Ignition Architecture Builder: Ideas, Bug Reports, and Support

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That did the job.
Thanks!

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The builder is great! It would be nice however to disable the module count image on Ignition gateways.

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Is this supposed to work out of the box? I have done the following:

  1. Restore project from .zip
  2. Open up in designer
  3. Launch perspective session

Everything comes up ok, but I am unable to place any objects on the canvas? This is what I see. I assume there are some steps that I am missing?

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Ignition: 8.1.44
Exchange version: 1.0.5

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Do you have the WebDev module installed on your gateway? I suspect it's missing. Afterward you may need to re-import everything again to make sure it loads those resources.

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Nailed it. Thank you Michael. I would recommend that this gets added to the ReadMe file with the exchange resource

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We can certainly add this to the ReadMe, but note that every Exchange Resource lists required modules in the right-hand column as shown:

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Got me there! Ok great. Thanks Brad

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It also requires “default” tag provider.

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This resource isn't meant to be run on an existing gateway. It's meant to run in a standalone gateway set up for this. I just run it in Docker to easily start and stop it when needed.

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Just curious, are there plans to release an 8.3 update with the new modules and solution suites?

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We absolutely plan to release an update, but didn’t have time prior to ICC. We’re refactoring the module script to support 8.1 and 8.3 gateways that could have the same module (e.g. OPC-COM) but different functionality (8.3 wraps OPC-DA and OPC-HDA together whereas OPC-HDA was a separate add-on in 8.1). We also need to handle Solution Suites, which provide functionality of a subset of modules, which the interface will reflect. We appreciate your patience while we work to update and test the new version.

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Great tool!

Can I suggest a couple of features?

  • A feature to move all the components by a certain number of squares in a certain direction. Sometimes I have to add a component to the top or to the left of the architecture, and I have to move the components one by one.
  • It would be great if I could select from the tree which components to move using the above feature.
  • Having the option to replicate items. Let’s say I have a cloud architecture, and I have to connect 10 sites to the cloud that all look the same. It would be great to create just the first one and replicate the other 9 sites, spaced evenly a certain number of squares.

I have used this tool to build customer architectures many times. Thanks for developing this resource!

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This can be done by adding an area/container around all the components you want to move, then right clicking on the container and selecting Adjustâ–ș Relocate Container.

This is a great idea and we will try to implemented with the above container solution.

This can be done if the the original template is saved. From there you can do a Fileâ–șInsert and select instance wizard.

The next release of the Architecture Builder is expected in the next couple months. It will have many new and improved features and updates that support Solution Suites.

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