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**Author:** [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allow-trial-mode-to-coexist-with-limited-licenses/8403 "2018-03-30T22:20:03Z")
Prior to licensing, we can reset a two hour trial mode to test the Vision client. However, after licensing with a Limited Vision Single Client license, we can't run an additional client in trial mode--not even a staging … --- ## [Active Alarms to CSV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-alarms-to-csv/17559)
**Author:** [@lautry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lautry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/active-alarms-to-csv/17559 "2018-03-30T20:23:38Z")
Hello all, I am trying to run a script that I have tried to implement in the Gateway Tag change, property change on a component, and more... The script is below: from \_\_future\_\_ import with\_statement import csv, t… --- ## [system.dataset.addColumn bug?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-addcolumn-bug/17558)
**Author:** [@nicholas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-addcolumn-bug/17558 "2018-03-30T19:51:38Z")
Hello I am running Ignition 7.9.6 and trying to add a column to a dataset with some None values, with unexpected results. See the code snippet below. ds = system.dataset.toDataSet(\['Id', 'Name'\], \[\[1, 'Nick'\], \[2,… --- ## [Exporting file in quarantined section in store and forward](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exporting-file-in-quarantined-section-in-store-and-forward/17556)
**Author:** [@mickificki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mickificki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exporting-file-in-quarantined-section-in-store-and-forward/17556 "2018-03-30T18:07:17Z")
Hi, I'm trying to access a file that's been quarantined in the store and forward page on the ignition gateway. I keep getting a download failed network error when attempting to export the file, and I assume it's a net… --- ## [Is anyone gonna write a book on Ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-anyone-gonna-write-a-book-on-ignition/17553)
**Author:** [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-anyone-gonna-write-a-book-on-ignition/17553 "2018-03-30T14:50:45Z")
I would like to see a book published on Ignition.... I'm up for contributing some content. /c --- ## [Power Scripting Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-scripting-module/10326)
**Author:** [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-scripting-module/10326 "2018-03-30T14:39:45Z")
Hello, I recently released a new Ignition module that provides advanced Python scripting capabilities. I recently wrote a blog post that explains in some detail the features and capabilities the module adds to Ignition… --- ## [\[Info\] Transaction Groups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/info-transaction-groups/17551)
**Author:** [@n.meluccio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/n.meluccio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/info-transaction-groups/17551 "2018-03-30T13:50:04Z")
Hi guys, i would like to ask some specific information about Transaction Groups execution Scheduling. I would like to read if it's set to "Timer", the number in the input box and the value selected in the dropdown of… --- ## [Python Libraries and Network Connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-libraries-and-network-connection/17534)
**Author:** [@lautry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lautry)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-libraries-and-network-connection/17534 "2018-03-30T12:48:15Z")
Hello all, I am currently trying to create a script that will list the IP Addresses of a computer for diagnostic purposes to let the users know if the Network Adapters are indeed connected, and what the IP is. I trie… --- ## [Which usage of isinstance is correct?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-usage-of-isinstance-is-correct/17535)
**Author:** [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-usage-of-isinstance-is-correct/17535 "2018-03-30T11:39:01Z")
x = {} isinstance(x,type(dict)) or isinstance(x,dict) --- ## [SOAP - convert Python dictionary to tabel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/soap-convert-python-dictionary-to-tabel/17527)
**Author:** [@shc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/soap-convert-python-dictionary-to-tabel/17527 "2018-03-30T03:40:09Z")
When using SOAP to recipe a message from our ERP,, I get a dictionary header that looks like this {"Root": {"ReadMultiple\_Result": {"ReadMultiple\_Result": {"employ": \[ { "Comment": false, "First\_Name": "Piran… --- ## [Gateway Script timer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script-timer/17548)
**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script-timer/17548 "2018-03-30T00:28:13Z")
How do you make a gateway script counter to count in seconds and write that time to a tag? I want the trigger for the counter to be on/off state of a multistate indicator. --- ## [Possible Template Bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-template-bug/17542)
**Author:** [@WillMT10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WillMT10)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-template-bug/17542 "2018-03-29T15:10:11Z")
I've been trying to track down the root cause of a "Maximum Recursion Depth Exceeded" error I've been seeing recently that triggers on a system.nav.swapTo() function call. I eventually narrowed it down to what appears t… --- ## [CPU Usage History settings lost on gateway restart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-usage-history-settings-lost-on-gateway-restart/17537)
**Author:** [@joe.tamaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joe.tamaki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-usage-history-settings-lost-on-gateway-restart/17537 "2018-03-28T22:04:37Z")
Hi, I'm using Ignition 7.9.6, We put History and Alarming on /System/Gateway/Performance/CPU Usage. After a gateway restart the History and Alarming settings were no longer there. Is there a way to make these settings p… --- ## [Need to control 30 relays preferably through Ignition, looking for ideas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-to-control-30-relays-preferably-through-ignition-looking-for-ideas/17533)
**Author:** [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-to-control-30-relays-preferably-through-ignition-looking-for-ideas/17533 "2018-03-28T18:44:37Z")
Will need to control 30 relays preferably "directly" through Ignition and I'm wondering if anyone has done similar and can provide assistance/ideas? Considering something like the Ethernet relay module from Numato ht… --- ## [OPC-DA Connection Trouble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-da-connection-trouble/17532)
**Author:** [@dan.oprea](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dan.oprea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-da-connection-trouble/17532 "2018-03-28T18:04:31Z")
Hi all, I’m experiencing a problem in connecting Ignitions OPC DA to a Siemens WinCC OPC DA Server. After going through all the pain in the world with all the DCOM settings, and failing to add the the server, I tried u… --- ## [Transaction groups triggered expression item updating when trigger is false](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-triggered-expression-item-updating-when-trigger-is-false/17196)
