LoRa Hub
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The OGLAS LoRa Hub is the simplest way to start, and the default for most sites. It sits on a shelf in the shed or office, listens for sensor messages over long-range LoRa, and logs everything to local storage. No display required — point Local on a laptop, SBC, or NAS at it and you’ve got the lot.
What it does
- Listens for sensor readings from every device in range, confirms back so the sensor knows it got through.
- Listens on short-range wireless as well — a shorter-range link that uses less airtime, so nearby sensors save battery and leave the long-range channel clear for the ones that need it.
- Stores readings locally to flash / SD / a connected host, in a format you control. Your data, your formats, your backups — see Your data is your data.
- Forwards commands — when you want to open a gate or ring a bell, the hub sends the instruction to the right device and collects the response.
Hardware
Purpose-built wireless hardware with long-range LoRa radio. Compact, low-power, designed to sit on a shelf and run 24/7.
Headless or with a display
The LoRa Hub is purposely headless by default — most sites put it next to a router or NAS that already has a screen elsewhere. If you do want it on its own:
- Large display — wall-mountable, multiple pages of sensor data.
- Small display — desktop, two sensors at a glance.
For solar-powered sites, add power management so MPPT production data lands on the same screen as your sensors.
Other transports
If straight-line LoRa doesn’t reach — hills, sheds, or dead spots in the way, or no path off-site at all — look at the Mesh Hub or the Satellite Hub instead.
Why on-site
A hub that lives where your sensors live means:
- Sensor messages don’t need to travel further than your site — see No telco dependency.
- You keep working through internet outages.
- Your data never leaves the site unless you ask it to. From here it flows to Local, and optionally to Cloud.
Building this into a larger site? That’s exactly what we do — start a custom build or email us.