## [Problem with system.recipe.setItemRecipe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-system-recipe-setitemrecipe/71417)

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**Author:** [@Jair\_Lara](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jair_Lara)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-system-recipe-setitemrecipe/71417 "2023-03-22T17:06:10Z")

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Hello, I maked a copy of production server (project, DB) working into a Sanbox server. I have an issue when I try to download the recipe to the PLC, it do not is downloaded, debugging into the script, I found this code f…

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## [Ignition Perspective removeContactInfo for email how to write a script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-removecontactinfo-for-email-how-to-write-a-script/52174)

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**Author:** [@subramaniam.gopal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/subramaniam.gopal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-removecontactinfo-for-email-how-to-write-a-script/52174 "2023-03-22T16:28:18Z")

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used following script to execute to change the email address and role of particular user role is getting changed but not able to remove the existing email id but can able to add new email id usernametext = self.getSibl…

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## [\[ SOLVED \] MultiWindows vision and Ignition 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-multiwindows-vision-and-ignition-8-1/71435)

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**Author:** [@Esmeralda\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esmeralda_Lopez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-multiwindows-vision-and-ignition-8-1/71435 "2023-03-22T15:08:42Z")

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Hello there, I would like to use one desktop and have more windows, lets explain myself: I have a navigation bar, then if I do clic in one of the tabs, a window will open individually. Does anyone know how to do it? Be…

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## [Perspective - Power Chart - Hide Annotations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-hide-annotations/64863)

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**Author:** [@bfearnow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfearnow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-hide-annotations/64863 "2023-03-22T14:35:48Z")

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Is anyone familiar with a way to hide individual annotations on the chart? Minimally toggle the visibility for them all? Thanks.

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## [Email Alarm Acknowledgment - modify subject dynamically](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-alarm-acknowledgment-modify-subject-dynamically/71347)

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**Author:** [@Bharat\_Krishnan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharat_Krishnan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-alarm-acknowledgment-modify-subject-dynamically/71347 "2023-03-22T13:17:52Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to make some style changes like bold underline,etc to the values displayed in the message body of email notification. Is it possible to alter the message to our requirement?

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## [How upload trusted ssl certificate in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-upload-trusted-ssl-certificate-in-perspective/71432)

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**Author:** [@tadeja.saje](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tadeja.saje)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-upload-trusted-ssl-certificate-in-perspective/71432 "2023-03-22T13:11:06Z")

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Hello, we have Ignition perspective 8.1.23. We would like import ssl certificate .pfx in perspective, but the pespective admin webpage return error. How could I import .pfx ssl certifiicate in perspective admin webpag…

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## [Optimal solution for having multiple DB queries on tag value change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-solution-for-having-multiple-db-queries-on-tag-value-change/71092)

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**Author:** [@ATech](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ATech)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-solution-for-having-multiple-db-queries-on-tag-value-change/71092 "2023-03-22T12:06:57Z")

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Hi! Trying to find an optimal solution for following: There are some OPC tags that by default change their values at the same time: dateTime partCode partQuality The idea is to insert the data as a new row in DB on…

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## [Calling a class from a script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-class-from-a-script/71225)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Collinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert_Collinson)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-class-from-a-script/71225 "2023-03-22T11:37:26Z")

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If I have created a class and saved it into it's own script within Ignition Designer, can it be 'imported' from another script in the same way as you could when writing 'py' scripts (i.e. placing all py's in the same di…

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## [Animating a component that's bound to a timer value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animating-a-component-thats-bound-to-a-timer-value/71420)

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**Author:** [@Miguel\_Villasenor\_Es](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Miguel_Villasenor_Es)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animating-a-component-thats-bound-to-a-timer-value/71420 "2023-03-22T11:14:30Z")

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Hello, I have a component who's Y: property is tied to a Timer.Value(int). I want my component to sit at the bottom of the screen, 650px and I want the component to move up the "conveyor". I wrote some code in the Proper…

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## [Connect Ignition to Siemens IPC OPC Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-ignition-to-siemens-ipc-opc-server/71344)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Beckwith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael_Beckwith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-ignition-to-siemens-ipc-opc-server/71344 "2023-03-22T01:54:02Z")

