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The Diagram below will step you through the process of installing and setting up an end to end solution to gather industrial Internet of things data and send to the cloud while also provide a superior OT solution using Inductive Automation - Ignition platform.  The minimum requirements for this end to end solutions are:

  1. Ignition Gateway platform
  2. MQTT Server - either MQTT Distributor running as a module on the Ignition Gateway or standalone Chariot Server
  3. Host Client - MQTT Engine running as a module on the Ignition Gateway
  4. Edge hardware - select appropriate edge hardware platform
  5. Edge Client - Ignition Edge
  6. Protocols - gather OT data from existing field equipment RTU's / PLC's using native protocols
  7. Cloud Injectors -  to transmit OT data to the cloud for big data analytics



Step 1. Installing Ignition Gateway

The unlimited platform for SCADA and so much more.

Ignition Gateway is the SCADA host platform, which performs all the traditional SCADA functions as well as allowing other MQTT Modules such as the MQTT Server and cloud Injector modules to be loaded.

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Step 2. Installing MQTT Server

Every MQTT solutions needs at least one MQTT Server for the MQTT Clients to connect to.  There can be Edge Clients typically data producers and Host Clients typically data consumers, however they are both Clients connecting to the MQTT Server.  There are three options here depending on the size of the system:

  • MQTT Distributor - supports up to 50 clients connections and installs as a module on the Ignition Gateway.
  • MQTT Distributor Plus - supports up to 250 clients connections and installs as a module on the Ignition Gateway.
  • Chariot - supports unlimited clients connections and installs as a module on the Ignition Gateway.

Click here to download the MQTT Distributor module - note scroll almost to the bottom of the page for the Cirrus Link Modules.

Step 3. Installing MQTT Engine

MQTT Engine is a host client that allows Ignition to connect to MQTT Servers and receive MQTT Messages.  MQTT Engine support Sparkplug B which enables the auto discovery of devices and tags with the rich tag meta data.

Click here to download the MQTT Engine module - note scroll almost to the bottom of the page for the Cirrus Link Modules.

Click here for further details on MQTT Engine, including how to's and installation video's.






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