# \[SOLVED\] Connecting Studio 5000 Emulator to Ignition

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-connecting-studio-5000-emulator-to-ignition/31380 "2020-01-17T19:23:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-connecting-studio-5000-emulator-to-ignition/31380/3 "2020-01-20T03:18:11Z")

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Thank you so much. With a combination of your link and the following:

> [@OPC-DA to RSLinx Classic (Emulated PLC)](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-da-to-rslinx-classic-emulated-plc/11667):
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> While doing testing I found a way to use the OPC-DA connection to create a link between 2 computers and read values from an RSLinx topic I had created to an emulated PLC. Note: Because this uses OPC-DA (because RSLinx does not yet support OPC-UA), this will only work on Windows (unless an OPC-DA client has been released for the linux version since last I used Ignition) Pre-requisites: Two computers (or VMs) that can communicate to each other using IP addresses and computer names. A computer …

I was able to get my Emulator setup working on Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit,opc-core-components-redistributables-3.00.107-20180130 installed, Ignition 7.9.10, Studio 23, and Emulator 23.

Tomorrow I'll try a similar setup on Studio 30 and Emulator 30.

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