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Hello All, I am wondering if anyone has used the built in Siemens OPC server to connect to Ignition. I am using WinCC Flexible Advanced 2008 SP5 and Ignition 8.0.17. I am wondering if I use the OPC server functionality …

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## [Date range component's 'endDate' property is wrong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-components-enddate-property-is-wrong/71392)

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**Author:** [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-components-enddate-property-is-wrong/71392 "2023-03-22T00:31:06Z")

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Good day to you all wonderful people, I've been messing with vision a bit lately, and here's something that bothers me. A lot. This: Notice anything wrong ? Yep, the time says 2pm, but the slider goes up to 3pm. Zoo…

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## [Error Storing Tag History data issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-storing-tag-history-data-issue/71402)

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**Author:** [@Parth\_Pandya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Parth_Pandya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-storing-tag-history-data-issue/71402 "2023-03-22T00:28:37Z")

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Can anyone Help me with this? this error is keep coming

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## [Zulu Platform x64 Architecture using too much CPU](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-cpu/71406)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_Lukovyi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anton_Lukovyi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-cpu/71406 "2023-03-21T21:50:53Z")

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Hello, the Zulu Platform x64 Architecture process is loading my CPU very heavily, can you tell me how to solve this?

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## [Online license activation/unactivation via CLI/gwcmd?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/online-license-activation-unactivation-via-cli-gwcmd/71412)

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**Author:** [@mboroden](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mboroden)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/online-license-activation-unactivation-via-cli-gwcmd/71412 "2023-03-21T21:14:19Z")

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Is there a good way to finish the activation of a license from the CLI? I see that gwcmd -a will generate the activation\_message.txt, but nothing about actually submitting it to the licensing endpoint of api.inductiveaut…

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## [Need to pass a value from one template to another template even for Mutiple instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-to-pass-a-value-from-one-template-to-another-template-even-for-mutiple-instances/71305)

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**Author:** [@saravanan\_Manickam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/saravanan_Manickam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-to-pass-a-value-from-one-template-to-another-template-even-for-mutiple-instances/71305 "2023-03-21T19:38:24Z")

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Here the 1st dropdown in the one template and the below dropdown was a another template. in both the dropdown I have used query binding, by the 1st value of the dropdown the used for the where condition in the second…

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## [User-configurable alarming](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-configurable-alarming/71334)

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**Author:** [@msteele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msteele)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-configurable-alarming/71334 "2023-03-21T19:28:15Z")

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We have a SOW which includes a requirement for a client to have the ability to essentially create/modify/delete an alarm with associated alarm attributes for every tag in a system. There can be 50,000+ tags in our syste…

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## [Multi-State Button Custom Styles Disabled](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-state-button-custom-styles-disabled/71164)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-state-button-custom-styles-disabled/71164 "2023-03-21T18:15:46Z")

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I have a multistate button with custom selected and unselected styles applied to each button. These styles have been defined using the custom style GUI (Buttons/MultiState/Duty1/Selected and Buttons/MultiState/UnSelected)…

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## [Webdev upload fail](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webdev-upload-fail/54451)

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**Author:** [@448719222](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/448719222)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webdev-upload-fail/54451 "2023-03-21T18:12:42Z")

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logger = system.util.getLogger("Webdev Debug") from org.eclipse.jetty.server import Request from javax.servlet import MultipartConfigElement from org.apache.commons.io import IOUtils basereq = request\['servletRequ…

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## [Auto-populate templates when creating new tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-populate-templates-when-creating-new-tags/71396)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Mantle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew_Mantle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-populate-templates-when-creating-new-tags/71396 "2023-03-21T17:10:57Z")

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So I have a group of tags that I an constantly adding news ones too. The tags are grabbing MQTT data off of specific machines. I also have an overview screen, with a template that I made, of all the machines that I am mo…

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## [Subtracting Values from two different SQL database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/subtracting-values-from-two-different-sql-database/71287)

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**Author:** [@Micky\_Vue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Micky_Vue)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/subtracting-values-from-two-different-sql-database/71287 "2023-03-21T17:01:53Z")

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Hey everyone, I'm very new to ignition, mysql, and coding itself. I'm trying to create button that will allow me to add/minus the value of one table column from another table column. I created an ID in each row for both…

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## [Perspective table column width resize issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-width-resize-issue/71382)

