MQTT Collector config.

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Example configuration

Example configuration for broker mode using password authentication, certificate-based TLS and IP sourcefiltering. The sample points array shows all possible sample types.
Note:
To have the collected data delivered somewhere, a data-server configuration must be added too.
{
    "ConfigName": "mqtt_broker_password_tlscert_ipfilter",
    "ConfigDescription": "DCM MQTT collector as broker with passwordfile authorisation, certificate-based TLS and IP sourcefilter",
    "Collectors":
    [
        {
            "CollectorName": "DCM_MQTT",
            "CollectorDescription": "mqtt_broker_pass_tlscert_ipfilter",
            "Protocol": "MQTT",
            "ConnectRetryMin": 10,
            "ConnectRetryMax": 100,
            "MQTTAccess":
            {
                "MQTTCollectorMode": "broker",
                "MQTTBrokerConfig":
                {
                    "BrokerIPAddr": "10.10.10.10",
                    "BrokerPortno": 8883,
                    "BrokerSourceFilteringFile": "ip-sourcefilter.txt",
                    "BrokerSourceFilteringMode": "IP-WHITELIST",
                    "BrokerAuthenticationMode": "PASSWORDFILE",
                    "BrokerPasswordFile": "passwordfile.pw",
                    "BrokerTLSMode": "TLS-CERT",
                    "BrokerSSLSecure": false,
                    "BrokerCACertificate": "rootca.crt",
                    "BrokerCertificate": "broker.crt",
                    "BrokerPrivateKey": "broker.key"
                }
            },
            "SamplePoints":
            [
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_random",
                    "SampleDataType": "string",
                    "SamplesSaved": 36,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/string/random",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_int8",
                    "SampleDataType": "sbyte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/int8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_uint8",
                    "SampleDataType": "byte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/uint8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_int16",
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/int16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_uint16",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/uint16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_int32",
                    "SampleDataType": "int32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/int32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_uint32",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/uint32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_int64",
                    "SampleDataType": "int64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/int64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_uint64",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/uint64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_float",
                    "SampleDataType": "float",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/float",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_little_double",
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/little/double",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "little"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_int8",
                    "SampleDataType": "sbyte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/int8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_uint8",
                    "SampleDataType": "byte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/uint8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_int16",
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/int16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_uint16",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/uint16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_int32",
                    "SampleDataType": "int32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/int32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_uint32",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/uint32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_int64",
                    "SampleDataType": "int64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/int64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_uint64",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/uint64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_float",
                    "SampleDataType": "float",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/float",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "binary_big_double",
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/bin/big/double",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "PayloadEndianness": "big"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_int8",
                    "SampleDataType": "sbyte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/int8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_uint8",
                    "SampleDataType": "byte",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/uint8",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_int16",
                    "SampleDataType": "int16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/int16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_uint16",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint16",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/uint16",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_int32",
                    "SampleDataType": "int32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/int32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_uint32",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint32",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/uint32",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_int64",
                    "SampleDataType": "int64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/int64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_uint64",
                    "SampleDataType": "uint64",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/uint64",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_float",
                    "SampleDataType": "float",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/float",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                },
                {
                    "SampleName": "string_double",
                    "SampleDataType": "double",
                    "SamplesSaved": 200,
                    "MQTTTopic":
                    {
                        "TopicString": "dcm/number/str/double",
                        "TopicSubscribeQos": "qos0",
                        "NumberAsString": true
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
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