# Compact Logix Bool\[256\] only showing 8 items

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compact-logix-bool-256-only-showing-8-items/90578>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [May 17, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compact-logix-bool-256-only-showing-8-items/90578 "2024-05-17T20:18:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Muldoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@Jeff\_Muldoon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jeff_Muldoon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compact-logix-bool-256-only-showing-8-items/90578/1 "2024-05-17T20:18:42Z")

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I'm trying to bring some e-stops into ignition for monitoring from a CompactLogix 5069-L320ER ver 33.12 PLC, and in the PLC is listed as a Bool256. When I try to to add this in, I notice that its only listing 8 items that can then be expanded from 0-31. Am I correct in my assumption that bool256[0].0-31 are equivalent to 0-31 and then bool[256].0-31 would be 32-64 and so on? I've attached screenshots to make it more clear.

 ![ignition bool](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/7/d7b6f03b243543658cdeb2dece38246a79be7647.jpeg)  
 ![bool 256](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/a/6a2b0f529fdea8d60d32c51360d147d5b4862e5a.jpeg)

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compact-logix-bool-256-only-showing-8-items/90578/2 "2024-05-17T20:19:33Z")

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Yes, that's right. Bool arrays don't actually exist in the controller - it's actually as many DINTs as needed for the size of the array.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Muldoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@Jeff\_Muldoon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jeff_Muldoon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compact-logix-bool-256-only-showing-8-items/90578/3 "2024-05-17T20:22:03Z")

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Thanks for that quick reply and glad I was right on this one. Just wanted to double check before I went too far. Amusingly, I don't think any of these past... INP\_EmergencyStop[20] are actually being used.