VIP Known Identities

It is critical for systems to have known locations for receiving resources and services from in a networked environment. The following table details the vip identities that are reserved for volttron specific usage.

VIP Identity	Sphere of Influence	Notes
platform	Platform
platform.agent	Platform	The PlatformAgent is responsible for this identity. It is used to allow the VolttronCentralAgent to control and individual platform.
volttron.central	Multi-Network	The default identity for a VolttronCentralAgent. The PlatformAgent by default will use this as it's manager, but can be overridden in the configuration file of individual agents.
platform.historian	platform	An individual platform may have many historians available to it, however the only one that will be available through Volttron Central by default will be called this. Note that this does not require a specific type of historian, just that it's VIP Identity.
control	platform	Control is used to control the individual platform. From the command line when issuing any volttron-ctl operations or when using Volttron Central.
pubsub	platform	Pub/Sub subsystem router
platform.actuator	actuator	Agent which coordinates sending control commands to devices.