Hello, Is it possible with Ignition to run a script that shuts down the local computer in production? The computer is running on Windows 10/11 operating system and on it runs perspective session. I need this because I don't need the computer on after shutting machine down. Thank you very much.

[image] David_Kranjc: local computer You mean the gateway? You could use system.util.execute - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation to run such commands on the gateway. This seems like quite bad practice though

I'm assuming that you are asking about a PC acting as a Perpsective HMI on an industrial machine. Browser security does not allow sessions to control a computer's OS like that. It would be a huge security liability. Most decent UPS systems have applications that run as a background service that ca…

[image] Transistor: There must be someone out there doing a simple power monitor / remote shutdown application. Powerchute comes to mind. [image] PowerChute Serial Shutdown | APC USA UPS management, graceful shutdown, and energy management software for computers, and servers using…

Pssst! Vision can do this. It's one of the several reasons I strongly recommend Vision for on-machine, permanent HMIs.

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