# Panasonic Industrial Communicator FP-I4C to Ignition

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panasonic-industrial-communicator-fp-i4c-to-ignition/92230 "2024-06-21T19:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhicks1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mhicks1/32/14121_2.png) [@mhicks1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhicks1)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panasonic-industrial-communicator-fp-i4c-to-ignition/92230/1 "2024-06-21T19:42:47Z")

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We are purchasing a new Air Handling Unit that will be controlled by a Panasonic FP-XC14 PLC .  
We want to bring those PLC tags into Ignition. The vendor is suggesting a Panasonic FP-14C to get from their PLC to Ignition. Does anyone have any experience using the Panasonic Combination above to connect to Ignition? Maybe even wondering if the FP-14C Protocol Translator is necessary. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

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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:** [June 21, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panasonic-industrial-communicator-fp-i4c-to-ignition/92230/2 "2024-06-21T21:22:19Z")

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I don't have any experience with Panasonic PLC but from looking at the documentation it might be possible to communicate with the PLC with Modbus RTU. You may need one of their cassettes to get a serial port. The FB-14C looks like it would open up several other protocols that you may find easier to work with.

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**Author:** ![mhicks1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mhicks1/32/14121_2.png) [@mhicks1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhicks1)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panasonic-industrial-communicator-fp-i4c-to-ignition/92230/3 "2024-07-12T16:11:06Z")

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Thank you for the information. We are working with the vendor to get the communications set up. Will post findings if we go this route.