# Bad("Bad\_NotWritable: The access level does not allow writing to the Node.")

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-bad-notwritable-the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node/53813>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-bad-notwritable-the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node/53813 "2021-12-06T20:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ftuquabo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ftuquabo/32/29161_2.png) [@ftuquabo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ftuquabo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-bad-notwritable-the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node/53813/1 "2021-12-06T20:21:12Z")

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I received the following error message: “Error writing to value.value: Bad(“Bad\_NotWritable: The access level does not allow writing to the Node.”)”  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/a/4afd1a3423093ab0faa7e6f117548069a934d2f8.png)

I’m currently not connected to the PLC and ReadOnly is unchecked. I’m not sure what could be the issue.  
Is there an issue with the item path’s syntax?

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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:** [December 6, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-bad-notwritable-the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node/53813/2 "2021-12-06T20:34:03Z")

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Well… not only is that not a valid SLC address, you wouldn’t be able to write if you aren’t connected to the PLC anyway.

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-bad-notwritable-the-access-level-does-not-allow-writing-to-the-node/53813/3 "2021-12-06T21:53:54Z")

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FWIW @Kevin.Herron I’ve been seeing this specifically on 8.1.11 if I’m doing a fairly large logic change and a Logix PLC (not SLC) and then try and write to a tag while the logic changes are currently being accepted. It usually clears up a couple of seconds after the logic has been accepted into the PLC. Same error message.