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Once it is launched, you should see something similar to what is shown below. Note the Tag Browser has been expanded and the automatically created example tags have been highlighted.Image Added

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Begin by deleting these two tags (Example Tag and MQTT Quickstart). Then click the 'UDT Definitions' tab as shown below. We will use this view import these tags IBSNOW_Azure_Quickstart_tags.json to create a very simple UDT definitionDefinition and instance.Image Removed

Now, click the '+' icon in the upper left corner of the tag browser as shown below and select 'New Data Type'

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This will open the following dialog box.

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Change the name of the tag to Motor as shown below. Also, note the highlighted 'new member tag' icon in the middle of the dialog. We'll use this to create some member tags.

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Now use the 'new member tag' button to create a new 'memory tag' as shown below.

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Then, set the following parameters for the new memory tag.

• Name
  • Set to 'Temperature'
• Date Type
  
  • Set to 'Float'
• Engineering Units
  
  • Set to 'Celsius'

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Now create two additional member tags with the following configuration.

• Amps
  • Memory tag
  • Data Type = Integer
• RPMs
  • Memory tag
  • Data Type = Integer

When complete, the UDT definition should look as follows.

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Now switch back to the 'Tags' tab of the Tag Browser. Right click on the 'PLC 1' folder and select 'New Tag → Data Type Instance → Motor' as shown below.

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Now set the name to 'My Motor' as shown below and click OK.

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Now, set some values under the instance as shown below.

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The tag browser will now show the following:

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At this point, our tags are configured. A UDT definition will map to a model in Snowflake and UDT instances in Ignition will map to Snowflake. But, before this will happen we need to point MQTT Transmission to the Chariot MQTT Server. To do so, browse back to the Ignition Gateway Web UI and select MQTT Transmission → Settings from the left navigation panel as shown below.

Now select the 'Transmitters' tab as shown below.

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