Common Settings for all Protocols

There are some settings which are available for any connection type.

General

On this tab, some general settings about the connection are made:

• ID: Enter a unique ID for this connection. It should only contain lower case letters, numbers and or the - sign.
• Description: An optional description.
• Location: Entering a value (or choose one from the list) will let you group the connections by location in the application main window (small tabs below the connection list).
• Group: Similar to location; enter a value here to establish logical connection groups, which can be viewed by toggling the tabs below the connection list in the main windows.
• Enable extended debug logging: If enabled, some connection types will output extended debug information to the log.
• Enable status parameters: If enabled, an additional write-only boolean parameter _status/connected will appear that indicates whether the connection to the target device has been established successfully.

MQTT Bridge

Check Enable MQTT Bridge in order to connect to the MQTT broker defined in the global configuration. Each connection object will establish a separate MQTT client connection to the broker.

• Client ID: In MQTT, each client has a unique “client ID” that is used to identify the client, and possibly catch up with messages missed during an outage. The Client ID defaults to the connection ID set on the General Tab, but you can enter a different value here if you like.
• Topic Prefix: If set, all topics will be prefix with this string, in addition to the global topic prefix set in the application settings: <global topic prefix>/<topic prefix>/<connection ID>/val/...