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Ignition is an Industrial Application Platform that can be used to create SCADA and HMI solutions. A fully functional Ignition system can be downloaded and run in a trial mode running for two hours at a time with unlimited restarts. Using Ignition as a tool in this way allows us to install the Sparkplug MQTT Modules and observe everything working.

Ignition Edge is a leaner version of Ignition made specifically for use in on edge-of-network devices. Ignition comes with unlimited Tags, Clients, and database connections, while Ignition Edge comes with unlimited Tags, two Clients (one local and one remote) and no database connectivity.

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Once the Ignition installer has been downloaded, follow the instructions provided by Inductive Automation to install and start Ignition.

• Instructions for Installing and Upgrading Ignition

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Once the Ignition installer has been downloaded, follow the instructions provided by Inductive Automation to install and start either Ignition or Ignition Edge

Instructions for Installing and Upgrading Ignition

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• Allow outbound tag writes. Video 9: Allow Outbound Tag Writes
• Disable MQTT Transmission to see the tags go stale in MQTT Engine
• Set the 'Primary Host ID'.  This is a setting that is highly recommended and should be set on both MQTT Engine and any MQTT Transmission instances that are reporting in as well. Video 10: Primary Host ID Setting
• Modify the tags folder to add additional memory tags Creating Tags in Ignition and force an update to the Ignition Gateway Using the MQTT Transmission Refresh Mechanism
• TLS enable the MQTT Distributor module and disable port 1883. Video 11: How to Set Up Transport Layer Security 
• Set up Store-and-Forward in MQTT Transmission to show data being saved when the connection goes down. Video 12: Set Up Store-and-Forward System
• Load and configure a database on the primary ignition gateway and then associate Tag History using Ignition Designer Tag Historian in Ignition
• Use a Custom Transmitter rather than the Default Transmitter to provide more flexibility on the MQTT Transmission side in terms of tag tree/arrangement MQTT Transmission Transmitters and Tag Trees
• Add additional MQTT Transmission modules pointed at the single MQTT Distributor instance set up in this tutorial

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