# Changing a tag from a memory tag to an OPC tag

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**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-a-tag-from-a-memory-tag-to-an-opc-tag/79531 "2023-09-22T20:32:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-a-tag-from-a-memory-tag-to-an-opc-tag/79531/4 "2023-09-23T16:08:41Z")

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Your item path syntax suggests that your PLC is a Rockwell Logix product. If so, you might find it better to simply swap PLC drivers instead of manipulating your tags. As described here:

> [@AB PLC tag import/export](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ab-plc-tag-import-export/33050/4):
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> 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…

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