The following configuration options of the common machine configuration model apply to Ford’s MQTT API.

Aggregator version 2.2+

Configuration	Data	Description	Required
`type`	`FORD`	The interface type.	✓
`url`	`mqtt://54.180.126.222:1883`	MQTT broker url.	✓
`custom_name`	`"my_machine"`	The custom machine name to be displayed in the Agile MES. Will be read from the machine if unset. Only applicable if the topic filter refers to exactly one machine.	✗
`unique_name`	`EE11A/+/+/4.000/AMCDevBox/+/+/+/+/+/+/+/+`	The MQTT topic filter for CDM. At the time of writing its structure is: `Plant/MessageType/SubType/SchemaVersion/DataSource/Area/Department/Line/Cell/Machine/Station/Workstation/EquipmentID`. If multiple printer are covered by the filter then all of them will be monitored.	✓
`authentication_file_path`	`./secret.json` or `JSON object`	MQTT broker authentication details: username+password. For files, the path can be absolute or relative to the Aggregator.	✓
`mes_id`	`[1]`	The MES instance(s) of your organization.	✓
`use_ssl`	`true` or `false`	Whether to use SSL when connecting to the MQTT broker. (Default: true)	✗
`server_certificate`	`./certificate.crt`	The MQTT broker’s certificate in PEM format to enable peer-verification.	✗

Ford MQTT example:

{
  "type": "FORD",
  "url": "mqtt://54.180.126.222:1883",
  "custom_name": "my_machine",
  "unique_name": "EE11A/+/+/4.000/AMCDevBox/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/900mc_Plus_1111",
  "authentication_file_path": {
    "username": "username",
    "password": "password"
  },
  "mes_id": [
    1
  ]
}

Ford MQTT Configuration

Aggregator version 2.2+

Ford MQTT example: