# What is the latest information on Micro800 communication

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**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-latest-information-on-micro800-communication/69866 "2023-02-15T02:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![crislem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@crislem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/crislem)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-latest-information-on-micro800-communication/69866/1 "2023-02-15T02:07:40Z")

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I read somewhere that it is now possible to communicate with the micro800 controllers via Ethernet I/P rather than Modbus. Is that correct? Did anybody try this yet?

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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:** [February 15, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-latest-information-on-micro800-communication/69866/2 "2023-02-15T02:18:26Z")

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That would be the beta of my major module upgrade:

> [@Automation Professionals' EtherNet/IP Communication Suite V2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-ethernet-ip-communication-suite-v2/68190/32):
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> New beta: v2.0.2.230450035 Fixes of note: The NJ browsing flaw is fixed. An NJ/NX oversize structure read flaw is fixed. { Omron doesn't support partial transfers. frowning_face } More memory pressure bugfixes and improvements. Added Debug & Trace logging to the SoftCache abstract class--produces a report once per minute when active. Fixed a flaw in assembly of multiple items into a larger requests, due to incorrect forecasting of some reply sizes. These would often sneak through witho…

I test against an ML850 in my lab, but more testing is always welcome.

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**Author:** ![ezzat\_wan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ezzat\_wan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ezzat_wan)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-latest-information-on-micro800-communication/69866/3 "2023-12-13T11:07:39Z")

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Hi any good news with ML850? Do we still need to use modbus?

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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:** [December 13, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-latest-information-on-micro800-communication/69866/4 "2023-12-13T13:03:02Z")

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IA has said that their native ML8xx driver will show up "soon" (before 8.3), but I haven't seen a more specific forecast.

Or you can use my driver today. In any version of 8.1. (The initial beta ended in April.)