Carlos, a lifelong installer, always had the same awkward question: “Can’t you make me a mobile app? In this article we tell how, thanks to Adquio APP Builder, he goes from selling only hardware to delivering to his customers a web and mobile app with his brand, made in hours and without programming, turning each project into a premium experience.
Carlos has been a lighting and automation installer for more than fifteen years.
He has seen fashions, protocols and brands go by… but there is one phrase that haunts him in almost every meeting:
“And can’t you make me a mobile app, with my logo, to control everything?”
Every time he hears it, he feels the same:
a little awkward silence and the usual response:
“That’s another world, you have to talk to a developer, it’s expensive, it takes months…”
And he sees how, on the customer’s face, the illusion drops a couple of degrees.
One morning, Carlos receives a call from Laura, head of a small group of boutique hotels.
–Carlos, we love the installation, but the reception team gets confused with the screens. Wouldn’t there be a way for them to control everything from a simple app? Something with our room names, our schedules, our scenes?”
Carlos looks at the calendar: he is full of projects.
He knows that, if he enters the field of “developing an app”, he will run out of margin, time… and patience.
That same afternoon, while reviewing news from the Adquio Ecosystem, he came across something that made him stop scrolling:
“The revolution in mobile control has arrived with Adquio“.
Adquio APP Builder
He starts reading… and the light bulb goes on.
The first thing that strikes Carlos is that Adquio APP Builder is not just another software lost in the cloud.
He lives on what he already knows: theAdquio Ecosystem .
The variables are there: temperatures, scenes, relay states, lighting levels, consumptions…
Each one with its internal code for the controller and its human readable name.
And the concept is devastating:
“Instead of hiring programmers to make an app from scratch,
you use the variables you already have in your Adquio and build your own web and mobile app by dragging blocks.”
Without writing a single line of code.
Without waiting months.
Without depending on anyone.
Carlos immediately thinks of Laura.
The next day, Carlos shows up at his office with his laptop.
Open Adquio APP Builder connected to the controller that already manages the building’s lighting, remotely and transparently to the building.
Start designing the hotel app, literally in real time:
In the “main” group, a single button:
“Reception – On / Off”, linked to the scene already programmed.
A second section: “Breakfast”, with a slider to switch from the “Early Bird” scene to the “Relaxing Environment” scene.
Another one for “Meeting Rooms”, with a selector by room name instead of weird codes.
And a “Settings” tab for authorized personnel only, where you can limit who touches what.
The real twist wasn’t just that project. It was what came next.
With Adquio APP Builder, Carlos discovers that:
Before:
Every customer asked for “a custom app” and the answer was a no, or an impossible budget.
Now:
Whenever you deliver an installation with an Adquio controller, you can say:
“In addition to the painting and scenes, we include a web and mobile app tailored to your building and your team.”
Same variables, same controller, different interfaces depending on the type of user
Simple App for the end user.
Advanced App for maintenance.
Web panel for management.
All built on the same data, without redoing anything.
Before, his speech was technical:
modules, outputs, protocols, brands.
Now, sell something that any customer understands:
You will have your app with your company’s logo
“Scenes are named after your spaces, not ‘Scene 1’.”
“From your cell phone you can turn off entire plants, view statuses, change modes.”
The perceived value goes up. And with it, your margin as an installer.
Where there used to be:
Meetings with external developers,
Endless documentation,
Weeks of comings and goings…
Now there are:
An Adquio controller and Adquio.API.
A few hours of design in Adquio APP Builder,
And the app is ready the same day.
Carlos’ time is better billed because he is focused on his knowledge of the building and the client, not on fighting with code or third parties.
Carlos also sleeps more peacefully:
All access goes through the security of the Adquio ecosystem.
There are no strange apps with shortcuts to the client network.
Actions are logged and audited per user.
If tomorrow there are changes (new scenes, new zones), the app is updated, without redoing the project.
There is no gap between “what happens in the mobile” and “what happens in the installation”:
is the same brain, just another way of talking to it.
A month later, Laura calls Carlos again.
–“I was just calling to thank you. The team has adapted very quickly.
We no longer fight with the controls… and on top of that, the guests are amazed when they see that we manage everything from our own app.”
Carlos hangs up and looks at his agenda.
Now, every new project has an indispensable line:
✅ “Define app with Adquio APP Builder“.
Because he has understood something key:
If you already have an Adquio controller, there is no point in delivering only automation.
Delivering also your own app is what differentiates you as an installer.
Within this story, there is a very concrete reality for your business:
Custom web and mobile apps without programming, in hours.
All based on the variables you already defined in the controller (internal codes + friendly names).
Same technical work, much more perceived value.
Less dependence on third parties, more control over the user experience.
A perfect excuse to:
Review old installations,
add a control app,
and turn past projects into new sales opportunities.
If every Adquio installation can have its own control app,
Adquio APP Builder is the piece that turns your technical work into a premium experience for your customer.
And that, in a market saturated with hardware, is exactly what makes you unforgettable.
