# Option to Inhibit Polling in Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-inhibit-polling-in-designer/4327>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-inhibit-polling-in-designer/4327 "2012-04-20T13:50:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jamess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jamess)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-inhibit-polling-in-designer/4327/1 "2012-04-20T13:50:01Z")

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As a screen build gets more complex, designer response time gets slower and slower. We’ve seen this a lot when working with an EasyChart that has a lot of db-based pens. An option to (temporarily) turn off data updates in Designer would be nice, assuming it would solve this issue.

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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/option-to-inhibit-polling-in-designer/4327/2 "2012-04-20T15:42:55Z")

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You can toggle designer comm between: off, read only, and full.

[inductiveautomation.com/support/ … comm%2Boff](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/communication_modes.htm?zoom_highlightsub=designer%2Bcomm%2Boff)