ekey dLine gateway — Open your front door with your smartphone — keyless access

ekey dLine gateway: keyless door opening with your smartphone — secure, simple, and convenient

With the ekey dLine gateway, your front door becomes a smart access solution for modern living. You can open your front door using your smartphone, replacing the traditional key with a keyless, digital door-opening system that includes additional smart features.

The ekey dLine gateway is discreetely integrated directly into the door leaf and is compatible with all standard electromechanical motorized locks. Using the ekey bionyx app, you can control your keyless door-opening system easily and intuitively — no user manual required.

In addition, the ekey dLine gateway offers numerous smart home features, such as remote unlocking via app, push notifications when the door is opened, and integration with Amazon Alexa and other smart home systems. This allows you to enjoy greater convenience, security, and flexibility in your daily life. The ekey dLine gateway is a future-proof solution for the smart front door: discreetly integrated, reliable in operation, and easy to use.

The most important facts in brief

  • Open the door with your smartphone — without a key
  • Discreet installation within the door leaf
  • End-to-end encrypted communication (security level like online banking)
  • Smart additional features: remote opening, push notifications, time slots and Amazon Alexa voice control (see Plus mode for details)
  • Extendable for smart home systems such as KNX, Loxone, Somfy and much more (For details see Plus mode)

ekey dLine gateway — flexible integration

Pre-installed in new doors – available from numerous door manufacturers.

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The new ekey dLine gateway — a smart upgrade when buying a door

When buying a new front door, it’s worth upgrading to the ekey dLine gateway right away. This way, you can conveniently open your door with your smartphone and simply leave your traditional key at home. The ekey dLine gateway is installed directly by the door manufacturer, hidden inside the door. You open the door using your smartphone — the securely installed control unit is protected against tampering. This prevents unauthorized access — magnets don’t stand a chance.

What advantages does the ekey dLine gateway offer?

Simply open the door with your smartphone — no key, code or card required. Whether it’s for sports, a walk or an evening date: enjoy the freedom of being able to set off with just your smartphone as your everyday companion.

The advantages

  • Open the door without a key, code or card
  • The smartphone is always with you as an everyday companion

Anyone building a new home or renovating needs flexible solutions. With the ekey gateway, you can add new features and users at any time. The ekey bionyx app lets you centrally administer and control up to 20 devices — such as various access points via smartphone or fingerprint scanner.

The advantages

  • You do not have to determine the scope of your access control system in advance
  • Flexibly add functions and users at any time
  • Administration of up to 20 devices in one system
  • Central control of all access points via an app

Conveniently unlock the door with your smartphone while on the move. This means you can open the door for your trusted tradesman while you are still on your way home. Or spontaneously unlock the door for a friend to borrow the pressure washer even if you’re on vacation.

The advantages

  • Unlock the door even when you’re on the go
  • More flexibility in your everyday life
  • No more tedious drives home to unlock your door
  • Everything under control with one app — even remotely

Put an end to uncertainty! You’ll automatically receive a notification on your smartphone as soon as the door is opened via smartphone. This is especially handy when you’re on vacation: that way, you’ll know right away when your neighbors or in-laws enter the house to water the plants or feed the cat.

The advantages

  • Notification on your smartphone — if you wish — when the door opens
  • Always well informed — even when you’re on the go
  • Be reassured that a trusted person is looking after plants and pets during your vacation

You’re expecting some friends to come over, but you’re really busy right now. You do not have to rush to the door when the doorbell rings. A short “Alexa, open the door!” is enough and your guests can enter the house. To do this, simply connect your ekey system to the Alexa virtual assistant from Amazon.

The advantages

  • Open the front door conveniently with a voice command
  • No need to rush to the door every time the bell rings
  • Be able to open the door even if you’re busy or don’t have your hands free
  • No need to open the door with dirty hands

With your ekey access control system, you can define authorizations for individual persons. For example, you can define certain days and times when your domestic help is granted access. You define and administer the authorizations via the app and maintain an overview.

The advantages

  • You determine who enters your home and when
  • Grant temporary access authorizations for service providers
  • The access log displays the activities from the last 30 days upon request

How does the ekey bionyx app make system administration easy?

The ekey dLine gateway is conveniently administered via a smartphone or tablet using the ekey bionyx app. Within the app, authorizations are granted to users and different roles are assigned. The app also provides an access log and triggers smart features such as push notifications or remote opening. This ensures that all devices, access areas, functions, and users are always under control.

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What two operation modes does the ekey bionyx app offer?

The activation of the ekey system is intuitive via the ekey bionyx app, where you can choose between Local mode and Plus mode. In Local mode, all basic functions are available in just a few steps, without an internet or WLAN connection. The basic functions can be extended using Plus mode. Registration and an internet or WLAN connection are required for the additional smart features.

Local mode

Without Internet/WLAN

Plus mode (available in Q4 2026)

With smart features

✓ Open the door with your smartphone when you’re near it
✓ Intuitive administration via smartphone (e.g. users, devices)
✓ Up to 20 users
✓ Firmware updates

✓ All basic featuresfrom Local mode
✓ Remote opening via smartphone
✓ Push notifications when the door is opened
✓ Time slots (e.g. person X: access Wednesday, 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
✓ Administer up to 20 devices (fingerprint scanners or gateways) centrally in the app
✓ Remote administration of authorizations
✓ Access log for 30 days (enable/disable and delete)
✓ Amazon Alexa connection
✓ Smart home connectivity (HTTP(S) requests, APPMODULE, REST API)
✓ Data backup of the device configuration
✓ Remote support

Extensions in Plus mode

(subject to a charge)

+ extendable to up to 100 users

Where can I order the ekey dLine gateway?

Many well-known door manufacturers install the ekey dLine gateway as standard — providing keyless access right in your door.

Connection to the smart home

With the ekey dLine gateway, intelligent building use starts as soon as you get home thanks to smart features: Open the door and trigger various actions.

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We appreciate your interest and will be happy to provide you with advice and assistance. Find out more now on our website or contact us by email or phone. Discover the ekey dLine gateway, a future-proof solution for smart door opening via smartphone.