Hi, I am new to ignition and I’m getting stuck on some small things. I’m hoping to find someone who is willing to help me through minor hang ups I’m having on a more one-to-one basis. The questions I have are simple and should be easy to work through. I am using ignition 8.
Thank you
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When making an instance of my UDT I am able to set the instance’s name and the individual tag paths, but the tag names themselves arent editable. Im in read/write mode.
You can’t add or remove tags, or otherwise change structure in a UDT instance - the point of a UDT is to have a known organized set of tags and names. You can only override certain properties - signified by the green circle, such as what you have on the OPC Item Path property.
As @PGriffith notes, this is by design. If you want to change the tag names inside a UDT, you change those on the UDT definition and it changes them on all UDT instances.
Maybe you can share a bit more what you are trying to accomplish?
The point of UDT is to have kind of a template for a tag.
For example, you can have a Motor UDT.
The instance name can be the motor tag name, and internally it can have multiple signals: running, trip, etc., which is common for all motors.
