# Equivalent data type for SINT coming from PLC

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 29, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621 "2024-02-29T18:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/1 "2024-02-29T18:17:19Z")

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What would be the equivalent data type in ignition for a SINT coming from a plc?

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**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/2 "2024-02-29T18:24:57Z")

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Thinking it would be a Short?

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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:** [February 29, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/3 "2024-02-29T18:25:39Z")

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It's Byte. Anything larger should work too, though.

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**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/4 "2024-02-29T18:47:39Z")

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Related to this, is there an easy way to get a single tag for a SINT array?

Here is the tag I want to create in ignition.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/c/0cd5a99bc22f6b661217721c7a700398144e9c8a.png)

If I did a Byte Array data type for this what would be the OPC Item Path?

I cant figure out how to get every SINT of the array into the same tag without creating a single tag for each SINT within the array

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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:** [February 29, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/5 "2024-02-29T18:52:12Z")

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No, you need a tag for each. The driver exposes arrays as folders full of tags.

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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:** [February 29, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-data-type-for-sint-coming-from-plc/86621/6 "2024-02-29T18:59:08Z")

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> [@michael.black](#):
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> a single tag for a SINT array?

Or switch to my driver. It supports array tags for all basic numeric types.

And they are writeable (as a whole), too.

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