# Connecting to Siemens S7-300 Problems

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-s7-300-problems/19395>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-s7-300-problems/19395 "2018-08-23T20:13:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![bfeas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bfeas/32/3783_2.png) [@bfeas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfeas)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-s7-300-problems/19395/1 "2018-08-23T20:13:39Z")

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We have successfully connected to our first Siemens S7-300 controller using standard settings, however, we are not able to see any controller tag information. It appears that we can only see the Ignition OPC settings.  
Was told by the manufacturer that Siemens does not have or support OPC…???  
Any thoughts may be helpful at this point.

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/58461025a79cab2b024c76b5aae9615f4c61893c.jpg)

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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:** [August 23, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-s7-300-problems/19395/2 "2018-08-23T20:20:26Z")

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There’s no browsing in the S7 protocol, so you have to create tags manually in Ignition.

Configuration and syntax is explained [in the user manual.](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Siemens)

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**Author:** ![bfeas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bfeas/32/3783_2.png) [@bfeas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfeas)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-s7-300-problems/19395/3 "2018-08-23T20:24:47Z")

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Awesome, I guess we should have started there… 😛  
Thanks Kevin.