Gateways connect EnOcean devices to the Apple HomeKit world
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EnOcean devices are well established in the world of professional building automation. But with IT groups such as Apple, Google and Microsoft entering the market, the smart home is gaining ground. Private users want to control not only TV and audio but also building functions from tablets or via voice assistants. A gateway from Digital Concepts is now opening doors for EnOcean device manufacturers to the attractive smart home market.
Combined with a gateway, EnOcean wireless technology is becoming a prime example of smart and more secure IoT applications. The self-powered and wireless components are perfect for modernizing residential buildings and turning them into smart homes. However, ease of operation is paramount here. Apple® thus plans to tap this market with its HomeKit® technology. Users should be able to control everything — TV and audio, lights, heating, fans, security systems and a whole lot more — from an iPhone®, iPad® or via Siri®. Technically, however, EnOcean wireless devices cannot be directly connected without a gateway.
To provide a first-class user experience, vendors also need to obtain certification in order to dock their devices to the Apple world. They must follow implementation guidelines and pass usability and conformity tests. As a result of this year-long certification process, Digital Concepts has developed a catalog of HomeKit measures that can be used to integrate EnOcean devices into the HomeKit “home user concept.”
EnOcean providers can market this gateway under their own brands
The HomeKit-certified Smart EnOcean Gateway from Digital Concepts makes it possible to comfortably control EnOcean devices via Siri and from an iPad. Digital Concepts makes the gateway technology available to developers and manufacturers as an OEM product. Manufacturers and integrators of EnOcean products can thus offer their devices for the Apple HomeKit environment and either add to the OPUS greenNet product range or enter the smart home market with their own gateways.
The gateway makes the particular manufacturer’s EnOcean portfolio ready for Apple HomeKit in one go, thus minimizing their own certification efforts and providing access to an attractive market. Moreover, the voice control function can also be used in professional building technology. JÄGER DIREKT is now the first manufacturer to upgrade its OPUS greenNet line to a HomeKit-compatible smart home system with the Digital Concepts gateway.
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