Wired in
A dedicated cable ties the ventilator to one wall controller. Moving it or adding a room means opening the ceiling.
Matter over Thread ventilation bridge
Any ventilator.
Every room.
LinkThings is a small bridge that turns any heat-recovery ventilator into a wireless Matter device, whatever the maker. No new wiring, and every room gets only the air it needs.
Every ventilator speaks its own dialect.
So the best air in the house is stuck behind a wall remote, and the whole home runs on one setting.
Closed protocols
Each maker uses its own protocol, so nothing talks to anything else and every integration starts from zero.
Same air everywhere
Cooking smells in the kitchen switch on the bedroom too. On/off for the whole house can't tell rooms apart.
The bridge
How the bridge works
RS-485
Plug into the port it already has
Most heat-recovery ventilators already have an RS-485 / Modbus port. The bridge only listens there, so nothing new is pulled through the ceiling.
Modbus
Translate every dialect
A thin driver per model turns each maker's registers into one common device model. Same board, any ventilator.
Matter
Speak Matter over Thread
The ventilator joins your home as a wireless Matter device. No cloud in the middle, and designed to keep working when the internet doesn't.
SmartThings
Land in SmartThings
Scenes and management live in SmartThings. The ventilator becomes one more device it can read and control.
- HALRS-485 transceiver
- ParserModbus parsing
- LogicCommon device model
- NodeMatter communication
Room by room
Each room gets the air it needs.
Every ceiling has a wireless diffuser. When one room's CO₂ climbs, only that diffuser opens. Tap a room to see it happen.
※ A simulation of how it behaves.
Scenes
Fits the smart home you already have.
Automations run in SmartThings. LinkThings makes the ventilator a first-class device in them.
Kitchen boost
When the range heats up, only the kitchen diffuser opens wide and the bedrooms stay quiet.
Quiet air overnight
Fan speed drops, CO₂ is still watched, and only occupied rooms are ventilated.
Eco while you're out
An empty home gets a trickle instead of a full cycle, and fresh air before you return.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with any heat-recovery ventilator?
It targets ventilators controlled over RS-485 (Modbus). Each maker only needs a thin driver, so the same board can be reused, and supported models are growing through the pilot.
What are Matter and Thread?
Matter is a standard that lets smart-home devices from different makers work together. Thread is the low-power wireless mesh network they can run on.
Does it work without internet?
It is designed around local communication that doesn't go through a cloud, so control inside the home keeps working if the internet drops.
Do I need SmartThings?
Scenes and management are currently built around SmartThings. Because it is a Matter device, we design it to work with other Matter controllers too.
Does installation need construction work?
The bridge plugs into the ventilator's RS-485 port, so the goal is installation without new wiring. The diffusers are wireless as well.
Bring your ventilator.
We're preparing a small pilot. Tell us which ventilator you have and we'll tell you how it would connect.
Join the pilot