# Red Lion

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/red-lion/5095>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 3, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/red-lion/5095 "2012-09-03T23:27:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hazey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hazey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hazey)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/red-lion/5095/1 "2012-09-03T23:27:08Z")

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Hi guys, what is the best method or protocol to connect a Red Lion Data Station to Ignition? I want to transfer information to Data Station (Marquee) from Ignition Database.

thx

hazey

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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/red-lion/5095/2 "2012-09-04T11:39:01Z")

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I reckon the most straightforward way would be over Modbus TCP. You could set up a number of SQLTags which write their values to registers in the Data Station Plus and update these SQLTags with data from Ignition using a script. The Data Station Plus would then read these registers as normal tag inputs.

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**Author:** ![Michael.Stofan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.stofan/32/3342_2.png) [@Michael.Stofan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael.Stofan)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/red-lion/5095/3 "2012-09-04T22:24:20Z")

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I’m not too familiar with Red Lion Data Stations, but if it does support being connected to via Modbus TCP then AlThePal’s advice sounds good to me. Although I would suggest trying out a transaction group before going with a script, especially if you have a lot of data points to transfer at once.

If you’re not familiar with Transaction Groups, you can find more information here:  
[http://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?transactiongroupintroduction.htm](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?transactiongroupintroduction.htm)