Ajax & Onwords Living Homes: Serious Security Inside a Real Smart Home
If you already have or are planning a smart home, security cannot be an afterthought. Cheap Wi-Fi sensors and random CCTV apps look smart for a week and usually fail when you actually need them. Ajax gives you European-grade wireless protection; Onwords Living Homes makes sure the whole house responds as one.
This guide is for villa owners, premium flat buyers, and office owners who want proper security built into a serious smart home, not a bunch of separate gadgets.
1. What Ajax brings to a Living Home
Ajax is a professional wireless alarm and life safety system built around a central hub and an encrypted radio protocol called Jeweller. It links motion sensors, door contacts, glass break detectors, sirens, keypads, smoke and leak detectors plus automation relays with long range and multi-year battery life.
Each Ajax system usually has
Hub
Brains with Ethernet, SIM backup, battery backup, and event log
Intrusion Detectors
Motion sensors, door contacts, glass break sensors
Sirens
Indoor and outdoor sirens for warning and deterrence
Keypads & Remotes
For arming, disarming and panic alerts
Life Safety
Smoke, heat, carbon monoxide and leak detectors
Automation Relays
Control lights, gates and other loads
2. What Onwords Living Homes adds on top of Ajax
Onwords Living Homes is your full smart home layer on top of Ajax:
Living Home comfort layer
- Smart lighting and scenes in key rooms
- Climate and AC control
- Gate automation and garage
- Smart locks and video door phones
- Retrofit modules, touch switches, KNX or panels as the project demands
How Onwords designs around Ajax
- One combined logic for comfort and security
- One plan for wiring, Wi‑Fi, CCTV and sensors
- One team responsible for install and service
- Experience from 6000+ gate automations and 400+ smart homes
Where Ajax + Living Homes fits best
For small, low‑risk rentals with tight budgets, a basic Living Home lighting package and simple alarm can be enough. Ajax plus Living Homes makes sense when the risk and comfort expectations are higher.
3. How Ajax and Living Homes actually work together
3.1 When you arm the system and leave
- Arm all intrusion zones from Ajax or Living Homes app.
- Turn off selected lights and ACs, put non-essential plugs into safe mode.
- Close curtains if needed and confirm status on your phone or keypad.
- If you have gate automation, the gate can close after you exit with a small safety delay.
3.2 When an alarm really triggers
- Ajax sirens fire inside and outside the property.
- Pre‑decided lights turn on to full brightness; corridors and stairs guide escape.
- Push alerts hit all family phones and cameras in that zone are highlighted.
- Because Jeweller radio supervises devices, you also get warnings for jamming or offline detectors – not only when an alarm fires.
This is where Ajax plus a Living Home is very different from a standalone Wi‑Fi alarm – security events actually drive lighting, locks, and gates the way you planned.
4. Typical design patterns we use
Design changes between a premium apartment and a larger villa. Ajax stays the alarm brain; the Living Home defines how lights, gates and locks behave around it.
4.1 Premium apartment
- Ajax motion and door sensors in key rooms and balcony doors.
- Indoor siren in living room.
- Smoke detector in kitchen or passage.
- Integration with living room and passage lighting scenes, smart lock and video door phone at main door, and basic retrofit modules behind existing switches.
Good for owners who want serious security without touching building common areas.
4.2 Villa or independent house
- Full perimeter protection on compound gates and doors.
- Outdoor Ajax siren on the elevation.
- Motion sensors covering ground floor and stair zones.
- Smoke and leak sensors for kitchen, utility and overhead tank or pump rooms.
- Integration with gate automation, car porch lights, pathway and garden lighting, and smart scenes like Night and Vacation modes.
Here a Living Home really shines – security is not separate, it is part of how the house behaves every day.
5. Key Ajax components inside the Living Home
You do not need to memorise the full catalog. Focus on these building blocks that sit behind your Living Home experience.
5.1 Hubs
Think of this as the panel.
- Connects to internet by Ethernet and often SIM
- Has internal battery backup
- Talks to all devices over Jeweller radio
- Can support many detectors and rooms in one system
For homes and small offices, Hub 2 series is usually enough. Bigger sites may use Hub 2 Plus or specific models with more communication paths.
5.2 Intrusion sensors
- Motion detectors with pet immunity
- Door and window open sensors
- Glass break detectors for perimeter defence
Some motion sensors have photo verification which sends a small encrypted image on alarm so you can check if it is a real intrusion.
5.3 Sirens
- Indoor sirens to alert family or staff
- Outdoor StreetSiren to scare intruders and alert neighbours
Sirens can also show entry/exit delay and security mode status, not just loud noise.
5.4 Life safety and environment
Ajax can also protect you from more than theft:
This is where it turns from simple burglar alarm into full risk management.
6. Why Ajax + Living Homes is better than separate systems
If you buy Ajax from one vendor, lighting from another and gate from a third, you usually end up with:
Separate systems mean
- Multiple apps and logins.
- Zero coordination of wiring, Wi‑Fi and panels.
- Vendors blaming each other when something breaks.
- No clear documentation across security and automation.
Ajax + Onwords Living Homes as one project gives you
- One master design for security, lighting, gates and network.
- One set of panels and naming standards.
- One team that understands both smart home and security.
- Clear documentation for every sensor, circuit and scene.
Onwords uses Ajax where wireless Grade 2/Grade 3 security is needed, and uses KNX, panels or retrofit modules where comfort automation matters more – so you get the right tool for each layer.
7. When Ajax plus Living Homes is the wrong choice
You should probably not push this combo if:
- It is a small, low‑risk rental with a very tight budget.
- You only want one door sensor and one camera.
- You are not ready to invest in basic Wi‑Fi and network upgrades.
In those cases, start with a simple Living Home lighting package and maybe a basic alarm, then upgrade to Ajax when the risk and budget match.
8. Why Work with Onwords for Ajax
Ajax is easy to purchase in some markets but good design is what actually protects you.
With Onwords You Get
- Zone planning that covers real entry routes, not random sensor placement
- Proper siren strategy so intruders are actually scared and neighbours alerted
- Integration with gate, lights, smart locks and cameras instead of five apps
- Documentation that shows device ID, location, purpose and maintenance notes
- Local teams in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for site visits and support
9. FAQs on Ajax with Onwords Living Homes
Conclusion and next step
Ajax on its own is a strong shield. Onwords Living Homes on its own is a powerful comfort and convenience layer. When you combine them with proper design, you get a home that reacts intelligently when something goes wrong instead of just pushing silent notifications.
If you want this level of security plus comfort in your flat, villa or office:
- Send Onwords your floor plan and a short note on what you are protecting.
- Ask for an Ajax plus Living Home security plan.