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Today, Onics is launching a new and improved version of our entry sensors, the Entry Sensor 2 Pro. The Entry Sensor 2 Pro is a secure and reliable sensor based on many years of development experience, making it ideal for your IoT solution.

In the fast-moving IoT industry, it is crucial to quickly bring a new solution to the market to not be outpaced by competitors. By partnering with a white label technology provider, you can cut down the time to market of your solution remarkably and launch it within a third of the time.

After acquiring the Norwegian IoT solutions provider Datek Smart Home last October, we are excited to announce that Develco Products will soon unite with Datek Smart Home under the common name Onics.

With the constantly evolving IoT landscape influenced by new technologies and societal changes, it is crucial for providers of IoT solutions to keep up to date. We have selected 3 key trends that will impact IoT solutions in 2025.

We are looking forward to the event as part of our membership with the Smart Home Initiative Deutschland and exploring the possibilities our white label IoT platform offers for the energy as well as care and security industries.

Choosing reliable and durable devices in your IoT-based solution is crucial for maintaining high quality and longevity of your solution. But it is not only the reliability of the device’s performance that is important for the quality of your solution – so is the durability of the hardware you are using.

We are proud to be working with some very innovative and dynamic companies who value our partnership as much as we do. Learn what some of our customers think about working with Onics.

In many IoT solutions, it is crucial that they are running continuously and reliably to make sure the building and its residents are protected. By choosing products with easily replaceable batteries, you can minimize downtime in your solution.

Are you looking for a highly stable and compact motion sensor that can detect movement, light, and temperature – and that is not triggered by the presence of pets? Then Onics now has the ideal product for your solution.

We are now launching a new product manual service that lets you offer online, interactive manuals with your products – ensuring a much better product onboarding experience for your customers and easier manual maintenance for you.

Onics' open platform makes it easy for you to integrate 3rd party devices such as door locks, CO2 sensors, and fire alarms in your security solution. We have already integrated a variety of products, and you are able to integrate additional products communicating via standard communication protocols or a custom protocol.

With the constantly evolving IoT landscape influenced by new technologies and societal changes, it is crucial for providers of IoT solutions to keep up to date. We have gathered 6 key trends that will impact IoT solutions in 2024.

At Onics, we are constantly looking for new ways to improve our offerings and products for our customers. This also means minimizing the carbon footprint our activities are leaving behind. We are therefore excited that our new product packaging has less plastic.

We are introducing Fleet Management Services – a range of software services that make it significantly easier for you to monitor, maintain, and debug the gateways and devices across your IoT solution. This reduces your maintenance costs and shortens time-to-market for your solution.

What do you think of when you hear “Bluetooth”? If you are like us, you are probably thinking of a wireless technology standard used to exchange data between devices. But for a Danish company like Onics, the word Bluetooth has more associations than that. A royal one and a personal one.

Did you know that you can include a programmable and waterproof wireless control button ideal for a broad range of purposes such as home care, security, or simply as a smart home control button, in your solution?

The white label Motion Sensor can detect motion, temperature, and light at once giving it various uses across industries as for example smart energy, security, or home care solutions.

Meet the Smart Plug Mini 2, a small Zigbee-based smart plug with energy-monitoring functionality. The Smart Plug Mini 2 is the ideal smart plug for any home care, security, or energy management solution.

Smart security is becoming more and more widespread while technology is quickly advancing. This not only means more options for consumers but also increased risk of cyberattacks and a fast-paced market where providers developing their own security products will have difficulties keeping up. Explore 3 smart security trends for 2023.

Developing a wireless smoke detector for an IoT solution means years of work before you have a market-ready product. Why not skip this and launch a mature product right away? By choosing a white label smoke detector, you can do that. Check out this option and explore the benefits of using white label products.

The IoT does not only make homes more secure, but IoT technology also gives homeowners more access to their homes. Take a look at some of the reasons why security companies should offer their customers IoT-based home security systems.

