Deploy
Place monitors in selected locations using the recommended monitoring strategy for the site. Commission each device in the installer workflow: name it for its room, set the target line, join the site network.
Insect GateHow it works
From scheduled inspection to exception-based pest management.
Six steps. The first three happen in the room. The last three happen on the console and in the technician's day.
The oval on the lid is the lure well. Each corner is an entrance with two optical beams across it. There are no other markings.
Attract
A replaceable lure is selected for the target pest. It raises the probability that target insects investigate and enter the monitored area. The lure narrows what arrives; it does not on its own identify what arrived.
Sense
Each corner entrance contains two analogue optical beams. As an insect passes, the system records direction, timing, transit duration, signal attenuation and waveform shape: an optical event signature rather than a binary beam interruption.
Process
Firmware analyses the event locally. Depending on configuration and classifier maturity, events can be counted, assigned a direction, filtered, classified, and given a confidence level. Unknown is a valid outcome.
Report
Selected event data is sent over LoRaWAN with device health alongside. The console provides alerts, trends, event history, fleet health and location status. Bluetooth is used for commissioning and servicing on site.
Act
The pest-management team investigates locations showing meaningful activity rather than treating every monitor as equally urgent. Inspection, treatment and outcome are recorded against the location.
What an entrance actually measures
The order in which the two beams are crossed gives direction: A then B is an inward event, B then A is outward. Because the beams are sampled as analogue signals, the shape of each dip carries transit time, attenuation and waveform features that a plain beam-break detector throws away.
Those features are the basis for filtering and classification. They are not a guarantee of species identity, and the console says so when it is unsure.
Three measurements, kept separate
Events are qualifying optical passages, for example "12 activity events". Entries and exits are events with a direction, for example "6 entries, 4 exits". An estimate of target insects present is a higher-level interpretation and is labelled as such.
The console never collapses the three into one number, and a professional decides what the activity means for the room.
What it is, and what it is not
Insect Gate detects insect activity. It is not an insecticide and it does not replace sanitation, heat, bait or a trained inspector. It reduces dependence on routine visual inspection and supports targeted physical inspection where activity has occurred.