Forest Recreation Facility

LoRa-based wireless CO and environmental monitoring system for forest recreation accommodations.

PnP IoTs installed a wireless monitoring system to help a forest recreation facility monitor carbon monoxide, temperature, humidity, and CO2 data from accommodation buildings and send the data to a management office dashboard.

▲ Monitoring dashboard for forest recreation facility environmental and safety data.

Overview

Forest recreation facilities often have multiple accommodation buildings spread across a mountain area. In this environment, wired network installation can be difficult, and staff cannot continuously inspect every room or building.

PnP IoTs applied a LoRa wireless sensor network so that environmental and safety data could be collected from distributed accommodation units and checked from the management office.

Customer Challenge

  • Real-time CO monitoring was required to reduce carbon monoxide accident risk.
  • The site did not have convenient internet access at every sensor point.
  • Sensor data had to be checked from the management office.
  • The requirement later expanded to temperature, humidity, CO, and CO2 monitoring.
  • Wireless communication had to work in a forest/mountain facility where signal conditions are different from ordinary urban sites.

PnP IoTs Solution

PnP IoTs configured a LoRa wireless monitoring system based on RTU and wireless sensor slaves.

The initial system monitored CO concentration using LoRa communication. After additional requirements were confirmed, the system was expanded to monitor temperature, humidity, CO, and CO2 together.

System Configuration

ItemConfiguration
RTUPD-AWS-S8 x 1
LoRa MasterLC0-M x 1
CO-only wireless sensorLC0-SCO x 2
Multi-sensor wireless nodeLC0-STMHMCOCO2 x 6
Measured dataCO, temperature, humidity, CO2
Server programpnpmap
Wireless communicationLoRa
Field communication distanceApproximately 280 m line-of-sight in the installed field condition

Installed Photos

▲ Management office installation for LoRa wireless monitoring.

▲ Accommodation-side LoRa CO sensor TEST

▲ Site map style monitoring screen for distributed accommodation buildings.

Field Verification

The facility staff performed a simple field check by generating smoke and verifying that the CO reading changed on the monitoring system. The blog post records a detected value of approximately 7 ppm during this simple operation check.

Benefits

  • Real-time CO monitoring supports visitor safety.
  • LoRa wireless communication reduces wiring constraints in forest sites.
  • The management office can check sensor operation status and environmental data from one screen.
  • The system can expand from CO-only monitoring to combined temperature, humidity, CO, and CO2 monitoring.
  • The monitoring screen makes distributed accommodation buildings easier to supervise.

Related Products

  • PD-AWS-S8 RTU
  • LC0-M LoRa Master Module
  • LC0-SCO LoRa Slave + CO Sensor
  • LC0-STMHMCOCO2 LoRa Slave + Temperature / Humidity / CO / CO2 Sensor
  • pnpmap monitoring software

Sales Message

This case shows how PnP IoTs can build a practical wireless safety monitoring system for forest recreation facilities, cabins, camping sites, and other outdoor public facilities where wired network installation is difficult.