The interoperability makes for more enjoyable business and home use experiences and benefits owners with increased energy savings
Cresskill, NJ – February 21, 2024 –Olibra, the privately owned New Jersey tech company that created and sells the award-winning Bond Bridge RF-to-WiFi control platform, today announced that its Bond Bridge Pro is now compatible with Loxone, a popular European brand for building and home automation.
The Bond Bridge Pro brings intuitive and consolidated control to the many motorized window shades, awnings, pergolas, ceiling fans, and gas fireplaces at the home or business. Users manage these from within the Bond Home App (iOS and Android) and/or compatible home automation system.
The App brings additional benefits such as scheduling and compatibility with virtual assistance platforms Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings Apps and Josh.ai. The Bridge is easy for installers to set up.
The Bond platform is increasingly becoming recognized as the preferred way to control these types of appliances. It has earned this leadership position for its extreme flexibility (collaborating with brands), simple set-up, exceptional range, and reasonable pricing.
Loxone is an Austria-based company that designs, develops, and sells lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), shading, and audio system solutions for the commercial and custom residential channels. Users interface with the Loxone ecosystem via the company’s smartphone app.
The Loxone engineering team have written a driver that allows for integration of the Bond Bridge Pro into the Loxone ecosystem. The driver becomes available by Loxone beginning February 21, 2024. As the Loxone ecosystem is steeped in energy management, shading, wellness, climate, access and lighting solutions, the compatibility of Bond and Loxone makes for a more enjoyable and energy efficient life within commercial and home environments.
Loxone is established in Europe and has been expanding its presence in the United States. The company’s US office is based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beginning April 2024, Loxone will host sales rep and dealer training sessions, with the Bond Bridge Pro added to its training curriculum.
Loxone is the latest automation platform to work with the Bond Bridge Pro, joining Savant, Control4, Crestron, Elan, RTI, URC, Homebridge, Hubitat, and Apple HomeKit.
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Olibra/Bond Media Inquiries
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About Bond
Bond is from Olibra, LLC, a privately-owned NJ tech company established in 2016 with a focus of making motorized window coverings, ceiling fans and gas fireplaces simpler and more delightful to use. The Bond Bridge RF-to-WiFi platform was launched in 2018 with the Bond Bridge. This brought intuitive Smartphone control to these appliances. In 2021 came the Bond Bridge Pro, bringing expanded capabilities and integration with Crestron, Savant, Control4, Elan, RTI, URC, Homebridge and Apple HomeKit automation and Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings Apps and Josh.ai voice activation.
Bond Bridge is compatible with shade motors by Somfy, Rollease Acmeda, Coulisse / Motion Blinds, Dooya, Gaposa, NICE, Amp Motorization, J-Star, BTX, A-OK, Bofu, Alpha and now Equinox Louvered Roofs. (Complete list of compatible motors here: https://bondhome.io/supported-motorization-brands/), and ceiling fans by MinkaAire, Craftmade, Visual Comfort & Co, Quorum, Progress Lighting, Westinghouse, Hampton Bay, Air Cool, Wind River, DEKOR, Star Fans, Hinkley, River of Goods, Litex, Beacon Lighting, ThreeSixty, and more.
2023 brought the Sidekick for Shades Gen2 wireless (RF), flush-mount, battery-powered keypad. With expanded capabilities over previous keypads, Gen2 works with Somfy/Somfy RTS, Rollease Acmeda, Coulisse/Motion Blinds, MagnaTrack, Dooya bi- and uni-directional, A-OK, Nice (Green), Gaposa, PowerShades, and AMP Motorization hade motors. www.bondhome.io
About Loxone
Loxone – Intelligent Home and Building Automation
The Loxone Group was founded in Austria and set up shop in their U.S. office close to Philadelphia, PA. Loxone is a pioneer in the field of intelligent automation solutions. As a specialist, Loxone enables easy control and intelligent automation of all kinds of projects. Whether it is a home, hotel, office, or commercial property – Loxone makes life and work easier in every situation. More than 250,000 projects in over one hundred countries have already been realized by professional partners worldwide. Authorized Loxone partners appreciate the high innovative power of Loxone, the free software in combination with the easy installation of the products as well as the numerous open interfaces of the central Miniserver. This is the heart of every Loxone project and the ultimate tool for the intelligent automation of smart homes, commercial properties, and special applications. The Miniserver was developed especially for professional electricians. As the “brain”, this central control unit takes care of most of the building and home automation tasks in terms of security, comfort, ambience, climate, and energy efficiency.
The Loxone Group has almost 1,000 employees at 45 locations worldwide. More than 120 employees work at the headquarters in Austria. www.loxone.com
