Kentix

Eliona App für Kentix devices

Kentix is a German company focusing on the development and production of innovative solutions for IT and building surveillance. Kentix products include smart sensors, alarming and monitoring systems, as well as access control and video surveillance systems. The devices are designed to provide comprehensive and reliable monitoring of rooms, buildings and IT infrastructures to quickly detect and prevent potential threats. Kentix solutions are used in a variety of industries, including office buildings, data centers, hospitals, schools, retail stores and industrial facilities. The Eliona App for Kentix allows access to this data and visualization of the data in Eliona.

Installation

The installation of the Kentix App is done via the App Store in Eliona.

Assets

The Kentix app automatically creates all necessary asset templates and assets (CAC) accessible through the configured endpoints. The following asset templates are created:.

• Kentix Alarm Manager (KAM): A central monitoring and control system that integrates and manages various security components such as intrusion detection systems, fire detection systems and access control systems in a building.

• Kentix Multi Sensor (KMS): A versatile sensor that can measure various environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, air quality and vibration to provide comprehensive monitoring and early detection of potential hazards in buildings.

• Kentix Access Manager (KXP): An access control system that makes it possible to efficiently control and monitor access to buildings and rooms by managing authorizations, schedules and logs.

• Doorlock (DL): an electronic door lock used in conjunction with Kentix Access Manager to control access to rooms or buildings.

The following attributes are defined:

Name	Description	KAM	KMS	KXP	DL
ip_address	IP address	X	X	X
mac_address	MAC address	X	X	X
firmware_version	Firmware Version	X	X	X
serial_number	Serial number				X
name	Name				X
door_contact	Door contact				X
temperature	Temperature		X
humidity	Humidity		X
dew_point	Dew point		X
air_pressure	Air pressure		X
air_quality	Air quality		X
co2	CO₂		X
co	CO		X
motion	Motion		X
vibration	Vibration		X
people_count	People count		X
heat	Heat		X
ti	Thermal image		X

Dashboards

The Kentix app offers a dashboard with all automatically created assets. This can be created automatically via the Eliona frontend Copy Dashboard > Kentix and then customized as desired.

Dashboard example of Kentix devices

Settings

For a detailed guide to configuring apps, follow the manual.

The Kentix App is configured by configuring one or more Kentix devices as endpoints. Each endpoint requires the following data:

Name	Description
address	IP address or hostname of the Kentix device.
apiKey	Kentix API Key.
enable	Flag to enable or disable polling from this device.
refreshInterval	Interval in seconds for collecting data from the device.
requestTimeout	Timeout in seconds.
active	Set to true by the app when it is running, and set to false when the app is stopped.
projectIDs	List of project IDs for which assets are automatically created (CAC)

Endpoints can be created using this structure in Eliona under Apps > Kentix > Setting. To do this, select the endpoint /configs with the PUT method.