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Updates, product progress and practical thoughts from the field.

02/08/2026 News

HJÄRTA S1 Professional – Retrofit starts here

IoT retrofit for existing installations. HJÄRTA captures existing sensors and technical signals – VAKTEN turns them into understandable states.

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15/07/2026 Column

Hazard detection: There was a liquid in the tank. It was the air that put me in intensive care.

How ammonia gas exposure led me to a simple question: Why do we wait to warn people until their own bodies have already become the sensor?

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01/05/2026 Update

Vakten now actively detects offline states

Offline detection, test email and calmer settings handling

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19/04/2026 Column

Recently on site: Camera instead of a door

When 15 centimetres of headroom and 12 centimetres at the side suddenly change the question.

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18/04/2026 Column

Keep it simple

Why simple fire protection solutions are often the smarter ones.

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18/04/2026 Column

Existing system protection is not obsolete

Why older hold-open systems do not automatically belong on the scrap heap.

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12/04/2026 Update

FSA signals now as a fixed feature in Vakten

Potential-free contacts can be connected in the professional terminal area and evaluated digitally.

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03/04/2026 Update

Units can now be deactivated and reactivated

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21/03/2026 Update

Offline notification can now be configured

Recipients and activation can now be defined precisely.

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21/03/2026 Update

Support directly from Vakten

Questions, notes or issues no longer need to take a detour.

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21/03/2026 Update

Vakten now speaks four languages

German, English, Dutch and Swedish are now built directly into the interface.

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13/03/2026 Column

Why Vakten is more than a dashboard

Backbone beats data noise.

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