AI Agent — Unified Namespace

Talk to your Unified Namespace

chatUNS.ai connects to your Unified Namespace, whether you’re running MQTT Sparkplug B, custom MQTT topics, or another UNS structure, and lets you ask questions, explore data, and generate visualizations in plain language. No SQL, no dashboards, no waiting.

chatUNS.ai — product preview

This is what chatUNS.ai looks like in action. Connect your Unified Namespace, whether you’re using MQTT Sparkplug B, custom MQTT topics, or another UNS structure, ask questions in plain language, and get calculated answers, AI-suggested follow-ups, and generative visualizations in seconds. Sign up at chatuns.ai to connect your own UNS and start exploring your data.

chatuns.ai — Plant A / Line 3

What is the average cycle time on Line 3 today vs. yesterday?

Today's average cycle time is 42.3 seconds — 8.4% faster than yesterday's 46.2s. Improvement started at 07:20, after shift changeover. Want me to chart the trend or compare to last week?

Show me energy consumption across all lines for the past 30 days.

Generating 30-day energy dashboard across Lines 1–5... Line 4 is the outlier — 23% more kWh/unit than plant average. Anomaly flagged on Day 18. Recommend investigating Station 4B.

Ask anything about your operations...

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Why chatUNS.ai

Your UNS has the answers. Getting them shouldn’t be hard.

Your Unified Namespace holds real-time operational data from every asset on your plant floor. But extracting insight today means SQL queries, custom dashboards, or waiting on your data team. chatUNS.ai changes that. Ask in plain language, get answers in seconds.

Connect to any Unified Namespace

chatUNS.ai connects to your Unified Namespace whether you’re using MQTT Sparkplug B, custom MQTT topics, HiveMQ, EMQX, Mosquitto, N3uron, or another UNS structure. Provide your connection details and chatUNS.ai immediately maps your data structure, equipment hierarchy, and operational context.

No agent installation. No software on your UNS host. Protocol-agnostic and universally compatible from day one.

Connected — Plant/Site_A/Line3

Brokermqtt.plant-a.local:1883

ProtocolMQTT Sparkplug B

Topics discovered847

Equipment mapped64 assets

StatusLive

Ask questions, get calculated answers

Ask anything in plain language and get instant, calculated answers drawn directly from your real-time UNS data.

chatUNS.ai understands the context of your questions, performs the calculations, and delivers accurate, actionable answers in seconds. No dashboards, no reports, no waiting.

“What is the average cycle time on Line 3 today?”
“Which machine had the most downtime this week?”
“Show me energy consumption trends for the past 30 days.”

Line performance — today

Line 1 — cycle time44.1s ↓

Line 2 — cycle time43.8s ↓

Line 3 — cycle time42.3s ↓ 8.4%

Line 4 — cycle time51.2s ↑

Line 5 — cycle time58.7s ↑ 12%

AI-suggested questions

Not sure what to ask? chatUNS.ai generates intelligent question suggestions tailored to your specific enterprise, site, and equipment. The AI understands your manufacturing type, production processes, and equipment models.

Discover the insights you didn’t know to look for, surfaced automatically and contextualized to your operation.

Suggested for you — Line 3

→Which shift had the highest OEE score this week?

→Are there recurring micro-stoppages on Station 4?

→How does today's throughput compare to last Monday?

→Which machine is trending toward a maintenance window?

Generative visualization

chatUNS.ai uses multimodal generative AI to instantly transform your questions into interactive charts, time-series graphs, and dashboards, generated on demand. No manual chart building required.

Ask about a trend and get a graph. Request an efficiency comparison and get a full dashboard. From prompt to visualization in seconds.

Energy consumption — 30-day trend

Day 151015202530

Line 4 anomaly detected — Days 18 & 26

Proactive Agent Mode

In Agent Mode, chatUNS.ai runs continuously in the background, scanning your Unified Namespace for anomalies, unexpected data changes, and operational patterns while you focus elsewhere.

Wake up to a comprehensive morning report that highlights what changed overnight, flags issues before they escalate, and recommends what needs your attention first.

Morning report — 06:00 today

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Line 5 — cycle time increase

Up 12% overnight. Station 5C showing high variance.

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CNC_Unit_07 — bearing vibration anomaly

Recommend maintenance scheduling this week.

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Lines 1–3 — normal operating range

No anomalies detected overnight.

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Line 3 — shift changeover improvement

Cycle time improved 8.4% from 07:20 onward.

Built for your team

Designed for everyone closest
to the operation

chatUNS.ai is built for operators, supervisors, plant managers, and continuous improvement teams, not just data scientists or IT. If you need answers from your UNS data, chatUNS.ai is built for you.

