# Read data from a Meter over Profibus PA **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222 "2019-05-22T10:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alireza.dehghani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@alireza.dehghani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alireza.dehghani)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/1 "2019-05-22T10:35:11Z")
Hello everybody, Does anyone know if Ignition Siemens driver can read the data of a Meter over Profibus PA? This meter has the output on Profibus PA. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Rendi.Yohanes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rendi.Yohanes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rendi.Yohanes)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/2 "2019-05-22T11:08:57Z")
As far as I know, the Ignition Siemens driver is used to communicate with Siemens PLC. I’m not aware of any standard Ignition driver that can communicate directly with Profibus PA. You may want to consider to convert to Modbus prior to communicating to Ignition. ---
**Author:** ![alireza.dehghani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@alireza.dehghani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alireza.dehghani)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/3 "2019-05-22T11:23:50Z")
Thanks Rendi. Siemens PLC work on Profibus/Profinet protocol. I was wondering if Siemens driver can also communicate with other devices on Profibus or no. Considering Profibus PA/Modbus gateway is costly but yes it could be an option. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/4 "2019-05-22T12:17:42Z")
> [@alireza.dehghani](#): > > Siemens PLC work on Profibus/Profinet protocol. I was wondering if Siemens driver can also communicate with other devices on Profibus or no. Ignition's Siemens driver does not support Profibus or Profinet. ---
**Author:** ![alireza.dehghani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@alireza.dehghani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alireza.dehghani)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/5 "2019-05-22T12:47:20Z")
May I ask if it does not support neither Profibus nor Profinet, how does it work then? As it needs to communicate Siemens PLCs ---
**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:** [May 22, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/6 "2019-05-22T13:01:56Z")
S7 protocol over Ethernet is very common. ---
**Author:** ![alireza.dehghani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@alireza.dehghani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alireza.dehghani)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/7 "2019-05-22T13:09:47Z")
saying S7 over Ethernet is not Profinet? Profinet = Profibus over Ethernet? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/8 "2019-05-22T13:26:39Z")
They are 3 different things. Profibus is an old serial fieldbus. Profinet runs on Ethernet but is not the same thing as the S7 protocol. ---
**Author:** ![alireza.dehghani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@alireza.dehghani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alireza.dehghani)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/9 "2019-05-22T13:30:21Z")
ah ok. Thanks Kevin. Do you know if Ignition has/will have a profinet driver? now or in near future ---
**Author:** ![MatterAutomation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@MatterAutomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MatterAutomation)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/10 "2020-07-30T13:25:36Z")
@Kevin.Herron I would absolutely like to know the same as @alireza.dehghani Is Ignition planning on expanding to include a profibus/profinet driver? I am interested in polling field devices like flow meters without additional gateways or device replacement. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/11 "2020-07-30T13:54:43Z")
No plans for profinet or profibus. ---
**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-data-from-a-meter-over-profibus-pa/25222/12 "2020-07-31T20:14:20Z")
For profibus install CP5611 on your PC with Siemens driver and OPC scout And read data via OPC da For profiNET just install Siemens software and get your data via opc For PA use a s7-300 CPU as gateway and read it by ignition driver