# OPC works in test client, not in Designer **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-works-in-test-client-not-in-designer/34850 "2020-05-18T16:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pdixon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pdixon/32/6899_2.png) [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-works-in-test-client-not-in-designer/34850/1 "2020-05-18T16:56:43Z")
This seems pretty wacky. I have Ignition 8.0.12 on Win 10. I have Rockwell Emulate 5000 locally on the same machine. The Ignition OPC Test client can find the topic/items in Emulate and read them with good status. Using the same server, when I try to add the tags in Designer they show bad status. Any ideas? ![ig_opc_badstat_designer_cveu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/e67e4eddf4f176f7784c0f5df9280a1efce0fa8c.jpeg) ![ig_opc_badstat_designer_cvoper](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/1d5f285700f0b86ce08b32a344448669764b144b.jpeg) ![ig_opc_badstat_testclient_cveu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/614b3417d15270ecc9dee4c4d3a2ddd8a2b73e75.jpeg) ![ig_opc_badstat_testclient_cvoper](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/8ab5f99cc87b1ee7b71280ccb817cd0535962894.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pdixon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pdixon/32/6899_2.png) [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-works-in-test-client-not-in-designer/34850/2 "2020-05-19T00:19:46Z")
I fixed it by changing the tag group from Subscribed to Polled