LORIX One and MeteoHelix® IoT Pro solution for professional meteorological and agricultural applications

New product spotlight at the Meteo Expo 2019 in Gevena Switzerland

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LORIX One LoRaWAN Gateway detail

BARANI DESIGN Technologies in cooperation with Wifx Sàrl from Switzerland with showcase a professional meteorological wireless solution designed for areas with limited GSM/LTE coverage. This low-bandwidth wireless meteorological system requires very low data rates as typical of mountainous regions and rural or outback locations. These remote locations where meteorological data is scarce but critical for accurate weather prediction for nearby population centers are currently serviced by costly satellite data services. Now remote meteorological data coverage is attainable for a few hundred dollars wherever GSM/LTE or Wifi is available.

Outdoor IoT wireless LoRaWAN gateway with 10+ km wireless range:

• LORIX One professional IP65 outdoor LoRaWAN gateway from Wifx of Switzerland

MeteoHelix® agro weather station overlooking a wheat field

WMO conforming IoT micro-weather station:

• MeteoHelix® IoT Pro weather station for professional meteorology and precision agriculture by BARANI DESIGN Technologies of Slovakia

New strategic partnership between BARANI DESIGN Technologies and COMPTUS Inc. from the United States of America will fruit “Made in USA” and “Assembled in USA” meteorological sensors and weather stations under the “BARANI DESIGN” brand.

For more information, please contact Wifx or BARANI DESIGN Technologies.

Sigfox IP65 micro-Gateway with MeteoHelix® IoT Pro solution for professional meteorological and agricultural applications

New product spotlight at the Meteo Expo 2019 in Gevena Switzerland

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Sigfox Micro installation at a remote cattle ranch for cattle tracking and MeteoHelix® weather station data. (Photo by Andrej Dobak of SIMPLECELL NETWORKS SLOVAKIA, A.S..)

BARANI DESIGN Technologies in cooperation with HELIOT SA, the Sigfox wireless network operator in Switzerland and Austria will showcase a professional meteorological wireless solution designed for areas with limited or non-existent GSM/LTE coverage. This low-bandwidth wireless meteorological system requires very low data rates as typical of mountainous regions and rural or outback locations. These remote locations where meteorological data are scarce are also critical for accurate weather prediction for nearby population centers and are currently only serviced by costly satellite data. Thanks to Sigfox and HELIOT SA, remote wireless coverage for meteorological data will now be available for a few hundred dollars wherever GSM/LTE or Wifi is not available.

Outdoor wireless Sigfox IoT gateway with 10+ km wireless range:

• Sigfox Access Station Micro, an affordable micro-gateway for extending existing Sigfox wireless coverage is available from HELIOT SA of Switzerland and Austria.

MeteoHelix® Sigfox weather station in the outback hills

WMO conforming IoT micro-weather station:

• MeteoHelix® IoT Pro weather station for professional meteorology and precision agriculture by BARANI DESIGN Technologies of Slovakia.

For more information, please contact HELIOT SA or BARANI DESIGN Technologies.

MeteoHelix® weather stations installed to monitor new frost protection technology experiment in famous Vienna Wine School

Bundesamt für Obst- und Weinbau in Klosterneuburg

Three MeteoHelix® micro-weather stations were installed to monitor new technology experiment to help prevent frost on budding wine grape plans at the renowned Hö­he­re Bun­des­lehr­an­stalt viticulture school in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, Austria. These precision weather stations are powered by the sun and connected to the Sensor Network Services GmbH LoRaWAN wireless network to provide critical real-time information to help evaluate the success of this new technology. Differentiated by their helical shape, they are able to provide world class measurements for a fraction of the cost of comparable accuracy meteorological technologies.

The variability of weather over the recent decade has caused grape wine damage in the millions of euros each year due to frost. This experiment is very significant due to the fact that it sits within a vast wine region stretching for hundreds of kilometers from the Tokaj of southern Slovakia and northern Hungary to the southern Moravia region of the Czech republic and all the way to the Vienna region known for its wine schools and superb white wine production.

MeteoHelix® weather stations monitoring ground frost in precision viticulture at the Hö­he­re Bun­des­lehr­an­stalt school in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, Austria