Video Historian Web

I experience recently only Internet Explorer can open the trend graph in Vijeo Historian from web access but it returns a blank page when using Google Chrome.  Does anyone know the reasons behind?

  • Unfortunately, page 22 of the Vijeo Historian Installation Guide.pdf (from the Historian 2016 install disc) says the web client requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or later. It is not compatible with any other web browsers.

    Technically, the trend viewer is an ActiveX object, so it may be an incompatibility with ActiveX objects. You could google "How to Enable ActiveX in Google Chrome" and see if that works, but it is not a supported solution.
  • IE is nearing end of life also. As Eric mentioned, you can find solutions on how to host an ActiveX control within Chrome. Another solution which is preferable is to use Edge in IE Mode.

    The test team recently published a TechNote on GCS KB, about hosting Citect SCADA Web Client (IIS) within Microsoft Edge in IE Mode. This same approach could be used for other ActiveX controls like the Historian Web Access.

  • "Web Client (IIS) hosted in Microsoft Edge" - TN 10599