Points that are Used on the MQTT Sparkplug™ B Driver

With the MQTT Sparkplug B driver, you create and configure one MQTT Sparkplug B Point per Sparkplug B metric that Geo SCADA Expert is to receive from an EoN node or Sparkplug B device. (A metric is a value (such as data, a process variable, diagnostics, or other value) that is accessible from an EoN node or Sparkplug B device.) You have to configure points of the appropriate type to represent the type of data that you want the driver to retrieve and process.

The driver supports these types of point:

You configure each point using the appropriate MQTT Sparkplug B Point Form.

Instead of manually creating each MQTT Sparkplug B Point individually, you can use the Create Points from Birth Metrics pick action to create the required suite of points on the EoN Node or Sparkplug B Device with which the points are to be associated. This means of point creation automatically associates the points with the EoN Node or Sparkplug B Device from which the pick action was triggered. You can optionally use the feature with a Property Translation Table to specify any configuration properties that Geo SCADA Expert is to set to particular values when it creates the points. For more information, including essential checks to perform before using the pick action, see Create Points from Birth Metrics, and see Configure an MQTT Sparkplug™ B Property Translation Table.

The configuration Form contains many fields, organized into tabs. Most of these tabs contain properties that are common to points on many drivers (see Tabs on Point Forms in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Advanced Drivers).

Properties on the <Point Type> tab comprise:

Properties that are common to points on the MQTT Sparkplug B driver (see Configure the Common Point Properties)
Properties that are point-specific (see the appropriate reference above).

If the point is an output point, you have to:

Enable and configure the required properties on the Control tab.

Before performing any controls, ensure that you familiarize yourself with the additional checks that you should perform when executing controls on the MQTT Sparkplug B driver (see Actions that are Specific to MQTT Sparkplug™ B Points).

Further Information

Create a Point and Display a Point Form: see Create and Configure a Point in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Point Configuration.