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Version: 8.1

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Over the course of development, naturally there are changes and additions to the Ignition software. This page highlights any new functionality or modified behavior, but is not meant as a complete resource for new features. You can find more about these items by following the links on this page.

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What's New in 8.1

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Determining Your Current Version​

The current version of Ignition can easily be viewed by visiting the Overview page under the Status section of the Gateway.

  1. Navigate to the Gateway's Web Interface.
  2. Click on the Status tab on the left side of the screen
  3. When asked to sign in, do so.
  4. Locate the Version on the Overview page.

Upgrading Ignition​

Upgrading Ignition is very easy, but there are a few things we recommend to ensure everything goes perfectly.

See the Installing and Upgrading page for a complete guide.

New Perspective Mobile App Features​

This section is devoted to new features introduced to the Ignition Perspective App. New versions of the app are released separately from new Ignition versions, so notable changes to the app will be listed in this section.

Mobile App Changelog​

Updates for version 1.0.8​

General

  • Updated error handling for Gateway address fields and parsing.
  • Fixed an issue preventing redundant Gateways with module mismatches from being added to the Perspective App.
  • Added support for the following Eddystone formats: UID, EID, URL, Plain TLM, and Encrypted TLM. BLE Beacon UUID and MAC address are also now included at the new address key, if available.
  • Added support for the insecure Boolean query arg: If set to true, HTTP will be preferred over HTTPS.

iOS

  • Added an additional iOS AppConfig Boolean restriction of internal_webview_auth to keep authentication flows within a webview for external IDPs. Note that this should not be used unless it is the only way to perform auth.

Updates for version 1.0.7​

General

  • Fixed an issue so that view permissions are now properly reflected upon login.

Android

  • Accelerometer actions now return values at the requested rate instead of only once.

iOS

  • Fixed a system.perspective.download issue to allow downloads regardless of the port a Gateway is using.
  • Added a new iOS Restriction ephemeral_auth_sessions and relaxed the requirement of using Safari for authentication when using Single App mode or guided access on iOS.
  • Added landscape orientation support for barcode scanning.

Updates for version 1.0.6​

General

  • DeepLinks will now always attempt connecting over HTTPS first when launching Perspective apps.

Android

  • Fixed an issue with Bluetooth scanning permission requests.

iOS

  • Fixed an issue with Accelerometer usage crashing the mobile app.
  • Fixed an issue with Perspective barcode events not being processed while the Accelerometer is enabled. Simultaneous Accelerometer actions and barcode scanning now works as expected.

Updates for version 1.0.5.1​

Android

  • Fixed an issue with NFC scanning on Android versions 12 and 13

Updates for version 1.0.5​

General

  • Improved error handling from shared library code.

Android

  • Minor Library compatibility updated for Android 13

iOS

  • Updated back swipe gestures to behave like the Back navigation action.
  • Improved handling of Gateway status discovery and app launches for Gateways over poor network connections.
  • Included additional privacy info keys for compliance.

Updates for version 1.0.4​

General

  • Added third party dependency attribution.
  • Added support for front camera barcode scanning. In addition, the Scan Barcode Action now supports specifying either the front or back camera as the default.
  • Updated various third party dependencies.

iOS

  • Users can now click outside of the login panel on iPads.
  • Added support for EMM, which conforms to the AppConfig standard. An AppConfig compatible specification document is available in under the Extra Materials page of the Inductive Automation website.

Updates for version 1.0.3​

Android

  • Geolocation tracking in the mobile apps has been improved and a new accuracy setting of ‘HIGH’ has been added which is accurate up to about 3 meters
  • Pinch and zoom functionality for running perspective sessions fixed on Android

iOS

  • Geolocation tracking in the mobile apps has been improved and a new accuracy setting of ‘HIGH’ has been added which is accurate up to about 3 meters

Updates for version 1.0.2​

Updates for version 1.0​

  • Fixed several issues that could cause the app to crash.
  • Fixed an issue that caused views to resize when an onscreen keyboard is displayed.
  • The mobile app will now prevents swipes from causing a refresh if session.device.pullToRefresh is disabled.

Updates for version 0.98​

  • Added support for scanning inverse barcodes. Corresponds with Ignition 8.1.3, which added an option to the Scan Barcode Action that can limit light or dark background.
  • In a Perspective Barcode Scanned event script, the scanned barcode type is now returned via the barcodeType property.

Updates for version 0.97.2​

  • Fixed an issue with the app's login screen when using OpenId Connect or SAML authorization on Android.

Updates for version 0.96:​

New Ignition Features​

This section is devoted to new features introduced to Ignition. Any pages in this user manual that contain features that were added will be accompanied by a display like this:

New in 8.1.X

New in 8.1.45​

Scripting​

  • Updated logging for Tag Change Script errors to be noted once per minute from when an error occurs to make faults easier to identify.

New in 8.1.44​

OPC UA Drivers​

  • Added an Octet Strings Are Strings setting to the DNP3 driver, which allows Model Octet String points to be treated as String instead of ByteString.

JxBrowser​

Launchers​

  • Refactored Perspective Workstation to use Swing instead of JavaFX to improve consistency, reliability, and upgradability. This change does remove support for Windows 8, macOS Sierra 10.12, and older operating systems.

Vision​

New in 8.1.43​

Security​

  • Added support for authorization servers to use the form_post mechanism for OIDC.
  • Added support for authorization servers to use the form_post mechanism for OAuth2 clients.

Designer​

Gateway​

  • Updated the Gateway.PerformanceMonitor logger to print out the systemTime, lastSystemTime, and elapsed time when set to TRACE level.

  • Added the -Dignition.redundancy.restoreFileTTL Java parameter to configure the retention time for restore files during backup and redundancy processes.

OPC UA Drivers​

  • Added Access Route settings to the Mitsubishi TCP driver, which allow targeting PLCs in a multi-drop configuration or specific CPU modules in multiple CPU systems .

Perspective​

  • Improved view path navigation checks to make dynamic URL functionality easier to incorporate in projects.

New in 8.1.42​

Launchers​

Modbus​

  • The Gateway Webpage will now throw an error if attempting to create a Modbus address outside the range of 0 to 65,535.

Perspective​

  • Added an authnResponse property to session.props.auth.idpAttributes, allowing users to access the SAML Response XML string when the project's IdP is a SAML IdP.
  • Added a className property to the styleOptions of the Map component's geoJSON feature layers, allowing users to dynamically apply CSS class names.

New in 8.1.41​

  • Ignition version 8.1.41 contains only a patch for an issue found in 8.1.40.

New in 8.1.40​

Edge​

Gateway​

Launchers​

OPC UA Drivers​

  • Added a zip file import feature for the Micro800 driver to improve tag filtering.

Perspective​

  • Added a new swipeThreshold setting to the Carousel component, allowing users to set the width that triggers a slide snap.

New in 8.1.39​

Alarm Notification​

  • Added three new settings for SMS notification profiles to support Airlink SMS notification on redundant systems.

Driver Updates​

  • Updated the PostgresSQL JDBC driver that comes bundled with Ignition installation to version 42.7.2 for an extra layer of security due to CVE-2024-1597.

