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

ReadOnly - static values that do not change for read only purpose.

ReadOnlyBoolean1 - false
ReadOnlyBoolean2 - true
ReadOnlyShort1 - 1
ReadOnlyShort2 - 2
ReadOnlyInteger1 - 1
ReadOnlyInteger2 - 2
ReadOnlyLong1 - 1
ReadOnlyLong2 - 2
ReadOnlyFloat1 - 1.1
ReadOnlyFloat2 - 1.2
ReadOnlyDouble1 - 1.1
ReadOnlyDouble2 - 1.2
ReadOnlyString1 - "ABCDEFG"
ReadOnlyString2 - "ZYXWVUT"

Writeable - static values that you can read/write to, initial values below.

WriteableBoolean1 - false
WriteableBoolean2 - false
WriteableShort1 - 0
WriteableShort2 - 0
WriteableInteger1 - 0
WriteableInteger2 - 0
WriteableLong1 - 0
WriteableLong2 - 0
WriteableFloat1 - 0
WriteableFloat2 - 0
WriteableDouble1 - 0
WriteableDouble2 - 0
WriteableString1 - "" (empty string)
WriteableString2 - "" (empty string)

Random - Random values updating at some rate, they follow Java Random(rate) - rate is the seed.

RandomBoolean1 - 10 sec
RandomShort1 - 5 sec
RandomInteger1 - 1 sec
RandomLong1 - 2 sec
RandomFloat1 - 10 sec
RandomDouble1 - 10 sec

Sine - Different sine waves with frequency, amplitude and offset (listed in that order)

Sine1 - 0.1, 100.0, 0.0
Sine2 - 0.01, 50.0, -25.0
Sine3 - 0.02, 10.0, 10.0
Sine4 - 0.04, 100.0, 0.0
Sine5 - 0.08, 100.0, 0.0

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.

Ramp1 - 0 - 100 @ 10 ms
Ramp2 - 25 - 75 @ 100 ms
Ramp3 - 0 - 100 @ 50 ms
Ramp4 - 0 - 100 @ 25 ms
Ramp5 - 0 - 100 @ 12.5 ms

Realistic - Values determined by adding a random number (between -1 and 1) to the current value.

Realistic1 - -50 - 50 @ 500 ms
Realistic2 - -50 - 50 @ 1000 ms
Realistic3 - -50 - 50 @ 1500 ms
Realistic4 - -50 - 50 @ 2000 ms
Realistic5 - -50 - 50 @ 2500 ms

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.