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Gateway LoRa écho installée sur un mât en alpage Gateway LoRa écho, antenne autonome solaire Gateway LoRa écho, fixation sur mât métallique Gateway LoRa écho en montagne

Gateway LoRa

An autonomous antenna, set up on the pasture, and the network exists where there was none.

On many pastures no mobile network gets through and the public LoRa network stops in the valley. The Gateway LoRa settles the question on site. It picks up the Kraftleben LoRa within a radius of several kilometres in open terrain and sends their data over 4G to écho.

Autonomous, it recharges in the sun and runs without any connection. Delivered with its metal mast and ground fixing, it is set up in the field in a morning. A single device covers a whole pasture, and can be shared between neighbours.

from 2000 CHF at purchase, then 10 CHF per month Coverage study, supply, installation and connection included. One price, one invoice.

The device

A network extension built for the mountains: solar panel, battery, LoRa antenna and 4G link in a single weatherproof housing. It relays the positions and activity of the Kraftleben LoRa to écho, as if the pasture were covered.

We monitor it remotely. If it stops transmitting, we know before you do.

Autonomous system, no connection
  • Solar power, built-in battery, no electrical connection
  • 4G link to écho, data flows continuously
  • Range of several kilometres in open terrain
  • A whole pasture covered by a single device
  • Metal mast and ground fixing delivered with the device
  • Remote monitoring by Alpes-éco
  • Full technical sheet attached to every offer

How it goes

Three steps, one contact.

01

Study

We survey coverage on your plots and pastures, and tell you whether a gateway is needed.

02

Installation

We choose the spot with you, ideally at the summit, and set up the antenna.

03

Connection

Your Kraftleben LoRa flow into écho. You manage nothing.


Mounting guidance

Installation is simple, and the location makes all the difference. The higher the gateway, the more it covers. The mountain top, or the highest point of the pasture, is the ideal spot.

  • A hole in the rock, drilled with a good hammer drill and a 20 mm bit, takes the mast fixing
  • An earth connection completes the installation
  • A rigid fence around it, sheep netting type, to leave the device in place all season
  • The highest point of the pasture, clear, to maximise coverage

On request, we handle the installation. The coverage study decides the location, not habit.

Pose d'une Gateway LoRa écho sur mât Gateway LoRa écho protégée par une clôture rigide

Compatibility

Kraftleben LoRa and third-party LoRa sensors on request.

Commissioned from the Canton of Geneva