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  • Ignition with Google Cloud Injector Module installed
  • Ignition Designer installed
    • Review the Inductive Automation documentation for Launching Designer against the Ignition gateway
  • An existing Microsoft Azure account with an active IoT Hub and a registered device.
    • Documentation on creating an IoT Hub and registering an new device can be found here

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Navigate to the Azure Injector Module configuration section from the left side bar in the Ignition Gateway. From the Azure IoT Hubs tab, click on the "Create new Azure IoT Hub Setting..." link to bring up the following configuration form:Image RemovedImage Added

Set the following parameters:

  • Setting Name
    • This can be any unique identifier. For tis this tutorial we will use "TestSettingTest Setting".
  • Password
    • This the IoT Hub Device Connection String from your Azure IoT Hub.  This can be found by navigating to a provisioned Device within the Device Explorer of the IoT Hub that you wish to use.

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Click on "Create New Azure IoT Hub Setting" to finish creating the new configuration setting.Image RemovedImage Added

Now the Azure Injector module is connected to the IoT Hub, we have to determine if there are are changes needed to the Tag Agent tab to be able to push data.

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When the Azure Injector module is installed in Ignition, an Edge Node folder is automatically created in the 'default' Ignition tag provider.

Create a tree structure under this folder as shown below with some memory tags - this folder structure creates the same hierarchy that is described in the Sparkplug B specification of Group ID, Edge ID, and Device ID.

Tip
Refer to the Ignition Tag Browser and Creating Tags documentation for assistance in configuring Ignition tags

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Make sure that the Ignition Designer has read/write communications turned on by selecting the Project/Comm Read/Write button highlighted in the image below. 

Tip
Review the Inductive Automation Designer documentation for additional assistance on setting the project communication mode

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