LPWAN SOLUTIONS
Solution
The Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution provides near-real-time water level tracking, fill state metrics, low-water threshold alerts, and consumption trend monitoring across livestock drinking troughs, pastoral tanks, and agricultural stock watering systems without the expense or complexity of traditional wired telemetry or manual run checks. Engineered specifically for harsh farm environments, the system arrives pre-configured out of the box to automatically stream encrypted sensor telemetry directly to the Ellenex Software Platform.
This IoT-driven agricultural monitoring solution offers key operational benefits:
Zero-Touch Plug-and-Play Deployment: Arrives fully pre-programmed for immediate deployment in under 5 minutes without requiring local software programming, driver installation, or manual developer setup.
Dual LPWAN Connectivity Options: Choice of LoRaWAN® (ideal for large pastoral stations or farming operations with zero recurring airtime fees) or NB-IoT / LTE-M (for direct public cellular transmission across dispersed property paddocks).
Submersible Hydrostatic Precision: Features an IP68-rated 316L stainless steel submersible pressure sensor probe paired with a heavy-duty vented cable for automatic atmospheric pressure compensation.
Rugged Agricultural Build: Built with an IP66 UV-protected transmitter enclosure engineered to withstand direct sunlight exposure, livestock impact, and extreme rural weather conditions.
Low Total Cost of Ownership: Powered by an internal replaceable 3.6V Lithium battery combined with ultra-low-power firmware to achieve maintenance-free operational lifespans of up to 10 years.
Rapid Operational ROI: Delivers fast financial returns by eliminating daily manual water run checks, reducing farm fuel and vehicle maintenance expenses, preventing stock dehydration, and detecting pipe leaks early. Learn More
Easy Install
Pre-Configured
Secure
Quick ROI
Rugged Design
Battery Operated
Our Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution provides a comprehensive approach to efficient water resource management and pastoral asset protection. By leveraging cutting-edge technology in IP68 submersible hydrostatic pressure sensors, farmers and station managers can track, control, and optimize their livestock watering systems from anywhere. The result is a future-proof solution that not only addresses current operational challenges—preventing empty troughs and undetected pipe leaks—but also adapts to the changing demands of agricultural compliance, ultimately protecting livestock health, reducing operational labor, and securing water resources.
Connecting remote water troughs, stock tanks, and pastoral pipelines to a central digital network transforms static farm infrastructure into an intelligent water monitoring network. By feeding continuous sensor data directly to a cloud platform, property managers gain complete visibility over every paddock water point while eliminating manual check runs.
Asset Visibility
Continuous telemetry from IP68 submersible hydrostatic sensors provides total operational visibility across widely distributed pastoral stock troughs and remote tanks. By bringing real-time water depth levels, fill percentages, and live battery health diagnostics directly onto a centralized mobile dashboard via the Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution, property managers can monitor water security across thousands of hectares without leaving the homestead.
Resource Sustainability
Continuous hydrostatic level tracking directly supports sustainable water usage and livestock management across drought-prone rural environments. By identifying abnormal draw-down trends and sudden level drops caused by cracked float valves, damaged poly-pipes, or stock interference, the Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution allows station hands to locate and fix leaks before precious groundwater or rainwater reserves are wasted. Furthermore, automating water point checks dramatically cuts farm vehicle fuel consumption, tractor hours, and rural carbon emissions.
Battery-powered industrial hydrostatic level monitoring with LoRaWAN or NB-IoT/LTE-M connectivity for remote water tanks.
Core Operational Capabilities
Hydrostatic Sensing Element
LoRaWAN / NB-IoT / LTE-M
IP68 Submersible Sensor
IP66 UV-Protected Enclosure
Up to 10-Year Battery Life
Cloud / API / SCADA Integration
Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring with Ellenex IoT Submersible Level Sensors
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Efficient water trough level monitoring is vital for the health and wellbeing of livestock, ultimately leading to increased productivity and sustainability in agricultural operations.
Industrial Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway Specifications
For customers deploying the LoRaWAN package, the high-performance industrial gateway provides complete self-managed coverage. It is pre-configured to forward packet data to the Ellenex Platform.
System Architecture
The integrated Solution telemetry platform is designed around a dual-LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) hardware architecture, giving operators the flexibility to deploy either LoRaWAN or cellular-based (supporting NB-IoT and LTE Cat M1) network configurations depending on local infrastructure and regional topology. Both communication technologies represent the cutting edge of industrial IoT, designed to penetrate challenging physical barriers and achieve multi-kilo meter propagation distances while maintaining extremely low electrical current draws.
