Communication drivers overview

Some communication drivers may have specific characteristics.
Available communication drivers and supported tag import modes
Communication driver
Online tags import
Offline tags import
Custom data types import
Yes
Yes
*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
**
Yes
Yes
Yes
Serial port
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
*
 Only for selected controller series. For more information, see S7TCP driver.
**
 Only for importing tags in the offline mode.
TIP: You can communicate with controllers that support custom protocols through the serial interface by using the
Serial port
 communication driver. For advanced implementations, you can use dedicated C# APIs. See C# API reference.
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