# Allen-Bradley PLC upgrade **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-plc-upgrade/42764 "2021-01-29T20:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-plc-upgrade/42764/13 "2021-01-29T20:49:40Z")
If you can get a copy of the PLC code in L5X format, you can load it into my Ethernet/IP module. My module will expose the tags to Ignition with an address format compatible (well, 99%) with the Logix driver. Which you can play with offline to prepare for your upgrade. See this topic: > [@AB PLC tag import/export](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/33050/4): > > Start in your gateway’s configuration section, under the OPC Server’s “Device Connections” and click on “Create new Device…”: Select the Ethernet/IP Class1 Host Device: Give it a name and serial number… … and a slot number and listening address (required for external access) then “Create”: Then, in the list of devices, pick the new device’s “More” button, and select “Co… Suitable for trial mode--won't cost you a thing. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-plc-upgrade/42764)._