# Modbus connection "TO" ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [May 21, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-connection-to-ignition/90668 "2024-05-21T12:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-connection-to-ignition/90668/3 "2024-05-21T12:13:51Z")
This would be Modbus **server** mode, and yes, my driver does this. (Server mode was the original motivation, but it also has a client mode that fills in some features missing from the IA driver.) > [@Automation Professionals' Advanced Modbus Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-advanced-modbus-driver/41312): > > Automation Professionals is pleased to announce the first beta for its Advanced Modbus Driver, for Ignition version 7.9. Key features: Server mode, emulating one or more slave [devices](https://www.automation-pros.com/modbus/UserManual.pdf), using any of the three typical connection types, including simultaneous connections of multiple types. Client mode, incorporating all three connection modes in one driver. Support for Modbus Function Codes 20 and 21, File Records. Configure protocol tweaks for troublesome devices per slave unit, enabling suppor… Read through to the end of that topic for latest downloads, or go to my own [Module Sales](https://www.automation-pros.com/modulesales.html) page. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-connection-to-ignition/90668)._