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## [8.1.3 - Lost of international characters (é \> Ã©)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-3-lost-of-international-characters-e-a/44913)

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**Author:** [@fleclerc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fleclerc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-3-lost-of-international-characters-e-a/44913 "2021-03-25T14:53:53Z")

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Since update 8.1.3 international characters are lost when entered in a Perspective text field. It was working properly on: 8.1.1 (b2020120808) When entering: “çéâêîôûàèùëïü” (French letters) The value kept in memory, …

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## [Ignition 8: root container background color changes unexpectedly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-root-container-background-color-changes-unexpectedly/44910)

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**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-root-container-background-color-changes-unexpectedly/44910 "2021-03-25T13:58:42Z")

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I’m working at a project on Ignition 8.1.3 (b2021030309) (but the same issue occured in 8.0.16 too). My root container background is set to 250,250,251 as default value. Sometimes all of a sudden the background color ch…

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## [Ignition Edge 8.1 on Raspberry Pi w/ Ubuntu x64](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-8-1-on-raspberry-pi-w-ubuntu-x64/44907)

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**Author:** [@erines](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/erines)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-8-1-on-raspberry-pi-w-ubuntu-x64/44907 "2021-03-25T13:56:53Z")

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I have a Raspberry Pi 4 with a 64-bit install of Ubuntu running on it. I installed the ARM ignition gateway on the device and am attempting to run a vision client on the same device for testing purposes. I installed Lib…

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## [Perspective Default Page After Login](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-default-page-after-login/43829)

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**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-default-page-after-login/43829 "2021-03-25T12:34:04Z")

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Is there a way to set up a Perspective project so that everytime a user logs in they are directed to a specific page? We are working on a database/dashboard project and the client would like to be re-directed to the home…

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## [SQL Tag Deadlock Recovery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-tag-deadlock-recovery/44855)

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**Author:** [@gfeiten](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gfeiten)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-tag-deadlock-recovery/44855 "2021-03-25T12:17:30Z")

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I have a SQL tag that updates every 5 minutes. It takes about 5 seconds to run. Every 2 or 3 days we will get a deadlock error and lose the tag value until I manually intervene to cause it to execute the query again (u…

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## [\[BUG\] 8.1.4-rc1 Tag deletes are not included in the undo stack](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-4-rc1-tag-deletes-are-not-included-in-the-undo-stack/44898)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-4-rc1-tag-deletes-are-not-included-in-the-undo-stack/44898 "2021-03-25T10:37:18Z")

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As in title. Charactersssss

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## ['NoneType' object has no attribute 'print](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-print/44863)

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**Author:** [@diego.bianchi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diego.bianchi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-print/44863 "2021-03-25T08:27:58Z")

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Hello, i create a button with this script: table = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Table’).print() but when try this button compare this message: . Traceback (most recent call last): File “event:actionPerformed”,…

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## [Docker in production](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docker-in-production/44821)

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**Author:** [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docker-in-production/44821 "2021-03-25T08:12:20Z")

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I’ve been using Docker for my internal R&D systems for over a year now (thanks to @kcollins :slight\_smile: ) As @kcollins is now @kcollins1, and with 8.1 IA are looking at licensing changes and a move to support docker …

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## [Device Disconnect - Tag Quality Bad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/device-disconnect-tag-quality-bad/44891)

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**Author:** [@james.beeley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.beeley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/device-disconnect-tag-quality-bad/44891 "2021-03-25T05:12:09Z")

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I’m developing a module based on the current OPC-UA Device example. I want to have the tag quality of my tags set to bad after the device disconnects. How can this be achieved?

