# Issue addressing Siemens Instance DB in Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-addressing-siemens-instance-db-in-ignition/80635>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 18, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-addressing-siemens-instance-db-in-ignition/80635 "2023-10-18T08:45:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrew.budaiev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrew.budaiev/32/72921_2.png) [@andrew.budaiev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.budaiev)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-addressing-siemens-instance-db-in-ignition/80635/3 "2023-10-18T09:05:48Z")

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Maybe try this one

> [@Siemens un-optimized addressing.....does this even work?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-un-optimized-addressing-does-this-even-work/61537/7):
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> There is a little German company that has done an excellent job reverse engineering the S7 protocol, including all the bits nobody else has figured out, and has a pretty good OPC UA server for it: [OPC-Server for common PLCs](https://www.tanindustrie.de/en/Opc.php)

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