# AB PLC tag import/export

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**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ab-plc-tag-import-export/33050 "2020-03-12T18:22:25Z")\
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Start in your gateway’s configuration section, under the OPC Server’s “Device Connections” and click on “Create new Device…”:

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155620](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/c/cf55dce3cc0b5d03bf60ea38a66c40d0ad85c603.png)

Select the Ethernet/IP Class1 Host Device:

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155641](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/ed916d6aa9312f91c6fdfbb898214236c14ce842.png)

Give it a name and serial number…

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155724](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/67b9fc4204914ef60da12d52a271b2fd80769f83.png)

… and a slot number and listening address (required for external access) then “Create”:

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155758](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/2ad300386744dc0dfa3abe409bd1956449129723.png)

Then, in the list of devices, pick the new device’s “More” button, and select “Configuration”:

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155821](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/b/b04ee4b07285dda288c65b06a39e97d52ee4eb27.png)

In the “Import Configuration” section, browse to your .L5X file from RSLogix/Studio 5000 and click on “Import XML”:

 ![Screenshot_20200312_155844](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/808b731a13fbd54a23cf644e8f9c44f50f5ff124.png)

Review the import on the configuration page, in the Quick Client, or in the Designer’s OPC Browser.

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