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Transmitters

A Transmitter  Transmitter is an agent that monitor tags, converts them to Sparkplug Messages, and publishes to an MQTT Server. 

  • Messages can be consumed by any Sparkplug Host Application such as MQTT Engine.
  • Any MQTT client created by the agent will publish and subscribe to data using the Sparkplug B protocol.
    • Using the Sparkplug B protocol provides the benefits of session management including Primary Host ID
  • Understands Ignition UDTs and can be configured to publish UDT definitions in BIRTH messages

UNS Transmitters

A UNS Transmitter is an agent that monitors tags and publishes them as MQTT Messages with a JSON payload to an MQTT Server. 

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