To communicate with a device using MQTT, you must add the device to Security Center.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool home page,
open the Plugins task.
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Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser and click the
Devices tab.
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Click Add device (
) and enter the following information:
- Name
- The name that you want to apply to the device.
- Type
- The device template that you want to apply to the device. These
templates are created on the Device types page
of the plugin, and are used to apply custom states and data points
to a device.
- Protocol
- The protocol used by the device you are adding.
- MQTT broker
- The MQTT broker created on the Protocols page
of the plugin role.

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Click Add and then click
Apply.
Results
The device is displayed in the entity browser, nested under the Industrial IoT
plugin role.
After you finish
If you selected
None as a device type, configure the
following on the device: