Connecting the Common Configurator to Databus - Manual - SIMATIC S7 Connector - Industrial Edge - Industrial Edge App

You must insert the credentials for the Databus in the Common Configurator. The Common Configurator passes them to the S7 Connector.

The connector needs the credentials to connect to the Databus to be able to send and receive the data from it.

For connecting Common Configurator to Databus, follow the below steps:

1. Open Industrial Edge Device and go to Apps page.
   The Apps page opens displaying all the available applications.
2. Click the Common Configurator application.
   The Common Configurator page opens displaying available connectors.
3. Navigate to Settings > Databus credentials.
   The page opens displaying Databus Credentials details, and by default you are navigated to the Data Publisher settings tab.
   
4. Enter the databus name in the Databus Service Name text field. You can define the Databus service name.
5. Enter the username in the Username text field.
6. Enter the password in the Password text field.
   When you create a user in Databus, you define a username and password for the user. You must specify this username and password combination in the User name and Password text fields. Using these credentials, you can connect Common Configurator to Databus.
7. Click Save.
8. Click Data Subscriber settings.
   Data Subscriber settings page opens.

9. Enter the same username and password and click Save.
   Common Configurator is now connected to Databus.

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   You must click Deploy button to save the changes on the Industrial Edge Runtime of the S7 Connector.