Ignition tag problem

Hi!
I'm going to use Ignition maker for a home project and have started to play around a little bit. I've sucessfully access my s7-1200 and can manipulate a tag using toggle switch from the designer. But when I launch the project on the browser and use the "toggle switch" it doesn't change. I have to check the "bidirectional" option, but doing this there is a green rectangle that popsup around the switch confirming that it has changed. How do I get rid of this, or what am I doiung wrong. Surely it's something small

I've not used Ignition before, how does it interface with the PLC?

From what I understand bidirectional will be to send/read data from the same tag in the PLC so that part sounds correct.
Have you looked at the Style customizer? It might have a place to edit the border color/visibility.

Inductive does have some fairly good resources if you have not checked already. https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/


@Puddle Ignition connects with PLCs with TCP/IP or UDP type connections (maybe more)

Chris_M said:

From what I understand bidirectional will be to send/read data from the same tag in the PLC so that part sounds correct.
Have you looked at the Style customizer? It might have a place to edit the border color/visibility.

Inductive does have some fairly good resources if you have not checked already. https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/


@Puddle Ignition connects with PLCs with TCP/IP or UDP type connections (maybe more)

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Thanks I'll look into that!

I have a similar setup at home - an S7-1200 out in the garage to control lights/doors/heat/etc, and Ignition Maker Edition running on a Raspberry Pi.

Here's the full setup of a single button used to open the garage door.
When you click the button, it will be highlighted briefly with the 'green bi-directional rectangle' you mention in your post. This highlighting will disappear when the transaction completes.

PLC Device Setup


Open Button


Button Tag Binding


Tag Binding Details


Tag Config

tvey said:

I have a similar setup at home - an S7-1200 out in the garage to control lights/doors/heat/etc, and Ignition Maker Edition running on a Raspberry Pi.

Here's the full setup of a single button used to open the garage door.
When you click the button, it will be highlighted briefly with the 'green bi-directional rectangle' you mention in your post. This highlighting will disappear when the transaction completes.

PLC Device Setup

Open Button

Button Tag Binding

Tag Binding Details

Tag Config

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Ah, ok so I've got it right. It just felt stupid to me that the green highlighting was there... But it's normal, who am I to complain