MQTT Sparkplug

Sparkplug B is an industrial IoT data transfer specification built on MQTT 3.1.1. Sparkplug B provides a unified way for device manufacturers and software providers to share data by making MQTT networks state-aware and interoperable while ensuring flexibility and efficiency.

Data collected by Neuron from devices can be transferred from the edge to the Sparkplug B application via the Sparkplug B protocol, and users can send data modification commands to Neuron from the application. sparkplug B is an application-based protocol running on top of MQTT, so the setup in Neuron is similar to the MQTT driver.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Client ID	MQTT client ID, a unique identifier for the connection
Group ID	The top-level logical grouping in the Sparkplug B protocol, which can represent entities such as factories or workshops
Node ID	Unique Identification of Edge Nodes in Sparkplug B Protocol
SSL	Whether to enable mqtt ssl, default false
Broker Host	MQTT Broker Host
Broker Port	MQTT Broker Port
Username	Username to use when connecting to Broker
Password	Password to use when connecting to Broker
CA	Ca file, enabled only if the ssl value is true
Client Cert	Cert file, enabled only if the ssl value is true
Client Key	Key file, enabled only if the ssl value is true
Keypass	Key file password, only enabled if ssl value is true

TIP

Only the Group ID and Node ID are from the Sparkplug B specification, the rest are connection parameters of the MQTT Broker, see MQTT Overview.