Enterprise Administration Management (EAM)​

  • Users can now restore Gateway Backups from the Controller's archive during the Restore Backup Agent Task.
  • Added the ability to specify a Tag Collision Policy when creating EAM Send Tags Tasks in both the Designer and Gateway.

OPC UA Drivers​

Perspective​

  • Seconds and minutes are now available for selection in the Alarm Journal's dateRange.realtime.unit property dropdown.

  • Added a tabIndex property to the meta section of a component's Property Editor.

  • Added a new Coalesce binding property that becomes available when the Bidirectional property is true.

Tags​

  • A Refresh icon has been added to the Tag Diagnostics window to update the displayed information.

New in 8.1.38​

Docker​

Driver Updates​

  • Updated the PostgreSQL JDBC driver that comes bundled with Ignition installation to version 42.7.1 for an extra layer of security out of an abundance of caution due to CVE-2022-31197.

Gateway​

Perspective​

  • The Table component will now automatically page and scroll to cell updates based on external source changes to the selectedRow or selectedColumn properties for increased user-visibility.

Platform​

New in 8.1.37​

Designer​

  • The top level view can now be directly selected if a nested child component is already selected and the workspace's grey area is clicked on.
  • The "Copy Debug URL" option in the Designer's Tools Menu has been removed due to unreliability.
    • Additionally, the DevTools debugger launcher has been improved to be more reliable and responsive.

Device Connections​

  • The Omron NJ driver's Date/Time Offset property now has a configurable range of -24 to 24.

Enterprise Administration​

Gateway Network​

  • Send and Receive thread counts are now configurable when creating or editing outgoing connection on a per-connection basis. This change has moved the Send and Receive Threads properties from the Config > Network > Gateway Network Settings - Main Properties to the Outgoing Connections tab.
  • Added two more options to the Metrics Dashboard available metrics list for tracking and troubleshooting purposes.
    • gateway-network
    • authTokenRecords

Perspective​

  • Added an editingCell property to the Perspective Table component so the current editing cell can now be specified.

Redundancy​

New in 8.1.36​

Alarm Notification Profiles​

New DNP3 Driver​

  • Ignition now supports a new DNP3 driver while still supporting the previous driver as the Legacy DNP3 driver.

New in 8.1.35​

Ignition version 8.1.35 contains only a patch for an issue found in 8.1.34.

New in 8.1.34​

Edge​

Gateway​

JxBrowser​

  • Updated JxBrowser for the Perspective Designer and Vision Web Browser module to use Chromium 117.0.5938.62.

Launchers​

  • Added signature verification to the Designer and Vision Client Launchers to verify files and included content.

MongoDB​

  • Added support for array and document datatypes to be stored to MongoDB.

Platform​

Scripting​

  • Updated Ignition's Jython version from 2.7.2 to 2.7.3.
  • Added an includeShelved parameter to the system.alarm.queryJournal() scripting function.

Sequential Function Charts​

  • Updated the chart.state integer representations to include InitPaused, Suspended, and RedundantInactive states.

Tags​

Vision​

New in 8.1.33​

BACnet​

  • Added a new property that allows users to set the rate at which the BACnet driver will attempt to recreate COV subscriptions.

Designer​

  • Updated the Designer script console to now display scope information and how to trigger autocomplete hints in addition to the Jython version.

EAM​

  • Added a new option for Remote Upgrade tasks that allows users to specify a zip URL connected agents will use to upgrade. This will allow agents to upgrade directly from the URL, instead of requiring the controller to sent upgrade zip files.
  • Added a new option that allows users to retry EAM tasks that previously failed.

Embedded Java​

  • The bundled Java version for Ignition has been upgraded from Java 11 to Java 17. It is recommended to check Java 17 compatibility with installed JDBC drivers and third party modules in case modifications are needed.

Gateway​

  • Added two new Ignition system properties to allow Perspective session failover redirect timing customization:
    • -Dperspective.client.websocketChannel.maxIdleTimeMs
    • -Dperspective.client.websocketChannel.idleCheckIntervalMs

Perspective​

  • Added a new Google Map component that allows scriptable interactions and layers.

Tags​

  • Array Tag types will now accept JSON array values written to it.
  • Updated the system.tag.configure function so now dataset tags keep structure when editing without the need to specify datatype.

New in 8.1.32​

Perspective​

Scripting​

Tags​

  • Document Tag types will now accept PyDictionary values written to it.
  • Value Changed events will now only be triggered when the tag value changes, and any changes to the tag quality and timestamp will be ignored.

New in 8.1.31​

Alarm Notification Profile​

BACnet​

  • The BACnet local device bind address setting is now 0.0.0.0 by default.

EAM​

Mitsubishi TCP Driver​

  • Added MELSEC-F series support for the Mitsubishi Driver.
  • Added a new data type so that a wstring data type is now used for Unicode characters and the string data type is used for ASCII characters.

Redundancy​

  • Added a new property that, when toggled, causes the redundancy system to compare active uptimes between the Master and Backup nodes. The system will then use the data from the Gateway with the higher active uptime.

New in 8.1.30​

Ignition version 8.1.30 contains only a patch for an issue found in 8.1.29.

New in 8.1.29​

Alarm Notification Profile​

EAM​

  • The EAM timeout when sending large files through a proxy Gateway is now 60 minutes. A new system property has also been added for further adjustments to this timeout value.

Gateway​

  • Users who have Status webpage access but not Config webpage access can now view Running Scripts without the ability to terminate them.

Logging​

  • Logging for Tag History values in pre-processed partition tables has been improved to now include:
    • The entry value
    • The exit value
    • Min value
    • Max value
    • Direct average

Reporting​

  • The Report Image component now converts unsupported color space images so that they can still render properly.

Scripting​

Siemens​

  • Support for Siemens devices has been expanded to now include LREAL, LINT, and DateTime data types. See the Siemens page for more information on which devices support each data type.

New in 8.1.28​

Designer​

Drivers​

  • The Logix driver now supports the following datatypes:
    • DT
    • LDT
    • LTIME
    • TIME
    • TIME32
  • A new Mitsubishi TCP driver has been added to support iQ-R, iQ-F, Q, and L devices using MELSEC protocol.
  • The Path and Name terminology on the DNP3, Omron FINS, and Omron NJ addressing pages on the Gateway have been changed to Browse Path and Browse Name, respectively.

EAM​

Gateway​

  • Added -Dignition.smtp.sendpartial to allow users to define send behavior in instances when invalid notification emails are provided.

JxBrowser​

  • Updated JxBrowser for the Perspective Designer and Vision Web Browser module to use Chromium 108.0.5359.215.

Launcher​

  • The last selected List or Card view will now remain the Launcher view selection when next opened, instead of defaulting to the Card view.

Perspective​

  • A new Request Print action, which can print the contents of the page, view, or component, is now available to use as a Component Event or a callable component method.
  • A new backgroundSize property has been added to the Background Menu of the Style Editor to allow users to set the size of the background image.

Reporting​

  • Additional properties and scripting functions for the Pie Chart component are now available.
    • Users can now toggle the Pie Chart's shadow using the Show Chart Shadow property.
    • Users can now use the configureChart hook in the Pie Chart's scripting window.

