Need to know how much diesel fuel is in the tank, how high the water level is under the bridge, or whether the chicken feed will last longer than the chickens? Our ToughSonic Level Sensors can now get these answers to your desk or mobile device quickly, safely and inexpensively using the emerging LoRa spread-spectrum wireless technology.
What is Airwire LoRa?
Our wireless products carry the brand name AirWire. The wireless system described here is an emerging technology we call AirWire LoRa designed to operate at distances up to 10 miles depending on terrain, antenna elevation and line of sight. LoRa is derived from the words Long Range and handles many applications at low power, low cost and with good range performance.
How does it work?
At each monitored site a Level Transmitter and attached non-contact Level Sensor measure the distance down to the monitored liquid or material. That distance is periodically transferred wirelessly to a Receiver-Gateway that can serve many purposes, such as presenting the level(s) in a web page on a Local Area Network (LAN), sending email alerts for high or low level conditions, and/or transferring the data to an external application either locally or on the cloud. Level can be displayed simply as height or converted to volume (gallons, liters, etc.).
