# PLC5 with added network card **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 21, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757 "2019-02-21T14:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/1 "2019-02-21T14:27:52Z")
Hi everyone. I’ve got a connection problem. I need to read data from a PLC5(172.17.xx.xx). To avoid data Exchange through DH, we added an extra network card to the PLC5. Our connection will be in ethernet through a gateway(10.164.yy.yyy) I tried a connection using allen Bradley logix driver and putting: 10.164.yy.yyy in the hostname field and using as connection path: 1,2,2,172.17.xx.xx,1,0 (because in my gateway the network card is in the slot 2). the device appear in “Connected” status, but in my OPC browser I can see only the “Diagnostic” directory. What could be the problem? -----Note that we already sucessfully tried to connect a PLC5 using a network card on a Allen Bradley 5000(our gateway), but with a DH connection (so using the gateway ip as hostname and writing the connection path with the dh node number.). In this case I don’t have a PLC but just a new network card added to the PLC5. ---- Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/2 "2019-02-21T14:30:00Z")
Why are you trying to use the Logix driver instead of the PLC5 driver? ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/3 "2019-02-21T14:34:21Z")
thank you for your answer. because the connection will be in ethernet. Trying with plc5 driver I need the dh node number, right? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/4 "2019-02-21T14:36:39Z")
No, our PLC5 driver is ethernet only. It has a Connection Path setting you can use. The correct driver to choose is always the one for the destination device when there’s a path with 1 or more hops. It doesn’t matter how or what you route through. When you pick the Logix driver you’re basically just sending the PLC5 commands it doesn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/5 "2019-02-21T14:44:57Z")
thank you, so I have to choose PLC5 driver and set it how? Hostname: I have to put compulsory my gateway (so 10.164.yy.yyy) connection path: ? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/6 "2019-02-21T14:54:43Z")
Try the same connection path you had before? If you can establish a connection and see the path in Linx that helps sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/7 "2019-02-21T15:09:23Z")
thank you for you help. I know everything about my connections, but I don’t know how to build the connection path using the PLC5 driver. The user manual says: “Hostname: type the IP address for the PLC, for example 10.20.4.62 Connection Path: 1,3,2,14 (1 means going to ControlLogix and going to the backplane in PLC 1, 3 is the slot number of the ControlNet module to move to in this example, 2 is the exit port of the ControlNet module, 14 is the address of entry point to the ControlNet module in PLC 2)” if the hostname is the ip of my gateway, how I can put the PLC ip into my connection path? sorry, but i’m stuck here thank you ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/8 "2019-02-21T15:10:38Z")
Just put it as part of the path, like you did above: `1,2,2,172.17.xx.xx,1,0` ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/9 "2019-02-21T15:12:28Z")
yes, it is something I already tried but it doesn’t work ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/10 "2019-02-21T15:14:02Z")
Hmm. Okay. I’ll have to look into whether our docs are just dated or if this really isn’t supported by the PLC5 driver. You might try calling into support in the meantime. They’ll probably ask for a screenshot of the path in RSLinx for reference. If it turns out this isn’t possible with our driver you may need to try Kepware or another OPC server. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/11 "2019-02-21T15:21:55Z")
Sorry, it looks like I was wrong. I don’t think the PLC5 driver is capable of using this routing setup. ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/12 "2019-02-21T15:39:50Z")
thank you for your help, I tried to write to the support! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/13 "2019-02-21T17:28:25Z")
Have you tried leaving the ,1,0 off the end? PLC5’s don’t have a concept of a Logix backplane. ---
**Author:** ![rea\_21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rea_21/32/7999_2.png) [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/14 "2019-02-22T07:11:58Z")
I tried with and without 1,0…doesn’t work anyway… thank you ---
**Author:** ![Esben\_Jensen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Esben\_Jensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esben_Jensen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc5-with-added-network-card/22757/15 "2022-06-26T21:10:57Z")
Hello rea\_21 Did you manage to get it to work at that time? Regards Esben