Is there a method to configure the linux portion of the EPIC, while running Ignition Edge, to leverage it’s HDMI port as a display for the Ignition session?
Is there a method to configure the linux portion of the EPIC, while running Ignition Edge, to leverage it’s HDMI port as a display for the Ignition session?
This feature is coming soon.
Don’t want to say too much, but it looks pretty cool in person < grin >
As soon as we have a release version of the firmware for EPIC that supports this, the forums will be the first to know.
@Beno will this feature support perspective? If so will it also support other browser based applications?
I wonder if you saw the ICC Build-a-thon livestream that happened yesterday?
Might have got a sneek peek to the answer to your question…
Cant say too too much just yet since it is unreleased, but yes, the plan is to support perspective at the very least. It may not be baked in at the 4.0 release, but it will be coming very soon after if not then.
That’s an interesting question about other web apps. What do you have in mind? What’s the use case?
We will have groov Manage, groov View, Node-RED and Perspective all supported via the front screen and HDMI port; what are those missing?
@Beno I Missed the live stream yesterday(was switching out a SLC 505 for an Epic 
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I figured all the localhost services you mentioned are included. What if you have other network services (non localhost) to offer like a web base asset management or grafana?
We are curious about the latest news on this topic:
We have built a system using several EPIC/PR1 systems in a local network for instrumentation and have developed an HMI on one of the PR1 systems using groov View. One of the windows on this system is an annunciator display (X by Y matrix) for critical alerts to the operator to replace a bulky legacy annunciator panel (Panavision). We were planning to try to use the PR1 HDMI port for this display so that it could always be active even if the Windows machine were to go down.
We have not yet attempted to use the PR1 HDMI port but recently added an EPIC/PR2 and Ignition Vision for an HMI upgrade. We would like to implement the annunciator in Ignition and use the HDMI port on this new EPIC system Ignition Vision Gateway. Of course we could continue with the plan to use groov View for the annunciator attempting to use the EPIC HDMI port.
Appreciate your advice!
You can use the HDMI port to extend the front touch display to a larger TV/Monitor. You can also use the USB ports for keyboard/mouse or touchscreen.
The front display runs groov View natively. Has you read above we are working to get Inductive Automation’s Perspective HMI product to run on the front display.
With our current v4.0 firmware release there is a manual way via Node Red to accomplish this.
Unfortunately there is no Vision support for the front display. Keep in mind this is a hardware limited device, even if one were to use Perspective, you would want to keep the screens fairly simple.