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## [Chart real time data based on encoder input - length counter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-real-time-data-based-on-encoder-input-length-counter/17449)

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**Author:** [@j.havrilla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/j.havrilla)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-real-time-data-based-on-encoder-input-length-counter/17449 "2018-03-21T17:10:08Z")

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I would like to show the real time data from sensors(y axis) based on encoder length counter input (x axis) and wanted to know how to do this.

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## [Ignition Report Schedule (Feature Request?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-report-schedule-feature-request/17427)

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**Author:** [@jbowers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jbowers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-report-schedule-feature-request/17427 "2018-03-21T17:07:27Z")

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Overview of requests, or items that I would love explanations on if they exist: 1) An extra column on report scheduling for notes/description, so details can be seen at a glance without selecting the schedule item. 2) So…

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## [Link to corporate account group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-to-corporate-account-group/17440)

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**Author:** [@Scott.Hann](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Scott.Hann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-to-corporate-account-group/17440 "2018-03-20T20:50:04Z")

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My employer would like to see my progress in Inductive University. from https://account.inductiveautomation.com/, I open the menu in the top right hand corner. The menu opens, and under Groups is Corporate Account, with…

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## [Custom non-standard number formating](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-non-standard-number-formating/17428)

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**Author:** [@cmason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmason)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-non-standard-number-formating/17428 "2018-03-20T20:13:14Z")

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I'm trying to format a number so that it is padded with 0's to always show 9 digits. eg 10045 = 000010045 but with commas in specific places. Getting the padding is fine, but the format property of the numeric label do…

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## [Checking two dropdown to open a report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/checking-two-dropdown-to-open-a-report/17130)

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**Author:** [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/checking-two-dropdown-to-open-a-report/17130 "2018-03-20T19:46:29Z")

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Hi everyone! this forum is very helpful during my job! This is my problem: I need to compare the selected value of two dropdown and connect the choice to the Report Path of a report viewer. example: if the selected val…

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## [Running two different queries based on client time of day](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-two-different-queries-based-on-client-time-of-day/17430)

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**Author:** [@cagibson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cagibson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-two-different-queries-based-on-client-time-of-day/17430 "2018-03-20T19:28:31Z")

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There are two SQL scrips I have and they are to be ran depending on what time of day (e.i. 18:00 to 23:59, and 00:00 to 18:00). I have a Table object that can only take one SQL Query for the Data property binding. I'm tr…

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## [Data type esctructure](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-type-esctructure/17394)

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**Author:** [@edwingoth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edwingoth)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-type-esctructure/17394 "2018-03-20T16:12:42Z")

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Hi, can you help me? I need to write about the value of an alarm based on the activation of another alarm, I am working with one (newexpresiontag), in the option of “Expersion” I am writing the status of the alarm. B…

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## [Status chart getToolTipText custom string](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/status-chart-gettooltiptext-custom-string/17434)

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**Author:** [@vanko25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vanko25)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/status-chart-gettooltiptext-custom-string/17434 "2018-03-20T11:13:44Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to return a custom tooltip on my statuschart with the following piece of code in the getToolTipText() extension function but it does return the default tool tip. import system startDate = system.…

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## [Button template dynamic border](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-template-dynamic-border/17420)

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**Author:** [@sbrannen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbrannen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-template-dynamic-border/17420 "2018-03-20T10:34:05Z")

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Good day all... I think my issue is simple. I have a button template that I am trying to dynamically set the border property based on template custom properties, but so far it's not working and not making much sense (…

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## [Identify label text limits](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/identify-label-text-limits/17423)

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**Author:** [@cmason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmason)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/identify-label-text-limits/17423 "2018-03-20T07:50:04Z")

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I’m wanting to figure out when the text in a label is being truncated because it is too long. I see that when this happens a set of periods are displayed on the trailing end, as shown in the picture. I’m wondering if I c…

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## [Alarm Active Tag Event Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-active-tag-event-script/17285)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Sladden1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ben_Sladden1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-active-tag-event-script/17285 "2018-03-20T00:49:43Z")

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We have recently upgraded to 7.9.6 and some of our existing alarm active/cleared/ack scripts have started to fail. It appears that the alarm event object no longer has a id parameter. example: putting print "zzzzzzz…

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## [Storing Data to Historical Database with Custom Timestamp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storing-data-to-historical-database-with-custom-timestamp/17415)

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**Author:** [@brad.sampson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brad.sampson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storing-data-to-historical-database-with-custom-timestamp/17415 "2018-03-19T19:35:03Z")

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Hello, I am trying to store sample data from a continuous process and I would like to trend these sample results along side historical OPC tags (temp, press, ect.). My problem is that I need these values to be time sta…

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## [Transaction Group Max limit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-max-limit/17406)

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**Author:** [@roshanbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roshanbhosale)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-max-limit/17406 "2018-03-19T18:07:57Z")

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HI, I would like to know the max.limit of transaction groups that can be defined in ignition 7.8.4 version, having the license of SQL-Bridge module.

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## [Count alarma active](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/count-alarma-active/17418)

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**Author:** [@edwingoth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edwingoth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/count-alarma-active/17418 "2018-03-19T16:29:58Z")

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Hi. I need to add the number of times that a larm was active during a period of time of work, that is if the alarm was activated 10 times in the day, I want to count those times and write that value in a new tag.

