Smart Lock Integration via Manufacturer SDK & API
Smart lock hardware connected to a client's software through the manufacturer's SDK and API.
- Industry
- Access control
- Hardware
- Electronic smart lock
- Integration
- Manufacturer SDK/API
What the client needed.
A smart lock and access control provider needed door locks that their own software could control. Many locks look right on paper but offer no usable SDK or API.
The job was to find suitable lock hardware with reliable integration support and connect it to the client's software ecosystem.
Hardware chosen for its integration, not its brochure.
The lock is controlled through the manufacturer's SDK and API, so the client's software can manage it like any other part of their system.
- 01Smart lockElectronic lock mechanism
- 02Manufacturer SDK/APIControl and status
- 03Client softwareAccess management
The decisions that made it work.
- 1
SDK/API first
Locks were evaluated on the quality of their SDK and API before hardware features, because a lock software can't control is a dead end.
- 2
Options before commitment
Suitable hardware solutions and their integration options were reviewed with the client before the final choice.
What the client got.
- lock controlled from the client's software
- SDK/API
- managed in the client's own system
- Access
- Smart lock
- SDK/API
- Access control
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