I am trying to set up a second computer with the ignition designer, but I cannot figure out how to install it. According to the tutorials online, there is supposed to be a download button on the home page of the gateway, but I do not have that. When I click the launch designer button, nothing happens, because I don’t have the designer installed.
I can’t find any downloads of just the designer available on the website either, or any information online. What do I do?
Thank you for your help…
That Launch Designer button (in 7.9.X, the Ignition version you’re on) attempts to download a Java Webstart file (.JNLP) to your computer. If your web browser has already set up a default for JNLP files, it might be directly opening; or, an overzealous IT department or antivirus might be intercepting the JNLP entirely.
If you want to bypass the headache that is a JNLP, expand the ‘Native Client Launchers’ panel on the homepage and download the client launcher for your operating system. This is a single executable that’s compatible with all 7.9 and prior versions of Ignition; it simply “bootstraps” the actual Vision client or designer using files downloaded from whatever gateway you select in the launcher configuration.
This isn’t relevant to you, at least based on your screenshot, but for anyone who might visit this in the future:
All of this is revamped in 8.0 and newer versions; there are two separate Vision Client Launcher/Designer Launcher applications which are not self-contained executables, but actual installed programs on your local machine. These still ‘bootstrap’ the client/designer launch process using files downloaded from the gateway, but aren’t compatible with gateways running earlier versions of Ignition due to breaking changes made in the major version bump from 7 -> 8.
Thank you so much, this was very helpful!
My system is on a closed network - no access to the Internet. I have the OPTO22 EPIC PR2 system with Ignition 8. When I try to get the designer it appears to attempt to install an installer.exe which cannot work with no access to the Internet. How do I download the Vision Client/Vision Designer for Windows? I should be able to put that on a CD and take it to the closed network system.
This might sound odd, but what year are we in? 
I'm not aware of the Designer Launcher in v8 needing an internet connection; it bundles up Java within it, so i'm not sure why it would be attempting to reach outside of the network 
This is 2025.
The system has been running on a development system PC
Have built a production system with new PCs
I am logged into the EPIC system.
Open Ignition
Get the Designer - selected "download for windows" - clicked on "open"
I get couldn't download - blocked
To me, the work "download" implies access to the Internet. If, in the Ignition world it means something else, maybe I need administrator privilege. What is actually happening when I clock "open"?
Ignition gateways ship with the launchers embedded. The download is from that gateway. Your infra is blocking it. (Check the download URL in your browser.)
Opto22 has special builds that don't package the launcher or platform runtimes in them to save disk space.
You can download the launchers directly from us on the extra download pages, down at the bottom of the list of supplemental materials:
Thanks for the info pturmel and PGriffith! That answers my question and indicates what I need to do to install these tools. My network is super locked down. I will need administrator priv to install these tools.
