Fetch and Display PLC Data - Ignition-perspective Typing CST Test
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Fetch and Display PLC Data — Ignition-perspective Code
Read multiple PLC tags and display values in a Perspective table.
tags = ["[default]Tank/Level", "[default]Pump/Status"]
values = [v.value for v in system.tag.readBlocking(tags)]
self.getSibling("Table").props.data = [{'Tag': t, 'Value': v} for t, v in zip(tags, values)]Ignition-perspective Language Guide
Ignition Perspective is Inductive Automation’s modern, mobile-responsive visualization module for building industrial HMI, SCADA, and IIoT applications that run natively in web browsers and mobile devices using HTML5 and responsive UI components.
Primary Use Cases
- ▸Web/mobile SCADA HMIs
- ▸Real-time dashboards for plants and utilities
- ▸IIoT dashboards with MQTT/Sparkplug B
- ▸Industrial mobile apps for technicians
- ▸Multi-site enterprise visualization
Notable Features
- ▸True HTML5 rendering engine
- ▸Mobile-responsive design with adaptive layouts
- ▸Powerful binding/transformation logic
- ▸Event-based Python scripting
- ▸Built-in authentication & identity providers
Origin & Creator
Developed by Inductive Automation (USA), known for modular, web-based SCADA platforms.
Industrial Note
Extensively used in digital transformation projects, mobile SCADA deployments, remote plant monitoring, cloud-connected factories, and modern IIoT dashboards.