# Siemens symbolic Addressing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329 "2023-11-24T13:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yousef\_Ali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/87869e/32.png) [@Yousef\_Ali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yousef_Ali)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/1 "2023-11-24T13:00:10Z")
Is there any plan for Siemens symbolic Addressing support by ignition driver for S71500? Siemens OPC have some limitation. and we got a lot of requests to use native driver. I hope to see this soon . ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/2 "2023-11-24T13:33:03Z")
We’re working on a new Siemens driver with symbolic addressing support and targeting release with Ignition 8.3 next year. ---
**Author:** ![Arnaud\_Declerck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/arnaud_declerck/32/44872_2.png) [@Arnaud\_Declerck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arnaud_Declerck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/3 "2023-11-24T14:12:06Z")
Good news it's in the pipeline, bad news it's only for 8.3 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Yousef\_Ali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/87869e/32.png) [@Yousef\_Ali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yousef_Ali)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/4 "2023-11-24T15:27:11Z")
Hope plan will be changed to be release this year ... there's a lot of demand on it on existing projects. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/5 "2023-11-24T15:31:28Z")
There's only 1 month left in this year, not happening. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/6 "2023-11-24T15:34:29Z")
Did you have to offer up your firstborn to gain access to the protocol specification? /: ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/7 "2023-11-24T15:35:37Z")
We never gained access, we're using a native library from a 3rd party vendor (the same native library Kepware's "S7 Plus" driver uses). It's from a German company who reverse engineered it all. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/8 "2023-11-24T15:36:20Z")
Does that mean it will be Windows-only? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/9 "2023-11-24T15:36:45Z")
Windows and Linux fortunately. But not macOS. ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/10 "2023-11-24T19:16:58Z")
> [@Kevin.Herron](#): > > We never gained access, we're using a native library from a 3rd party vendor (the same native library Kepware's "S7 Plus" driver uses). It's from a German company who reverse engineered it all. This is this one or another ? (if it's not confidential) > **[Products for Networks in Industry](https://www.tanindustrie.de/en/index.php)** > > Tani offers a wide range of communication in industry: Products around OPC, connects databases with controllers from Siemens, Rockwell, Mitsubishi, BACnet, KNX/EIB, Modbus and more. Modern IoT as MQTT is supported. Actual OPC UA services as Euromap,... ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/11 "2023-11-24T21:01:00Z")
We’re evaluating this right now: [Efficient communication between PC and controller](https://www.deltalogic.de/en/ACCON-AGLink/918820-W-U) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/12 "2023-11-24T23:17:03Z")
> [@Kevin.Herron](#): > > evaluating Interesting feature set. Except: > ... > > - Java (not all functions covered) Wonder what that means. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/13 "2023-11-24T23:31:05Z")
So far nothing that’s a dealbreaker, but basically the Java bindings are incomplete (compared to the native interfaces) and very obviously written by a non native English speaker who probably never used Java. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/14 "2023-11-24T23:39:41Z")
Ok, makes sense. Needs some IA time/resources beyond just _using_ the API to flesh out the JNI. ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/15 "2024-02-06T18:37:13Z")
This driver is still planned ? Any progress about the stack used ? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/16 "2024-02-06T18:38:08Z")
Yes, still planned, using the library I mentioned previously. ---
**Author:** ![nick\_norouzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@nick\_norouzi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nick_norouzi)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/17 "2024-02-08T20:16:11Z")
Do you have ETA for Ignition 8.3? ---
**Author:** ![Yousef\_Ali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/87869e/32.png) [@Yousef\_Ali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yousef_Ali)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/18 "2024-02-08T20:18:55Z")
We all in waiting mode ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/6/46f97318550a00b0c56f433cdfc73e9b34707594.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![nick\_norouzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@nick\_norouzi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nick_norouzi)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/19 "2024-02-08T20:27:21Z")
🤣 ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329/20 "2024-02-08T20:29:53Z")
Some of us will be burning the candle at both ends for Q3 and Q4. [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-addressing/82329.md?page=2)