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**Author:** [@dboyd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dboyd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/starting-up-project-client-monitor-in-logs/19921 "2020-04-13T23:11:23Z")
We have been experiencing a diagnostic log entry every few seconds about one of our client projects starting up. It is the same project listed every time. We traced down the IP address of the factory floor machine, reboo… --- ## [Flex Repeater not behaving like the video](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-not-behaving-like-the-video/33879)
**Author:** [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-not-behaving-like-the-video/33879 "2020-04-13T21:49:33Z")
Hi, I cannot get the Flex Repeater to behave like the instruction video. In the video, pressing the Add Array Element under the instances PROPS, brings up a list that includes value, object, and array. When I do the s… --- ## [Perspective tree drag and drop](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tree-drag-and-drop/33901)
**Author:** [@kbuckler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kbuckler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tree-drag-and-drop/33901 "2020-04-13T21:45:08Z")
Is there a way to have the non scada user reconfigure the hierarchy of a project . e.g. a pump is in project 1 and now needs to be moved to project 2 I’ve always used templates to build a system, but it never had to b… --- ## [Copy OPC UA Tag Path to Excel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-opc-ua-tag-path-to-excel/33858)
**Author:** [@mr.heidari63](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mr.heidari63)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-opc-ua-tag-path-to-excel/33858 "2020-04-13T20:15:38Z")
I just established OPC UA connection with my CompactLogix PLC. I’d like to copy a tag path to excel to show its value in excel cell and update the PLC as I update the cell. Where can I find the tag link (path)? tnx --- ## [Ignition Edge Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-designer/33889)
**Author:** [@juan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/juan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-designer/33889 "2020-04-13T19:39:52Z")
Is the Ignition Edge Designer a different piece of software than the Ignition Gateway Designer? I’m using an edge device, I need to add mqtt tags. I hit Launch Designer, but it downloads a JNLP file that I can’t use. … --- ## [Ignition Gateway Home "Get Designer" button not changing to "Launch Designer"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895)
**Author:** [@andreiguias](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andreiguias)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895 "2020-04-13T18:54:03Z")
Using Ignition Version 8.0.10, the designer is downloaded, installed and running properly, but the “Get Designer” button on the Ignition Gateway Home would not change to “Launch Designer”. Am I missing a step here? --- ## [Command Line/Terminal Launch Project Client from MacOS terminal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/command-line-terminal-launch-project-client-from-macos-terminal/33875)
**Author:** [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/command-line-terminal-launch-project-client-from-macos-terminal/33875 "2020-04-13T18:33:15Z")
V.8 In https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Vision+Client+Launcher there’s a command line section where it describes the commands for Windows and Linux to launch projects from cmd/terminal. It’s pretty obv… --- ## [Modify Embedded View Parameter From Runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modify-embedded-view-parameter-from-runtime/33850)
**Author:** [@apgilber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/apgilber)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modify-embedded-view-parameter-from-runtime/33850 "2020-04-13T18:14:36Z")
Pretty sure this is not possible but wanted to double check. I have an embedded view that has a bidirectional parameter that is an integer. That integer is set to some value in the Designer but we would like a numeric … --- ## [What is the OPC UA PLC Tag Path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-opc-ua-plc-tag-path/33878)
**Author:** [@mr.heidari63](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mr.heidari63)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-opc-ua-plc-tag-path/33878 "2020-04-13T17:26:37Z")
I established OPC UA connection to my CompactLogix PLC in Ignition 8. My OPC Name is OPC\_2 and it is connected and I can see PLC Tags and r/w them as well. When I subsribe a tag it gives me below address: Server\> OPC\_… --- ## [Alarm Shelve Event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelve-event/33888)
**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelve-event/33888 "2020-04-13T17:21:19Z")
Is there an event that occurs when an alarm is shelved? I’d like to be able to tell the PLC if a specific alarm is shelved. --- ## [Custom Attributes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-attributes/33892)