Operators & Supervisors

Answers on the floor, instantly

Get real-time production status, equipment performance, and quality metrics without waiting for reports or IT support.

→Ask about current production status in plain language
→Get equipment performance insights on demand
→No dashboards or query tools needed

Plant Managers

Wake up to your overnight report

Monitor plant-wide performance, review anomaly flags, and explore efficiency trends, all from a conversational interface.

→Morning anomaly and performance summaries
→Multi-line trend visualization on demand
→AI-flagged areas needing attention

CI & Engineering Teams

Accelerate root cause analysis

Explore data instantly, compare performance across shifts, and let AI surface inefficiencies that would take hours to find manually.

→Instant data exploration without SQL
→Cross-shift and cross-line comparison
→AI-surfaced hidden inefficiencies

Key benefits

Everything you need to start
talking to your data

✓Ask questions in plain language. No SQL required.

✓Connect to any UNS via MQTT. No software installation.

✓Calculated answers from real-time data in seconds

✓AI-suggested questions tailored to your industry and equipment

✓Instant generative charts, graphs, and dashboards from prompts

✓Agent Mode for overnight monitoring and morning reports

✓Works with N3uron, HiveMQ, EMQX, Mosquitto, and all MQTT brokers

✓Built for end users, not just data scientists

chatUNS.ai + Software Toolbox

Better together

chatUNS.ai is built on the industrial data foundation Software Toolbox has been delivering since 1996. For chatUNS.ai to deliver its full value, your UNS needs to be connected, contextualized, and publishing high-integrity real-time data.

Software Toolbox provides that foundation, through TOP Server and OPC Router for industrial connectivity, N3uron for edge-to-cloud UNS architecture, and Cogent DataHub for OT/IT data integration. Whether you are building your first Unified Namespace or connecting chatUNS.ai to an existing one, our engineers can help.

TOP Server OPC Router N3uron Cogent DataHub Unified Namespace MQTT Sparkplug B

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know
about chatUNS.ai

What is chatUNS.ai and what does it do?+

chatUNS.ai is an AI co-pilot and Agent that connects to your Unified Namespace, whether you’re using MQTT Sparkplug B, custom MQTT topics, or another UNS structure, and lets you ask questions about your operational data in plain language. It returns calculated answers, AI-suggested questions, and generative visualizations. No SQL, no dashboards, no data science expertise required.

What UNS platforms and MQTT brokers does it support?+

chatUNS.ai is protocol-agnostic and connects to any MQTT broker, including HiveMQ, EMQX, Mosquitto, N3uron, AWS IoT, Azure IoT Hub, and any standard MQTT 3.1/5.0 implementation. If your UNS publishes via MQTT, chatUNS.ai connects. MQTT Sparkplug B is fully supported.

Do I need to install anything on my OT network or UNS host?+

No. chatUNS.ai requires no agent, no software installation, and no changes on your UNS host machine or OT network. You simply provide your MQTT broker connection details and chatUNS.ai subscribes to your topics as a standard MQTT client.

How does the AI understand my equipment and processes?+

When you connect, chatUNS.ai maps your MQTT topic structure, discovers your equipment hierarchy, and builds context around your manufacturing type, production processes, and asset models. This context powers both the answers it gives and the AI-suggested questions it generates, all tailored to your specific operation.

What is Agent Mode and how does it work?+

Agent Mode is chatUNS.ai’s proactive monitoring capability. When enabled, the AI runs continuously in the background, scanning your Unified Namespace for anomalies, unexpected data changes, and operational patterns. You receive a comprehensive morning report highlighting what changed overnight, flagging issues before they escalate, and recommending what needs your attention first.

Is chatUNS.ai built on Software Toolbox’s connectivity products?+

chatUNS.ai is designed to work with any UNS, but it delivers maximum value when your UNS is built on a solid data foundation. Software Toolbox’s TOP Server, OPC Router, N3uron, and Cogent DataHub are the recommended stack for building a high-integrity, real-time UNS that chatUNS.ai can fully exploit.

Who is chatUNS.ai designed for?+

chatUNS.ai is built for the people closest to the operation, including operators, supervisors, plant managers, and continuous improvement teams who need fast answers from operational data without needing to be data scientists or IT experts.

How do I get started? Is there a free trial?+

Sign up at chatuns.ai. No credit card required. Connect your MQTT broker, and you can start asking questions in plain language within minutes. If you need help building or optimizing your Unified Namespace first, Software Toolbox’s engineers are available to assist.

AnyUNS or MQTT implementation supported

0SQL queries required

24/7Proactive Agent Mode monitoring

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