Agency AI Framework

The agency system connects your live ARDI data to both weak (ie. rules-based) and strong (ie. machine-learning) AI.

You can use it as a tool to create alerts from your ARDI data - anything from a simple comparison, to a cloud-based machine learning analytic.

Agency alerts are available on the agency page and Web API Endpoint. Using the Modular Output System, alerts can also be made available through a variety of other sources, such as OPC-UA, Prometheus or MQTT.

Because of it's adaptability, setting up a simple Agency alert might be more complicated than you'd expect - but the ability for your alert system to adapt to changes is usually worth the added complexity.

NOTE: As with most things, Optrix suggest that alerts are generated as close to the origin of your data as possible. This means that the ideal location for most of your alerts should be your PLCs or SCADA system, if available.

Agency is provided for situations where the alert is too complex, too costly, or where ARDI is the only location where consolidated data is available.

While the original agent format for defining your individual agents and alerts still works (and is described below), Agency has recently been updated with a Simple Alert Configuration file format for simple alerts.

For the more advanced and flexible agent file format, look into the The Anatomy of an Agent.