# TCP Driver Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 24, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187 "2021-06-24T21:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/1 "2021-06-24T21:41:06Z")
Is there a way to connect a computer as a TCP Device in Ignition? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/2 "2021-06-24T21:53:30Z")
Please explain what you are trying to do. “TCP” is an extremely generic statement. ---
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/3 "2021-06-24T21:56:42Z")
Basically what I’m trying to achieve is to setup my computer as a TCP Driver, then open up Putty connect it to my Ignition, to send text and see how I receive it on Ignition. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/4 "2021-06-24T23:51:16Z")
Should work. Try it. ---
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/5 "2021-06-25T16:39:03Z")
I haven’t been able to make it work, I’m creating the TCP Driver on Ignition typing my computer IP Address and choosing an available port (6000), but I’m still getting “0/1 Connected”, and when I launch Putty I’m choosing “Raw” as Connection Type, typing Ignition’s IP and setting the same port I’m setting on Ignition (6000). Do you have any suggestions? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/6 "2021-06-25T16:43:26Z")
Unless PuTTY can act as a TCP _server_ this setup isn’t going to work. Right now you have to pieces of software both acting as a TCP client and pointed at each other. Ignition’s TCP driver is a client, so you need something to listen and act as a server that receives the connection. ---
**Author:** ![EduardoChega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@EduardoChega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EduardoChega)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/7 "2021-06-25T17:22:11Z")
That makes a lot of sense, I just tried a different approach by creating a server with a Python script and it’s working really good. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-driver-ignition/48187/8 "2021-06-25T19:56:29Z")
> [@Kevin.Herron](#): > > Ignition’s TCP driver is a client Huh. Thought it had a server mode, too. Can you tell that I never use it?