Sidecar · Integration
No redesign required.
The radio does not have to be designed into your equipment. The Sidecar attaches to what you already ship, and to what your customers already own, through the interfaces field equipment has had for decades.
The interfaces
Plug into the port the machine already has.
On a Windows or Linux machine, the Sidecar appears as a simple serial device; the Front Desk agent opens the port and speaks a tiny local protocol. On equipment with no PC at all, serial lines, GPIO, and relay contacts do the talking.
- USB-C
- RS-232
- RS-485
- GPIO
- Digital inputs
- Relay outputs
PCs and kiosks
USB-C to the host: the agent gains a radio path alongside its normal connection, with nothing else to install at the site.
Controllers & PLCs
Many PLCs, vending machines, safe controllers, fuel dispensers, and access controllers already expose serial diagnostics. The Sidecar puts those diagnostics on the air.
Dumb-but-important things
Door switches, tamper lines, UPS contacts, fault relays: GPIO turns hardware truths into radio-reachable state, no computer required.
Existing fleet today, radio tomorrow: attach the module, mount the antenna, and the machine joins the site's hub. Interfaces, enclosures, and mounting are shaped with early-access customers; equipment-specific options are custom work we do, not an exception we make. And because the Sidecar has its own power and signals, it can stay useful even when the host machine fails entirely. That story is here.