Scripting​

Tags​

New in 8.1.27​

Designer​

Gateway​

  • The default Gateway auto-backup is now set to 60 minutes instead of 2 minutes.
  • Added three new Ignition system properties:
    • -Dignition.gateway.connectTimeout: The maximum amount of time to wait for connections to the Gateway to be established.
    • -Dignition.gateway.readTimeout: The maximum amount of time for socket connection to the Gateway to remain open.
    • -Dignition.gateway.opcBrowseTimeout: Maximum amount of time to wait for the response to a request.
  • Added a Jetty server dump to the Gateway diagnostics bundle.
  • Added two new system properties: -Dignition.jxBrowser.userDataDir.browser and -Dignition.jxBrowser.userDataDir.perspective. These replace the deprecated ignition.jxBrowser.userDataDir property and offer improved control and separation of user data directories.

Identity Providers​

OPC UA​

Perspective​

Tags​

  • OPC UA Clients can now attempt to write to exposed Tags which include a StatusCode.
  • The StatusCode will be converted to its QualityCode equivalent.
  • The write value is passed to the Tag system as a QualifiedValue
  • A QualifiedValue's corresponding StatusCode will now be included when sending a system.opc.writeValue's DataValue to the target server.

User Sources​

New in 8.1.26​

Designer​

  • The Delete option in the Project Browser right-click menu for inherited projects overridden resources has been replaced with Discard Overrides. Additionally, inherited Named Queries can now be opened as read-only.
  • Holding Alt + Shift while clicking on a Perspective component now enables deep selection.
  • Deep selection now enables inline editing for the Button, Label, Checkbox, or Toggle Switch components.
  • Holding Ctrl + Shift while clicking now allows you to cycle through components in a Z-order stack in Perspective's Designer Interface.

Docker​

Embedded Java​

Updated the bundled Java runtime across all scopes to the latest patch release - 11.0.18.

Gateway Network​

  • A Description can now be entered for Outgoing Connections to detail how the connection is used. This description will be displayed on the Config > Network > Gateway Network Settings > Outgoing Connections page, but not sent to other Gateways.
  • User Source password requirements are now listed on the Add/Edit User page and the Password Reset page.

Perspective​

  • Project Properties now includes a Symbols section that allows users to edit built-in states and create custom states to apply to Perspective symbol components.

Vision​

New in 8.1.25​

Designer​

  • Pasting copied values from the Database Query Browser will now paste in an RFC 2339 compatible local datetime format.
    • Additionally, using the shift key while copying will copy the values in a tab-separated format ideal for pasting into spreadsheet tools such as Microsoft Excel.
  • Tooltips are now displayed with the full resource path when hovering over the bottom tab bar for all tabbed resource workspaces, such as Perspective Views, Named Queries, Reports, and Web Dev.

EAM​

Embedded Java​

  • Updated the bundled Java runtime across all scopes to the latest patch release - 11.0.17.

Gateway Network​

  • A Gateway Network Diagram visualizing your Gateway Network is now available and accessible on the Gateway webpage's Status page > Connections > Gateway Network > Live Diagram.

OPC UA Drivers​

  • A new IEC 61850 driver has been added to support IEC 61850 devices using MMS protocol. This driver is supported for Windows and Linux x64 OSs only (not Mac or ARM).
  • Modbus RTU driver now has a connectivity setting to enable RS-485 mode for the Modbus RTU driver.

Perspective​

  • A new property called disabledStyle is now available for Perspective One-Shot Buttons. This style will be used when the One-Shot Button component is disabled.
  • A new object property called contextMenu is now available under component meta properties. If enabled, a menu will appear when users right-click on the component.
  • nullFormat table and column properties are now available for Table components to format how null values will display.

Scripting​

Security​

Tags​

  • Time units are now displayed in the Tag Editor and Tag Group Editor.
  • Derived and Reference Tag Paths can no longer use wildcard characters, A tooltip indicating this update has also been implemented.

User Sources​

  • Two new settings allowing for badge-based authentication for non-hybrid Active Directory User Sources are now available.
  • User Source main Schedule Restricted property now takes individual user Schedule Modifications into account to deny user login access attempts made outside active hours.

Vision​

New in 8.1.24​

Designer​

Identity Providers​

  • A special auth token is now generated with the session on the Gateway and is saved in the Designer and Vision Client instance memory after authenticating with an IdP. This will improve Designer/Vision Client connection recovery.

Named Queries​

  • Switching to another tab from the Authoring tab in the Designer will now automatically commit any changes to the Named Query's parameters.

Perspective​

  • Updated the Map component delta and snap property tooltips to address component function confusion.
  • Added a penNamePathDepth config option to the Power Chart component that allows users to choose the tag folder depth to include in the pen name.

Security​

TCP Driver​

  • Added an advanced properties Write Timeout setting to the TCP Driver.

User Sources​

  • Added a new advanced property to the Active Directory, AD/Database Hybrid, and AD/Internal Hybrid that determines the application of a username’s prefix and suffix to the Gateway username before a bind is attempted. This option is checked by default on upgrade to match the behavior before upgrade.
  • Removed strict validation on all three AD user source profile types for Gateway username settings so that special characters are allowed.

Vision​

  • Vision Clients have a new Update Mode called "None", which will defer updates to the Vision Client project until the project is restarted, or updated through scripting. New companion features, which are intended to be used in tandem with this Update Mode, have also been added:

New in 8.1.23​

Designer​

  • Added the UDT Hierarchy Tool, which displays the relationships between connected UDT definitions and instances by showing inheritance, overrides of inherited properties, and instances directly related to selected definitions.

Docker​

  • Setting a new environment variable called "DISABLE_QUICKSTART" to true will disable the Quick Start project prompt after the Gateway has initialized.

Exchange​

  • Added an updated error message for failed Exchange resource import attempts. When attempting to import an Exchange resource as a project or a project resource, the new error message guides users to the correct import location on the Gateway.

Gateway​

  • Added three new Ignition system properties:
    • -Dignition.skipConfigDbVacuum can be set to true to skip reclaiming unused disk space in the internal database upon Gateway startup.
    • -Dignition.tags.cleanupLegacyTagTables can be set to true to clean up old 7.X.X SQLTAG tables in the internal database upon Gateway startup.
    • -Dignition.projects.skipProjectRecordTableCleanup can be set to true to skip cleanup of old 7.X.X project tables in the internal database upon Gateway startup.
  • Users with Config-level permissions can now terminate Perspective sessions from the Gateway Perspective Sessions page.

Identity Providers​

  • Users can now reset their passwords through the internal IdP when their passwords have expired.
  • Added a Copy to Clipboard button to the redirect URI/ACS URI box to make providing the URI to an IdP easier when creating a new OpenID 1.0 Identity Provider on the Gateway.

Perspective​

  • The Time Series Chart component now has a relative weight property to customize the amount of space plots use in the chart when two or more plots are included.

Store and Forward​

New in 8.1.22​

EAM​

  • A status message will now appear when performing an "Apply Files" action during Agent Recovery that indicates that the requested action is in progress. The "Apply Files" button will also be greyed out during this process, preventing it from being clicked multiple times.

Gateway​

  • The Gateway Network Status page has been modified to display service method names for outgoing Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). Previously, outgoing RPCs would be displayed as Call Result:Services/Invocation.
  • OS restrictions preventing users from deleting old Gateway backups (that are part of Scheduled Backups) will now also be logged to the Gateway webpage > Diagnostics > Logs.
  • The Long Wait Queue timeout and Proxy Queue timeout can be adjusted for slower connections. By default, the timeouts are 60 minutes.

