# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=927 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 928 --- ## [What fomrat is "t\_stamp" in tag history database?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-fomrat-is-t-stamp-in-tag-history-database/53444)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-fomrat-is-t-stamp-in-tag-history-database/53444 "2021-11-24T18:52:25Z")
Hello all, I am using the tag history database, and there is a column there called t\_stamp. I do not understand what the format is? Is there any way I can change to the actual date format? Just like the start date/ end … --- ## [Process to control on Tag change client events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/process-to-control-on-tag-change-client-events/53111)
**Author:** [@Sourabh\_Ambildhuke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sourabh_Ambildhuke)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/process-to-control-on-tag-change-client-events/53111 "2021-11-24T18:10:44Z")
Hi i am stuck in some process of tag change script. First thing first, We don’t have any PLC and want to control the process on memory tags. So i have one tank filled which i need to empty and transfer it to other tank… --- ## [Hard to Resize Table Column Width While in Carousel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hard-to-resize-table-column-width-while-in-carousel/53443)
**Author:** [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hard-to-resize-table-column-width-while-in-carousel/53443 "2021-11-24T17:46:14Z")
It’s hard to manually resize columns width in the table component while inside a carousel. The dragging obeys the shift of panes as priority and resize columns becomes impossible. The trick is that I want to keep this f… --- ## [Context menu on Root Container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/context-menu-on-root-container/39795)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/context-menu-on-root-container/39795 "2021-11-24T17:46:54Z")
If I click on a page root container, I get the following context menu: Any idea on how to get rid of that? Thanks in advance, regards --- ## [Ignition Perspective view screen is keeps on loading not opening](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-view-screen-is-keeps-on-loading-not-opening/53441)
**Author:** [@subramaniam.gopal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/subramaniam.gopal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-view-screen-is-keeps-on-loading-not-opening/53441 "2021-11-24T16:51:33Z")
Ignition Perspective view screen is keeps on loading not opening Following error appears Ignition version 8.1.10 please let us know what is workaround to to open the screen Thanks --- ## [Productivity 2000 PLCs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430)
**Author:** [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430 "2021-11-24T16:34:38Z")
I have a Productivity Series 2000 PLC with Ethernet/IP capabilities, I was trying to use it as an Allen Bradley PLC to be able to browse it’s tags, but I haven’t been able to do it so far. So wanted to ask if someone els… --- ## [\[BUG-4397\] Upside down Tanks - iOS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-4397-upside-down-tanks-ios/52238)
**Author:** [@wbaker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wbaker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-4397-upside-down-tanks-ios/52238 "2021-11-24T16:24:39Z")
Hi, Looking to see if the community has dealt with this. After a recent gateway update, only on iOS do our tank levels appear upside down until the next tag change. Users on Desktop and Android do not experience this, … --- ## [Script using shutil Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-using-shutil-issue/53403)
**Author:** [@vasilevdim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vasilevdim)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-using-shutil-issue/53403 "2021-11-24T13:59:51Z")
Hi, guys, I want to check if in a directory there is file named “TEST” and if yes, to copy it in the same directory under “TST2” name. import os import shutil dstfile = 'C:\\\\Applications\\\\TST2' path='C:\\\\Applications\\… --- ## [Talking to EtherNet/IP devices with an EDS file?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/talking-to-ethernet-ip-devices-with-an-eds-file/53413)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/talking-to-ethernet-ip-devices-with-an-eds-file/53413 "2021-11-24T13:01:31Z")
This might be a dumb question… (I know SCADA, not PLC), but would it be plausible to create an Ignition driver that accepted an EDS file to talk to different EtherNet/IP devices? --- ## [Label Format for Moving Analog Indicator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-format-for-moving-analog-indicator/53371)
**Author:** [@josh3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josh3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-format-for-moving-analog-indicator/53371 "2021-11-24T07:44:27Z")
Hi, I’m trying to change the label format on my indicators to show degrees Celcius, is this possible? thanks --- ## [PLCSIM-Scada Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plcsim-scada-ignition/48080)
