LoRaWAN farm monitoring — reference solution

At a glance

Field equipment: Region-compatible LoRaWAN nodes
Models to evaluate: YZW900L YZW300L YZW300X
Target system: Customer broker + application

The field challenge

The challenge on site

Sensors spread across fields and buildings need more than radio reception. Match the regional channel plan, decode the real payload and carry the reading all the way to the monitoring application.

Engineering reference design. Final equipment, functions and pilot checks are agreed for your site.

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System architecture

From field equipment to your application

Follow the data path and see which role belongs to the gateway, controller and customer application.

LoRaWAN farm monitoring — reference topology; select to enlarge.

01Region-compatible LoRaWAN nodes
02YZW900L / local ChirpStack
03Approved Node-RED relay
04Customer broker + application

Integration approach

What the first pilot includes

Join compatible nodes using the agreed regional channel plan.
Decode uplinks and transfer telemetry from the local LNS to the application.
Start with monitoring and notifications; irrigation control needs a separate design.

PILOT CHECKS

What a working system should demonstrate

Join the actual node and decode a known measurement correctly.
Compare radio reception at the most distant or obstructed installation points.
Verify broker delivery, stale-data indication and recovery after an IP interruption.

PROJECT INPUTS

What to share with our team

Deployment country, node model, LoRaWAN version and payload decoder
Terrain, gateway position and worst-case sensor locations
Reporting interval, battery target and application ownership
Power supply, lightning protection and enclosure installation

Installation & power

Plan the physical connections.

The reference separates data paths from supply wiring. Confirm actual loads, protection and installation conditions.

LoRaWAN farm monitoring — reference power and installation diagram; select to enlarge.

Products for this application

YZW900L and YZW300L support the local-LNS design shown here. YZW300X is an alternative only when using an external LNS; it does not run the same local server.