# Import ignition tag directly from plc and still showing as bad **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [December 9, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598 "2024-12-09T17:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/1 "2024-12-09T17:57:53Z")
I have four tags which I have added. They are all Boolean tags. The values of all of them show up as Bad in red. The quality also shows Bad but its in black. When I hover over the quality the popup actually shows Good. I have tried adding the same tags directly by browsing the plc and same results. I know the Boolean tags are correct with the paths and data types. Why are the values showing up as Bad? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/1/11dec0919197dce8a6aef07326d43b29583e9230.png) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Laubach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/steve_laubach/32/60900_2.png) [@Steve\_Laubach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Laubach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/2 "2024-12-09T18:00:46Z")
Right click on the tag and select "Tag Diagnostics". Does it say anything interesting? Also, if you're on a trial activation; reset trial. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/3 "2024-12-09T18:12:18Z")
No trial version. Get the following for the diagnostics. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/a/8aa62fa7b23af536a7e5a05c9973583f34672581.png) Since its showing NULL I tried to click on the value to give it value and get... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/f/ef3427592aa3c94f5767003a6382d638c87ae6a4.png) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/4 "2024-12-09T18:12:46Z")
What kind of driver/device is the tag from? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/5 "2024-12-09T18:18:37Z")
Allen Bradley 1756-L84ES plc using standard Allen-Bradley Logix Driver. Other boolean values coming from this same PLC aren't having a problem. Other boolean tags within the same DB\_Loading\_Box\_Gearbox\_Motor are coming in fine as well. Its only these four tags. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/6 "2024-12-09T18:20:05Z")
If there's not already some kind of error in the logs, try setting the loggers you find for `drivers.LogixDriver.Requests` to DEBUG and then edit/save the device or a force a read. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/7 "2024-12-09T18:35:52Z")
not sure how to do that. I tried saving the device connection for the device again. I also tried exporting boolean tag I know works, changing the tag path, and importing that back in and still no luck ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/8 "2024-12-09T18:40:45Z")
Go to the gateway, then click on `Diagnostics -> logs`. Click on the cog icon, which is settings, then serach. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/1/1124a450cb31fc20edc128789bd7e24d8552b958.png) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/9 "2024-12-09T18:46:36Z")
Got it...here are the results... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/6/36a3cc37d4f3c9de31d3e5ee632ef0ec51baebf6.jpeg) path segment error? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/10 "2024-12-09T18:59:25Z")
Doesn’t exist or External Access doesn’t allow read. If you found it in the browse then probably the latter; check the PLC program. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/11 "2024-12-09T19:08:05Z")
DB\_Loading\_Box\_Gearbox\_Motor in the plc program is set to Read/Write. The tag is definitely there. EnableIn, another boolean in that folder, comes in fine. Same with EnableOut. Every other tag with an '\_' in the tag name is coming up as Bad. Seems like this could be the problem? ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/12 "2024-12-09T19:33:31Z")
Is this looking directly at an AOI? AOIs are notorious for performance issues. > [@Cannot read some tags inside Rockwell AOI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-read-some-tags-inside-rockwell-aoi/38393/3): > > What Mike said, but also: Don't. All AOI's have EnableIn and EnableOut booleans that are locked to "Hidden" and therefore prevent most optimization of the data traffic to read instances of these data types. Ignition's Logix driver cannot do bulk reads on AOIs. Do very much of this and your Logix driver will choke. I strongly recommend that any AOI you design yourself use one or more InOut parameters of another data type, with instances of those datatypes elsewhere. Place all of your extern… ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/13 "2024-12-09T19:35:57Z")
Uggg...Yes it is an AOI. ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/14 "2024-12-09T19:36:27Z")
Do any tags work for this connection? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/15 "2024-12-09T19:36:53Z")
Yes, outside of these four they all work ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-ignition-tag-directly-from-plc-and-still-showing-as-bad/99598/16 "2024-12-09T20:00:02Z")
Most likely due to AOI. I did a workaround, created four new tags in plc, then tied the AOI tags to the four new ones. The new ones are coming over fine. If anything this was a good lesson on AOI's, using the logs to troubleshoot this, etc....thanks everyone for the help!