Connect to Ignition

Ignition setting

1. Download the Ignition installation package from the Ignition website and install it according to the official documentation.

2. Download the Designer Launcher installation package from the Ignition website and install it according to the official documentation.

3. Download the third-party module MQTT-Engine-signed.modl from the Ignition official website. login to the Ignition web administration page, go to the Config -> Modules page, click Install or Upgrade a Module... and install MQTT-Engine-signed.

4. Start an EMQX broker instance locally with the start command: ./bin/emqx start.

5. Open Config -> MQTT ENGINE/Setting -> Servers -> Setting, click Create new MQTT Server Setting... Create a connection with Name as EMQX, URL set to tcp://localhost:1883, click Save Changes to save the settings.

Neuron setting

1. Add a Sparkplug B application to the Neuron Northbound Application Manager.

2. Fill in the Client ID, Group ID, Node ID, Server Address and Server Port in Application Configuration, click Submit and start the connection.

3. Add the Southbound devices and Groups to the group list that you want to subscribe to.

Ignition Designer setting

1. Open the Desiger Launcher desktop icon and click Add Designer to add the installed Ignition server URL.

2. After connecting to the Ignition server, open samplequickstart.

3. Find Tag Browser in the software interface and select MQTT Engine, expand Edge Nodes\Factory1\Neuron1\opcua-kepserver\test to see the instantly uploaded measurement point data.