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**Author:** [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-width-resize-issue/71382 "2023-03-21T16:33:21Z")

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Hi, I am using a table but my dataset is not in array format column data when i try to resize a column.. its not working how to fix the issue

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## [Dropdown Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-component/71307)

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**Author:** [@Arnaud\_Declerck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arnaud_Declerck)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-component/71307 "2023-03-21T16:15:20Z")

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Hi Can we adjust the weight/height of the drop list arrow on a dropdown in Perspective ? Regards

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## [How can I load a complex studio 5000 tag structure into ignition perspective designer?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-load-a-complex-studio-5000-tag-structure-into-ignition-perspective-designer/71335)

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**Author:** [@Gabriel\_Schwinghamme](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gabriel_Schwinghamme)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-load-a-complex-studio-5000-tag-structure-into-ignition-perspective-designer/71335 "2023-03-21T16:08:29Z")

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Hello, I am new to this industry and ignition. The studio 5000 project has thousands of tags inside of several programs within the project. I need to get the tags into ignition so I can start developing with them. I have…

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## [Question: Opened a backup project file locally. Trying to get list of alarms tags and Messages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-opened-a-backup-project-file-locally-trying-to-get-list-of-alarms-tags-and-messages/71381)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Smith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-opened-a-backup-project-file-locally-trying-to-get-list-of-alarms-tags-and-messages/71381 "2023-03-21T15:59:53Z")

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I have a backup of a Customer's Ignition project that I have opened locally (no PLC access). Is it possible to get a list of tags with configured alarms and alarm text?

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## [Refreshing a dropdown in a power table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refreshing-a-dropdown-in-a-power-table/71385)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refreshing-a-dropdown-in-a-power-table/71385 "2023-03-21T15:56:18Z")

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Using 8.1.17 vision. I have a power table with if colName == 'Location': locationNames = system.dataset.toPyDataSet(self.parent.parent.locationChoices) options = \[\] for (idx, name) in locationNames: options.a…

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## [Fatek FBs\_60MC and XY-MD02 modbus issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fatek-fbs-60mc-and-xy-md02-modbus-issue/71389)

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**Author:** [@Tanase\_Bogdan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tanase_Bogdan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fatek-fbs-60mc-and-xy-md02-modbus-issue/71389 "2023-03-21T15:38:59Z")

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Hello everyone , I have my home climatic control with fatek and i want to read the XY-MD02 sensors on RS485 . I have conected to PLC FBs\_6RTD , FBs\_CBE internet port , FBs\_CM55E . I can read each sensor succesfuly on P…

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## [Connecting UR Cobot over Modbus TCP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ur-cobot-over-modbus-tcp/30653)

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**Author:** [@stdima98](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stdima98)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ur-cobot-over-modbus-tcp/30653 "2023-03-21T15:31:22Z")

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Hello, I am working on connecting a UR5 cobot via Modbus TCP and extracting data in Ignition (v.7.9.7) to determine the number of times the robot enters protective stop. As of right now I’ve managed to connect the cobo…

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## [Historian tag storing at wrong rate?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-tag-storing-at-wrong-rate/70121)

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**Author:** [@cdunn.home](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cdunn.home)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-tag-storing-at-wrong-rate/70121 "2023-03-21T15:09:45Z")

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I am attempting to store a couple of data points at a rate of 250ms, but one of them consistantly stores at 1000ms, while the other complies with the 250ms request. Both are from the same PLC (CLGX), with the same tag- …

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## [System.util.execute bat that closes and restarts vision client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-bat-that-closes-and-restarts-vision-client/71294)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-bat-that-closes-and-restarts-vision-client/71294 "2023-03-21T13:51:24Z")

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I'm trying to execute a batch file that closes the Vision client that executes it and restarts it. What I'm finding though, is that after the client stops, the rest of the batch script just stops running as well and the …

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## [TT Tutorial- Project Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tt-tutorial-project-error/71360)

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**Author:** [@Rohit\_Mehar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rohit_Mehar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tt-tutorial-project-error/71360 "2023-03-21T10:13:37Z")

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Hello, I am practicing Track and Trace module and developing screen as per manual instruction. I am getting following attached error when and clicked on "Create Material Defination + Class" and on other button also. C…

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