Since LoRaWAN technology is bidirectional, it can be used to read information and send remote commands. 

For the past few years, we have been receiving requests from cities that would like to use the technology to remotely control the locks on park cabins or public restrooms, with the goal of avoiding unnecessary staff travel.  

Thanks to the arrival on the market of new sensors adapted to this use case, we have developed a remote control offering that includes sensors and a web dashboard for manual control or for programming a door locking and unlocking schedule. We even demonstrated how it works at the last Municipal Information Network (RIMQ) conference in Trois-Rivières, with a miniature park cabin equipped with various LoRa sensors. 

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While we're at it...

Since we have a control module in a park cabin that allows us to lock and unlock a door, why not complete the solution with a presence detection sensor, a toilet overflow detection sensor, a door contact, and a temperature and humidity sensor? Well, that's exactly what a municipality in the Longueuil agglomeration asked us to do, as they plan to take advantage of the new LoRa network available in their territory. 

Our dashboard allows you to program a schedule for the lock and receive alerts by email or text message in different situations, such as if there is movement in the park cabin in the middle of the night, or if the door has been left open.

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