No telco dependency

Long-range wireless between devices — not 4G, not Wi-Fi-to-cloud.
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A lot of “smart” sensors assume your gate, your tank, and your shed all have decent 4G coverage. Most off-grid sites don’t. OGLAS doesn’t need them to.

How sensors talk

Every OGLAS sensor talks to the hub over long-range wireless — the same class of low-power radio used for everything from livestock trackers to satellite uplinks. Range is measured in kilometres, not metres. Power draw is low enough to run for a season on a single battery.

Some of the closer-in sensors also use a shorter-range, lower-overhead path. If a sensor is twenty metres from the hub, this saves airtime for the ones that need the full range.

Neither path involves a telco. Neither path involves the internet. Neither path charges per message.

What about the hub?

The hub also doesn’t need a telco connection to do its job. It logs locally and feeds Local analysis on its own display or whatever device you’ve pointed at it on your local network.

If you want to push data off-site — to a remote dashboard, a backup, a phone notification — you can absolutely do that, via the optional Cloud half over Wi-Fi, Ethernet, LTE, satellite, or HaLow. The point is that’s optional, on your terms, and only happens when you set it up — not as a precondition for anything working.

Why this matters

  • Internet outages don’t break monitoring.
  • You can install OGLAS in places with no mobile coverage and no fixed-line option.
  • No SIM cards to manage, top up, or replace.
  • No “this product is end-of-life” letter from a 4G modem vendor turns your hardware into a brick.