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## [Binding UDT parameter to a memory tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-udt-parameter-to-a-memory-tag/44886)

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**Author:** [@blueberry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blueberry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-udt-parameter-to-a-memory-tag/44886 "2021-03-25T02:38:32Z")

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Is it possible to bind a UDT parameter to a memory tag to change UDT parameter value? If so please show me how! Thank you, Blue

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## [How do I use a drop down list to populate an indirect tag?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-drop-down-list-to-populate-an-indirect-tag/44884)

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**Author:** [@compuzak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/compuzak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-drop-down-list-to-populate-an-indirect-tag/44884 "2021-03-25T01:51:43Z")

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I have a form that has a repeating template. The fields in the template are bound to indirect tags in Ignition. Some of the fields on this template get their values from SQL tables (for example a variety field). I wan…

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## [Maker Score Board](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-score-board/43981)

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**Author:** [@matthew.roberts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.roberts)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-score-board/43981 "2021-03-24T23:59:17Z")

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Hi Our local Basketball club want to replace there old score boards with TV’s. Has any one done a score board in maker that could help me get started. Was thinking Raspberry Pi but have never used one.

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## [Tags with the same name dragged onto a Power Chart are indistinguishable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-with-the-same-name-dragged-onto-a-power-chart-are-indistinguishable/44848)

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**Author:** [@jason.millar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jason.millar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-with-the-same-name-dragged-onto-a-power-chart-are-indistinguishable/44848 "2021-03-24T11:49:17Z")

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Hi all; We’ve created a UDT to help with alarming that has (for the sake of simplicity) three component tags - Process Value, LCL and UCL. The alarming on the Process Value tag is bound to the values of the LCL and UCL…

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## [Using UDT and OPC tag path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-udt-and-opc-tag-path/44828)

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**Author:** [@blueberry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blueberry)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-udt-and-opc-tag-path/44828 "2021-03-24T21:05:30Z")

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Hello, Could someone please help me understand on creating UDTs? I’ve read a few of the posts but still not very clear on how to use UDT in OPC tag path. Do I need to create a standard OPC tag first before creating a …

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## [Coil Modbus Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coil-modbus-tags/44875)

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**Author:** [@snchz\_joa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/snchz_joa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coil-modbus-tags/44875 "2021-03-24T20:38:35Z")

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I am not able to see my coil tag values in the OPC Quick Client section.

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## [Cert-Only Outbound OPC Connection from Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cert-only-outbound-opc-connection-from-ignition/44791)

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**Author:** [@joel1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joel1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cert-only-outbound-opc-connection-from-ignition/44791 "2021-03-24T20:21:00Z")

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We are trying to connect via a simple cert authentication from Ignition to a 3rd Party OPC server. A working test connection setup is as follows in UA Expert: As you can see, this is about as ‘vanilla’ a client conn…

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## [What does SNMP add to your project?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-does-snmp-add-to-your-project/44871)

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**Author:** [@philippe.theroux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/philippe.theroux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-does-snmp-add-to-your-project/44871 "2021-03-24T19:46:34Z")

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Hi, I’ve just been trying to read about SNMP recently because I’ve been told it could be really great for monitoring but I don’t understand what this gives me that I can’t already get with tags. I can already get infos …

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## [Can't get OPC devices to connect after Backup-Restore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-get-opc-devices-to-connect-after-backup-restore/44872)

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**Author:** [@sydney.bergeron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sydney.bergeron)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-get-opc-devices-to-connect-after-backup-restore/44872 "2021-03-24T19:29:42Z")

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I recently restored a backup to a new instance of Ignition–I restored it “disabled” to ensure I wouldn’t get duplicate database entries from my SQL Bridge projects. However, I am ready to enable things but I can’t get a…

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## [Historize data according to conditions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historize-data-according-to-conditions/44869)

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**Author:** [@iquezada](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iquezada)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historize-data-according-to-conditions/44869 "2021-03-24T17:53:11Z")

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Hello! They entrusted me to find out how to historicize tags according to certain conditions, for example, choose one or more devices and request various data, such as “Ia” in the image, but I have not been able to visua…

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## [XY chart x-axis scale incorrectly in Gantt mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-x-axis-scale-incorrectly-in-gantt-mode/44858)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-x-axis-scale-incorrectly-in-gantt-mode/44858 "2021-03-24T17:44:28Z")

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It seems to me that the XY chart has a bug in Gantt mode. If the end time range is between tick, it fills the gap or leaves it empty.

