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tags:
- connect iot
description: "This documentation details configuration parameters and data types for factory automation driver connectivity"
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# Connect IoT - Factory Automation Driver

## Data Types

These are the supported specific data types:

| Name    | Description      |
| ------- | ---------------- |
| String  | String Value     |
| Boolean | Boolean Value    |
| Integer | Integer value    |
| Decimal | Decimal value    |
| Object  | Structured value |
Table: Factory Automation specific data types

## Protocol Parameters

The protocol supports the following parameters:

| Name           | Type   | Possible Values                                              | Default Value | Description              |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | ------------------------ | -------------- |
| bootstrapServers | String |  | kafka1:9092,kafka2:9092,kafka3:9092 | This is a comma-separated list of host and port pairs that are the addresses of the Kafka brokers in a "bootstrap" Kafka cluster that a Kafka client connects to initially to bootstrap itself |
| kafkaAuthenticationMethod            | Enum     | None, SASL_Plain, SASL_SSL Plain, SASL_SSL SCRAM512, mTLS       | None                      | Security protocol used                                       |
| kafkaUserName                        | String   |                 |                                     | User name to use for authentication in Kafka for SASL authentication |
| kafkaPassword                        | Password |                 |                                     | Password to use for authentication in Kafka for SASL authentication |
| kafkaCaPem                           | Text     | |  | SSL CA Certificate Pem |
| kafkaCertificatePem                  | Text | |                                     | SSL Pem Certificate                                          |
| kafkaKeyPem                          | Text |                 |                                     | SSL Private Key                                              |
| kafkaValidateCertificates            | Boolean |                 | True | Validates the certificates
| rabbitMQAddress                      | String  |                 | amqp://rabbitmq:5672 | RabbitMQ address                                             |
| rabbitMQUserName                     | String  |                 |                                     | User name to use for authentication in RabbitMQ              |
| rabbitMQPassword                     | Password |                 |                                     | Password to use for authentication in RabbitMQ               |
| rabbitMQCertificatePem               | Text |                 |                                     | SSL Pem Certificate                                          |
| rabbitMQKeyPem                       | Text |                 |                                     | SSL Private Key                                              |
| rabbitMQCaPem                        | Text |                 |                                     | SSL CA Certificate Pem                                       |
| rabbitMQValidateCertificates         | Boolean |                 | True | Validates the certificates
| maxConcurrentJobs                    | Integer |                 | 10 | Maximum number of jobs that can be running at the same time  |
| controllerCommunicationTimeout       | Integer |                 | 5000 | Maximum amount of time to allow the controller to reply to requests from the driver (ms) |
| retryAttempts                        | Integer |                 | 30 | Maximum number of retries to perform any job related communication |
| sleepBetweenAttempts                 | Integer |                 | 1000 | Time to wait between retries to perform any job related communication |
| systemPollingInterval                | Integer |                 | 300000 | Time between calls to the system for updates on child jobs   |
| queueName                            | String |                 | ${SystemName}_IoT_Job | The name of the queue to use. The only available token to be used is SystemName (This token is replaced by the System Name, example: MES_IoT_Job)   |

Table: Factory Automation specific parameters