Simulators
There are 3 simulator drivers in Ignition, and all can be used to read and write tags without any network or PLC connection.
Generic Simulator
The generic simulator provides a variety of tags that offer different data types and value generation styles. For example, there are ramps, sine waves, and random values. Additionally, there is a set of static writable tags whose values will persist while the device is running.
There are no configurable settings for the generic simulator.
Simulator tags
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Read Only |
Static values that do not change for read only purpose. |
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Value |
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ReadOnlyBoolean1 |
False |
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ReadOnlyBoolean2 |
True |
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ReadOnlyShort1 |
1 |
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ReadOnlyShort2 |
2 |
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ReadOnlyInteger1 |
1 |
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ReadOnlyInteger2 |
2 |
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ReadOnlyLong1 |
1 |
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ReadOnlyLong2 |
2 |
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ReadOnlyFloat1 |
1.1 |
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ReadOnlyFloat2 |
1.2 |
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ReadOnlyDouble1 |
1.1 |
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ReadOnlyDouble2 |
1.2 |
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ReadOnlyString1 |
ABCDEFG" |
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ReadOnlyString2 |
"ZYXWVUT" |
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Writeable |
Static values that you can read/write to. |
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Tag |
Initial Value |
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WriteableBoolean1 |
False |
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WriteableBoolean2 |
False |
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WriteableShort1 |
0 |
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WriteableShort2 |
0 |
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WriteableInteger1 |
0 |
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WriteableInteger2 |
0 |
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WriteableLong1 |
0 |
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WriteableLong2 |
0 |
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WriteableFloat1 |
0 |
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WriteableFloat2 |
0 |
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WriteableDouble1 |
0 |
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WriteableDouble2 |
0 |
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WriteableString1 |
'' (empty string) |
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WriteableString2 |
'' (empty string) |
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Random |
Random values updating at some rate, they follow Java Random(rate) - rate is the seed. |
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Tag Name |
Update Rate |
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WriteableBoolean1 |
10 sec |
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WriteableBoolean2 |
10 sec |
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WriteableShort1 |
5 sec |
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WriteableShort2 |
5 sec |
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WriteableInteger1 |
1 sec |
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WriteableInteger2 |
1 sec |
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WriteableLong1 |
2 sec |
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WriteableLong2 |
2 sec |
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WriteableDouble1 |
10 sec |
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WriteableDouble2 |
10 sec |
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Sine |
Different sine waves with frequency, amplitude and offset. |
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Tag Name |
Frequency |
Amplitude |
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Sine0 |
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Sine1 |
0.1 |
100 |
0 |
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Sine2 |
0.01 |
50 |
-25 |
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Sine3 |
0.02 |
10 |
10 |
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Sine4 |
0.04 |
100 |
0 |
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Sine5 |
0.08 |
100 |
0 |
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Sine6 |
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Sine7 |
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Sine8 |
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Sine9 |
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Ramp |
Ramp signals starting from 0 going up to some value at the specified rate. When they reach their upper limit, they are reset to zero. |
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Tag Name |
Low |
High |
Rate |
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Ramp0 |
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Ramp1 |
0 |
100 |
10 ms |
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Ramp2 |
25 |
75 |
100 ms |
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Ramp3 |
0 |
100 |
50 ms |
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Ramp4 |
0 |
100 |
24 ms |
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Ramp5 |
0 |
100 |
12.5 ms |
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Ramp6 |
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Ramp7 |
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Ramp8 |
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Ramp9 |
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Realistic |
Values determined by adding a random number (between -1 and 1) to the current value. |
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Tag Name |
Low |
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Rate |
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Realistic0 |
-50 |
50 |
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Realistic1 |
-50 |
50 |
500 ms |
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Realistic2 |
-50 |
50 |
1000 ms |
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Realistic3 |
-50 |
50 |
1500 ms |
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Realistic4 |
-50 |
50 |
2000 ms |
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Realistic5 |
-50 |
50 |
2500 ms |
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Realistic6 |
-50 |
50 |
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Realistic7 |
-50 |
50 |
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Realistic8 |
-50 |
50 |
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Realistic9 |
-50 |
50 |
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Allen Bradley SLC Simulator
The SLC simulator driver creates a simple device whose address structure mimics a basic SLC structure. There are currently no configurable parameters.
Simulators Dairy Demo Simulator
A simulator for use with the legacy IA Dairy Demo project. It has a ControlLogix like structure with Compressor, Tank, Motor tags and more.