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  • Take note of your user/password you create as part of this installation process as you will need these credentials to load modules and configure this instance.

Step 4a:

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Primary machine -install the MQTT Modules on

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Ignition Gateway

From the Ignition left side bar, click on the Config tab and under the SYSTEM heading click on Modules. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link → Install or Upgrade a Module...

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When complete, the Ignition Gateway will show the current state of the installed modules:


Step 4b:

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Primary machine - configuration of MQTT Modules

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No additional configuration is required for the MQTT Distributor or MQTT Engine modules.

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Example below showing default MQTT Distributor Settings:


Step 5a:

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Secondary machine - install the MQTT Transmission Module on

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Ignition or Ignition Edge Gateway

From the Ignition left side bar, click on the Config tab and under the SYSTEM heading click on Modules. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link → Install or Upgrade a Module...

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When complete, the Ignition Gateway will show the current state of the installed module:

Step 5b:

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Secondary machine - configuration of MQTT Transmission

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Module

MQTT Transmission needs to be configured to point to the MQTT Distribution server in order to publish data into MQTT Engine. To do this, select the Config tab on the left side bar and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "MQTT TRANSMISSION | Settings" link.

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At this point are ready to edit the default tag, created as part of the MQTT Transmission installation, to send to MQTT Engine using the MQTT protocol and to do this we will use the Ignition Designer tool.

On each both the primary and secondary machine, select the Get Designer button from Ignition web portal to download, install and launch the Design Launcher. 

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