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**Author:** [@Jfrantz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jfrantz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-tag-history-error/52357 "2021-10-26T17:36:32Z")
Trying to pull tag history to a chart using Tag History Binding. I get the error below. Only for One of my Tags and 4 others are working correctly. Same data types also. Any Hints to find a solution? Was displaying f… --- ## [Changing device in working application](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-device-in-working-application/52348)
**Author:** [@JamesUalto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JamesUalto)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-device-in-working-application/52348 "2021-10-26T17:10:25Z")
I have three PLC devices setup. Each to begin with was a v20 Allen-Bradley compact logic l33er. One of the PLC’s has been upgraded to v32. This meant I had to change my device driver from a CompactLogix to a Logix Drive… --- ## [Active Directory Distinguished Names](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-distinguished-names/52347)
**Author:** [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-directory-distinguished-names/52347 "2021-10-26T16:58:24Z")
Ignition 8.1.10 on Windows Server We are having trouble retrieving users and roles from an Active Directory User source. The error messages is posted below. Any assistance pointing in the correct direction is greatly ap… --- ## [\[IGN-4947\]Prevent menu navigation by criteria](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-4947-prevent-menu-navigation-by-criteria/52247)
**Author:** [@mal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-4947-prevent-menu-navigation-by-criteria/52247 "2021-10-26T16:27:05Z")
Hi, I have a perspective view that the user updates and the user needs to click save before the updates are sent to the database. If the user attempts to navigate away from the view after making an update, I would like… --- ## [Best way to end clients based on client uptime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-end-clients-based-on-client-uptime/52344)
**Author:** [@jcoletti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcoletti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-end-clients-based-on-client-uptime/52344 "2021-10-26T16:17:45Z")
Hello, I’m trying to come up with the best way to terminate vision clients that have been up for more than X amount of time - there’s also some condiations based on the open project or window but the duration constraint… --- ## [AVG columns by time frame](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/avg-columns-by-time-frame/52342)
**Author:** [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/avg-columns-by-time-frame/52342 "2021-10-26T15:00:42Z")
Im using this query to AVG 2 columns: SELECT FORMAT(CONVERT(datetime,AVG(CONVERT(FLOAT,(“3A\_End\_Time” - “3A\_Start\_Time”)))), ‘HH:mm:ss’) AS AvgDuration FROM Misc\_Rail\_LGV\_Call\_Time How can I add a time frame into th… --- ## [Error while trying to open designer?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-while-trying-to-open-designer/52341)
**Author:** [@Caleb256](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Caleb256)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-while-trying-to-open-designer/52341 "2021-10-26T13:43:08Z")
So, I just reinstalled ignition hoping that it would fix this problem, but it didn’t work. I have this error popping up every time I try and start the designer launcher on my local host. Need help fixing it. --- ## [OPC tag with Queries](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tag-with-queries/52335)
**Author:** [@jgonya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgonya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tag-with-queries/52335 "2021-10-26T13:23:31Z")
I have two OPC tags and a table in a database. I want to use one of the tags to look up on the table the write back on to the other tag. So, Tag one is Model\_Number, tag two is platfrom Table date something like this … --- ## [Read tag values on a report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-tag-values-on-a-report/52312)
**Author:** [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-tag-values-on-a-report/52312 "2021-10-26T12:53:36Z")
Is it possible to read a tag value on a report or does it need to be in a historical chart? I want to have a cell/label reference a tags value at the time the report runs. --- ## [Vision Client Launcher - "Window mode: window" does not work](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-window-mode-window-does-not-work/52339)
**Author:** [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-window-mode-window-does-not-work/52339 "2021-10-26T12:33:13Z")
Good Morning. I am trying to configure an application in Vision Client Launcher, which is developed in “Full Screen”, to open in “Window mode: window”. But the changes I make have no effect when I create the shortcut. … --- ## [Using GPS NTP server in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-gps-ntp-server-in-ignition/52324)
