Insect GateConnectivity
Monitors communicate over LoRaWAN, which lets large numbers of low-power devices report through a small number of gateways. Actual coverage depends on building construction and the radio environment, and a first-site walk confirms it.
Every unit speaks Bluetooth Low Energy. A technician opens the app, stands in the room, and reads the unit without touching it: events since the last visit, lure health, battery, sensor health.
Commissioning is a Bluetooth job. Name the room, set the species line, join the site network. It is also how a unit that has gone quiet on the radio is recovered.
Sub-gigahertz, long range, low power. A single gateway on a hotel roof or in a mill office can hear units through floors and racking. The payload is small by design: events, direction, lure health, battery, a health flag.
Use a private gateway on site, or join a public network where one exists. No SIM card, no Wi-Fi password, no port in the wall.
Guest rooms cannot be relied on for network access. Food plants often isolate theirs. Basements block 2.4 GHz. A Wi-Fi radio also drains a battery quickly.
LoRaWAN was designed for meters and sensors that wake, send a short message, and sleep. An insect count is a short message. Bluetooth covers the last metre when a person is already on site.
| Bluetooth | BLE for commissioning, local readout and firmware |
|---|---|
| LoRaWAN | Class A end device, regional 868 MHz or 915 MHz |
| Payload | Counts, lure health, battery, unit health |
| Gateway | One indoor or outdoor gateway can connect a property; coverage confirmed on the first-site walk |
| Fallback | Counts stay in local memory if the gateway is down |
Not sure whether your building needs a gateway? Describe the floorplate on the contact form and we will advise.