For nine months, tradespeople have been working on what has become the club's new clubhouse and community centre for the local area. For just as long, Rubic has been working with Fredrikstad-based Inlet on this as a pilot project for a user-controlled, cloud-based lock system integrated into the Rubic Connect app.
Cloud-based lock systems
Inlet started out as a spin-off from Netron. Netron was to develop a good access control solution for the Wex apartment hotel in Fredrikstad. The result was a self-service hotel where everything from booking and payment to room allocation and door locks is handled. Netron has since moved away from this all-in-one solution, but the experience and market insight carried over when Inlet was established as a separate company. Today, Inlet specialises in locks and integrations and has developed an entirely new technology for connecting locks with other systems.
- We then formed a new company that focused purely on cloud-based lock systems, and established partnerships with many of the major lock manufacturers working in the cloud. You could say that we at Inlet are the black box in the middle that no one sees, connecting the people who make the locks with those who have the systems we integrate them into. In this case, Rubic has the system, and we have helped integrate the solution into the Rubic Connect app, explains Thomas Wisur, general manager of Inlet AS.
A key in the Rubic Connect app
Rubic had already worked with Inlet on other projects. When Drammen ballklubb expressed a wish for a lock system that could also handle booking and allocation of hall space, it was a short step.
- Allocating hall space is exactly what we do, but we needed help with the rest. Our first thought was to use plastic cards, but they are difficult to manage. Inlet suggested a solution that could grant access for a limited period. We have since worked together to develop this further.
- The aim is to make access easier in a simple and affordable way. We have now integrated this into the Rubic Connect app, where anyone who has the app can get access based on the rights or time periods specified for that person. This can be aimed at a single person – a caretaker who needs round-the-clock access – or a group that, for example, needs access every Tuesday between 17:00 and 19:00. Once you have been given access, a button appears in your app that unlocks the door. Very easy to manage.
Here the door to “Huset på banen” is opened with the Rubic Connect app.
Easy to install for Rubic users
The lock control is part of a larger project at Rubic, which covers the management of physical locations, carried out in collaboration with Inlet. The system suits anyone with physical barriers where many people need access at different levels and times.
- Our collaboration with Rubic has been, and still is, excellent. They are proactive, solve things quickly and are fun to work with. We have worked closely together during integration and testing, held a number of meetings and have gradually started doing many exciting projects together.
- This specific project with Drammen Ballklubb was up and running last week, and now it was great fun to see it all officially opened. It should be said that most of the work has been done by Rubic, and we are increasingly becoming more of an off-the-shelf solution. Going forward, it will also be very easy for other Rubic customers to have this integrated into their system, as most of the groundwork has already been laid. A day or two at most, and it will be in place, Wisur concludes.