**Author:** [@YL\_Synergy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YL_Synergy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-gps-ntp-server-in-ignition/52324 "2021-10-26T06:51:27Z")
Hi there, we have a GPS time device as the NTP server. How can we setup ignition to use this NTP server? Thanks and have a nice day! Regards Ying --- ## [Not Reprint Chart in Another Page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-reprint-chart-in-another-page/52323)
**Author:** [@user9](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/user9)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-reprint-chart-in-another-page/52323 "2021-10-26T04:17:21Z")
Hi everyone, I have issue with Report Module when creating report template. I have TimeSeriesChart and Table component in page design. How to not reprint TimeSeriesChart component in another page when Table component hav… --- ## [Unable to read response from the Gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-read-response-from-the-gateway/52322)
**Author:** [@jmacascas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmacascas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-read-response-from-the-gateway/52322 "2021-10-26T04:10:24Z")
Hi Everyone, Good day! I’m using ignition7.9 version and i’m getting this error “com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: Unable to read response from the Gateway.” I just want to … --- ## [Reset Tag Value after a Number of Seconds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-tag-value-after-a-number-of-seconds/17098)
**Author:** [@lshirley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lshirley)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-tag-value-after-a-number-of-seconds/17098 "2021-10-26T03:45:44Z")
Hello, Does anybody by chance know how I could reset a tag's value to a coded default value after a set number of seconds? Any help is greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance. -Lenny --- ## [Gateway Faulted 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-8-1/52319)
**Author:** [@user83](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/user83)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-8-1/52319 "2021-10-26T02:34:39Z")
Hi All, I’m getting a “Ignition Gateway is FAULTED” message after restarting the gateway. Any help would be appreciated. This is the end of the wrapper log file, but i can’t make much sense of it: INFO | jvm 3 | … --- ## [Derived Tag Source Change - Storing History](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/derived-tag-source-change-storing-history/52281)
**Author:** [@james.beeley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.beeley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/derived-tag-source-change-storing-history/52281 "2021-10-25T23:27:52Z")
Good afternoon, https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Types+of+Tags In this section of the manual, there’s a subsection titled “Changing the Source”. When I run this script on my script console, tag histor… --- ## [Returning lists of arguments for bound methods](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/returning-lists-of-arguments-for-bound-methods/52040)
**Author:** [@seano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seano)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/returning-lists-of-arguments-for-bound-methods/52040 "2021-10-25T20:26:50Z")
Hi, this is a follow on and generalisation from the discussion at Power Table header height If I want to interrogate a Vision component and find out how to do things with it that aren't documented, very often it's usefu… --- ## [Query parameters update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-parameters-update/52309)
**Author:** [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-parameters-update/52309 "2021-10-25T19:23:40Z")
I have create a named querie to put in a table in a report. I’m passing in parameters values of important tags to put into the report. The basic value of those is 0. I’m trying to update data so my report will show v… --- ## [Active alarms from journal tables](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-alarms-from-journal-tables/25232)
**Author:** [@f.pinciaroli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.pinciaroli)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-alarms-from-journal-tables/25232 "2021-10-25T16:49:36Z")
Hello, Is there a way to select active alarms from journal tables (alarm\_event\_data & alarm\_events) in DB? I would like to get the same data returned by system.alarm.getStatus(). Thanks, Federico. --- ## [OPC-UA Connection to Siemens 840D sl Control Failing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-connection-to-siemens-840d-sl-control-failing/52297)
**Author:** [@Ahiero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahiero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-connection-to-siemens-840d-sl-control-failing/52297 "2021-10-25T16:29:05Z")
I am connecting to a Siemens 840D sl OPC-UA server to multiple instances of Ignition: prod, test, and dev all of which are VMs. I have configured the time on the HMI and have connected from the Prod & Test servers with … --- ## [Reading char array from Siemens PLCs and assigning it as a string or char array](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-char-array-from-siemens-plcs-and-assigning-it-as-a-string-or-char-array/43350)
