The Jadex reasoning engine can be used in combination with the well-known open source agent platform JADE (see JADE project page). When the JADE adapter is used in combination with Jadex the JCC offers besides the general Jadex tools the JADE RMA plugin. The Remote Monitoring Agent (RMA) of JADE is a system agent that offers several management possiblities. It contains besides other things a Sniffer tool for observing conversations between agents and an introspector tool for debugging JADE agents. The JADE RMA plugin make the RMA user interface available from within the JCC. When the RMA plugin is activated a JADE RMA agent ist started and its user interface is shown in the plugin view. Below a screenshot of the RMA plugin is shown:

Figure A.1. JADE RMA Overview

Basically the RMA view consists of three different areas. On top the JADE tool bar offers a quick access to many of the JADE actions such as agent staring, stopping and launching tool agents. Below the tool bar on the left hand side the agent tree table shows the platforms, containers and the currently alive agents. Clicking on an agent causes the details of its state being displayed in the content panel at the right. Detailed information about the RMA and its associated tools can be found in the (see JADE RMA documentation).