# Modbus Plus Driver

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 22, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198 "2024-04-22T11:18:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![liam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198/1 "2024-04-22T11:18:46Z")

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Hi everyone,

I'm working on a plant where we are switching them from old adroit to ignition.

They currently have some devices that use the Modicon Modbus Plus Protocol.  
Is there a driver in ignition that supports this protocol or do the current drivers in ignition work with the protocol.

If there is not driver support we will have them update those pieces of equipment to use Modbus TCP.

Thanks in advance.

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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:** [April 22, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198/2 "2024-04-22T12:29:17Z")

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Modbus Plus requires special hardware. I am not aware of any Ignition drivers. You **really** should plan on upgrading those to Modbus TCP.

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**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198/3 "2024-04-22T12:58:00Z")

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> [@liam1](#):
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> Is there a driver in ignition that supports this protocol or do the current drivers in ignition work with the protocol.

No, but you can use the regular Modbus TCP/IP driver if you have a gateway.

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**Author:** ![liam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-plus-driver/89198/4 "2024-04-23T06:12:57Z")

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Thank you for the response guys. Really helpful.