Importing 8.1 Demo Project

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I just added the Vision demo from the exchange. I added the application and ran it. When I connected to it via the client the images aren’t showing up. Do I need to import the images directory somehow?Screenshot

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Yes, if you only imported a project you will need to import the image library as well.

Might be easiest to just restore the gateway, I believe they have the demo gateway backway available.

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I downloaded the “Ignition 8.1 demo projects 3.0.0” zip file from the exchange. I unzipped then I imported Globalproject.zip (project), perspectivedemo.zip (project), and the visiondemo.zip (project) in designer (Screenshot). I then opened the vision client launcher and pointed it to my application gateway (localhost).

How do I restore a gateway as opposed to a project? Is there any way to import the image directory into the projects?

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Nevermind, I figured out how to restore the gateway. Thanks.

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For future reference, if needed…
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Image+Management+Tool

Of course, you will need the images to import.

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So, I restored the gateway and this of course blew out my existing gateway (I backed it up). But the trial expired. I found the username/password to the demo gateway but I’m not getting a prompt to enter it to then reset the trial.

How can I either:

  1. Restore my old gateway (without being able to get into the gateway first)

  2. Get a prompt to input username/password?

Here is a Screenshot

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Press launch gateway to get you to the gateway launch pad.

If you want to restore a gatewua backup without the website, you can use the gwcmd utility Gateway Command-line Utility - gwcmd - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation

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I pressed “Launch Gateway” and I just got a new tab of the same page.

I just reinstalled Ignition and am back running.

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I ran into this issue myself. If you navigate to

IP:8088/web/config/

It will bypass the demo perspective app and will take you to your gateway home page. Then you can go to Config -> Gateway Settings -> Homepage Redirect URL and change that back to /web/home and once you save and reload the gateway it will no longer automatically bring you to your Perspective application.