**Author:** [@turgutisa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/turgutisa)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-char-array-from-siemens-plcs-and-assigning-it-as-a-string-or-char-array/43350 "2021-10-25T16:23:36Z")
I want read char array as a string or as an array of char in ignition. For now I can not do it with 1 line code. I have to do it by reading chars as byte per byte then convert them and come together etc. so it is huge jo… --- ## [Siemens S7-1500 FC addressing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1500-fc-addressing/52301)
**Author:** [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1500-fc-addressing/52301 "2021-10-25T16:02:26Z")
Good day, Ive looked in the use manual and did not see and addressing to monitor an FC from Siemens TIA 15. The bit is a boolean value so I thought the address would have been like this: \[M08 3B Conveyor\]FC5,X5.2 . Can i… --- ## [Profiling python scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/profiling-python-scripts/52268)
**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/profiling-python-scripts/52268 "2021-10-25T15:59:22Z")
I’ve been trying to profile bits of our Python scripting with the goal of learning what’s slowing it down. (Hint: It almost always ends up being an excessive number of tag interactions that we forgot about or didn’t real… --- ## [Passing in (how to use) tag address value for Control/Indicator values - Momentary button on template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-in-how-to-use-tag-address-value-for-control-indicator-values-momentary-button-on-template/52298)
**Author:** [@jeff.ryan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeff.ryan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-in-how-to-use-tag-address-value-for-control-indicator-values-momentary-button-on-template/52298 "2021-10-25T14:38:24Z")
I want a momentary button as a template, that will ultimately show different backgrounds for two different states. This problem is about the variable control and indicator values. I need to pass in the (PLC) tag addres… --- ## [Slow read/write requests when the connection to siemens PLC is via an external ethernet card](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-read-write-requests-when-the-connection-to-siemens-plc-is-via-an-external-ethernet-card/18464)
**Author:** [@andrea.minu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.minu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-read-write-requests-when-the-connection-to-siemens-plc-is-via-an-external-ethernet-card/18464 "2021-10-25T12:39:43Z")
Hello everyone, I have a strange performance issue when I connect Ignition to Siemens PLC The PLC has not an enbedded ethernet port on the CPU , but has a ethernet card ( the CPU is S7 300 315-2AG10-0AB0 ) I defi… --- ## [Printing report with a button](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-report-with-a-button/3021)
**Author:** [@lcs226](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lcs226)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-report-with-a-button/3021 "2021-10-25T11:50:21Z")
Hello All; As a new user to Ignition, I am still trying to wrap my head around things. I am trying to print a report with the use of a button on the screen. I found that a right click over the report will allow you to … --- ## [Boolean array in S7-1500](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-array-in-s7-1500/52290)
**Author:** [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-array-in-s7-1500/52290 "2021-10-25T11:09:29Z")
Hi everyone! Does Ignition supports Boolean Array data type for s7-1500 driver? --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Perspective - Input - inputmode attribute](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-input-inputmode-attribute/52282)
**Author:** [@michal.koblasa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michal.koblasa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-input-inputmode-attribute/52282 "2021-10-25T07:44:07Z")
Dear Ignitioners, I need to set inputmode attribute for tag Input (Text field or Numeric input field). It is very needed to control, which mobile keyboard is shown for each input in the perspective module (numeric or t… --- ## [font.deriveFont problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-derivefont-problem/52270)
**Author:** [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-derivefont-problem/52270 "2021-10-24T15:45:45Z")
Good morning! I’m struggling to make work a simple font size change via scripting of a numeric label. I create I template where I count the actual active alarms and according to the totalizer I change the font size. I… --- ## [Problem calling system.gui from app script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-calling-system-gui-from-app-script/7415)
**Author:** [@Brett\_Yeomans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brett_Yeomans)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-calling-system-gui-from-app-script/7415 "2021-10-24T16:26:29Z")
I have a gateway script which calls an app script. The app script works fine UNTIL I try to put this code in it: system.gui.messageBox("Test") In the wrapper log it says File "\