# Ignition Gateway Setup Pre-Startup **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-setup-pre-startup/57365 "2022-03-18T15:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [March 18, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-setup-pre-startup/57365/2 "2022-03-18T17:11:18Z")
Depends on the brand of PLC. If you are lucky (running a Logix PLC), then you can use my EtherNet/IP module to pretend to be your PLC. See this topic for instructions: > [@AB PLC tag import/export](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ab-plc-tag-import-export/33050/2): > > You might find [my Ethernet/IP module](https://inductiveautomation.com/moduleshowcase/module/automation-professionals-llc-ethernetip-class-1-communications) useful for this, without needing to buy it. Export the Logix 5000 project in L5X format. You can import that into an instance of my driver and it will render the data types and tags into my module’s virtual controller. OPC item syntax is identical to that in Ignition’s own Logix v21+ driver (with a handful of exceptions). For even more fidelity, do the above in another Ignition gateway, and let the first gateway connect to it with the normal v21 driver. W… If not AB, but lucky enough to be using Modbus, you can use my Advanced Modbus module's server driver to pretend to be your PLC. If not lucky, you might be able to get the device simulator to pretend to have your OPC item paths. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-setup-pre-startup/57365)._