**Author:** [@forrest.gates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/forrest.gates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-attributes/33892 "2020-04-13T17:03:01Z")
Hi, I am attempting to see if I can pull some extra information from an OPC tag that has extra properties that i wish to access called Custom Options/Custom Attributes. To get this shown on Ignition, is there a process I… --- ## [Transaction groups and UDTs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-and-udts/33824)
**Author:** [@dkylep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkylep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-and-udts/33824 "2020-04-13T16:42:53Z")
My process is ‘cookie cutter’, I will have a bunch of PLCs all doing the same thing. I have 10 PLCs now and plan to have 50 in the next year. I have an existing SQL Server database where I want to store production data… --- ## [Ignition Historian Import](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-historian-import/20388)
**Author:** [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-historian-import/20388 "2020-04-13T14:55:31Z")
I have an old ignition system that I'm transferring over to a new Ignition server and I want to bring the historian data with it. I had the tags set up already to the new historian so here are the steps I did: 1) Used… --- ## [Perspective - Creating a color property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-creating-a-color-property/33861)
**Author:** [@dillonu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dillonu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-creating-a-color-property/33861 "2020-04-13T13:26:43Z")
Hi, We’re trying to add various validation rules to our component’s schema. How can we enforce a color as input to a specific property like how it is done on the LED Display component and get the nice color selector pop… --- ## [Easy Chart: How to choose axis for displaying grid lines](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-choose-axis-for-displaying-grid-lines/33845)
**Author:** [@MaGottschalk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MaGottschalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-choose-axis-for-displaying-grid-lines/33845 "2020-04-10T12:41:02Z")
Hello, on an Easy chart component I have several axes displayed. The horizontal grid lines are obviously displayed for one axis only. It seems as if the grid lines are shown for the axis which comes first in alphabet fo… --- ## [system.tag.browseConfiguration clarification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browseconfiguration-clarification/33693)
**Author:** [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browseconfiguration-clarification/33693 "2020-04-13T13:08:09Z")
How can i get tag configuration of a single tag? I guess, the script function system.tag.browseConfiguration browses a folder or UDT path, not an individual tag. Will it give the configuration of a single atomic tag if I… --- ## [How to write the value of Opc Ua Node](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-write-the-value-of-opc-ua-node/33863)
**Author:** [@78503656](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/78503656)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-write-the-value-of-opc-ua-node/33863 "2020-04-12T13:24:39Z")
I’m looking the OPC UA Device example.The example show how to add Opc Ua Node. But I have 2 question: 1.how to update the value of Opc Ua Node, is ManagedAddressSpaceServices.write(WriteContext context,List writeValu… --- ## [Perspective Datetime Picker Before Epoch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-datetime-picker-before-epoch/28148)
**Author:** [@amattson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amattson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-datetime-picker-before-epoch/28148 "2020-04-12T05:57:54Z")
Using perspective in ignition 8, is there any way to use the datetime input to select a time before 1970? In vision and elsewhere the epoch value would be signed allowing a date further back than 1970, but for the life o… --- ## [Touch screen keyboard does not pop-up on Text Area component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-screen-keyboard-does-not-pop-up-on-text-area-component/10963)
**Author:** [@JMicky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JMicky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-screen-keyboard-does-not-pop-up-on-text-area-component/10963 "2016-01-04T15:33:11Z")
Hi, I upgraded from V7.7.3 to V7.8.0. The Text Area components no longer pop-up the touch screen keyboard when the user touches the text area. This seems similar to the post https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/view… --- ## [Template Repeater vs Template Canvas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-vs-template-canvas/33830)
**Author:** [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-vs-template-canvas/33830 "2020-04-11T21:20:33Z")
Ignition version 7.9.13. In general which would render faster: template repeater using component visibility to control what the user sees. template canvas using different templates to control what the user sees. The … --- ## [Need Help on OPC UA. It Gets Faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-on-opc-ua-it-gets-faulted/33855)
