# Siemens S7-1200 Tag Syntax

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tag-syntax/38109>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 26, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tag-syntax/38109 "2020-08-26T23:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicholas.robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nicholas.robinson/32/22188_2.png) [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tag-syntax/38109/1 "2020-08-26T23:34:48Z")

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I’ve gotten a Siemens S7-1200 trainer kit and am trying to setup a tag but can’t get past the red circle with the exclamation point. So far I have confirmed these things:

1. Access level is set to full
2. Connection mechanism PUT/GET is turned on
3. I have set up a global DB which is DB1
4. DB1 has optimized block access turned off
5. To get a bit value from DB1 offset 0.2 I have the tag syntax [Siemens]DB1,X0.2

The PLC is connected fine in the gateway and I feel like I have followed the instructions from the Ignition Manual but am a bit stuck, any advice is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![ali.khalil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ali.khalil/32/18169_2.png) [@ali.khalil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ali.khalil)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tag-syntax/38109/2 "2020-08-27T23:26:06Z")

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Hi Nicholas,

Try this:

ns=1;s=[Siemens]DB1,X0.2

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