# Simulator tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 6, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173 "2010-09-06T14:32:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![NorthPoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@NorthPoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NorthPoint)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173/1 "2010-09-06T14:32:03Z")

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Does anyone have a list of the items provided by the Simulator device, what range they work in, etc?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173/2 "2010-09-07T16:20:42Z")

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Here is a list of addresses and what they do:

ReadOnly - static values that do not change for read only purpose  
ReadOnlyBoolean1 - false  
ReadOnlyBoolean2 - true  
ReadOnlyShort1 - 1  
ReadOnlyShort2 - 2  
ReadOnlyInteger1 - 1  
ReadOnlyInteger2 - 2  
ReadOnlyLong1 - 1  
ReadOnlyLong2 - 2  
ReadOnlyFloat1 - 1.1  
ReadOnlyFloat2 - 1.2  
ReadOnlyDouble1 - 1.1  
ReadOnlyDouble2 - 1.2  
ReadOnlyString1 - “ABCDEFG”  
ReadOnlyString2 - “ZYXWVUT”

Writeable - static values that you can read/write to, inital values below  
WriteableBoolean1 - false  
WriteableBoolean2 - false  
WriteableShort1 - 0  
WriteableShort2 - 0  
WriteableInteger1 - 0  
WriteableInteger2 - 0  
WriteableLong1 - 0  
WriteableLong2 - 0  
WriteableFloat1 - 0  
WriteableFloat2 - 0  
WriteableDouble1 - 0  
WriteableDouble2 - 0  
WriteableString1 - “”  
WriteableString2 - “”

Random - Random values updating at some rate, they follow Java Random(rate) - rate is the seed  
RandomBoolean1 - 10 sec  
RandomShort1 - 5 sec  
RandomInteger1 - 1 sec  
RandomLong1 - 2 sec  
RandomFloat1 - 10 sec  
RandomDouble1 - 10 sec

Sine - Different sine waves with frequency, amplitude and offset (that order below)  
Sine1 - 0.1 100.0 0.0  
Sine2 - 0.01 50.0 -25.0  
Sine3 - 0.02 10.0 10.0  
Sine4 - 0.04 100.0 0.0  
Sine5 - 0.08 100.0 0.0

Ramp - Ramp signals starting from 0 going up to some value at a rate  
Ramp1 - 0 - 100 @ 10 ms  
Ramp2 - 25 - 75 @ 100 ms  
Ramp3 - 0 - 100 @ 50 ms  
Ramp4 - 0 - 100 @ 25 ms  
Ramp5 - 0 - 100 @ 12.5 ms

Realistic Realistic values  
Realistic1 - -50 - 50 @ 500 ms  
Realistic2 - -50 - 50 @ 1000 ms  
Realistic3 - -50 - 50 @ 1500 ms  
Realistic4 - -50 - 50 @ 2000 ms  
Realistic5 - -50 - 50 @ 2500 ms

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![JoseD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@JoseD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JoseD)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173/3 "2011-12-19T17:21:05Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’ve updated to Ignition 7.3.2 today and ever since my Random tags do not update/change their values. I mean this group:  
Random - Random values updating at some rate, they follow Java Random(rate) - rate is the seed

They all are stuck in “false”. I’ve also notice that now the OPC item path requires the substring “\_Meta:”

Does anyone know what’s going on/ I’m doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173/4 "2011-12-19T17:32:05Z")

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The driver changed a little bit in 7.3 at the last minute. The item paths and the folder names are different, which is why you see the \_Meta: at the beginning of the path when you drag it in.

As for the randoms… yeah I see that they’re not quite working. I’ll try and get that fixed in the next release.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simulator-tags/2173/5 "2011-12-23T18:29:25Z")

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The random tags have been fixed for 7.3.3.