Thanks to advances in technology, new opportunities have opened across industries. Gain insight into the possibilities offered by the IoT in the field of home security and get to know how to easily provide IoT-enabled home security.

The Internet of Things is among the recent technological advances in home security. Check out how the emergence of the Internet of Things impacts and benefits the industry here.

Combining alarm systems with smart home services is a way to take security businesses to the next level. When building a smart security system, these 5 considerations will help ensure the success of the system. 

With white label products, solution providers are able to get ahead of the competition and launch a fully tested and certified solution with a short time. IoT devices enable a range of new functions such as remote detection of intruders or monitoring of occupancy.

When including a motion sensor in an IoT system, there’s the option to develop the device from scratch. Another option is using a market-ready device to avoid a lengthy development process. If you prefer to get a market-ready motion sensor, there are several benefits of choosing a white label product.

Deciding between using white label products and in-house product development can be difficult. Get an overview of the benefits offered by each strategy, and get one step further in your decision-making process.

Looking for a door and window alarm for your wireless system? Have you considered a white label product? A white label door and window alarm offers you the possibility to save time and get a fast return on investment. Take a look at how it works with a white label door and window alarm and why you should include these in your wireless system.

As IoT solutions are highly versatile and one gateway can be used for many different purposes, they offer many possibilities for you to expand your business offerings. If you already have a gateway installed in your customers home, it is easy to add additional services such as security, electricity monitoring, or home automation.

Smart lighting brings remote control and automation to the lighting infrastructure of a building. In the case of multi-dwelling units, smart lighting is ideal for security purposes and to reduce electricity spending.

Want to future-proof your security business with IoT technology? Explore the benefits of using white label IoT devices for your smart security system and how you can go about finding the right products for your system.

With a white label IoT gateway, you can get a mature gateway for your wireless system without using in-house development resources. This way, you will save a large amount of time in getting your system on the market. Explore how white labeling works and the benefits of including a white label gateway in an IoT system.

The white label Squid.link gateways are now PTCRB certified. This certification ensures that the gateways connect reliably to cellular networks all over the world. The white label gateways make it possible to quickly launch a IoT solution connecting to cellular networks.

By equipping multi-dwelling units (MDUs) with intelligent access control, building managers save resources by not having to be present in the buildings to grant access. Take a look at examples of how IoT technology helps optimize access control of MDUs.

Using services enabled by IoT technology to manage multi-dwelling units (MDUs) means automating manual processes and decreasing the resources spend.

What are the benefits of choosing a white labeling strategy? And how do you proceed with your project when having settled on using white label products? Take a look at this step-by-step guide.

Onics is pleased to announce the launch of our new office in the USA . The new office accommodates increasing North American market demands and enhances provided services. It also brings us closer to our American customers and enables new projects within home care, smart security, and insurtech. 

Onics has integrated the Alarmbridge from iotcomms.io that enables solution providers from the care and security industry to easily connect their solution to a wide range of Alarm Receiving Centers. 

White labeling is when a company offers non-branded products to other companies who sell them to end customers as if they were their own. Explore the benefits of white labeling, examples of white label products, and how to choose a white label partner. 

The Iot is growing year after year and reaching into more and more industries. In 2022, 3 important trends in the IoT are the accelerating intelligent health and home care industry, a focus on cyber security and the continuous growth of edge computing.

The Smart Siren is now certified for use in North America. With its loud alarm sound, it can be used to scare away intruders. The voice prompt functionality can indicate alarms or confirmations of actions making it ideas for use in security or home care solutions. It also functions as a range extender.

Onics is today launching the white label Zigbee Range Extender with battery backup that enables you to increase the reach and add more devices to your home care, security, insurtech, or energy management solution.

Here's how you can save time on the development of the application for your IoT solution. With the Squid Smart App, a middleware application, you only need to configure the application on top of the Squid.link platform instead of programming it.

By partnering with 3rd party development partners, you are able to quickly get a customized IoT solution while focusing on your core competencies. Together with Blackdorf, Onics offers end-to-end solutions for the insurtech, home care, and security industry that fit your and your customers' needs.