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## [Eaton PXM2000 Power meter to Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-pxm2000-power-meter-to-ignition/44868)

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**Author:** [@jmeyer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmeyer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-pxm2000-power-meter-to-ignition/44868 "2021-03-24T17:40:10Z")

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Hello, I am getting connection lost error from our Eaton power meter. The meter was firmware updated to 2.1.37 which changed the interface to HTML5 I believe. I’m using a TCP connection. It is losing the connection a…

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## [Perspective, tooltip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tooltip/44790)

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**Author:** [@Andrii.Randiuk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrii.Randiuk)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tooltip/44790 "2021-03-24T17:12:19Z")

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Hello friends) Can help me? I want create a tooltip(Height90px) in header, but my header must be height 70px. How I can show this tooltip under other windows? I using ignition demo project for that.

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## [Send Email to user only if their ID is not null](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-user-only-if-their-id-is-not-null/44862)

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**Author:** [@seanbuckley2698](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seanbuckley2698)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-email-to-user-only-if-their-id-is-not-null/44862 "2021-03-24T16:12:09Z")

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I have the following code behind a button for deleting an object. The first email is sending, but the second email in the if statement is not. I dont want the email to be sent if the memberID is null. I am getting the me…

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## [Multistate indicator properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator-properties/44844)

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**Author:** [@vani161998](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vani161998)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator-properties/44844 "2021-03-24T15:42:47Z")

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can we get curved corners and colored border in multistate indicator??

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## [Reading from serial port](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-from-serial-port/44861)

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**Author:** [@anastasia.blinova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anastasia.blinova)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-from-serial-port/44861 "2021-03-24T15:30:22Z")

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I am currently reading from serial port. My code is still rough and in script console, but generally does: with system.serial.port ("COM1", bitRate=system.serial.BIT\_RATE\_115200) as port: line = port.readLine(1000) pr…

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## [On Startup Issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-startup-issues/44644)

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**Author:** [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-startup-issues/44644 "2021-03-24T14:24:05Z")

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My gateway is not starting up when I reboot my PC. The ignition gateway service is set as automatic in Windows services but each time the PC is rebooted, the gateway is never started.

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## [Client launch error!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launch-error/19198)

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**Author:** [@AkikRanade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AkikRanade)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launch-error/19198 "2021-03-24T14:07:06Z")

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I’m facing a serious client launching error.;- PLEASE HELP… ITS URGENT… The problem occurred when my C:\\ drive went full and I changed my database path to different drive. While restoring the backup, when I launch th…

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## [Ignition 8.0.15 redundancy with SSL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-redundancy-with-ssl/44849)

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**Author:** [@yifan.jiang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifan.jiang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-redundancy-with-ssl/44849 "2021-03-24T12:33:59Z")

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Hi All: Thanks in advance for reading this post. I am trying to use ignition in redundant mode with SSL and with the self-signed certificate. while the gateway network and redundancy seems to work, after i add the gatew…

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## [Is there any thing like Scripting/Event browser and cross referance for tags?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-thing-like-scripting-event-browser-and-cross-referance-for-tags/44835)

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**Author:** [@can.coksoyler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/can.coksoyler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-thing-like-scripting-event-browser-and-cross-referance-for-tags/44835 "2021-03-24T09:39:16Z")

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Hello. I’m quite new in Ignition. I’m working on a perspective project and sometimes I lose my self while finding the event that triggers something or the specific script changes a value etc. Is there any scripting/event…

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## [Perspective Project on not restarting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-on-not-restarting/44833)

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**Author:** [@e0310912](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/e0310912)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-on-not-restarting/44833 "2021-03-24T05:12:16Z")

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Hi all, I am why is the Client view not seeing the changes made on the Designer ? From the Client Perspective: On the Designer: So far it’s the only page that is affected by not updating when I make any changes,…

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