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Get started with the MIMIC Sparkplug Simulator

MIMIC Sparkplug Simulator is a flavor of the optional MIMIC MQTT Simulator module to simulate Sparkplug B devices. It can be installed after the main installation as below.

    Enable MQTT in MIMIC

  1. At this point you should have MIMIC installed, and the MIMICview GUI running (see details) . If you don't have MIMICview running, please consult your license e-mail to get it installed and running.

  2. Check whether you already have MQTT enabled in MIMIC as shown in the Help -> About Mimic... dialog in MIMICview. It should be listed under Loaded protocols. If already there, then skip to step 7.

  3. Run Protocol Wizard using the Wizards -> Protocol Wizard menu in MIMICView (see details)

  4. Select MQTT Simulator in the Select Protocols dialog if not already selected. Press Next.

  5. Supply corresponding license keys from the license email in the Supply License Keys dialog. Then press Next.

  6. The Result Installing/Uninstalling Protocols dialog shows what got done. Press Finish to proceed. When the simulator restarts, you should have MQTT enabled.

    Download optional sample Sparkplug packages

  7. At this point, you should have MQTT enabled in MIMIC as shown in the Help -> About Mimic... dialog in MIMICview. It should be listed under Loaded protocols. If not, send us the MIMIC log. (see details)

  8. Invoke the MIMICview Wizard -> Update menu to download and install MQTT Sparkplug which is listed under MQTT Library. (see details)

    Firewall permission for www.gambitcomm.com , port 80 is needed to run the Update Wizard over the web.

    Please visit this link for alternative MIMIC update instructions in case you don't have Internet to use the Update Wizard over the web connection on the MIMIC system:

    http://www.mirror1.gambitcommunications.com/update/mibs/mimic-update-xxxx/

    where xxxx is current MIMIC version e.g. for 20.10 it is 2010

    Configure a EON node

  9. After the installation is complete, follow the directions of the MQTT Sparkplug package documentation to configure a Sparkplug EON node with one or more sensors behind it.

  10. After you start the EON node with Agent -> Start then it starts publishing Sparkplug telemetry to your chosen broker.

  11. Please invoke Help -> Contents menu and refer to section Optional Protocol Modules -> MIMIC MQTT Module Guide for full details, or access it here.