Making WinGuard extensible with an ecosystem of extensions, integrations and applications that solves individual requirements faster, without turning every need into a standard feature.
A secure and supported framework that enables new capabilities to be added to WinGuard without modifying the core product.
AOP is the open development framework that makes WinGuard extensible.
From beginner to expert level: a few lines of JavaScript inside WinGuard, API Access, or a full extension running outside it.
Developers build their own WinGuard applications, functions and integrations, independently of Advancis.
Project-specific needs are solved in the project. The standard product stays lean, stable and supportable.
Individual customer requirements get met far faster, without becoming a standard-product feature.
AOP provides the common foundation for WinGuard and every extension built around it. By exposing the same APIs, SDKs and platform services to everyone, solutions developed by Advancis, channel partners and third-party developers are built on the same architecture.
Every AOP project starts with one of three choices. They share the same platform, the same data model and the same support. What differs is how far outside WinGuard your code runs, and how much it is allowed to do.
Automate workflows, actions and business logic directly within WinGuard. Scripting is the fastest way to implement project-specific requirements without deploying additional applications or services.
Access WinGuard data and functionality through open APIs. Ideal for dashboards, analytics, AI services, web applications and connection with third-party services.
Develop applications that extend WinGuard beyond standard capabilities. 3rd-Party Extensions can solve specialized customer requirements, provide new integrations or evolve into reusable products distributed through the AOP ecosystem.
WinGuard's familiar customization options, including scripts, graphic editor and text editor, remain fully supported. AOP does not replace these capabilities. It expands them with professional development options for more advanced requirements.
Development can be carried out by customers, channel partners or independent AOP developers. Advancis maintains the framework, while ownership of the resulting extension remains with its developer, enabling solutions to be enhanced, reused and commercialized across the ecosystem.
| Use case | ScriptingJavaScript | API Access | 3rd-Party Extension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Script or application runs outside of WinGuard | Not supported | Supported | Supported |
| Read, write and control data objects (locations, data points, …) | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Event-driven automation | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Dashboard (visualization) | Not supported | Supported | Supported |
| Monitored services and high availability (redundancy) | Not supported | Limited | Supported |
| Multiple connections (to WinGuard stations) | Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Adapter development possible | Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Generate events in WinGuard | Not supported | Not supported | Supported |
Scope as of today. The complete API reference, SDK downloads and the developer program live in the AOP Hub.
The AOP Hub is the official home of everything that plugs into WinGuard: adapters and extensions from Advancis and from a growing ecosystem of certified developers. Browse what exists, compare it, and find the developer behind it.
The AOP ecosystem creates new possibilities. Channel partners turn them into customer solutions by combining WinGuard, extensions and specialized expertise into one integrated system.
Builds and maintains WinGuard and AOP, runs the developer program, and certifies every extension that appears in the hub.
Holds the WinGuard license, builds extensions in-house, buys them from the hub, or commissions an AOP developer. Delivers the whole solution as one.
Receives one integrated system through their partner, and looks up in the hub what is available before asking for it.
The AOP Hub connects customers, channel partners and developers. Browse available extensions, discover development expertise and identify suitable solutions. Commercial agreements, service engagement and purchasing are handled directly with the respective provider.
Adapters developed by Advancis and made available through the AOP Hub with the consent of the respective technology partners.
AOP developers available for customer and partner projects. Whether independent specialists, software vendors or channel partners, they provide the expertise required to turn requirements into working solutions.
Reusable applications, integrations and extensions developed by the AOP ecosystem and available for implementation through channel partners.
Join the partners worldwide developing on the Advancis Open Platform, and ship extensions that reach the most critical control rooms in the world.
