# Use Moxa MGate with Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, perspective, scripting, database, ignition79\
**Created:** [June 22, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431 "2023-06-22T23:25:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![antonio.sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@antonio.sanchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/antonio.sanchez)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431/1 "2023-06-22T23:25:48Z")

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Hello

currently we have a switch moxa Model MGate MB3180 connect to ignition.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/a/1a78bca4a95ec4ee27f611b6b4befccb04cf5e20.png)

in this moxa we have 5 equitment conect to this moxa

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/0/f0b3b6b04ef0b63993187dc2cfa3a8b6f57be26d.png)

what I don't know is how to know what information is coming from which equipment? or how to identify and create labels for each equipment connected to the moxa.

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**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 23, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431/2 "2023-06-23T00:44:09Z")

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In Ignition, with manual addressing, you put the slave unit ID plus a dot before the data type prefix.  
See the "Unit ID" part of this manual page:

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Modbus+Addressing#ModbusAddressing-ManuallySpecifyEachAddress](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Modbus+Addressing#ModbusAddressing-ManuallySpecifyEachAddress)

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**Author:** ![antonio.sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@antonio.sanchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/antonio.sanchez)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431/3 "2023-06-23T14:50:22Z")

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thanks.. I open the OPC Item but on the Ignition OPC-UA Server I can't see the divices

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/9/393846a924b380fe565715a400312e496f91c066.png)

but the divice status is connected

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/b/fb9cbcd32e366bcb123752024391b682d38705d5.png)

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**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 23, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-moxa-mgate-with-ignition/75431/4 "2023-06-23T15:03:42Z")

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Ignition's Modbus driver isn't browseable unless you set up alias mappings. That's one of the things my [alternate Modbus driver](https://inductiveautomation.com/moduleshowcase/module/automation-professionals-llc-advanced-modbus) does differently.

You should be able to create Ignition tags using manual addressing in the OPC Item Path property.