# Communicating with a 3rd party Ethernet IP device

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939 "2020-10-22T20:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![santosh.shreinivasan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@santosh.shreinivasan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/santosh.shreinivasan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939/1 "2020-10-22T20:44:21Z")

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Hi,

I have a 3rd party device that has an Ethernet I/P card. I wanted to find out if Ignition has a module with which I can communicate to this device. Any options?

Santosh

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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 22, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939/2 "2020-10-22T20:48:10Z")

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@pturmel thrice in as many days?

Unless this device walks, talks, and quacks like a ControlLogix we do not have a driver for it.

You’ll need a 3rd party EtherNet/IP driver like Phil’s or to bring the I/O into a PLC we _can_ talk to.

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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 22, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939/3 "2020-10-22T20:55:33Z")

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Please share more information about your device and I can help you figure out if it is supported. Sending me the EDS file is the normal place to start. My module supports the normal 2-hr trial mode, so if you have the device in hand, we can certainly get it running before you buy.

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**Author:** ![santosh.shreinivasan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@santosh.shreinivasan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/santosh.shreinivasan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939/4 "2020-10-22T21:03:47Z")

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The device is a Kaiser Sigma 2 Compressor. It has an ethernet port standard that has access to its webserver. I have reached out to the supplier to get us the part number for the EIP card. I will send it once i have that information. If that does not work, then we might go the webserver route.

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**Author:** ![allnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@allnet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allnet)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/communicating-with-a-3rd-party-ethernet-ip-device/39939/5 "2020-10-23T12:42:53Z")

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From manual I did not see Ethernet/IP module, but they do have ModbusTCP option.