Installers​

Vision​

  • The opacity property has been removed from the Root Container, Group, and Template Style Customizers.

Perspective​

  • A new convert to drawing function is now available for select Perspective SVG-based components, including:
    • Cylindrical Tank
    • Icon
    • Linear Scale
    • Moving Analog Indicator
    • Sparkline
    • Thermometer
    • All Symbols, such as:
      • Motor
      • Pump
      • Sensor
      • Valve
      • Vessel
    • Pipes in Coordinate Containers
  • The prefix ia_ is now reserved for predefined Style Classes that are built into Ignition, and should no longer be used in naming conventions for user-created Style Classes. Using the ia_ prefix may result in unintended behavior.
  • An Advanced Stylesheet resource is now available to enable from the Styles folder menu.
  • After creating an initial View, all New View pop-ups will now default to the last used container type instead of defaulting to the coordinate container.
  • The Perspective Table component can now have filters applied on a column-by-column basis. Filtering properties are located under the "column" property.
  • Added the onClickEvent Component Event to the Equipment Schedule.

Redundancy​

  • A new property that allows users to specify a length of time the Redundancy Sync Task takes to complete before it times out is now available.

Scripting​

New in 8.1.21​

Designer​

  • The Open/Create a project screen of the Designer Launcher will now show information about the Gateway it is connected to.
  • Users now have a "rename" option when right-clicking on a Vision component in the Designer's Project Browser.
  • Users can now rename selected components and selected nodes in the Project Browser using the "Rename" menu item in the Designer's Edit menu. Users can alternatively rename components and nodes using the F2 shortcut.
  • Added several improvements to the Tag Report Tool:
    • Added option to Include UDT Members and/or UDT Definitions in search results.
    • Added Overrides property to report columns that lists all overridden properties on a Tag.
    • Property filter for Value will now query against the actual value and not the Qualified Value.
    • Added Not Like property filter operator.
    • Column sizes are now persisted for saved searches.
    • Added Timestamp property for filtering and reporting.
    • Folders and UDTs will no longer return with Bad_Uncertain in filters.
  • Added new icons to the Project Browser for opened templates and windows. Additionally, when templates or windows are duplicated, they will be opened by default.

Edge​

  • The Alarming section of an Edge Gateway's Config page now has "General" alarm settings option, similar to a standard Ignition Gateway.

Expressions​

  • The toHex expression function has been updated to accept Color in addition to Integer.

Gateway​

  • The Gateway's Status page now has an option to export diagnostic information. The downloaded diagnostic bundle includes the following items:
    • Gateway Information
    • Thread dump
    • Wrapper log file(s)
    • System log IDB
    • Metrics IDB
  • Memory dump (only included if the memory dump property is true in Ignition's system properties)

Launchers​

  • The following applications can now be downloaded and installed using .msi installers on Windows machines:
    • Designer Launcher
    • Vision Client Launcher
    • Perspective Workstation
  • You can now return the version numbers of the Vision Client Launcher, Perspective Workstation, and Designer Launcher using your operating system's terminal (PowerShell for Windows).

Logging​

  • The system_logs.idb file now can be pruned according to configurable properties in Ignition's logback.xml file.

Perspective​

Redundancy​

  • The Redundancy Status page has been overhauled, now showing a different layout and new metrics. Some features that are different include:
    • A new system event that will log to a new table whenever a redundancy full sync is required.
    • A gauge that indicates how long the node has been active for.
    • A new table that replaced the Runtime Updates Queue graph.

Store and Forward​

  • Two disk cache options have been added to the UI at the Gateway's Config > Databases > Store and Forward:
    • Archive Disk Cache - archives the current disk cache to a folder in the Ignition installation directory, making it available to load later. Current disk cache will then be cleared.
    • Load Disk Cache - loads an archived disk cache, overwriting the current disk cache.

System Functions​

Vision​

  • The "Button Border" and "Other Border" border styles have been removed.
  • Added a new Vision permission "Tag History" that allows restricting tag history functionality on a per-role basis.

New in 8.1.20​

Device Connections​

  • The Modbus RTU driver no longer requires the Serial Support Gateway module to function.

Docker​

  • Changes to environment variables IGNITION_LICENSE_KEY and IGNITION_ACTIVATION_TOKEN, when supplied, will now update the leased activation license config after initial commissioning. Previously, they would only be absorbed if an existing leased activation configuration was not present.

Perspective​

  • Perspective sessions now support a new feature through Gateway settings called Co-Branding, which allows users to customize the look and feel of the following Perspective sections:
    • Perspective Identity Provider login screen
    • Perspective Session loading screen
    • Perspective Session terminal screen
    • Perspective Session App Bar
    • Perspective Session About popup
  • In addition to new Gateway settings, new Session Properties have been added to aid in co-branding Perspective Sessions.
  • Added a new property to the Tab container which allows individual tabs to be disabled/enabled.

Scripting​

  • An OPCBrowseElement’s server node ID can now be obtained using the getNodeId method call on the system.opc.browseServer function.

New in 8.1.19​

Designer​

  • Expanded the concept of 'resource documentation' to apply to all resources. Right click any resource in the project browse tree to edit the documentation describing that resource. Additionally, hovering over a resource with documentation will display the documentation in a tooltip.
  • Added the Tag Report Tool, which allows users to search for tags by multiple criteria, including Tag Path, Quality, Type, Traits, and values on specific Properties.

EAM​

  • Added Retention Policies to EAM Collect Backup Tasks, including:
    • Maximum Retention Count
    • Maximum Retention Age
    • Maximum Retention Age Time Unit

Gateway​

  • Attempting to rename the Gateway System Name from Gateway Web Interface → Config → System → Gateway Settings will now prompt a warning to appear.

Launcher Settings​

Perspective​

  • Added textAlign prop to the Dropdown component, which aligns the value(s) and/or placeholder text displayed within the dropdown.

Redundancy​

  • Backup Gateways now drop their own data in favor of the Master Gateway's data if there are data conflicts after redundancy has been reestablished.

Reporting​

Scripting​

Transaction Groups​

Vision​

  • The Tree View component's "Default Node Selected Background" property now works as expected. Also added two new properties called "Selection Fill Color" and "Full Width Selection" to use with the Tree View component.

New in 8.1.18​

Alarm Notification Profiles​

BACnet​

  • Added the system.bacnet.readRaw and system.bacnet.writeRaw scripting functions which allows any object/property combination to be read/written. Because the functions accept and return types used by the underlying BACnet4j library instead of translating to OPC UA and into types supported by tags, it serves as an escape hatch for objects not explicitly supported by the BACnet driver.

Designer​

  • Hovering over a Tag in the Tag Browser Tree will now display the Tag's tooltip if the tooltip exists.
  • Added a right click find and replace menu option in the Project Browser for views, transaction groups, windows, templates, and named queries.
  • Significantly updated and modernized the script editing experience throughout the designer. Quality-of-life improvements include:
    • Parameter completion assistance
    • Contextual tooltips
    • Inline find and replace

EAM​

  • EAM Controller's save operations time out after 10 seconds by default during the check for sufficient free space in order to save the incoming file. Added a new configurable system property called ignition.eam.freeSpace.timeout.millis to allow changes to the timeout value.

