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• Knowledge of Ignition and Module installation process: Cirrus Link Module Installation
• Install Ignition on an 'host/backend' system
  • This must be a 'full version' of Ignition (i.e. not Ignition Edge)
  • Install MQTT Distributor and MQTT Engine Modules
    
    • Cirrus Link's Ignition Modules can be downloaded from the Ignition Strategic Partner Modules download page.
    • Cirrus Link Module Compatibility with Ignition versions
• Install Ignition on an 'edge' system
  • This can be a 'full version' of Ignition or Ignition Edge
  •  Install the MQTT Transmission Module

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Transmission is an MQTT module for Ignition that can publish files using MQTT Sparkplug. This tutorial shows how to configure MQTT Transmission to publish files from one Ignition system to another.

Files are transferred using Sparkplug over MQTT . The and which files which get transferred and when they get transferred can be configured in a number of different ways.

The file transfer configuration also defines how quickly a file transfer occurs and how long before a timeout will occur on failure to receive host side acknowledgements which can be adjusted as required based on the size of files you are sending and any bandwidth constraints that you may have.

Publishing files with Transmission:

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