MQTT Plug-In for OPC Router - License type: Subscription license
MQTT Plug-In for OPC Router - License type: Subscription license
Variants2
| License type | Availability | Code | Price excl. VAT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription license | In stock | OPCR-MQTT00-SUB-PROD | 450 EUR | |
| Perpetual license | In stock | OPCR-MQTT00-PRP-PROD | 779 EUR |
OPC Router is a software program that allows you to connect data from various industrial devices and IT/OT systems to each other. All this quickly, automatically and without programming knowledge. In addition, you can see all data flows in a clear visualization.
Collect data, connect systems, perform calculations, compare values and enter results into databases. You can do all this with OPC Router for PLC systems, OPC servers, printers, RFID readers, emails, Excel spreadsheets, databases, cloud systems, MQTT brokers, ERP systems SAP R3, SAP HANA, etc. For installation on a single computer you need a basic module and one or more plug-in modules.
MQTT - OPC Router plug-In
The MQTT protocol is a widely used protocol in the IoT (Internet of Things). MQTT works according to the publisher/subscriber principle and operates via a central broker. This means that senders and recipients have no direct connection. Data sources report their data via a publish and all recipients interested in certain messages (identified by “topics”) receive them because they registered as subscribers.
Thanks to OPC Router's integrated JSON functionalities, data content of MQTT messages can be ideally processed or generated from other data and sent.
With the OPC Router as MQTT subscriber, you can use data from a particular MQTT Publisher and pass it on to any system via other OPC Router plug-ins (OPC UA, SAP, SQL Databases, Email, REST, etc.). As MQTT publisher, the OPC Router can send data from non-MQTT-enabled sources to the broker to provide any MQTT subscriber with this data.
Most IoT and cloud platforms use the MQTT protocol as their primary interface. The OPC Router with its MQTT plug-in enables you to connect IoT things to the cloud, with data transfer between them and the cloud possible in both directions. Using other OPC Router plug-ins, cloud platforms can also be connected to such systems as control systems, SQL servers, SAP systems, printers and other systems and devices.
Publishing OPC UA server data in JSON string format with the MQTT broker
With the time trigger (1) set to 10 seconds, every 10 seconds data is read out from the OPC UA server (2), converted into a custom JSON string (3) and sent to the MQTT Broker (4) under the topic PL1_Conv.
Video tutorial for the MQTT Plug-in
System requirements
Computer performance
OPC Router is a server application and needs to run on suitably equipped hardware. We recommend using at least the following components:
- Multi-core processor,
- at least 4 GB RAM,
- hard disk space (with RAID 5 technology).
Operating system
We recommend using Microsoft Windows Server operating systems (see below). Client operating systems (64-bit) can also be used for testing purposes.
- Windows Server 2008 x64
- Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
- Windows Server 2012 x64
- Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
- Windows Server 2016 x64
- Windows Server 2019 x64
- Windows 7 x64
- Windows 8 x64
- Windows 8.1 x64
- Windows 10 x64
- Windows 10 IoT x64
Available OPC servers
OPC servers in OPC Router are used to connect control systems and other devices over OPC UA, OPC DA 4.0, or OPC XML.
To connect an OPC server, you must purchase a Module OPC license.
Available database servers
Database servers must be installed separately and are not part of the OPC Router installation. The OPC Router supports the following database systems:
- MS SQL
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MS Access
- XMLdatabases accessible by ODBC
Plug-ins for connecting database systems are not part of the Basic license, but you need to purchase the appropriate plug-in separately.
SAP-Plug in
The SAP Plug-in supports SAP systems version 4.0b and higher. For functionality, you need to have the so-called
SAP Log-on pad installed on the server where the OPC Router is running.
The SAP Plug-in is licensed and is not part of the Basic license.
New features in the OPC Router 5.1 data hub
The new version of OPC Router 5 brings some big changes. The biggest change is the user interface, which brings the user more comfort when working with the program and the ability to work in Linux, macOS, etc. There are also new options for creating user accounts, improvements in application performance optimization and many other improvements.
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