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## [Java 9 Released](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-9-released/15465)

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**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-9-released/15465 "2018-03-19T15:47:38Z")

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So, Java 9 is out! I usually figure Ignition is on top of all the new things, but it appears there is no support for Java 9 yet (lots of launch errors). I assume the suggestion is to stay on Java 8 at this time? Is 7.…

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## [Component property to check security disable events status](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-property-to-check-security-disable-events-status/17392)

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**Author:** [@JMicky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JMicky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-property-to-check-security-disable-events-status/17392 "2018-03-19T14:36:36Z")

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Hi, Does anyone know of a component property that reflects the components security disable events status? I have a container that opens a pop-up control window when clicked. If the user does not have permissions to c…

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## [Find if machine ran in last hour Tag Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-if-machine-ran-in-last-hour-tag-historian/17414)

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**Author:** [@vanko25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vanko25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-if-machine-ran-in-last-hour-tag-historian/17414 "2018-03-19T12:55:22Z")

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Hello all, I am trying to find if a machine ran in the last hour. So even if it is off now but it has ran in the last hour I am looking at getting Boolean true. I am looking at the historian of my Boolean status bit wi…

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## [Template random resize](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-random-resize/17412)

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**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-random-resize/17412 "2018-03-19T09:40:53Z")

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Is there some document describing how to set the layout inside a template to make the resize behave as expected, both when resized in the designer and when the window size changes in the client? Never had any problems se…

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## [Unable to see tag history in database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-see-tag-history-in-database/17405)

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**Author:** [@zhailujun123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zhailujun123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-see-tag-history-in-database/17405 "2018-03-18T23:57:33Z")

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there is a problem with Tag historian. When I create a tag, for example memory Tag A , and then configure the tag history parameter, and store the Tag history in DB , the rest of parameters keep default. (DB has been …

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## [Query against another object dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-against-another-object-dataset/10219)

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**Author:** [@tdornbush](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tdornbush)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-against-another-object-dataset/10219 "2018-03-17T19:52:20Z")

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Thanks for all the help I've gotten already by browsing the forum, but I couldn't find an answer to this one: Is there a way to run a query or otherwise access the data in a dataset that is displayed in a table? I ha…

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## [DNP Driver Setup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp-driver-setup/17398)

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**Author:** [@jasonpdavid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jasonpdavid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp-driver-setup/17398 "2018-03-16T22:36:42Z")

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Has anyone successfully established DNP driver communications? I have configured a ScadaPack 334 to send DNP events to Ignition but the data is quality is showing bad. I have a successful link as the Ignition Quick Cli…

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## [SQL Query Binding question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-binding-question/17395)

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**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-binding-question/17395 "2018-03-16T19:44:15Z")

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I have a label's text field bound to a SQL query. The query is below: select recipe\_running from furnace\_loads where id = {Root Container.Equipment Schedule.selectedEvent} The id value is being supplied by a compon…

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## [Full Featured Easy Chart / User Configuration Saving](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-featured-easy-chart-user-configuration-saving/17390)

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**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-featured-easy-chart-user-configuration-saving/17390 "2018-03-16T18:38:21Z")

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Hi, before I do all the work I thought I might ask if anyone would like to share with me a full featured chart page? Looking to enable customization for the user for things like pen style, subplot, tagname, etc. with thi…

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## [Using Superscript in Labels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-superscript-in-labels/17386)

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**Author:** [@rwoolnough](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rwoolnough)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-superscript-in-labels/17386 "2018-03-16T17:51:35Z")

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Hi All, I am a newb to Ignition and this forum, so please be gentle with me. I'm not sure if this is the correct category to post this question in, but I didn't see one that was more relevant. I am trying t…

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## [Tree View - Drag and drop function](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-drag-and-drop-function/17391)

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**Author:** [@dhananjay\_vichare](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dhananjay_vichare)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-drag-and-drop-function/17391 "2018-03-16T12:30:46Z")

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Ignition 7.9.4 and Java 1.8.0\_161-b12 We are using Ignition’s Tree View component and trying to implement drag and drop functionality in same tree view. Our requirement is to pick a step from one location and move to ot…

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## [Template repeater with Dataset behaviour to update SQL table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-with-dataset-behaviour-to-update-sql-table/17336)

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**Author:** [@vanko25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vanko25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-with-dataset-behaviour-to-update-sql-table/17336 "2018-03-16T11:35:12Z")

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Hi all, I am currently experimenting with the Template repeater. I have set my template and the template behaviour to Dataset which pulls data from a table in my SQL server. It displays the templates ok but when I try t…

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## [Template internal UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-internal-udt/17388)

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**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-internal-udt/17388 "2018-03-16T09:56:54Z")

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Having a few templates where I 'group' some properties by using a dataset, however I stumbled upon a post here, somewhere I can't find right now, indicating UDT types can be used as internal properties and accessed direc…

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## [Setting up bound value on chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-bound-value-on-chart/17372)

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**Author:** [@Mel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-bound-value-on-chart/17372 "2018-03-16T06:42:46Z")

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Is it possible to have a separate script for having a lower and upper bound value on chart while it has current value of scatter came from dataset query. For example here in my data, I have my scatter plot in the chart …

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## [Arduino PLC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/arduino-plc/9830)

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**Author:** [@jim\_lapratt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jim_lapratt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/arduino-plc/9830 "2018-03-16T01:47:45Z")

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Seen this and wonder how well Ignition may talk to it for home play things http://www.industrialshields.com/m-duino-plc-arduino-21-i-os-analog-digital

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## [Recommended SIP to Cellular Gateways?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recommended-sip-to-cellular-gateways/17370)

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**Author:** [@jmartell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmartell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recommended-sip-to-cellular-gateways/17370 "2018-03-16T00:17:37Z")

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One of our customers wants to have a fallback option for voice alarm notification at a remote site. Does anyone have a good recommendations for a SIP Cellular Gateway? I've used the Grandstream SIP to POTS gateways bef…

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