Unified Namespace Mqtt, Opc Ua & Sparkplug B Masterclass

Build a complete Unified Namespace from scratch using Ignition Edge, HiveMQ, Sparkplug B, InfluxDB and Grafana - entirely free tools, on your own laptop.
Configure Ignition Edge as an OPC UA client and MQTT publisher - sending live Sparkplug B messages to a HiveMQ broker with birth certificates and death notice
Write custom Python subscribers that decode Sparkplug B protobuf payloads and write time-series data to InfluxDB for queryable plant historian functionality.
Build live Grafana dashboards connected to InfluxDB - visualising real plant tags like Temperature, Pressure and FlowRate updating in real time from the edge
Understand and implement ISA-95 topic hierarchy - mapping OT tag folders to Sparkplug B metric names for site, area, line and equipment
Test edge layer resilience - triggering NDEATH and NBIRTH cycles by stopping and restarting brokers, gateways and network connections to understand failure
Subscribe to Sparkplug B topics using Node-RED - drag, drop, wire, deploy - and understand when to use low-code versus custom Python subscribers
Bridge a local HiveMQ broker to IoT Hub using a Python cloud bridge - forwarding selected metrics to the cloud without changing the edge layer architecture
Requirements
Basic familiarity with industrial automation concepts - PLC, SCADA, sensors, or OT networking. You do not need to be an expert. Curiosity about IIoT is enough.
A Windows laptop with at least 8GB RAM and 10GB free disk space. All software used is free - no paid tools, no cloud subscriptions, no hardware required.
Basic Python familiarity is helpful but not required. Every script is provided in full and explained line by line. You will understand every line before running it.
No prior knowledge of MQTT, OPC UA, Sparkplug B or Unified Namespace is needed. These are taught from first principles with working demos in every lecture.
Description
Most engineers know the buzzwords - MQTT, OPC UA, Sparkplug B, Unified Namespace. Very few have actually built one from scratch. This course closes that gap.In this hands-on masterclass, you will build a complete industrial data pipeline on your own laptop using entirely free tools. No vendor lock-in. No cloud subscription required. No hardware needed. Just your machine, a working internet connection, and the same open-source stack that real plants are deploying right now.WHAT YOU WILL BUILD:A complete end-to-end Unified Namespace - from OPC UA source through Sparkplug B encoding, MQTT brokering, Python subscribers, time-series storage, and live Grafana dashboards. Every layer. Every connection. Every failure mode tested.THE STACK YOU WILL MASTER:- Ignition Edge - as OPC UA client and Sparkplug B publisher- HiveMQ Community Edition - as your MQTT broker- Eclipse Tahu - the Sparkplug B reference library- Python with paho-mqtt - custom publishers and subscribers- Node-RED - low-code MQTT subscriber in five minutes- InfluxDB v2 - time-series historian for plant data- Grafana - live plant dashboards from real data- Azure IoT Hub - cloud bridge for multi-site analyticsWho this course is for:OT engineers being asked to build digital infrastructure they have never seen before. Controls and automation engineers stepping into IIoT. IT engineers entering the manufacturing space. Anyone who has attended a UNS webinar and wants to actually build one, not just understand it conceptually.WHY THIS COURSE IS DIFFERENT:Every other course stops at theory or covers one piece of the stack. This course builds the complete vertical slice - OPC UA server to Grafana dashboard - in a single coherent narrative. You will see every component connect to the next. You will see failures and understand why they happen. You will leave with a working demo you can show in a job interview or a client meeting.The instructor brings 20 years of plant-floor OT engineering experience - hands-on PLC, DCS, SCADA, and instrumentation - combined with enterprise IIoT advisory work across metals, chemicals, pharma, and semiconductor verticals. This is not academic content. Every pattern in this course came from a real plant problem.PREREQUISITES:Basic understanding of industrial automation concepts. Familiarity with Python is helpful but not required - all scripts are provided and explained line by line.By the end of this course you will have built something real. Not a toy project. A complete industrial data backbone - the same architecture that powers Industry 4.0 at scale.
OT and automation engineers - PLC, DCS, SCADA, instrumentation - being asked to build IIoT or Industry 4.0 infrastructure and not sure where to start.,IT engineers and software developers entering the manufacturing or industrial space who need to understand OT protocols, edge architecture and plant data pipelines.,Controls engineers, systems integrators and IIoT architects who want a complete hands-on reference implementation of a Unified Namespace they can demo.,Engineering managers and digital transformation leads who want to understand the full technical stack - from OPC UA source to Grafana dashboard - without the fluff.
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