The Connected Cloud -- May 2025

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May 5, 2025

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THE CONNECTED CLOUD
News & Feature Updates

MAY 2025

NFC Wallet Cards - Native Apple/Google Wallet App

The Connect ONE Wallet Card Solution enables your access card on your mobile device. Now, you can use your Apple Wallet & Google Wallet to gain access to your doors, just like you use your mobile Wallet for everyday transactions. Users will now be able to forget the hassle of physical badges and simply hold their Phone to a Wavelynx reader to gain access. There are no apps, no need to unlock the device, and will continue to work for a period of time if the phone battery is low.

NFC Wallet Cards
✅ No 3rd Party App for Provisioning - Users receive an Email/Text with a Link to Add the Card directly into their Wallet
✅ Works with Wavelynx Ethos Multi-Technology Readers (NFC/Mifare/Prox) ET10-7WS, ET20-7WS, and ET25-7WS
✅ All Cards are Managed via the Connect ONE Platform when Creating the Access Card in the System
✅ Wallet Cards are Branded with Your Company Logo

The Unified Solution for Schools

Partnerships with Bosch, Cansec, Digital Watchdog, Singlewire, Halo and others allow for a complete integrated solution for schools.

Fire -- Intrusion -- Access Control -- Video -- Mass Notification -- Environmental -- Weather -- Temperature/Humidity
✅ Complete Integration of Multiple Systems
✅ Manage Multiple Facilities with Unified Viewing & Control including System Configuration & Permission Batching
✅ System Mapping with Floor Plans and Satellite Imagery
✅ Email, SMS, & App Push Notifications including Door Open/Prop Alerts
✅ Temperature/Humidity Monitoring of Server Rooms, Food & Medical Storage
✅ Lockdown Control with Customize Actions & Notifications
✅ Vape, Gunshot Detection, Air Quality & More
✅ Severe Weather Monitoring
✅ Browser & App Based for Any Device
✅ Secure with Multi-Factor Authentication, Single Sign-On, High Availability with Geographic Redundancy

Emergency Response Platform
✅ Enables first responders and dispatch centers to view and control sites including the ability to view cameras and manage access cards for improved coordination during critical situations

Enhanced 2N Intercom/Access Integration

Along with the existing integration to manage the codes, cards, and phone directory, the new integration will provide the following additional features:
✅ Control (Lock/Unlock/Momentary Unlock) the Door Relay and Show Status
✅ Control (On/Off/Momentary On) the Output Relay and Show Status
✅ View Live Video from the Camera & Record a Snapshot upon Event
✅ Log Valid Access Activity and Invalid Codes/Cards Entered at the Reader/Keypad

DMP XT75 Intrusion/Access Panel Integration

The XT75 control panel is your hybrid intrusion panel for residential or small business applications. It seamlessly integrates intrusion, access control.

Firmware version 252 required for integration:
✅ 6 Areas & 142 Intrusion Zones
✅ 8 Keypads / Door Access
✅ 200 Users & Profile / Group Permissions

Did You Know? Connect ONE Additional Features

An exclusive look at additional features of Connect ONE! Discover how these enhancements can help your customers maximize their security investment while giving your company a competitive edge for increased RMR potential.

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Recent Usability Improvements

Customer Management Portal

Bosch Duress Validation: Now when a duress validation is found the error message has been updated to state there is a duress validation issue vs a duplicate code error as was previously stated.

Dealer Administrative Portal & System Updates

DMP Zone Location Support: Firmware version 252 added a location field for zones in programming and if specified this location naming will be included when a zone event is received into Connect ONE for further identification purposes.
TIP: Check the Configuration page for the Device as it includes recommended programming for the particular product and firmware version.

SimplifyWithConnectONE.com Website

Training Videos: We've added additional training videos to our website and we intend to continue to add more topics as well as updates for others. https://www.SimplifyWithConnectONE.com/training

Give Us the Challenge...

We love hearing from our Dealers with requests from their customers to help solve challenges.

Please contact us and give us the challenge, we may be able to design something for you, and together we can watch your company reach the potential you always knew was possible.

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Stay Up-to-Date

We will continue to include the enhancements in this newsletter, past newsletters may be viewed from the "News Articles" tab on our website.

We also post the enhancements to our "Company" page and "Group" page on LinkedIn, as well as to the "Feature Blog" tab on our website.
Please contact us for your invitation to join the "Group" on LinkedIn.

Also, be sure to review the Home tab on the Connect ONE Dealer Site as this will contain many helpful Sales Sheets and Technical Guides.

We encourage you to visit these sites to stay up-to-date.

Working hard to Simplify all your System Integrations,
The Staff at Connected Technologies.

For more information regarding Connected Technologies™ or Connect ONE®, please visit www.SimplifywithConnectONE.com or call (866) 976-3520.

Connected Technologies, LLC., Monument, CO 80132-1266

See What Others Are Saying...

