# Siemens S7-300 Password Protected

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-password-protected/37971>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-password-protected/37971 "2020-08-21T09:33:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![imadudin.ala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@imadudin.ala](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/imadudin.ala)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-password-protected/37971/1 "2020-08-21T09:33:20Z")

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Hy, i have a project that there is no way i can access the PLC program in S7-300, can Ignition still connect to password protected S7-300 and read the tags by following the user manual?

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**Author:** ![chi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-password-protected/37971/2 "2020-08-21T15:08:39Z")

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Yes, the protection only prevents upload and download of the plc program. Reading tags is still possible.