Gateway​

Perspective​

Reporting​

New in 8.1.17​

Docker Image​

  • Docker Image now supports a new GATEWAY_MODULES_ENABLED environment variable that can declare a comma-delimited set of identifiers that will whitelist the set of built-in modules that will remain installed prior to gateway startup. This feature will help with container re-creation events where you want to ensure only a subset of modules remain enabled.
  • Docker Image now supports running as non-root user. Use IGNITION_UID and IGNITION_GID environment variables to set the numeric UID/GID values for the target user to run Ignition as. When set, the entrypoint will automatically update file ownerships for the Ignition installation on startup to match the target user prior to stepping down from root user to launch the gateway.

Driver Updates​

  • Added support for BACnet Elapsed_Active_Time and Time_Of_Active_Time_Reset properties on BinaryInput, BinaryOutput, and BinaryValue objects.
  • Upgraded the BACnet library used by Ignition's BACnet driver. This upgrade provides the following benefits:
    • Enables caching of already-discovered devices.
    • Limits concurrent device initialization to prevent overwhelming the network.
    • Debounces global broadcast discovery messages to prevent possible "broadcast storm."
  • Refactored TCP Driver to prevent thread contention and added the Connect Timeout setting.

EAM​

Embedded Java​

  • Updated the bundled Java runtime across all scopes to the latest patch release - 11.0.15.

OPC UA​

Perspective​

  • The Table component now has two scripting functions: expandSubviews and collapseSubviews.
  • When pen data sources change on the Time Series Chart component, the zoom level will be reset to its base time range.
  • Added 15-minute zoom level to Equipment Schedule.
  • Text color and font size can now be specified for the info box for the Power Chart and Time Series components. Also includes a feature where the info box will automatically resize if width is set to auto.

Platform​

  • Added audit events for gateway login and logout.
  • Failover to a redundant node is now allowed if the nodes have different platform versions, which will allow attached clients to remain connected to at least one node during a redundant pair upgrade.
  • Upgrades performed by the installer now fully wait for the backup to complete instead of cancelling at the 30 second mark for updates starting from 8.1.17. The gwcmd utility starting with 8.1.17 now supports a timeout argument for backups to allow for very large backup creation.
  • Made UI improvements to the following Gateway Pages:
    • Config > Web Server (Included and Excluded Ciphers)
    • Config > Web Server > Create Certificate (Subject Alternative Names, and DNS Names)
    • Config > Identity Providers > OpenID Settings (Scope)
    • Config > Identity Providers > OpenID Settings > JSON Web Key Configuration (Key Operations, and X.509 Certification Chain)
    • Config > Identity Providers > SAML Settings (Signature Verifying Certificates)

Tag Editor​

  • The Tag Editor was redesigned to improve usability. The new Tag Editor now requires fewer clicks and keeps relevant Tag information visible while modifying bindings, alarms, and event scripts. Additional improvements include the following:
    • Only expression bindings now require opening the dialog to change. Tag and Parameter bindings can be edited in-line within the Tag Editor and are not shortened.
    • Sorting in UDT Editor now sorts folders first, then Tags.
    • Users can add Tags in the UDT Editor without having to click the root of the UDT/folder.
    • UDT Parameters now show when they are overridden.
    • The Tag Editor uses the entire width allowed to display content.
    • UDT properties are added in-line to bindings now rather than clearing out the content.
    • Property values are now all left-aligned.
    • The Expression editor now accepts drag and drops from the UDT Editor or Tag Browser.

User Sources​

Vision​

  • Vision Clients with the Identity Provider Authentication Strategy now allow the login title and message to be customized via Vision's Login Project Properties.

New in 8.1.16​

Docker Image​

  • Docker image entrypoint will no longer forcibly recreate data/gateway.xml on each launch, allowing for settings adjustments from the gateway web UI to properly persist without static definition in the container configuration.
  • Ignition's Docker Image build is now multi-architecture and supports linux/amd64, linux/arm64, and linux/arm/v7. Users can docker pull inductiveautomation/ignition and get an image that automatically matches their system architecture.

Driver Updates​

  • Upgraded Postgres JDBC driver from 42.2.23 to 42.3.3 due to CVE-2022-21724. Though the vulnerability is not easily exploitable in Ignition, the driver was upgraded as an extra layer of security out of an abundance of caution.
  • Fixed an issue where the BACnet Out_Of_Service property was Read-Only. This property is now Read/Write to devices that allow it.

EAM​

  • EAM agent now reports the agent's Perspective session count in a new system Tag called Perspective Sessions.

Expressions​

  • The Tag expression binEnc() function now enforces up to 64 max arguments. Note that 32 arguments or fewer will return an Integer and 33 arguments to 64 arguments will return a Long.

Gateway​

  • Actions on Tags from remote servers are now recorded in the audit log.
  • Added the ability to copy Security Level Paths from the Security Level Details panel.
  • Added a new system property that allows users to increase the maximum amount of time the Gateway will wait to connect to an internal database.

Identity Providers​

  • Added a new opt-in feature to SAML IdPs for automatically reloading the latest trusted signature verifying certificates and keys from the IdP's metadata XML URL as soon as an authentication response signed using an unknown certificate or key is encountered.

Perspective​

Reporting​

Scripting​

  • Added a version argument to the system.net.httpClient() system function to allow specifying either HTTP_2 or HTTP_1_1 for the HTTP protocol. When omitted, the previous default of HTTP_2 is implied.

Vision​

  • Added range selection to the Tree and the Tag Browse Tree components. This can be toggled on/off via a selection mode component property.
  • Added the boolean property "rejectUpdatesDuringEdit" to the Password Field component, which prevents updates from external sources while the user is editing the field.

New in 8.1.15​

Designer​

  • Added an Advanced Tag Import tool to the Tag Browser, which gives users more options to edit and configure Tags on import.

Gateway​

  • The Modbus Address Mapping page now includes the device name in the page header.
  • Added a System Tag to monitor the Gateway's license activation state.
  • The Gateway will ignore changes to any files located within folders with the name ".git", ".svn", or ".hg" when scanning the project directory for changes. This change allows a project to be used as a Git repo. A new system property allows users to specify additional folders to ignore.

Perspective​

  • Added Pointer events as supported component events. Pointer events will track touch interactions as well as stylus and pen interactions.
  • Changes made to a GeoJSON layer of the Map component are now visualized in the map.
  • Expanded the style options for GeoJSON feature objects on the Map component.
  • Added a stopPropagation property to vector shapes and markers on the Map component, allowing users to determine how events should propagate between the children of the map component and the parent map component.

Scripting​

  • Added a system.user.getUserSources function that can return the list of all user source profiles configured in the system.
  • Changed the system.alarm.acknowledge function to now return the list of alarm event ids that were unable to be acknowledged successfully.

New in 8.1.14​

Designer​

  • Updated the Named Query disabled icon in the Project Browser and query selector dialogs.
  • Clicking on the Gateway icon in the Designer status bar now opens the connected Gateway in a browser.

