Integrating a diverse range of connected devices and services into a software platform has never been an easy feat – in particularly with regard to compatibility and interoperability issues that often hinder the rapid deployment of connected devices in the smart home.
Integrating a diverse range of connected devices and services into a software platform has never been an easy feat – in particularly with regard to compatibility and interoperability issues that often hinder the rapid deployment of connected devices in the smart home.
Incepted since 2014, Axalent Solutions offers a comprehensive, end-to-end integrated and customizable IoT product and system solution to support global manufacturers develop and deliver connected products, systems, and services quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably. The company is also the exclusive Arrayent Connect IoT Platform partner in the Greater China region.
“While we hold the exclusive right to host Arrayent cloud services, Axalent is also the system integration partner for the entire region,” Axalent CEO John Yu said.
“For device manufacturers, we offer a multi-protocol gateway platform that supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart, CSRmesh, Z-Wave and ZigBee, including the ability to accommodate proprietary protocols according to customers’ demands.”
What's more enticing is that its IoT platform allows adopters to seamlessly integrate applications and systems from end customers or third-party vendors. These integrated solutions can be managed all together in the Axalent software. The open architecture together with the Axalent SDK allow for endless possibilities to add features and functionality for creating powerful, new smart home solutions.
“Our App solution can help meet all levels – cloud, app and device – to integrate third-party devices,” Yu explained, adding that its solution provides a fully integrated smart home APP where users (device adopters) can simply change the skin or graphics for them to quickly develop smart products but also launch their intelligent IoT systems and services.
“Our core competence is in platform integration, from hosting service to app and third-party devices, where it helps customers attain global deployment by smartening devices and adding IoT value to their businesses.”
Seamless control via CSRmesh
CSR, the company that was an initial champion of the now-popular Bluetooth technology found inside headsets, speakers and phones, unveiled the CSRmesh technology early last year – a protocol running over Bluetooth Smart that enables messages to be relayed over multiple Bluetooth Smart devices.
Having perceived the advantages CSRmesh can bring for comprehensive home automation connectivity solutions, Axalent announced in May its IoT platform and product development solutions supporting CSRmesh connectivity.
“We hope our platform can help those in Asia wishing to enter the DIY smart home segment see the opportunities CSRmesh can bring for them,” Yu commented during an exclusive interview with SMAhome in Taipei.
According to the Axalent executive, CSRmesh is very approachable to adopters because of its simplicity and ease of use for both the DIY and SI segments in home automation. “Our platform is unique in that it can adopt Bluetooth mesh connectivity.”
When asked about his decision to partner with Arrayent, he said the latter company is one of the earliest providers of IoT clouds, and it also boasts many globally-renowned tier-1 customers that help make up for Axalent's solution deployment.
Commenting on his market perspective, Yu said he is seeing more and more connected solutions being deployed in home automation's healthcare segment, notably in the elderly care/long-term care centers. “Although home appliances and smart lighting are currently our biggest customers, we are now seeing those in the healthcare sector wishing to adopt our platform solution into their people trackers and sensors,” he explained.
In North America, the so-called 'ageing in place' makes up for a market segment that is growing, where senior citizens who prefer to retire in their own domicile can still be looked after without having to go through senior homes, he said.
“With the introduction of our extended system and sensor solutions, we have developed a CSRmesh platform that is a compelling vehicle for delivering IoT applications, enabling not only remote monitor and control, but also data services and eco-system integration,” Yu concluded in an earlier report.