{"id":13298,"date":"2025-04-21T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lean"},"modified":"2025-04-21T18:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:08:15","password":"","slug":"agents","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.4iplatform.com\/?docs=agents","title":{"rendered":"Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main problems that 4i Platform solves is the heterogeneity of the data sources, such as PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) with different technologies, instruments, field sensors, and other ad-hoc systems.\u00a0 To deal with this diversity, the platform offers a variety of hardware and software modules, called <em>agents<\/em>, that are managed and configured in a centralized way through the system website.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1822\" src=\"https:\/\/store.4iplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Agents-Hardware-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1823\" src=\"https:\/\/store.4iplatform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Agents-Software-300x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Store and Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The agents employ a store-and-forward mechanism to send data from its source to the server. 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