Designer Launcher​

Gateway​

  • The Project Update gateway event script now reports which resources were modified during a project save.
  • Gateway Network Proxying Depth is now configured via the Gateway Configuration Webpage UI. The previous checkbox for "Allow Proxying" has been replaced with the numeric depth count (where <= 0 is "disabled" and > 0 is "enabled").
  • In order to improve the security and organization and to gain functionality from a more mature and proven certificate model, the Gateway Network's trusted certificates are now split into client and server certificates.

Perspective​

Reporting​

  • Ordering of report parameter and data source keys in Key Browser now match ordering in the Data tab.

Scripting​

  • The system.perspective.download scripting function now interacts with the mobile apps directly to ensure that download requests function as expected and can be saved to the local device.
  • Scheduled scripts now use a cached thread pool and per-script execution queues. This facilitates parallel execution of scheduled scripts within a project—useful for both longer running scripts and situations where multiple scripts have the same schedule. A given scheduled script will enqueue and wait for any previous invocations to complete before running again.

Security​

  • The Gateway Audit Profile will now log user lockout events to the Audit Log.

Tags​

  • Added Color as a valid data type for storage in Dataset Tags.

Vision​

New in 8.1.13​

Alarm Notification​

  • Added an Ignore User Schedules setting to the Contacts tab on Notification Blocks, allowing the block to ignore restrictions defined by user schedules.

Gateway​

  • Added a new category of Gateway Settings: Automatic Thread Dump Settings. These settings allow an Ignition Gateway to automatically capture a thread dump under certain conditions, making it easier for support to track down high CPU based issues.
  • Added a Metrics Dashboard page to the Gateway's Settings section. This new page allows users to build customized dashboards that display metrics about the gateway's subsystems.

Perspective​

Scripting​

  • A new historical tag record will now be created (and previous one retired) if a mismatch occurs between a current tag and its previously recorded datatype when using the system.tag.storeTagHistory function.

Tags​

  • Added ParentInstanceName and RootInstanceName built-in UDT properties.

Vision​

New in 8.1.12​

Perspective​

Reporting​

  • Added the ability to toggle dividers for individual cells in the Crosstab and Simple Table components.

System Properties​

  • Added new system properties that allow users to configure how the HTTP Client parses cookies, handles idle HTTP connections, and respects proxy settings.

Designer​

  • Added the ability to save thread dumps in the diagnostics Thread Viewer tab.

Vision​

  • Fixed various rendering issues with the Dropdown component when in 'Table' mode. Also, added functionality so that if 'Max Table Width' or 'Max Table Height' are negative, the table popup will auto size to fill contents.

Vision Client Launcher​

Docker Image​

  • Docker image now redirects KeyStore creation via sym-link, allowing users to preserve the Gateway Network Certificate and SSL configuration across image updates without relying on additional bind-mounts.

New in 8.1.11​

EAM​

Edge​

  • The Tag Provider Name property on Edge gateways has been replaced by a Tag Provider property, which can be used to determine which tag provider to load on the Edge Gateway.
  • Added an "Edit Tag Provider" page to Edge Gateways, allowing you to change some settings on the loaded tag provider, including the name of the provider.

Identity Providers​

Perspective​

  • Added two read-only properties to the Power Chart that allow users to view the current zoom level displayed on charts and range brushes.
  • Added new style properties to the Table component to allow users to apply custom styles to header and footer groups, the selection overlay, and other elements.
  • Added a new textStyle property to the Label component that allows users to configure text overflow options, including displaying text overflow ellipsis.
  • Added new properties to the Power Chart, Time Series Chart, and the Chart Range Selector that allow users to configure the number and format of ticks displayed on the Y Axis.

Scripting​

New in 8.1.10​

Database Connections​

Docker Image​

Perspective​

  • Added a session.props.address property that represents the IP address of the session, as the gateway sees it.
  • Added a selection object to the Pie Chart component that can enable slice selection, as well as list data about selected slices.
  • Added a selection object to the XY Chart component that can enable column or bullet selection, as well as list data about the selected data point.
  • Added the ability to resize Tag Browser, Pen Table, and Settings Menu panels on the Power Chart component.
  • Added a tooltip meta property for all components, as well as two new Component based scripting functions: requestTooltip and removeTooltip, which allow the user to configure and handle tooltips from scripting events.
  • Added a new configurable Session Event for Key Events, which allows users to execute scripts in response to single key or regex pattern matches.
  • Added a filterShelvedAlarm extension function to the Alarm Status Table component, which can be used to filter out shelved alarm events.

Platform​

OPC UA​

Security​

  • Added a Use Proxy Forwarded Headers setting to the Gateway's Web Server page.
  • Added a Resolve Client Hostnames setting to the Gateway's Web Server page.
  • Added a system parameter that can restrict the amount of information provided by error messages in the Designer and Vision Clients, which can be used to obscuring potentially sensitive information.

Scripting​

  • The system.device.addDevice function now has a description parameter, allowing the function to set the description for the new device.
  • JythonHttpClient objects returned by system.net.httpClient now have a setGson() method that can be used to override JSON serialization behavior on the instance.

Vision​

  • Added a getDateAt() component method to the Equipment Scheduler component, allowing event scripts to access a datetime where the mouse interaction took place.
  • The Tag Browse Tree component now supports additional formats when set to Historical Tag Tree.

New in 8.1.9​

Ignition version 8.1.9 contains only a patch for an issue found in 8.1.8.

New in 8.1.8​

Alarming​

  • Database and Internal Alarm Journal Profiles now have a setting that will cause the journal to record instances where live alarm events are enabled or disabled. Alarm Notification
  • The extraProps key on Calculated Roster users can be used to set arbitrary user properties, such as language and badge.

DNP3​

  • The DNP3 driver's Aliased Points gateway page received a visual polish pass, bringing it more inline with the other device tag import pages.

Docker Image​

  • The image now supports gateway arguments on container launch, allowing "gateway." entries in the gateway.xml file to be modified.

EAM​

  • The Send Tags task can now target the controller, allowing the task to copy tags from one tag provider on the controller to another provider.

Expressions​

Identity Providers​

  • Added a new project property that will automatically redirect users to an authentication page if the project requires authentication.
  • Added a new project property that allows users to configure the message that's displayed when logging out of a Perspective session.

Installers​

  • During an upgrade, installers will now place more recent versions of the MariaDB and Postgresql JDBC drivers in a jdbc-bundled directory, located in the installation directory.

Launchers​

  • The Designer Launcher, Vision Client Launcher, and Perspective Workstation now support gateway addresses using IPv6.

OPC UA​

  • Added a new system function that can reset device connections: system.device.restart.
  • Added system.opcua.addConnection and system.opcua.removeConnection functions, allowing a gateway-scoped script to add or remove OPC UA connections.
  • Regenerating a Gateway's OPC UA Client certificate or OPC UA Server certificate now allows you to specify how long the certificate lasts. In addition, regenerating OPC UA Server certificates now allows you to specify the DNS names and IP addresses to be included in the Subject Alternate Name (SAN) fields.
  • The system.opc.browseServer function will now include method nodes in the browse results.

