The DSR-211-LG is an industrial LoRaWAN gateway and LTE router equipped with LoRaWAN wireless communication technology and cellular technology, providing users with wireless remote data transmission services.

LoRa (“Long Range”) is a wireless technology specifically designed for IoT. It allows a large number of (battery-powered) sensors to be connected to a central station (gateway).

One battery is expected to power most sensors for up to ten years, depending on the transmission interval. Indoor and outdoor applications are realized via plug & play. Data is automatically transmitted to central systems or a cloud and is analyzed.

The DSR-211-LG is an industrial LoRaWAN gateway and LTE router equipped with LoRaWAN wireless communication technology and cellular technology, providing users with wireless remote data transmission services.

LoRa (“Long Range”) is a wireless technology specifically designed for IoT. It allows a large number of (battery-powered) sensors to be connected to a central station (gateway).

One battery is expected to power most sensors for up to ten years, depending on the transmission interval. Indoor and outdoor applications are realized via plug & play. Data is automatically transmitted to central systems or a cloud and is analyzed.

Advantages over wired sensors: no costs due to elimination of cable laying, fast cost-effective installation and commissioning.
Example: Energy supplier – gas, water, electricity.

Actual situation:

The municipal utilities|waterworks regularly travel enormous distances – depending on the area of responsibility – to determine control and measurement data as well as to resolve problem cases.

Problem:

In order to resolve the situation that arises, resources are inefficiently handled in terms of manpower |costs and labor costs, as well as associated environmental impacts.

LoRaWAN approach:

By using e.g. measurement and level sensors, occurring incidents are forwarded to the control center via the LoRaWAN gateway. Only then does a work operation become necessary.

Example: City cleaning

Actual situation:

In a weekly rhythm, the vehicles of the local garbage collection drive to all public garbage containers.

Problem:

Since not all garbage containers are completely filled within a week, many trips by the garbage collection are unnecessary.

LoRaWAN approach:

The individual garbage containers are equipped with fill level sensors. In the future, full garbage containers will transmit a message to the LoRaWAN gateway, which will transmit the data to an intelligent control system. Based on the transmitted data, the control system will create an efficient collection route for the garbage collection, on which only stations with full garbage bins will be considered.

Example: Parking systems

Actual situation:

A vehicle drives into the local parking garage with a total of 10 parking decks. The electronic board at the entrance indicates that there are still free parking spaces available.

Problem:

Parking spaces are only available on parking deck 7. Every parking deck up to floor 7 has to be searched for free spaces by the parking garage visitors.

LoRaWAN approach:

The individual parking spaces are equipped with condition sensors. In the future, occupied parking spaces will forward a message to the LoRaWAN gateway, which will transmit the data to an intelligent parking system.

Based on the information transmitted, which parking spaces are occupied and which are free, the person looking for a parking space will receive information when entering the parking garage: “Please park on floor 7 in area E. There are still spaces available.

Example: Building monitoring

Actual situation:

The various access gates of the municipal depot are not manageable from the central entrance.

Problem:

Employees regularly forget to close the access gates, which has resulted in vandalism damage in the past.

LoRaWAN approach:

The individual access gates are equipped with switching sensors. In the future, opened gates will transmit the status “open” to the LoRaWAN gateway. Open gates will be graphically highlighted in red on a screen at the central entrance.
Other possible applications:

Sensors for the transmission of consumption information -> electricity, water, gas (flow sensors, monitoring of water levels) => measurement data energy supplier

Sensors for localization (GPS supported)
Sensors for warning of smoke development
Sensors for humidity measurement
Sensors for temperature monitoring