MeteoHelix personal weather station achieved highest U0 certification for wireless operation in Europe and the Americas

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MeteoHelix Personal weather station with a high performance wireless radio and internal antenna.

MeteoHelix Personal weather station with a high performance wireless radio and internal antenna.

Having achieved Sigfox Certification, the MeteoHelix® IoT personal weather stations are able to deliver wireless radio performance at the highest level in addition to their class leading measurement performance to WMO and NWS standards for all weather condition. For users this means that installation in agriculture and in smart cities can be hassle free, without having to take into account detailed coverage maps where Sigfox wireless coverage is available.

Radio performance of the latest generation of the MeteoHelix® personal weather stations has achieved the highest rating of U0 from Sigfox. MeteoHelix® is now commercially available and certified. More information can be found here: https://partners.sigfox.com/products/meteohelix-iot-pro-sigfox

The MeteoHelix® IoT LoRaWAN version is also available in for world wide distribution and features the same antenna design for top wireless performance.

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

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New product spotlight at the Meteo Expo 2019 in Gevena Switzerland

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:

MeteoHelix® Sigfox weather station in the outback hills

MeteoHelix® Sigfox weather station in the outback hills

WMO conforming IoT micro-weather station:

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

New products to watch out for at the Meteorological World Expo 2019 and WMO Congress in Geneva, Switzerland

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BARANI DESIGN new product show case at the Meteorological Technology World Expo 2019 & WMO Congress will include:

  • MeteoHelix® IoT Pro

    • micro-weather stations to WMO specifications

    • solar powered and wireless all-in-one weather station with 4+ months of operation without sun

    • meet WMO requirements for less than 500 EUR

    • upgraded with the new MeteoShield® Professional update (as described below)

    • available in Sigfox and LoRaWAN wireless versions

  • ezMETAR weather monitoring system for airports and heliports

    • approved sensors for Civil Aviation Use

    • robust and field proven hardware including sensors and data logger

    • triple level lightning protection

    • automatic METAR and SPECI report generation

    • solar powered wireless operation to minimize earth-works on airports.

  • MeteoShield® Professional

    • update based on 3 years of WMO testing and evaluation

    • robustness improvements

    • detailed improvements of the inner geometry to better optimize radiation reflection and absorption control for windless days

    • material improvements

    • improved airflow management for low-wind conditions

    • simplified field installation requirements for sensor and shield.

  • MeteoWind® Compact

    • compact anemometer and wind direction vane with the advanced elliptic cup design of its big brother Class 1 anemometer MeteoWind® 2

    • digital reed switch wind speed output with 2 pulses per revolution for universality

    • continuous 0 to 2.5 V wind direction output without a dead-spot with 1 degree resolution and better than 5 degree accuracy

    • all-metal construction of anodized aluminum with stainless steel ball bearings for corrosion resistance in marine environments and road weather stations

    • field replaceable anemometer cups as shown here: http://bit.ly/2VYWGpV

  • MeteoWind® hand-held anemometer

    • precision hand-held wind speed meter with an LCD display.

    • uses the same precision elliptical cups as MeteoWind® 2 and MeteoWind® Compact for unsurpassed accuracy for a hand held anemometer

    • rugged anodized aluminum construction with stainless steel ball bearings for toughness and corrosion resistance in marine environments

    • field replaceable anemometer cups as shown here: http://bit.ly/2VYWGpV

  • EasyLogLTE data logger

    • upgraded EasyLogGSM data logger to LTE/3G/2G/GPRS/GSM world wide modem.

    • tested for connectivity in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, China, Middle East, India, Asia and South Asia.

    • reliable operation verified with over 10 years of use.

    • new features include MODBUS RTU live data output for Photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant WMS stations

  • IoT Meteorological Solutions

    • MeteoHelix® IoT Pro micro-weather station (meets WMO standards of accuracy) with international LoRaWAN and Sigfox wireless connectivity (NB-IoT coming soon)

    • MeteoWind® IoT wind speed and direction sensor (meets WMO standards of accuracy) with international LoRaWAN and Sigfox wireless connectivity (NB-IoT coming soon)

  • IoT wireless LoRaWAN gateways

    Additional new products from the new strategic partnership between BARANI DESIGN Technologies and COMPTUS Inc. from the United States of America includes:

  • A75-101 Reed Switch Anemometer by COMPTUS Inc

  • A75-104 Sine-Wave Anemometer by COMPTUS Inc

  • A75-302 Potentiometer Wind Vane by COMPTUS

BARANI®, MeteoHelix®, MeteoShield®, allMETEO® are registered trademarks of Jan Barani and with permission used by BARANI DESIGN Technologies s.r.o.