**Author:** [@mr.heidari63](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mr.heidari63)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-on-opc-ua-it-gets-faulted/33855 "2020-04-11T19:46:31Z")
I just installed Ignition 8 web based trial application and I already set up connection to my CopactLogix PLC and it is connected now. But I have a problem to set up OPC UA. It keeps showing me faulted in status in the … --- ## [How to pass event to project script from expression in border binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pass-event-to-project-script-from-expression-in-border-binding/33857)
**Author:** [@lkruper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lkruper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pass-event-to-project-script-from-expression-in-border-binding/33857 "2020-04-11T18:24:00Z")
I would like to send the event.source.name from a ‘Text Area’ object to a project script to return a value for my tag. I tried adding ‘,event’ as the second argument to my runScript, but it does not like that. The f… --- ## [Quick Method For Inverting OPC Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-method-for-inverting-opc-tag/33864)
**Author:** [@jgraham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgraham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-method-for-inverting-opc-tag/33864 "2020-04-11T15:04:17Z")
I have been binding two toggle switch svgs on top of one another using the visible binding of the OPC tag for one state (on state) and an expression binding using the same tag for the opposite state (off state). Ie on/of… --- ## [\[Feature-13277\] Client Launcher 8 Compatibility with 7.9 GW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13277-client-launcher-8-compatibility-with-7-9-gw/23544)
**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13277-client-launcher-8-compatibility-with-7-9-gw/23544 "2020-04-10T20:15:22Z")
Is there any plans to make the new 8 launcher allow 7.9 clients to launch? It seems the process to launch is almost identical based on the java command to execute. I am trying to figure some deployment plans to be prep… --- ## [Template Repeater indexing start number](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-indexing-start-number/33851)
**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-indexing-start-number/33851 "2020-04-10T19:39:30Z")
hi there, I’m doing a template repeater, but my tags are index starting at 1, e.g. Motor 1, Motor 2, etc. When doing a template repeater, it is indexing starting at 0, but I don’t have a Motor 0. I did not find how to… --- ## [MQTT architecture](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-architecture/33441)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-architecture/33441 "2020-04-10T17:20:03Z")
Just trying to understand the architecture. My plan is to test with a maple cMT-G01 So that needs to connect to a broker. Lets say I use a cloud based broker like CloudMQTT or HiveMQ. A that point the data from the ma… --- ## [Converting RS View ME Faceplates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/converting-rs-view-me-faceplates/33848)
**Author:** [@msnyder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msnyder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/converting-rs-view-me-faceplates/33848 "2020-04-10T15:53:21Z")
I see there were some posts back in 2011 about a similar topic. Is there a way to convert RS View ME face-plates to ignition templates? Thank you. --- ## [Will this work? - Pipeline Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-this-work-pipeline-binding/10495)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-this-work-pipeline-binding/10495 "2020-04-10T15:43:36Z")
I’m looking for a specific user to receive an alarm based on them being assigned to a sensor that is alarming. If I create a pipeline with the same name of the user for each user, can I bind the Active, Ack and Clear Pi… --- ## [User Management component mode, disable name and schedule change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-mode-disable-name-and-schedule-change/33785)
**Author:** [@dsui](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dsui)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-mode-disable-name-and-schedule-change/33785 "2020-04-10T14:51:06Z")
Hi, I have a project in version 8.0.10 using the User Management component on an Internal user source. I have the Mode property setup so that only the administrator level user can access the Manage Users mode, while othe… --- ## [HOA template script events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-template-script-events/33839)
**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-template-script-events/33839 "2020-04-10T14:33:41Z")
Hi there, What would be the script events associated for each state of the HOA to write the clicked value to the HOA variable? For example, Hand mouseRelease event → Write value 2 to variable Motor1/HOA… Thanks Eri… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1375) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1377)