# Connecting Ignition to ABB PM583-ETH PLC

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637 "2013-11-28T10:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![HALW80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@HALW80](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HALW80)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637/1 "2013-11-28T10:05:40Z")

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Hi looking for a bit of help as to the best way to connect Ignition to a ABB PM583-ETH PLC. Has anyone done it and if so how??

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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:** [November 28, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637/2 "2013-11-28T15:22:00Z")

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From a brief look at the tech data for that PLC it looks like it supports Modbus, which Ignition has a driver for. Other than that you’ll probably need to use a 3rd-party OPC-[DA|UA] server and make an OPC connection from Ignition to pull in the data.

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**Author:** ![HALW80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@HALW80](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HALW80)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637/3 "2013-11-29T13:21:12Z")

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Thanks Kevin… I’ll probably have to go down the 3rd Party OPC route.  
Happy Thanks Giving by the way.

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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-abb-pm583-eth-plc/7637/4 "2013-11-29T15:10:41Z")

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FYI, Kepware doesn’t have any drivers for talking with ABB PLC’s (other than Modbus/TCP) either. I asked them if anything was in the works and they said not at this time. That was about 3 months ago so maybe that’s changed since.

Perhaps Makitron has some drivers but I haven’t looked.

ABB PLC’s are relatively new to the game so I’m not sure when they will get native OPC drivers.