# Productivity 2000 PLCs **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430 "2021-11-24T15:06:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/1 "2021-11-24T15:06:36Z")
I have a Productivity Series 2000 PLC with Ethernet/IP capabilities, I was trying to use it as an Allen Bradley PLC to be able to browse it’s tags, but I haven’t been able to do it so far. So wanted to ask if someone else has done it? Or if it’s at least doable? ---
**Author:** ![mcgheeiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/2 "2021-11-24T15:55:35Z")
From the spec sheet it looks like Modbus TCP should work. ---
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/3 "2021-11-24T15:59:55Z")
Thanks for the reply, Modbus TCP works actually pretty good, but I wanted to use it as an Allen Bradley PLC for the tag browsing. But I’m not sure if it’s doable ---
**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/4 "2021-11-24T16:13:28Z")
Copied from a forum for Automation Direct: _The Productivity Series CPUs support Class 1 Connections (I/O Messaging), Class 3 Connections (Connected Explicit Messaging), and Unconnected Explicit Messaging. The CPUs can act as I/O Scanners, I/O Adapters, Explicit Messaging Clients, and Explicit Messaging Servers. This information can be found in the Help Topics within the software._ _**The Micro800 series does support CIP Symbolic Messaging, which is not currently supported by the P-Series. This messaging targets the actual string of ASCII characters that define the tag (e.g. “Tag01”), rather than an Instance of an Assembly object (or other Class, Instance, and Attribute).**_ I hope this helps. From what i see so far I don’t think you will be able to browse this like you can an AllenBradly. This is based on what I highlighted in bold. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/5 "2021-11-24T16:24:43Z")
The Productivity series does _ **NOT** _ mimic an Allen-Bradley PLC. It supports standard EtherNet/IP messaging to other devices’ class/instance/attribute targets, and supports EtherNet/IP I/O traffic as both a scanner and/or an adapter. (The I/O support is particularly good, fwiw.) It does _ **not** _ expose its own tags as an AB PLC, and it does _ **not** _ support messaging to other devices’ symbolic data. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productivity-2000-plcs/53430/6 "2021-11-24T16:34:38Z")
What exactly are you trying to do? If you need something that can mimic an AB Logix PLC, you might find my [Ethernet/IP module](https://inductiveautomation.com/moduleshowcase/module/automation-professionals-llc-ethernetip-class-1-communications) useful. (It doesn’t emulate the ladder logic of an AB PLC, but you can use timer scripts in Ignition for similar tasks.)