OPC UA Drivers​

  • Several drivers received a new "Local Address" property, that allows you to set the local address a device connection will bind to. The following device connections received the new property:
    • Legacy CompactLogix
    • Legacy ControlLogix
    • MicroLogix
    • PLC5
    • SLC
    • Logix
    • TCP
    • DNP3
    • Omron NJ
    • Omron FINS (TCP only)
    • Modbus TCP
    • Modbus RTU over TCP
  • The Gateway tag import screen for Omron device connections received a UI update.

Perspective​

  • Items in the Menu Tree component now have a resetOnClick property, which will cause the component to reset the menu back to its initial state.
  • Added a new argument to system.perspective.logout that allows the function to display a custom logout message.
  • Added a lastActive session prop that represents the last time a user interacted with the session.
  • The source property on the Report Viewer component now has a dropdown, making it easier to set the property to an existing report.
  • The theme session property now has a dropdown, making it easier to select a theme.
  • The Perspective Alarm Journal Table component now has enabled and disabled filter event properties that can be used to show alarm events that were generated by enabling or disabling an alarm.
  • Added a Publish Initial Uncertain Value option to tag bindings, allowing the binding to disregard the initial uncertain value when a binding starts up (such as when the parent view opens).

Scripting​

  • Updated Ignition's Jython version from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2.
  • The state parameter in the system.alarm.queryJournal function now accepts enabled or disabled as valid values.

Tags​

  • Bindings within UDTs that reference nonexistent UDT parameters will now return a string literal of the parameter reference.
  • The filePath argument for system.tag.exportTags is now optional. Omitting the parameter will cause the function to return the tag export as a string instead of a file.
  • Reading and writing permissions can now be applied to an entire standard tag provider. In addition, tag providers can be set as "read only".
  • The "Text" data type is no longer selectable since it's functionally identical to "String". Existing Text type tags will continue to function normally.
  • Tags now have CanRead and CanWrite properties available in the Tag Browser, which represent whether or not the tag can be read or written to based on the current permission settings.
  • Importing a UDT or UDT instance with an Overwrite collision policy will now override the entire definition instead of just members. Meaning, members not included in the import file will be removed.

Tag Historian​

Vision​

Web Dev​

  • The default encoding for Python Resource html, json, and response keys was changed from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8.

New in 8.1.7​

Ignition version 8.1.7 contains only bug fixes.

New in 8.1.6​

Embedded Java​

  • Upgraded the version of Java that's included with Ignition from 11.0.10 to 11.0.11.
note

Note that this version of Java disables TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 by default. This could cause issues with older JDBC drivers that don't support newer versions of TLS, resulting in a faulted connection. In these cases it's advised to update the JDBC driver. If the database does not natively support TLS versions greater than 1.1, then you may need to check your database vendor's documentation for more information.

Perspective​

  • The Map component has new Custom map controls that can display a view in the corner of the map.
  • The Map component also has a new onVectorClicked component method that triggers when a user clicks on a vector.
  • Properties for the current window dimensions are now available. These properties are available for binding through the view, and can also be accessed as part of the Page object within scripting context.
  • Perspective Workstation added a new Fallback Redirect feature. If communication with the Gateway stops, Workstation can open a different application after a specified delay.
  • Browser tabs for Perspective pages can have custom names now without "- Perspective" appended, or they can use the project title along with "-Perspective".
  • The Table component now allows sorting on the underlying array values.
  • The Table component now has a rows.height setting that determines the minimum row height.
  • Added a Modify Source View right-click option when clicking on Embedded Views and Flex Repeaters, providing a quick way to open the source view in the designer.

Gateway Event Scripts​

MySQL and MariaDB Driver Update​

  • Both drivers will now set rewriteBatchedStatements to true via the default connection properties on newly installed Ignition systems. This change should result in improved throughput for queries running against the Tag Historian (as well as other areas of Ignition where batching statements is appropriate).

User Sources​

Device Drivers​

  • The Device Connection page on the Gateway's web interface has an updated Device Details page. Mean Queue Duration and Actual Sampling Interval metrics have been added. Additionally, the Load Factor metric has been replaced by a new Overload metric, which provides a better representation of device health. All metrics are also included in diagnostic tags, and are available from the Tag Creator.

Named Queries​

  • Named Queries and their metadata are now stored as SQL and JSON files, respectively, on the Gateway's file system.

New in 8.1.5​

Perspective​

  • The tooltips on the Pie Chart component can now be customized in their content and format with the new tooltipFormat property.
  • Added the "runWhileHidden" property to the Tabs props of the Tab Container component allowing the contents of the tab to load when it becomes active and to persist in the background when another tab is selected and becomes active.
  • The Embedded View and Flex Repeater components each have a new loading.order property to control loading optimization.

Session Properties​

  • A new Session property pullToRefresh was added. If true, swiping down from the top of page and holding for two seconds will refresh the project in the mobile Perspective App.

Component Events and Actions​

Scripting Functions​

Launchers​

Vision​

  • A "Bypass Tag History Cache" checkbox was added on Vision Tag History bindings, which allows the option for the Tag History cache to be ignored on a per-binding basis.

Tags - User Defined Types (UDTs)​

  • Added Tag Browser "Create Data Type from Selected" functionality enabling users to create a data type from existing Tags.
  • As of 8.1.5 it's possible to escape curly braces {} in an OPC Item Path by using additional curly braces. This applies to both transaction group OPC Items and OPC Tags.
  • Added new capability to view and write directly to alarm setpoint properties on tags, as well as the alarm's "enabled" property.

Alarm Journal​

  • Added a Query Only setting to allow the Alarm Journal to opt out of being used for storage.

Gateway Security - Strict Transport Security​

  • Added a -Dignition.https.sts.preload parameter that allows websites to tell the browser to only connect using HTTPS.

Scripting Functions​

Identity Providers​

  • Security level rules can now reference the name of the rule as well as the full path to the level with two new objects: {security-level-name} and {security-level-path}.
  • Gave the SAML attribute source an explicit name for use in User Attribute Mapping, which can be used in conjunction with built-in objects such as {attribute-source}.
  • User attribute mapping can now make use of XPath syntax to parse XML documents (such as response documents provided by SAML providers).

EAM​

New in 8.1.4​

BACNet​

  • The BACnet driver now supports reading and writing null values.
  • Configuring a BACnet Remote Device now includes a discovery timeout option, where you can customize the length of time initializing the remote device.

Enterprise Administration Management (EAM)​

  • Added a option in Agent Tasks for Send Project, that if selected, forces the task to combine project resources from all inherited projects,

Expression Functions​

  • Added typeOf expression function which Returns the simple name of the Java type.

Gateway​

  • Added a Use Condensed Font gateway setting that will force Designers and Vision Clients on Windows and Linux systems to use a condensed version of the "Dialog" font, which has a similar look to pre-8.0 Vision's Dialog font.

Ignition Maker Edition​

  • As of 8.1.4, it is now possible to create remote Tag Providers and Tag history providers when the provider source is a Maker Gateway.

