The Node item in the Tree View is used to group all the configuration items in an application. It is also used to connect the Edge device to the Universal App Manager. It is configured by right clicking and selecting Properties.
General
Name
This name should be a unique identifier for this Edge device as it will be used in the Tree View of the Edge Manager and Universal App Manager.
Compress MQTT Payload
This determines if configuration data sent over MQTT is compressed or sent in plain text. It is advised that you keep this enabled unless troubleshooting.
MQTT
This is where we set up the Broker connection used for the Universal App Manager. These settings will not be used to publish data from Edge ACM, only to remotely configure the system.
Connection Retries
The number of attempts to reconnect to the current broker. If -1 it will attempt to reconnect to the first broker on the list indefinitely.
Connection Retry Interval (ms)
The ammount of time to wait between retries of your broker connection.
Brokers
The brokers that have been added to your system. Using the + button will add a broker to the list.
Enable Broker
Determines of the Node will attempt to communicate with the broker.
Note: if the Connection Retries are set to -1 the node will only ever attempt to communicate with the first enabled broker.
Broker IP
The IP address of the MQTT Broker
Broker Port
The port of the MQTT Broker, default 1883
Keep Alive
The maximum time between messages to the MQTT broker. If the broker does not hear from the node in that time, a node death will be published.
Delete
The trash can icon will delete the broker entry.
Info
Information on the device you are currently connected to.