# Best replacement for Meta:\[Diagnostics\]LastRead

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-replacement-for-meta-diagnostics-lastread/6612>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 30, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-replacement-for-meta-diagnostics-lastread/6612 "2013-05-30T18:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikehill100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@mikehill100](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikehill100)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-replacement-for-meta-diagnostics-lastread/6612/1 "2013-05-30T18:14:33Z")

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Doesn’t seem to exist in 7.6.1. Need to see time of last contact with PLCs. Nothing listed in documentation.

Any alternatives?

The new alarming looks sweet.

Mike

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**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-replacement-for-meta-diagnostics-lastread/6612/2 "2013-06-27T17:48:05Z")

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It looks like there isn’t any tag like that anymore. If you really need something like it, you can create a tag in the PLC that is the current time and just make a SQLTag for that.