Azure IoT Hub connection

You can configure an Azure IoT Hub connection to allow you to manage and communicate with the message queue.

You can configure an Azure IoT Hub connection to allow you to manage and communicate with the message queue. You can create multiple connections. You can also use the Internet of Things (IoT) functions to perform the same tasks.

Configuring an Azure IoT Hub connection

1. In the Project Explorer, open the Internet of Things folder and then right-click the Azure IoT Hub Connections folder and select Insert from the shortcut menu.

   The Database Connection dialog is displayed.

   

2. In the Connection name field, enter the name that you want to use to reference the connection. You can create multiple connections, each with a unique name.

3. In the Studio Gateway group, fill in the Host IP Address and Port used.

4. In the IoT Hub connection group Connection string field, enter the value from the IoT Hub Portal. This is a semicolon-separated list of values including HostName, DeviceId, and SharedAccessKey.

5. In the IoT Hub connection group Transport type field, choose the value from the IoT Hub Portal. The options are AMPQ, AMPQ (TCP only), AMQP (WebSocket only), MQTT, MQTT (TCP only), MQTT (WebSocket only), and HTTP.

6. If you are manually configuring a web proxy, follow these steps:

   1. Enable the Manual configuration option

   2. Fill in the now active Address and Port fields.

   3. If the web proxy requires authentication, enable the Use credentials option. Then fill in the now active User name and Password fields.

7. Use the Test connection button to test the connection.