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.

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

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

  • Lorix One professional IP65 outdoor LoRaWAN gateway from Wifix

  • Sentrius professional indoor LoRaWAN gateway from Laird

  • The Things Gateway indoor LoRaWAN gateway from The Things Network (TTN)
    

  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.

The future of affordable METAR

The increase in electronics reliability and processing power has enabled us to launch a new ezMETAR AWOS weather station that generates not only Auto-METAR, but also SPECI reports automatically every half hour, wirelessly. Using field proven sensors and LTE/GSM data logger complemented by robust power and lightning protection, affords these ezMETAR systems the promise of revolutionizing small VFR airport operations worldwide with their reliability, affordability and precision, while offering expandability and customizability for even IFR operations. The sensors and data logger can currently be found in operation in all climates and around the world in Africa, Asia, the Americas & Europe.

ezMETAR weather observation system generates Auto-METAR & SPECI reports affordably

The ezMETAR weather observation system will be on display at the World Meteorological Exhibition on June 5 - 7, 2019 in the BARANI DESIGN Technologies stand 6020, which will be held in Hall 4 of Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland.

For more information, contact BARANI DESIGN Technologies at sales@baranidesign.com.