**Author:** [@patrikludvik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/patrikludvik)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plcsim-scada-ignition/48080 "2021-10-05T19:38:45Z")
Hello guys, I have problem with connection to the scada via plcsim, I have NetToPlcSim but Scada still cannot connect. I set up the IP adress in scada for the device as is Network Address but still connecting … any ideas… --- ## [AES 256 Encryption Using Scripting?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aes-256-encryption-using-scripting/53324)
**Author:** [@Shanmukharao.C](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shanmukharao.C)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aes-256-encryption-using-scripting/53324 "2021-11-24T05:42:54Z")
Hi, I need to encrypt a string using AES 256. Is there a way to do it within Ignition? I found 128 bit Encryption code and it's working fine. could any body Suggest me what the code modification need to be done for get… --- ## [OPC Tag's Quality](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-quality/53412)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Espana](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ivan_Espana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-quality/53412 "2021-11-24T01:21:17Z")
Hi, I’m trying to use Programmable Device Simulator with a OPC UA Connection in my project loading a .csv file (using realistic function). When I did the connections the first day, components in Designer Launcher work, b… --- ## [System.tag.exists ..... but it doesn't](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-exists-but-it-doesnt/53271)
**Author:** [@markrit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/markrit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-exists-but-it-doesnt/53271 "2021-11-24T01:04:37Z")
If I run the following in the script console gnamePath = '\[MQTT Engine\]DCNET/MAP/S1/R1/B1/G10/Name' if system.tag.exists (gnamePath): print 'Tag Exists' and a folder for \[MQTT Engine\]DCNET/MAP/S1/R1/B1/G10/ is present… --- ## [Binding complicated UDT to Faceplate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-complicated-udt-to-faceplate/53372)
**Author:** [@Krzysztof\_Lesiak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Krzysztof_Lesiak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-complicated-udt-to-faceplate/53372 "2021-11-23T23:53:55Z")
Hello, I’m trying to connect Ignition to our siemens library. I already connected udt tag to screen and all was happy until I started with more variables. Devices interface PLC-SCADA is pretty complicated and I tried to… --- ## [How to make SELECT in this case?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-make-select-in-this-case/53378)
**Author:** [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-make-select-in-this-case/53378 "2021-11-23T21:37:15Z")
How to create a single MSSQL SELECT query in this case: We’ve got 2 tables: fruits and expiration The goal is to receive table where specific fruit number has information about having NULL in expirationDate column. Tho… --- ## [Bad Tag quality on Modbus RTU over Serial link](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-tag-quality-on-modbus-rtu-over-serial-link/48331)
**Author:** [@DaneWarner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DaneWarner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-tag-quality-on-modbus-rtu-over-serial-link/48331 "2021-11-23T21:12:39Z")
Hello to all, thank you for reading the post. I am having trouble with tags from a Direct Logic 05 - D0-05DR connected via Modbus RTU over Serial to Ignition Maker ed. version 8.1.7 OPC-UA server running on Windows 10. T… --- ## [Best strategy to design an application for mobile phone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-strategy-to-design-an-application-for-mobile-phone/53399)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-strategy-to-design-an-application-for-mobile-phone/53399 "2021-11-23T21:04:18Z")
Hello all, I have a perspective application which is designed for PC now the customer wants to view that application in the mobile phone too; however, some of the components in the PC application are quite big like the … --- ## [\[Feature-977\]AlarmStatus Table Custom Columns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-977-alarmstatus-table-custom-columns/43971)
**Author:** [@jwilliams](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jwilliams)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-977-alarmstatus-table-custom-columns/43971 "2021-11-23T20:42:06Z")
I am attempting to use the Perspective AlarmStatus table to display alarms, however, the table included in Ignition doesn’t house all the data I would like to provide (such as a timer for how long an alarm has been activ… --- ## [Redundancy Issue: OPC tags values not syncing properly after redundancy failover](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-issue-opc-tags-values-not-syncing-properly-after-redundancy-failover/53400)
**Author:** [@guipinper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/guipinper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-issue-opc-tags-values-not-syncing-properly-after-redundancy-failover/53400 "2021-11-23T18:35:37Z")
Hi, Our system is composed by 3 machines running Ignition 7.9.14. Two machines form the master+backup pair and the third one is used for monitoring related operations using the Gateway Network in read-only mode. We det… --- ## [Unable to connect to gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-connect-to-gateway/53320)
