# Alias for OPC Device

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alias-for-opc-device/9494>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alias-for-opc-device/9494 "2014-12-30T14:30:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![toms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@toms](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/toms)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alias-for-opc-device/9494/1 "2014-12-30T14:30:37Z")

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Hi everybody,

We use in our project a naming convention for our OPC devices. The OPC devices are of type “Modbus TCP”. We have a modbus tcp client configured in our PLC. Is it possible to create an alias for an opc device. The problem: Sometime we use a PLC for more than one control system, which forces us to use a different name for the OPC device due to our naming convention.  
Is it possible to define an alias for a certain OPC device?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alias-for-opc-device/9494/2 "2015-01-05T18:26:53Z")

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There’s no functionality like this right now. You can create a feature request at [ideas.inductiveautomation.com](http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com)

As for a work-around… you might be able to put together some kind of indirection scheme using UDTs, but you’ll know better than we do if that’s a possibility for your project.