# Ignition as a communications gateway for large amounts of data **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [October 22, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-a-communications-gateway-for-large-amounts-of-data/111658 "2025-10-22T16:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-a-communications-gateway-for-large-amounts-of-data/111658/7 "2025-10-23T16:23:09Z")
> [@lcardenas3](#): > > would be communicated as a Class 3 message Not necessarily. My driver can function as an EtherNet/IP I/O adapter or scanner (class 1), and as a virtual PLC (class 3 **target** ), optionally as a I/O scanner (class 1) or with producer-consumer tags (also class 1). The fixed buffer layouts of class 1 traffic are much lighter loads on the PLC. My alternate client driver also perform better than the IA native Logix driver for some specific cases. You should look at this topic and its various related links: > [@Ignition & Logix Best Practice Tips for better communications](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-logix-best-practice-tips-for-better-communications/60386/1): > > 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 a… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-a-communications-gateway-for-large-amounts-of-data/111658)._