**Author:** [@mandeep\_gill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mandeep_gill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-connect-to-gateway/53320 "2021-11-23T18:09:59Z")
Hi , I am currently using the ignition 8.1.11. I can launch the vision client on the same machine. but when i tried to access the gateway on other machine vision launcher keep on retrying the connection. Vision client l… --- ## [Is this an encoding problem?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-this-an-encoding-problem/53370)
**Author:** [@wangjun\_ming\_1996](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wangjun_ming_1996)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-this-an-encoding-problem/53370 "2021-11-23T17:47:44Z")
I use another software to write python script and copy to Ignition. Then Ignition prompt Red wavy line. I don’t know what’s going on. Is this an encoding problem? I use UTF-8 encoding now. --- ## [Is it possible to check for a number parameter in named query?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-check-for-a-number-parameter-in-named-query/53388)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-check-for-a-number-parameter-in-named-query/53388 "2021-11-23T17:44:44Z")
Hello all, I am trying to check for a value in my named query and that value is an integer parameter. The parameter is called partNo The name query is where I am checking for the word SN and the parameter partNo integ… --- ## [Perspective Table rowIndex vs row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-rowindex-vs-row/39501)
**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-rowindex-vs-row/39501 "2021-11-23T17:08:32Z")
I have been looking in the documentation, and cant seem to find it, but what is the difference between rowIndex and row in the implicitly provided embedded view column parameters? --- ## [Can someone tell me a story here? Network problems, data latency, hope the image uploads!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-a-story-here-network-problems-data-latency-hope-the-image-uploads/53387)
**Author:** [@eric2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eric2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-a-story-here-network-problems-data-latency-hope-the-image-uploads/53387 "2021-11-23T16:48:36Z")
Okay, if you can see the above image, can you tell me what this means? The information in the manual is insufficient to understand what is happening. I am trying to read a couple of UDTs. Within the UDT there is an … --- ## [Vision Power Table Footer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-power-table-footer/53393)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-power-table-footer/53393 "2021-11-23T16:47:49Z")
Does anyone have a trick up their sleeve for how to add a footer to the vision powr table? In the perspective table there is a convenient option where I can add whatever formula I want to sum up values in each column. T… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Perspective Alt-Click to select components behind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-alt-click-to-select-components-behind/47865)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-alt-click-to-select-components-behind/47865 "2021-11-23T14:40:48Z")
I’m really missing this feature from Vision! It’s hard with performance issues with designing in Perspective trying to select the right objects and this feature would certainly help! https://ideas.inductiveautomation.co… --- ## [AES 256 bit Encryption /Decryption Using Scripting?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aes-256-bit-encryption-decryption-using-scripting/53386)
**Author:** [@Shanmukharao.C](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shanmukharao.C)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aes-256-bit-encryption-decryption-using-scripting/53386 "2021-11-23T14:28:01Z")
Hi, I need to encrypt a string using AES 256. Is there a way to do it within Ignition? --- ## [How can I show / hide the component column of the Perspective table at runtime?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-show-hide-the-component-column-of-the-perspective-table-at-runtime/53330)
**Author:** [@cesma2000](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cesma2000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-show-hide-the-component-column-of-the-perspective-table-at-runtime/53330 "2021-11-23T14:06:16Z")
Hi folks, I need to add a feature to my project, but I need some advice because I have been using this SW for less than a while. On the page, I use views to show data with the table component, the data to show in the ta… --- ## [Error on sending data to SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-on-sending-data-to-sql/53380)
**Author:** [@berkay.cinar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/berkay.cinar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-on-sending-data-to-sql/53380 "2021-11-23T13:44:17Z")
Hello, I was sending data to sql via tag change script below. It was working but somehow it stopped sending data to sql I check the script there is no error on the diagnostics. Script below; What do you think the reaso… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=926) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=928)