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What is the software layer?

Once controllers and end devices are installed, the software layer is where everything becomes practical: devices are named, mapped to rooms and floors, grouped into tenancies, and configured into real behaviours such as schedules, scenes, occupancy responses, and emergency testing workflows.

The software layer includes:

  • Mobile apps (phones/tablets) for onsite commissioning, service and maintenance.
  • Onsite software (head end) for offline sites and local operations, including plan views and fault management.
  • Cloud platform for portfolio management: dashboards, remote diagnostics, user and tenancy access control, analytics, and integrations.

Built for scale (and reality)
Real sites change: tenant churn, refits, staged projects, and ongoing compliance. The software layer is designed to support these changes while keeping the system structured and understandable.

The value is lifecycle: the software layer helps you deliver faster, operate safely with multiple stakeholders, and keep improving after handover.

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How it connects (and why IP matters)

Because these tools communicate using standard IP networking, you can deploy them on a dedicated standalone network, a shared building IT network, or a segmented hybrid design (e.g. VLANs), depending on policy and TCO goals.

The key advantage is flexibility: onsite teams can work on the local network (Wi-Fi access points in the building), while remote teams can manage sites through the cloud when internet connectivity is available.

Designed for imperfect connectivity
Work in basements, plant rooms and risers. When connectivity returns, changes can be synchronised so the site stays consistent across users, controllers, and the cloud.

Commissioning and configuration workflow

The goal is speed without chaos: commissioning in the field, then structured refinement and governance in software.

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Commission onsite
Use mobile tools to discover devices, label them, map them to spaces, and confirm behaviours in the real environment (switching, sensors, scenes and basic schedules).

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Fine-tune in software
Use cloud and/or onsite software to batch-edit settings, apply profiles, and standardise operations across floors or tenancies. This is where “one-off programming” becomes a repeatable system.

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Maintain and optimise
Ongoing operation: dashboards, fault tracking, emergency test workflows, tenant permissions, and analytics to continuously improve performance.

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Operations: visibility, reporting, and performance

The software layer supports day-to-day building operations and long-term performance improvement. Typical capabilities include:

  • Dashboards tailored to stakeholders (facilities, tenant, compliance).
  • Issue management and fault visibility (including plan-based views where deployed).
  • Emergency test management and reporting workflows.
  • Remote diagnostics and support to reduce call-outs and speed resolution.
  • Analytics across power, occupancy, CO₂, VOC and other metrics where sensors are deployed.
  • APIs and integrations to feed BMS/AV/IoT platforms or external reporting tools.

Why this matters commercially
Better visibility reduces downtime and maintenance cost. Better governance reduces operational risk. Better analytics supports measurable outcomes across energy, comfort, and compliance.

Security and governance: built for multi-user buildings

The software layer supports secure, multi-stakeholder operation — essential for buildings with owners, tenants, contractors and service providers. Typical principles include:

  • Authorisation-based access (users must be granted access; they don’t get access by simply installing an app).
  • Time-limited access where authorisation is renewed by syncing, so users can be removed when required.
  • User and tenancy access control so tenants can operate their areas without affecting others.
  • Auditability and operational controls to support safe change management on live sites.

In short: the software layer makes it practical to scale access without losing control.

Good security is operational
Security isn’t just encryption — it’s governance: who can access what, for how long, and how changes are managed across teams and time.

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Software that scales as fast as the building does

Standard IP connectivity, secure synchronisation, and tools built for commissioning and long-term operations — from one floor to a global portfolio.

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Software & network resources

Software overview (cloud + onsite)

Onsite head end and commissioning tools, plus cloud platform for multi-site management, access control, analytics and APIs

Cloud portal

Browser portal for managing sites, dashboards, diagnostics, reporting and portfolio operations.

Introduction to the software

Conceptual overview of how commissioning and cloud tools work together across a complete site.

Local network connectivity

How the app connects directly to controllers on the local network and syncs when online.

Syncing overview

Three-way synchronisation between cloud, app, and controllers, including offline-to-online workflows.

Built with security

Authorisation model and time-limited access principles for safe, multi-user operation.

Network requirements

Connectivity requirements for cloud-connected operation and mobile commissioning.

Commissioning app (Google Play)

Mobile commissioning, maintenance and emergency workflows with cloud-linked site management.

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