Bind Button Visbility to Cient ID

[pratik_jain]

Hello,
I am trying to bind Button Visibility to the Client ID (Computer Name).

If the Application is running on a certain computer then only show the button.
Any Help or leads are appreciated.
Thank You

[pturmel]

Vision or Perspective.

In Vision I would extract the Mac ID of the network interface that points at the Ignition server. This post has the scripts I recommend:

Mobile Client MAC Address

In a real Vision client, you can obtain the local MAC addresses with the following script: from java.net import NetworkInterface # Get list of local mac address as strings def myMacIds(): macs = [ni.hardwareAddress for ni in NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces() if ni.hardwareAddress] return [":".join(["%02x" % (b & 0xff) for b in mac]) for mac in macs] Also, again in a real Vision client, you can obtain the outbound network interface and the corresponding local IP address the clien…

Look up the Mac ID in a database or hardcode it if you like.

I don't have an answer I consider trustworthy for Perspective.

[ryanjmclaughlin]

I used security zones in perspective to do this. Just setup the pc with a fixed IP and configure security on the button like normal. It’s not completely foolproof but good and simple for most cases.