Launching a Vision Client from the Gateway Webpage
- Open a new browser window and enter the IP address of the project Gateway . You can use 'localhost:8088'.
- If you're not already logged into Ignition, enter the credentials for the administrator or user with full privileges for the Gateway. You must have a project created. (The project in this example is called NewProject). If this is your first time launching a Vision Client after installing and designing in Ignition, use the Vision Client Launcher on the Gateway webpage.
From the Home tab on the Gateway webpage, click Download Vision Client Launcher.
- Select the Download button for the platform you are running on: Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. This example shows the installation steps for a Windows operating system.
Run the downloaded file VisionClientLauncherSetup.exe (found on the lower-left of the window if using Chrome), or go to your Downloads folder and double-click the file to run it.
If this is the first time installing the Vision Client Launcher , you will be prompted to select an install mode. Select either "Install for me only," or "Install for all users."
The Install Wizard will select a default destination location folder for the Vision Client application files. If you are "installing for me only", the destination folder will be different from the "all users" destination folder. You also have the option to select a different folder. Click Next.
- The Setup - Vision Client Launcher wizard will open. You'll notice that a desktop shortcut is checked and will be created so you don't have to run the Vision Client Launcher each time you want to open a client. Click Next.
- The Ready to Install window will open. Click Install.
- When the Vision Client Launcher completes the install, click Finish .
- The Vision Client Launcher shortcut icon will be placed on your desktop and looks like the following.
- The Ignition Vision Client Launcher will open, but you won't have any Vision Clients (applications) available if this is your first time using the Vision Client Launcher. Click Add Vision Client or Add Applications(s). Both buttons will take you to the same window to browse for local and remoter Gateways.
- The window will refresh and show your local Gateway. It will also check for other Gateways on your network. Select a Gateway and click the Add a Selected Gateway button.
- If there is an issue automatically detecting your Ignition Gateway, you can manually add your Gateway. Select Manually Add Gateway . Enter your Gateway URL or IP address (i.e., localhost:8088), and click Add Gateway .
- Once you add your Gateway, the Vision Client Launcher will automatically find all your Vision projects. Select your Vision project(s) and click Add Applications.
The following image is what you will see the next time the Client Launcher is opened. The Vision Client Launcher is installed and opens the same way you open any program. Simply launch the client by pressing on the Launch Windowed button, or you can click the down triangle button and select Launch + Create Shortcut. The project shortcut will be placed on your desktop so you don't have to run the Vision Client Launcher each time you want to launch a project.
Next time you can double click the shortcut to open your project in the Vision Client.

- Login to the Vision Client using the user credentials you set up when Ignition was installed.
- After you log in, you can see your Vision Client window displaying your project. Below, we are showing Main Window 1 which opens up on startup. Try clicking on Main Window 2.
- Go back into the Designer, make a change to the window, and click File > Save and Publish.
Your Vision Client will show a notification banner stating that there is an update to the project.
Click on the notification banner and a dialogue box will open stating there is a more recent version of your application available. If you want to run the update, click Update.
The Vision Client will then update itself!
You can launch as many Clients as you want! If you have other computers on the same network as the Gateway computer try launching on them too. Make sure that your Gateway computer doesn't have a Firewall enabled, or it is allowing traffic on port 8088 - the default port for the Ignition web server. The address to use on other computers is http://ipaddress:8088 where ipaddress is the IP address of the computer Ignition is installed on.
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