# Question about OPCUA dirver progaming

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-opcua-dirver-progaming/3657>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [November 25, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-opcua-dirver-progaming/3657 "2011-11-25T08:26:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wengzijue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wengzijue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wengzijue)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-opcua-dirver-progaming/3657/1 "2011-11-25T08:26:24Z")

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AbstractNioDriver provides the networking bits and pieces. but If I make my own network connections and extend directly from AbstractDriver,how can handle things such like sending and receiving data from network

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**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:** [November 26, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-opcua-dirver-progaming/3657/2 "2011-11-26T00:11:14Z")

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If you provide your own networking bits then you’re on the hook for sending/receiving data. Use a socket?

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**Author:** ![wengzijue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wengzijue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wengzijue)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-opcua-dirver-progaming/3657/3 "2011-11-26T14:32:06Z")

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I will send and receive data by serial port with modbus driver,how can I do ?