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How It Works — From Sensor to Screen

How OGLAS moves data from a sensor in the field to a screen you can read — long-range wireless to an on-site hub, analysis you own, and an optional private cloud copy. LoRa by default, no telco required.

OGLAS moves data along one path — Sensors → Hubs → Local → Cloud — from the field, to an on-site hub, to analysis you own, and on to an optional private copy you can reach from anywhere.

flowchart LR
    S["<b>Sensors</b><br/>gate · tank · fence<br/>vehicle · power"]
    H["<b>Hub</b><br/>on-site receiver<br/>+ local logging"]
    L["<b>Local</b><br/>browse · own<br/>back up · analyse"]
    C["<b>Cloud</b><br/>private copy<br/>+ remote"]
    S -->|"long-range wireless<br/>no telco, no 4G"| H
    H --> L
    L -->|"optional<br/>LTE · Wi-Fi · satellite · HaLow"| C

How sensors reach the hub

Each sensor reports to your hub over a wireless link that doesn’t need 4G, Wi-Fi, or any fixed infrastructure. The hub confirms every message, logs it locally, and raises alerts when something needs your attention. Range is measured in kilometres, not metres; power draw is low enough to run a season on a single battery.

What we ship by default

For almost every site, the default stack is LoRa at 915 MHz (the AU/NZ band): sensors talk straight to a LoRa Hub, which logs to Local on an SBC or laptop. That’s the whole system — no telco account, no subscription. You don’t configure radios; the sensors and hub come paired.

When a different transport fits

Some sites need more than a straight line. The hub you choose reflects that — and a single site can mix them:

If your site has… Use Why
Clear line of sight to the hub LoRa Hub Simplest; the default
Hills, sheds, or dead spots in the way Mesh Hub Devices relay for each other around obstacles
No mobile, fixed line, or neighbour to reach Satellite Hub The hub uplinks over satellite
An existing LoRaWAN gateway LoRaWAN We feed your gateway (e.g. The Things Network or ChirpStack — open LoRaWAN servers)
A hard-to-reach hub but a connected point nearby HaLow / long-range Wi-Fi Carries data to where there is a connection, no telco in the field

(Mesh here is the same idea as Meshtastic — an open mesh built on LoRa radios.)

What this means for you

  • You don’t pick a protocol — tell us the site and we ship the right one, pre-configured.
  • Hardware outlives the network — LoRa is a radio layer, not a carrier generation, so there’s no 2G/3G-style shutdown to brick your gear. If a better option emerges, it’s a firmware update, not new hardware.
  • Your data stays local regardless of transport — see Your data is your data.

Odd connectivity — a valley with no signal, a yard wrapped in steel, a site that spans kilometres — is exactly the kind of thing we solve with a custom build. Tell us about your site.