# Connection to Allen Bradley PLC5

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872 "2022-04-26T13:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Esben\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Esben\_Jensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esben_Jensen)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872/1 "2022-04-26T13:56:17Z")

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hello  
can someone tell me how to connect to this plc, how should the configuration look?  
thanks in advance.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/0/7091a86a1ad80b486be610040cf86292cd33f361.png)

Esben

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**Author:** ![grietveld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grietveld/32/6984_2.png) [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872/2 "2022-04-26T14:00:59Z")

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There should be a driver for PLC5 according to the manual. I haven’t had to use it yet though, so not sure if there are any quirks.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Connecting+to+PLC5](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Connecting+to+PLC5)

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**Author:** ![Esben\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Esben\_Jensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esben_Jensen)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872/3 "2022-04-27T05:58:24Z")

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yes i know but i can’t get the connection to work. how should the “connection path” be set?  
it keeps trying to connect  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/b/2bb13c55a809fa9181f2a8eb68bae002391c77a4.png)

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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:** [April 27, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-allen-bradley-plc5/58872/4 "2022-04-27T11:34:44Z")

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Your screenshot shows two IP addresses. Please describe the actual topology, and the type of intermediate router/NAT (if any).