**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-triggered-expression-item-updating-when-trigger-is-false/17196 "2018-03-28T15:41:05Z")
Having a transaction group with triggered expression/SQL items and a run always expression item used as trigger for the group. When the trigger (run always item) references any of the triggered items, these updates even … --- ## [Template updates in designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-updates-in-designer/17379)
**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-updates-in-designer/17379 "2018-03-28T15:23:58Z")
I've been working on a few templates that basically need to run an initialization function to get all its data and look right (example, a radarchart that gets its axis values based on a single tag path, a moving analog i… --- ## [Text Box Display During Processing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-display-during-processing/17529)
**Author:** [@compuzak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/compuzak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-display-during-processing/17529 "2018-03-28T14:04:16Z")
I have a button that starts a script that takes 8-10 seconds to complete. I have a text box on the window that is bound to a string tag. I make it visible when the button is pressed and set the string tag to status mes… --- ## [Power Table Marquee?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-marquee/17505)
**Author:** [@robert1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-marquee/17505 "2018-03-28T05:54:44Z")
Hello- Can someone help me with adding a 'marquee' function to a power table? I assume this is possible because the alarm table can do this. How would I go about scripting in a marquee, and can I change scroll speed … --- ## [SQL Bridge vs Tag Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-bridge-vs-tag-historian/17510)
**Author:** [@joshdunstan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshdunstan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-bridge-vs-tag-historian/17510 "2018-03-28T03:27:42Z")
Hey guys, looking for some assistance understanding the perks of using SQL Bridge instead of or as well as Tag Historian. I don’t quite see what its major selling points are. I've used both together and separately but in… --- ## [Catch the fastest changes in a PLC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/catch-the-fastest-changes-in-a-plc/17522)
**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/catch-the-fastest-changes-in-a-plc/17522 "2018-03-28T01:57:05Z")
I'm not sure what the right solution here is, or if there is one. Basically I have a state machine in a PLC that is skipping a step somewhere, somehow. For some other reasons, it probably won't be possible to try and mon… --- ## [Custom Icon or Color in Tag Browse Tree?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-icon-or-color-in-tag-browse-tree/17526)
**Author:** [@salbrechtsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/salbrechtsen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-icon-or-color-in-tag-browse-tree/17526 "2018-03-27T22:02:52Z")
Has anyone discovered a way to add a custom background color on a tag in the tag browse tree? Would ideally like to do this based on some conditions in the tag. Perhaps this could be done in the filterTag function? --- ## [propertyChange script - change component background on change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/propertychange-script-change-component-background-on-change/17524)
**Author:** [@jeffrey\_s\_crowder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeffrey_s_crowder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/propertychange-script-change-component-background-on-change/17524 "2018-03-27T21:54:46Z")
I want to make an LED Display change color when the value updates. I added the following script in the propertyChange event in Component Scripting. It appears to work fine in the Ignition Designer, but it flashes constan… --- ## [Distribution Curve in Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/distribution-curve-in-chart/17525)
**Author:** [@Jhahn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jhahn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/distribution-curve-in-chart/17525 "2018-03-27T21:41:39Z")
I am trying to use Chart to show a distribution curve. The Jfree functions show that it is distribution charts are a function, however I am having trouble making it work inside of ignition Here are the api for referenc… --- ## [Stopping Tag Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-tag-historian/17519)
**Author:** [@leonardjamiej](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/leonardjamiej)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-tag-historian/17519 "2018-03-27T16:23:59Z")
Is it possible to start and stop Tag Historian, so that data is only collected when desired? --- ## [Transaction group OPC data mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-opc-data-mode/17517)
**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-opc-data-mode/17517 "2018-03-27T13:10:58Z")
Does someone know if it's correct when my tests seems to indicate that when the 'OPC data mode' is set to 'Read' it only updates when the groups trigger is true? The documentation says it will perform a read every execut… --- ## [Pause a chart via property or Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-a-chart-via-property-or-tag/17498)
**Author:** [@c.bertulli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/c.bertulli)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-a-chart-via-property-or-tag/17498 "2018-03-27T08:55:43Z")
Hi All, Is there a way to pause a RealTime chart through a property binding or a Tag? I read a post on this forum about someone asking the same question but it was in 2012 The given solution on that post will not fit for… --- ## [How do I install the updated Logix driver on 7.8?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-install-the-updated-logix-driver-on-7-8/17504)
**Author:** [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-install-the-updated-logix-driver-on-7-8/17504 "2018-03-26T21:45:56Z")
Ignition 7.8. Logix driver: 2.8.2 (b2016030813) PLC: A-B ControlLogix 1756-EN2T/D. I've just hooked up today and am reading bools OK. When I try to read a REAL via the OPC Quick Client I get \[Bad\_CommunicationError\]… --- ## [Report Design](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-design/4284)
**Author:** [@jamess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jamess)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-design/4284 "2013-06-26T23:52:33Z")
We are trying to design a report using data from a relational database. Table 1 contains a Work\_Order\_ID. Table 2 contains all Codes associated with the Work\_Order\_ID. Table 3 contains all Technicians associated with … --- ## [Keychain Expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/keychain-expression/17500)
**Author:** [@rgarcher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rgarcher)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/keychain-expression/17500 "2018-03-26T18:23:10Z")
I'm trying to use a simple keychain expression that checks the value of a boolean and returns yes or no to the report. When I run the report, the expression doesn't seem to evaluate. I've placed it below. @manual\_e… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1645) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1647)