# Powermonitor 5000 not giving tags **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** rockwell\ **Created:** [November 29, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491 "2023-11-29T18:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jared\_Kossler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jared\_Kossler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jared_Kossler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/1 "2023-11-29T18:25:00Z")
I am pretty new to a lot of this and I am stuck. I have a Powermonitor 5000 and have used the Allen Bradly SLC driver after seeing another topic that was having a similar issue with a Powermonitor 1000, I have also tried the MicroLogix driver too. My coworker said he thinks I need to configure the module for OPC servers, but I didnt see that in the manual. Currently I see the module on ignition quick client, but it only has a diagnostics folder. My current communication protocol is EIP. Does anyone have any ideas or know if there is a special configuration that needs to be done to get the tags from a Powermonitor 5000? ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/2 "2023-11-29T19:13:37Z")
I didn't read this topic, but perhaps it has something helpful for you. > [@Allen Bradley PowerMonitor 5000](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-powermonitor-5000/10341): > > Hi All, We recently setup an Allen Bradley PowerMonitor 5000 and I’m trying to link it to Ignition over E-IP. We have successfully setup the meter and can communicate via the web based interface included with the meter. I was able to get the device “connected” in the configuration screen using the Allen Bradley Logix Driver. However, when I try to look for tags in the OPC browser, nothing shows up when I try to expand the tab for the meter. Here’s an excerpt from the manual: All PowerMonit… ---
**Author:** ![Jared\_Kossler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jared\_Kossler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jared_Kossler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/3 "2023-11-30T12:12:13Z")
I had read that, I see the guy talks about setting it up as a SLC and reading tags as a register. It not working that way for me. I feel like I am missing something. Then the other guy talking about scraping is a bit over my head. Thanks for the link though. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/4 "2023-11-30T13:21:04Z")
My third-party EtherNet/IP module can read the live parameters of such devices, either by polling class/instance/attributes, or by scanning the device like a PLC would. IIRC, that model does not emulate a SLC. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/6 "2023-11-30T13:45:41Z")
> [@Jasper\_Monroe](#): > > to configure the OPC server Dude. Completely unhelpful. It isn't an OPC server. (Are you using ChatGPT or other LLM to generate comments? I've noticed several of yours are oddly unhelpful for the topics they're in.) ---
**Author:** ![Jared\_Kossler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jared\_Kossler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jared_Kossler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/7 "2023-11-30T15:24:50Z")
So I think maybe I haven't explained what I did as there seems to be confusion about what I am trying to do. I will detail it in steps and maybe you guys can point out to me where I messed this up. -I went to the web based ignition client. -Under OPC-UA Server I clicker Devices and at the bottom of the list I clicked "Create new Device...: -Filled out name, description, left enabled checked, put the IP address as the hostname, and disabled processor browse. All other fields were left in their default state. Does this help? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/8 "2023-11-30T15:31:41Z")
> [@Jared\_Kossler](#): > > Does this help? I understood this from your first post. Reviewing the user manual, it appears that PLC emulation is present after all, but PLC-5 style, not SLC. See chapter 9 and appendix A. So, try the PLC5 driver. ---
**Author:** ![Jared\_Kossler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jared\_Kossler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jared_Kossler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/9 "2023-11-30T18:29:30Z")
I figured out my mistake, I had over looked something in the other post. Thanks for pointing me to the Appendix A though that is thread that helped me getting this to work. Setting them up as PLC5 just gave me a constant determining protocol issue. So I was playing with it on SLC and it will work but you have to enter the OPC Item Path manually. I had thought the path would be in the Browse OPC list, but it is not. So for example to get the V1 to N reading I entered ns=1;s=[MS\_Chiller1\_PM5000]F53:3. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powermonitor-5000-not-giving-tags/82491/11 "2023-12-01T13:35:24Z")
> [@Jasper\_Monroe](#): > > my tutor and other buddies Let them post their own information. > [@Jasper\_Monroe](#): > > the info I find online That's perfectly fine, as long as _ **you** _ understand how it applies to the topic. > [@Jasper\_Monroe](#): > > just learning in this field That's fine, too. But posting other people's material (or an LLM's output) doesn't help _ **you** _ learn anything, and can mislead others.