# M580 steering problem

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597 "2023-07-19T18:39:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/victor_hugo_gutierre/32/49849_2.png) [@Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Victor_hugo_gutierre)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/1 "2023-07-19T18:39:40Z")

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I HAVE A REAL VARIABLE IN A SCHNEIDER M580 PLC AT ADDRESS %MW200, WHEN I CONFIGURE the address IN THE ignition I CONFIGURE IT AS real TYPE (HRF200) BUT IT DOES NOT READ ANYTHING AS I SHOULD CONFIGURE THE ADDRESS? ONE BYTE LESS 199

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/2 "2023-07-19T18:44:05Z")

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Do you have zero based addressing checked?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/9/e93f17f95457777324abb0860f89662341919e1d.png)

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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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/3 "2023-07-19T18:49:41Z")

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{ Please don't shout. ALL CAPS is shouting. }

Also check if you need to use the swap words setting in the driver.

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**Author:** ![Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/victor_hugo_gutierre/32/49849_2.png) [@Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Victor_hugo_gutierre)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/4 "2023-07-19T19:27:51Z")

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I'm sorry, I did the big endian to little endian format word conversion when using DINT variables but it didn't work with real ones

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**Author:** ![Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/victor_hugo_gutierre/32/49849_2.png) [@Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Victor_hugo_gutierre)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/5 "2023-07-19T19:39:18Z")

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Excuse me, where do I set that?

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/6 "2023-07-19T19:42:46Z")

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Log into the gateway web page \> configure \> Device Connections \> Edit \> check Show advanced properties..

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**Author:** ![Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/victor_hugo_gutierre/32/49849_2.png) [@Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Victor_hugo_gutierre)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/7 "2023-07-19T19:49:12Z")

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I made the change and now I read the values ​​of the variable, although there is a slight difference,thanks

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**Author:** ![Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/victor_hugo_gutierre/32/49849_2.png) [@Victor\_hugo\_gutierre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Victor_hugo_gutierre)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/m580-steering-problem/76597/8 "2023-07-19T20:05:54Z")

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I corrected it, thank you very much