The platform How it works

One platform. Every action through the core.

Four components — the bridge, the experience, the alternative, and the window — connected through one cloud core. This is the whole system, end to end.

HIRO
The ecosystem

Four components. One cloud core.

Hiro Platform is the cloud SaaS core — the brain that connects everything. Every component connects exclusively through it; no component talks directly to another.

Hiro Platform Cloud core · single source of truth
Hiro Link
The bridge
Hiro App
The experience
Hiro Kiosk
The alternative
Hiro Live
The window
C1 / COMPONENT
Hiro Link
The bridge — makes any machine smart

An IoT controller board attached to each washer or dryer. It receives activation commands from the Platform, starts the machine, and reports status and cycle data back.

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C2 / COMPONENT
Hiro App
The experience — find, pay, track, earn

The primary customer touchpoint — an Outlet Locator, an in-app wallet, a live cycle timer, order history, and loyalty, all in one place.

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C3 / COMPONENT
Hiro Kiosk
The alternative — no phone required

A customer-facing touchscreen terminal at the outlet. Pick a machine, tap to pay by card or eWallet QR, and it activates instantly — no phone, no download.

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C4 / COMPONENT
Hiro Live
The window — merchant visibility

A self-service merchant portal giving operators real-time visibility — sales, per-machine status, remote activation, reports, and multi-outlet support.

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The cloud core

Hiro Platform is the brain — the single source of truth for everything Hiro does.

Hiro Platform is the cloud SaaS core. It holds the outlet and machine registries, and it is the single source of truth for every transaction in the system. Nothing is authoritative until the Platform has recorded it.

It orchestrates payments and runs the wallet engine, relays activation commands to Hiro Link in the machine, aggregates the telemetry that comes back, powers the marketing and loyalty engine, and feeds outlet and machine data to merchants through Hiro Live.

Every component connects only through the core. Hiro App, Hiro Kiosk, Hiro Link, and Hiro Live never talk directly to one another — every command and every status update passes through the Platform. That is what keeps the whole system one coherent chain rather than a mesh of point-to-point links.

The activation & payment flow

Discover, pay, activate, track — every step through the core.

A single wash or dry passes through six stages. The customer touches Hiro App or Hiro Kiosk; the Platform runs the checks, moves the money, commands the machine, and records the result; Hiro Link starts the machine and reports back.

1

Discover

The customer finds a Hiro-enabled outlet — through the in-app Outlet Locator map in Hiro App, or simply by walking up to an outlet that has a Hiro Kiosk.

2

Select & pay

In Hiro App the customer picks a machine or scans the QR on it; at the Kiosk they tap a machine on the touchscreen. The request goes to Hiro Platform carrying the outlet, machine, and customer details, and they pay from their Hiro wallet, by contactless card, or by scanning a QR code.

3

Platform checks & processes

Hiro Platform runs its pre-checks — is the machine online (via Hiro Link's heartbeat), is it available (a washer must be idle; a running dryer can be extended with add-on time), and is there enough wallet credit. Any failure returns a clear message. When all pass, the Platform deducts the cycle cost, processes the payment, and records the transaction.

4

Machine activates

The Platform sends an activation command to the Hiro Link inside that machine, and the machine starts. On protocol-based machines Hiro Link confirms cycle start and returns real timer data; on pulse-based machines it returns a pulse-sent confirmation.

5

Track the cycle

The customer watches a live countdown for the wash or dry. On protocol machines the timer reflects real cycle data; on pulse machines it is a preset estimate, shown with a "~" prefix and a small offset for the delay between paying and loading the machine.

6

Done & recorded

The Platform stores the finished transaction — timestamp, outlet, machine, customer, amount, and cycle type — for the customer's order history and for the merchant's reporting in Hiro Live. If activation ever fails after the wallet is debited, the transaction enters the refund flow instead.

Integrations

Connected to the systems that matter.

Around the core, Hiro connects to payment providers, local payment networks, machine hardware, and internal finance systems — so the platform fits the way an outlet already takes money and runs its machines.

Payment gateways

Billplz — FPX & cardFiuu — card & eWalletRevenue Monster — card & eWallet

Local eWallets

Touch 'n Go eWalletGrabPayBoostTaiwan equivalents

Bank transfer

FPX / direct bank debit

Cards

VisaMastercard

DuitNow & DirectPay

DuitNow — Kiosk QRDuitNow DirectPayAlipay (visitors)WeChat Pay (visitors)

IoT / local hub

A local-hub architecture — each outlet runs a Hiro Hub appliance (Home Assistant) as the on-site hub for all Hiro Link devices, communicating with the cloud core.

Machine protocols

Dual-mode — protocol-based for modern controllers (full telemetry) and pulse-based for older machines (activation only).

Finance systems

SQL Accounting handles internal finance and bookkeeping, fed from the transactions the core records.

Four connected components. One cloud core.

One core. One coherent system, end to end.

Every payment, every activation, every cycle, every report — all routed through Hiro Platform. That is what makes the hardware, the money, the customer experience, and the merchant's view one system instead of stitched-together tools.