
Local first: why a door should not depend on the internet
Cloud services come and go, the door stays. Why the KLOKL Bridge works entirely in your own network, and what you still need to plan for.
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Automations, MQTT and access control in Home Assistant.

Cloud services come and go, the door stays. Why the KLOKL Bridge works entirely in your own network, and what you still need to plan for.
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Many card readers still use Wiegand, an interface from the 1980s. For the KLOKL Bridge we chose OSDP: supervised, bidirectional and able to encrypt.
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New posts, firmware updates and the launch date, straight to your inbox.

IoT & AutomationHome Assistant
Step by step: one automation that checks the card, waits for the PIN and gives the reader a green or red signal.
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IoT & AutomationHome Assistant
Step by step: enable TLS in the Mosquitto add-on and connect the KLOKL Bridge over MQTTS on port 8883. With an honest look at what it protects against.
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