Configuring metadata topics and users (Databus) - Manual - Ethernet IP Connector - Industrial Edge - Industrial Edge App

The apps Databus and Databus Gateway are only required if data have to be available in the IED via MQTT.

Description

Ethernet IP Connector sends the transferred data to Databus on the IED. The data can then be further processed.

You must create a user and one or more topics that contain the Ethernet IP data in the Databus configuration. The following topics are required:

• ie/m/j/simatic/v1/eipl/dp for Ethernet IP metadata
• ie/d/j/simatic/v1/eipl/dp/# for Ethernet IP data

Requirement

• Login to the Industrial Edge Management (IEM).

Procedure

To configure Databus, follow these steps:

1. Open the Data Connections tab.
2. Click on the Databus tile.
3. Select the appropriate IED.
4. To create your own user, click (+) next to Users.
5. Define the username and password for the user.
6. To create the topic, click (+) next to Topics.
7. Enter ie/# as the topic name.
8. Define the Publish and Subscribe permission under Permission.The configuration looks like this:
   

9. To deploy the configuration, click Deploy.

   NOTE

   More information on the configuration of the Databus can be found here: Databus

Result

You are configured the Databus and deployed the configuration.