Perspective​

  • View parameters available from Embedded Views now appear on a dropdown list of parameters in the Property Editor. Template instance parameters. can now be more easily synced within views.
  • The Embedded View, Carousel, Flex Repeater, Accordion, View Canvas, and Dashboard components now have new options for view parameters available.
  • The Dashboard component has a new pack property for enabling or disabling widget packing.
  • The Perspective - View Object has a new inputBehavior property, which controls whether object-typed input parameters are merged with their defaults or replace their defaults.
  • Added new selection property to the Alarm Status Table, called selection, which allows the user to configure how many table rows can be selected at a time on both the active and shelved tabs of the alarms displayed on the table.
  • The Radio Group component has a new property, radioStyle, enabling CSS styling including padding, and margins of radios within component.
  • The One-Shot Button component now accepts numeric, boolean, string, or null for the value and setValue properties.
  • All CSS properties are now available on Styles properties on components.
  • Added support for the On-screen Keyboard in Perspective Workstation.

Property Change Scripts​

Scripting Functions​

Tag Providers​

  • Remote Tag Providers now support annotations.
  • Tag Providers now have an Allow Back-fill Data option where data will be stored to history, but will not be used for alarms, scripts, or subscriptions

New in 8.1.3​

Perspective​

Scripting Functions​

Designer Find/Replace Window​

Tag Properties Table​

  • The Tag Properties table has a new property, Datasource, which defines whether the query is executing a database read or a database write. Important for determining the value behavior of the Tag.

Gateway Network​

Allen-Bradley Logix Driver​

  • The Logix driver now has an "Identity Request Frequency" advanced setting that controls the CIP Identity Object read request speed.

Database Audit Log​

New in 8.1.2​

Perspective​

Designer Property Inheritance​

Client Permissions on system.db.execSProcCall​

  • The Client Permission Restrictions for the system.db.execSProcCall function have have been changed, and can now be restricted by the Legacy Database Access Permission Type.

Commissioning​

Omron FINS - Support XML Tag Import​

  • The Omron FINS Driver now supports XML Tag imports from programs such as CX Programmer.

Tag Quality​

Tag Editing Permissions on Edge​

  • Edge Gateways can now restrict Tag editing permissions.

Tag History Query Syntax System Flag​

  • Added a new system flag that dictates the syntax used by Tag Historian queries.

Alarm Notification Profiles​

  • The "Throttled Message" setting for Twilio Notification Blocks was updated to the more standard term, "Consolidated Message."

Tag Creator​

  • Added a right-click menu to the Tag Creator's For Provider area.

MariaDB Driver​

  • Updated the MariaDB JDBC driver that comes bundled with Ignition installation to version 2.6.1. This allows new installation to connect to MySQL 8 databases using a Maria DB connection type.

TCP and UDP Drivers​

  • Added MessageBytes and WritableBytes (TCP driver only) tags to the UDP and TCP Drivers, allowing the drivers to receive messages as binary data instead of strings.

Sequential Function Charts (SFC)​

  • As of release 8.1.2 you can include a relative path in an Enclosing Step.

New in 8.1.1​

Designer Find/Replace Window​

In 8.1.1, the Find/Replace tool received several improvements.

  • Named Queries were added as a search option.
  • Wildcard characters (* and ?) can be used to search across multiple lines of text.
  • A Select All check box was added, allowing you to quickly check or uncheck all options in the window.

Perspective​

  • If a page configuration is using a view that does not exist, a Warning icon is now displayed.
  • Expression Structure Bindings now return direct values instead of qualified value objects. This impacts Transforms as you no longer need to append ".value" to access the value passed to the binding.

Gateway Network - Commissioning​

  • Commissioning can now set the Gateway Network port in addition to the HTTP and HTTPS port.

Gateway Network - Security Settings​

  • Added a User Inactivity Timeout setting under the Gateway General Security section which can be set to the number of minutes that must elapse before expiring a user's Gateway Web interface session to inactivity.

Device Connections​

Audit Profiles​

  • A Retention field has been added to the Gateway Audit Profile settings. The value in the field indicates how many days you want audit records kept.

Scripting​

Identity Providers​

  • As of release 8.1.1, Ignition's 2.0 SP implementation can handle both line-wrapped and non-line-wrapped Base64-encoded SAML responses.

User Sources​

Tag Browser​

  • Added the ability to browse OPC devices from within the Tag Editor in order to add OPC nodes to UDT definitions.

HASP Module​

  • The HASP module was removed from all installers.

New in 8.1.0​

Perspective Component Updates​

  • Added Power Chart component which collects and displays data based on pens that have been configured on the chart. It is fully customizable in its appearance, from labels, colors, line widths, legend, scroll bars, text styles, and more.
  • Added a Symbols palette and new components: Motor, Valve, Sensor, Pump, and Vessel.
  • Added Wrap in Container option on the Component right-click menu, enabling existing components to be "wrapped" into a container on the same view.
  • The "autoplay" property on the Perspective Video Player component will now mute the video on initial playback on all environments. Earlier versions of the component only muted autoplay on iOS environments.
  • Added the new "filterAlarm" extension function to the Alarm Journal Table.

Perspective Workstation​

  • Perspective Workstation is a single application that acts as both a launcher, and desktop “wrapper” for Perspective sessions. Users will be able to configure multiple applications via a home screen, and launch into one of those applications. Perspective Workstation has built-in features to run in Windowed mode and full screen Kiosk mode eliminating any distractions from the underlying operating system.

Perspective Session Events​

Vision​

Device Connections​

  • Added a new property to the Modbus TCP Device called Concurrent Requests which is the number of requests that Ignition will send to the device at the same time.

Installation​

  • Introduced the Quick Start Configuration, which can be enabled after installation. When enabled, several configurations and resources will be created in the new system automatically.

OPC UA Clients​

  • A new advanced option, Certificate Validation Enabled, allows you to disable validation of server certificates if needed for troubleshooting. See OPC UA Client Connection Settings.
  • A new Certificates page on the Gateway enables you to download or regenerate certificates currently running on the Gateway.

Scripting​

Security​

  • The Vision module now has the option to use Federated Identity Providers (IdP), allowing users to authenticate against a trusted third party.
  • Security settings have been consolidated onto a new Gateway page, Gateway General Security Settings.
  • The Ignition Identity Provider now has options for setting a timeout for Session Inactivity, an expiration time for Sessions, and a Remember Me expiration, which is the number of hours a user will be remembered regardless of if they close their browser or Gateway. See Configuring Identity Providers.

Tag Historian​

  • Added a new Historian Simulator that can easily generate simulated historical records without the need for an external database.
  • Added a new DB Table Historian Provider that can expose wide database tables to the Tag Historian, allowing tag history queries to retrieve records from tables generated by external systems.

Tags System​

  • The Tag Browser has been updated with a new design for ease of use. Tags and UDT Definitions now have their own tabs. A Tag Provider Selector enables you to view Tags for a specific Tag provider.
  • Tags with a Document data type can now be bound to from components, which will provide a JSON string. In these cases you can write back to the elements if the binding is set to bi-directional. See the It's also possible to address certain elements within the document when using a certain syntax. See the Tag Paths page.
  • Tag Browser Trait icons for various configurations (i.e., Scale Mode, Custom Security, Scripts, Alarms, or History) appear to the right of the Tag name.
  • User Defined Types - UDTs can be color coded, which applies a color to the Root Node.
  • The Tag Creator allows you to browse a connected device to add OPC Tags and create any type of standard Tag. You can even edit your Tags individually or multiple Tags all at once.
  • Added UDT Inheritance and type hierarchy icons that display UDT types, instances, and properties that overide the parent properties.
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