# My PLC is connected but I am not receiving any data

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**Created:** [February 2, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331 "2023-02-02T08:05:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BEN_AMOR_Safoine)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/1 "2023-02-02T08:05:11Z")

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/2 "2023-02-02T11:49:21Z")

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Welcome!

Looks like you haven't added any tags. What is your PLC brand and model?

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**Author:** ![BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BEN_AMOR_Safoine)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/3 "2023-02-02T11:50:10Z")

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siemens 400

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/4 "2023-02-02T11:53:55Z")

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You need to manually configure tags, you cannot drag and drop for that model.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Siemens](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Siemens)

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**Author:** ![BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BEN\_AMOR\_Safoine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BEN_AMOR_Safoine)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/5 "2023-02-02T12:14:03Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/5/55a29b7fc86fab96055452b85879490584c9b9c6.png)  
is it like that? by the way don't know what I'm doing that's why I need assist.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/6 "2023-02-02T12:26:38Z")

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Can't see your OPC item path in the screenshot.

I haven't touched an S7-400 in 5 years, probably can't help much further sorry.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/my-plc-is-connected-but-i-am-not-receiving-any-data/69331/7 "2023-02-02T17:15:09Z")

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