# Alternative Licenses **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 12, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018 "2013-03-12T15:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@tomt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tomt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/1 "2013-03-12T15:43:19Z")
My first request is a development license. I know there is the 2 hour full version, which is great for most purposes. However, having a development license that runs all the time would be nice. It could be offered in conjunction with a paid license to make sure it doesn’t get abused. Alternatively, a limited use license based on tag count could be an option too (free or paid). There are cases where all features of the works package are needed, but only for a handful of tags. This might also fit development environments mentioned above. I know this goes against the “unlimited” mindset and I would never propose that Inductive Automation not keep that as an option - that is a breath of fresh air. While I’m asking, a free home version would be cool for people who want to run their house on Ignition (I would!). I can’t be the only one who would interface it to an Arduino or Raspberry Pi just because we can. For home-brew projects I’ve often wanted to use it because I’m not a huge software person, and am not ready to plunge into HTML5 and/or Javascript to make some graphs or real time display work. Tom ---
**Author:** ![klesher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@klesher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/klesher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/2 "2013-03-12T17:25:20Z")
> [@tomt](#): > > While I'm asking, a free home version would be cool for people who want to run their house on Ignition (I would!). I can't be the only one who would interface it to an Arduino or Raspberry Pi just because we can. For home-brew projects I've often wanted to use it because I'm not a huge software person, and am not ready to plunge into HTML5 and/or Javascript to make some graphs or real time display work. You're certainly not alone in that regards. I recently moved, and as I work on the miscellaneous projects throughout the house, I've been eyeing up all of the different areas that I can hook an Arduino up to so I can automate/monitor it. Once I get a chance to write a Modbus implementation for the Arduino, I'll certainly try to find a way to run it using Ignition (I know there's probably tons of Arduino Modbus implementations already, but what's the fun in that... 😆 ) I believe that for something such as 'free' home automation, we could use the 'Vision Panel Edition' to do so: [inductiveautomation.com/pro ... l/download](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/products/ignition/visionpanel/download) ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/3 "2013-03-12T20:58:36Z")
For those too lazy to write their own Modbus TCP server for the Arduino, we’ve written one which we’ll be putting on Github soon 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/4 "2013-03-12T21:28:59Z")
That’s funny, I was thinking of doing a Modbus TCP server for the raspberry pi. ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/5 "2013-03-12T21:36:17Z")
There’s definitely synergy between the Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Arduino is still better at talking to low-level devices, using radio links etc., while the Raspberry Pi has extra grunt and ability to store things long term, run a web server etc. Modbus might be a nice way to communicate between a Raspberry Pi and a network of Arduinos, although to do this the Raspberry Pi will need a Modbus TCP client, not server… ---
**Author:** ![gadgetguru69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e274bd/32.png) [@gadgetguru69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gadgetguru69)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-licenses/6018/6 "2013-03-12T21:51:31Z")
Funny I’m working on project at home also for GEM ‘Green Eye Monitor’ and 1wire temperature network. Trying to get python script I found on internet hacked so it will read data into tags in ignition.