Edge computing plays a vital role in enabling our envisioned connected future. In the field of home security, edge computing provides advantages in terms of improving data security, enhancing cost-effectiveness, and bettering user experiences. 

As privacy in their own homes is crucial to most people, security solutions must find a balance between protection and privacy. With a security solution based on IoT sensors, you can offer your customers a solution that will protect their homes without the need for security cameras.

With a home security kit as part of your security offering, you can take your business to a new level and meet the next generation of home security customers’ needs. Get inspired on how to match your customers’ needs with the right devices.

Smoke alarms installed in smoky, humid, or dusty environments like kitchens, rooms with wood-burning ovens, or storage facilities can cause false alarms. By including Intelligent Heat Alarms in your solution, you can reduce these false alarms as the Intelligent Heat Alarm detects heat levels instead of smoke.

IoT-based security solutions can help solve current market challenges. For a successful security solution, it is important to consider the recent developments in the fast-changing IoT market to keep the solution up to date. Read 3 recommendations for your smart security solution in 2021.

The Zigbee Alliance proudly reports a continuously increasing interest in Zigbee-based products and platforms, noting 168 certified products for the first quarter of 2021. This serves to prove that Zigbee is, indeed, one of the leading communication protocols and a safe choice for your smart solution.

With 15 different sensitivity levels, having a Vibration Sensor within your solution is a great advantage. Regardless of whether you have a home care, security, or insurtech solution, this Zigbee-based device can easily help you stand out from the competition.

The programmable Zigbee button brings multiple opportunities to simplify the use of your solution and make it more user-friendly. With a simple click, your customers can start their morning routine, or enable multiple security automations.

Onics launches the new Smart Button – a configurable Zigbee-based device that matches the requirements of your solution. It can be programmed to perform different commands by various ways of pressing to control automations. It is suitable for use both in- and outdoors.

With increasing security concerns worldwide comes a rise in the demand for home security systems. Research indicates that the window sensor market will experience a massive growth by 2026 and Onics has been recognized as a major provider of this particular device.

With the white label Intelligent Keypad and Smart Siren security solution providers can very quickly expand their current security systems. These Zigbee-based devices enable end-users to benefit from improved home security and new possibilities for remote access control.

With the help of a smart security solution, customers can monitor and control buildings and homes, and get notifications in case of intruders, fires, or floods. Having a reliable and protected smart security system is more important than ever, and a highly secure gateway is a crucial part of this. The Squid.link gateways are perfect for this purpose.

White label IoT devices enable a quick launch of a reliable and secure security solution and reduce development time and costs. With motion sensors, entry sensors, a keypad, or a siren, you can help your customers protect and remotely monitor their homes.

When building a smart home security solution, an essential aspect is considering how to make sure that it is not easily outdated. Here are some of the main strategies that will help future-proof your solution.

2020 has proven to be a groundbreaking year for IoT, with IoT connections accounting for 54% of all connections worldwide, thus surpassing non-IoT connections for the first time. The IoT uptake is largely driven by cellular IoT and LWPA networks.

Onics launches the Vibration Sensor which detects and reports vibration levels. With 15 different pre-set sensitivity levels, this small inobtrusive device can benefit solution providers in various business areas.

A smart siren can vastly improve your smart security solution. With a smart siren, homeowners can have peace of mind knowing their home is secure from intruders or burglars, and also stay informed about what is happening in their home through the voice prompt function.

A wireless keypad can facilitate access control in various situations. As the user interface of an alarm system it can be used to protect houses, apartment or office buildings. It can also facilitate maintenance as access data can be updated remotely via a gateway.

To expand the range of security products, Onics launches the Intelligent Keypad to enable remote access control. The Intelligent Keypad allows users to enable and disable an alarm system using a pin code and/or an RFID tag as well as to update access data remotely.

Onics' IO Module enables solution providers to update their customers' IoT solutions without replacing every product. Wired sensors, door locks or window blinds can be enabled to communicate wirelessly with the IO Module.