# Delay using UDT reference tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-using-udt-reference-tags/80616>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-using-udt-reference-tags/80616 "2023-10-17T20:26:24Z")\
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Did you check your Class 3 Communications utilization on the L85's built-in web page?

When you say you have two servers, do you mean Kepware and a native Ignition driver are **both** pointing at the same PLC? (That can double the workload on the PLC, making it impossible to share data.)

Consider reading this topic and its inner linked topics:

> [@Ignition & Logix Best Practice Tips for better communications](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-logix-best-practice-tips-for-better-communications/60386):
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> Hi All, After a whole bunch of issues I have gone down the rabbit hole of what is wrong with our setup on site. I will preface this by saying I a relatively new to all of this… so be gentle stuck_out_tongue Based on much reading(such wow) I believe I have a list of things our site could take away for a better system. Some of them are easy to implement, whilst some of them need… significant work to realize. Especially the AOI approach in point 5 expressionless Before going too far and up…

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