"Initially, we toyed with the idea of developing our own cloud-based system, but we sent a technician to look ‘behind the curtains’ at the Connected Technologies solution and I was excited about the possibilities for my customers, especially the many school districts we serve."
--Michael Martin
Past President of Martin Systems

"We rely on Connected Technologies for technical and customer support. We have requested software and feature upgrades for our customers and if it’s possible it happens within 24 hours. We use Connect ONE in our own business and the reporting features are outstanding."
--James Lee
Past President and partner at Alarmguard Security

"Connect ONE’s ability to simplify integration with a wide variety of technology really presents an opportunity for DW Dealers to provide complete solutions."
--Patrick Kelly
Director of IP Video Solutions at Digital Watchdog

"Connect ONE offers a simple, scalable solution that complements the Aperio offering perfectly. This integration will offer dealers and end-users a highly flexible solution for comprehensive access management."
--Mark Duato
Executive Vice President, Aftermarket at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Americas

"We had an incident after the system was installed that validated the importance of having this safeguard. With the system we were able to make sure a former employee could not get back into the suite, which was simple to do with ScanPass Mobile Credential."
--Kris Kehler
CEO at Deby Pay Pro

"Connect ONE provides exciting enhancements to the ELK M1 with expanded user support, schedules, and event history. This enhanced capability adds value and convenience, giving installers an edge and opening new possibilities in a variety of commercial markets."
--Amy Strickland
Marketing Design Manager at ELK Products

"Flexibility is all part of the beauty of using a cloud-based management platform. My customers can manage it themselves from their smartphone app if they like. They can set their own schedules and we configure the Connect ONE GUI. If there’s an emergency or other response required, the superintendent or management can use their smart device for access. It’s all part of the Connect ONE app, which we use for many office and multitenant buildings."
--Gary Davis
Past Principal and Owner of Alarm Specialists

"Whether it’s a commercial office, retail, storage, or multifamily development, the incredibly versatile Connect ONE has allowed me to gain the flexibility needed to confidently meet the demands of those development markets."
--Ryan Christen
Sales & Systems Engineer at Vialarm Security

"Our biggest challenge today is disparate systems that don’t work well together. Connect ONE gets them all to communicate."
--Ken Kocher
President of Force Security Solutions

"We’re excited to be working with Connected Technologies to offer this service to our dealers, whose feedback has been extremely positive as they continue to add customers."
--Tom Mechler
Regional Marketing Manager for Bosch

"We want to make sure our suite is secure and the staff is safe. We are looking at upgrades in the future and with Connect ONE you can scale the solution up and tailor it to meet your needs."
--Frank McDonough
Director of Information Systems for Security Industry Association (SIA)

"Our company is in a rural area, we have been frustrated with long drives and expensive service calls to support legacy computer software and systems. Now with a simple to use dealer web portal, Connect ONE allows us to eliminate expensive service calls by supporting our customers remotely with just a simple login and a phone call that takes only a few minutes. Connect ONE is our biggest added value - profitable RMR for my company. My customers only need to learn one easy to use interface for their business and home."
--Jeff Kesterson
President of NightWatch Security

"We have been deploying and migrating customers from site-based client servers to the cloud with very positive feedback. One of our customers, a senior housing facility, likes to have one platform to manage both access control and integrated alarm detection. We can administer different levels of access permissions through the cloud for the customer or they can do it on their own. Having an integrated system--access control, security, CCTV and temperature monitoring and control is important."
--Toby Stevens
Sales Manager for Ace American Alarm Company

"Thank you for listening and making the feature available so quickly! I really enjoy working with Connected Technologies."
--Dan Osborne
Project Manager at Schmidt Security Pro

"Our customers benefit from strategic partnerships like we have with Connected Technologies and all the possibilities it brings for loT connectivity."
--Rick Cadiz
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, IPVideo Corp.

"Having the ability to see when employees are coming in for work really adds value. But the best feature by far is the ability to lock down all the doors from my computer or phone in the event of a lockdown drill."
--Matt VanEffen
Principal of Holy Cross Catholic School

"Connect ONE is very user friendly, it saves me time administrating building security. Managing our employees is quick and easy since only a single entry is required to grant both security and access privileges."
--Julie Cerqua
Administrator of Wauconda Library

"Because we serve national accounts across the country, when they acquire other locations or add facilities we can bring them online quickly without having to completely replace the infrastructure or conduct extensive programming."
--Matt Harrison
Vice President of Operations at Federal Protection

"Connect ONE was paramount in allowing Phoenix to offer a service that is truly connected across platforms. The company is unique in the respect that they operate with software that can be edited and modified—without having to wait years to get it."
--Eric Burroughs
Vice President at Phoenix Security Systems Inc.

"We’re excited to be working with Connected Technologies to offer this service to our dealers, whose feedback has been extremely positive as they continue to add customers."
--Tom Mechler
Regional Marketing Manager for Bosch

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