OmniServer is a universal data acquisition software application designed to bi-directionally retrieve information from a wide range of Ethernet, serial, or USB devices that use 'non-standard' protocols to communicate, such as weigh scales, barcode readers, lab instruments, inspection machines, printers, & more. This data is then typically delivered by OmniServer to HMI, SCADA, MES, & Historian systems using standard protocols like OPC DA, OPC UA, & AVEVA Suitelink.
As we announced in a previous blog post, with release of OmniServer Version 3.4.0.1, the Professional Edition License now includes MQTT client capability, which enables publishing data to MQTT Brokers such as the Cogent DataHub Smart Broker, HiveMQ, Mosquitto, and others. We previously promised to provide a demonstration on how to configure the OmniServer MQTT Client Plug-In to publish data to your MQTT Broker and we are here to deliver!
In this video, I will walk though the configuration settings required for a connection to a MQTT Broker using the OmniServer MQTT Client Plug-in. To follow along with this video, you will need a device connected and communicating with OmniServer and a broker to publish to.
We hope this video has provided you with a basic understanding of how to publish to your MQTT Broker from OmniServer. Check out our OmniServer Learning Resources for more information and tutorial videos to help you get started collecting and delivering data to all of your client needs.
For this demonstration, we published data to the Cogent DataHub, acting as the MQTT Broker. Cogent DataHub is a modular, configurable software application built from the ground up to be real-time middleware for industrial automation. The multiple ways to consume, organize, and deliver data securely to your cloud applications for AI and Machine Learning empowers an endless array of solutions without writing custom software applications. If you would like more information on the DataHub and how it can integrate your diverse data sources quickly and efficiently within your industrial automation ecosystem, you can find detailed information and resources on our site, Cogent DataHub® Premise & Cloud Integration of OPC, Databases, MQTT, Historians, Modbus, Excel & More.
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