# Allen-Bradley ArmorBlock

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886 "2020-10-21T18:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brad1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@brad1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brad1)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886/1 "2020-10-21T18:16:26Z")

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Hello, I am very new to Ignition and would like to know if ignition can communicate directly to an Allen-Bradley ArmorBlock without a PLC. I can’t find any reference to this so I assume that it is not possible without a PLC to be able to grab the tags from.

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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:** [October 21, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886/2 "2020-10-21T18:17:40Z")

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Maybe with @pturmel’s 3rd party EtherNet/IP module, but not with any of Ignition’s built-in modules.

You would need to bring the I/O into a PLC and access the tags via our driver for that PLC.

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**Author:** ![brad1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@brad1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brad1)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886/3 "2020-10-21T18:18:57Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply, I did see the EtherNet/IP module, I will look a little further into it.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-armorblock/39886/4 "2020-10-21T19:16:15Z")

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Yes, my module’s scanner mode (premium) should have no trouble.