The Ellenex telemetry pipeline follows a streamlined 4-step end-to-end data flow designed to give customers total choice over their network infrastructure and software platform:
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Sensor: The single Ellenex battery-powered field device directly measures physical parameters, digitizes analog signals, applies factory calibration parameters, packages telemetry into AES-128 encrypted payloads, and manages low-power sleep modes within a unified unit. Learn More:
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Wireless Infrastructure Options:
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Option A (LoRaWAN Option): Transmits sub-GHz radio packets to an Ellenex Pre-Configured Outdoor Gateway. The gateway acts as a transparent Layer-1/Layer-2 RF-to-IP bridge. Learn More
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Option B (Cellular NB-IoT / LTE-M Option): Transmits encrypted telemetry directly across licensed 3GPP cellular networks to public mobile base station towers. Learn More.
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3. Network Core & Data Routing Layer: Encrypted sub-GHz packets are securely routed from the gateway to the Ellenex Network Server (LNS). The LNS manages crucial network functions—including device authentication, payload decryption, and frame deduplication—ensuring clean, secure sensor data is seamlessly delivered to Ellenex Software Platform.
4. Data Processing & Platform Visualization: All telemetry is ingested, decoded, and visualized seamlessly within the Ellenex Cloud Software Platform. The software transforms raw sensor data into actionable insights through real-time dashboards, historical trend analysis, threshold alerting, and device health management.
Connectivity & Visualisation Platform
With its advanced features and ease of use, Ellenex’s software platform enables effective monitoring and management of remote operations—ensuring efficient, sustainable, and reliable resource management.
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Encrypted ultra-low power communication protocol.
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Advanced device inventory.
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Integration of APIs for enterprise systems.
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Multi-tenant role-based access control.
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Data export and import.
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White-label platform for enterprise runs on private accounts.
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Variable alarm setting for high and low thresholds and multi-channel alerting.
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Sampling and transmission interval configuration.
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Transmission condition configuration.
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Other configurations and customizations available on request.
Ellenex's software platform is a comprehensive, user-friendly solution specifically designed for remote monitoring and management.
The platform offers a robust range of features tailored for off grid, distributed, and critical operations, including:
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Real-Time Data Visualization: Monitor live operational status, levels, and key metrics across all your locations from a centralized dashboard.
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Customizable Alerts & Notifications: Receive instant warnings for threshold breaches, sudden drops, or anomalous activity before minor issues become costly failures.
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Historical Data Analysis & Predictive Analytics: Track consumption patterns, analyze usage trends, and forecast future demand to optimize maintenance and supply schedules.
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Seamless System & API Integration: Easily feed raw or aggregated telemetry into your existing enterprise software, SCADA, or ERP systems using Ellenex’s secure Open API.
Key Benefits
Ellenex Software Platform Dashboard
Individual Device Details & Data Analytics View
Parameter Configuration and GPS Location View
Device Management Interface
Historical Data & Performance Analytics
Remote Command and Downlink Control Log
Ellenex Asset Monitoring App
Custom alert and Notification Setup Interface
Data Export and Reporting Interface
Webhook and Data Forwarding Interface
Sensor Calibration and Formula Configuration
Integration Options
A core competitive advantage of the solution is its complete pre-configured, plug-and-play design. Both the cellular and LoRaWAN (with local gateway) variants arrive fully configured and ready for connection to the Ellenex platform out of the box, eliminating the complexities of local software setup, sensor programming, or manual network registration.
The end-to-end package includes the following integration characteristics:
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Zero Technical Hassles: No extra power tools, driver setup, or developer configurations are required. Deployment is completed in under 5 minutes.
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Pre-Configured Gateway Provisioning: The industrial outdoor gateway is pre-commissioned to automatically bind with the Ellenex LNS stack. Once powered via PoE or DC, it immediately discovers sensors, decrypts the payloads, and relays them directly to the centralized cloud dashboard, seamlessly routing data to the Ellenex Platform.
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Pre-Configured SIM & Connectivity: For NB-IoT deployments, the transmitter is shipped with a pre-configured 4FF Nano-SIM card and active carrier subscription, ready to transmit on regional networks immediately upon power-up.
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Unified Fleet Visualization: Once powered on, both device variants automatically check in and populate their respective live measurement streams to the user’s centralized mobile app or web dashboard.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution work from an operational standpoint?
The solution uses an IP68 316L stainless steel hydrostatic pressure sensor submerged at the bottom of a water trough or storage tank. The sensor continuously measures the water pressure above it, converts that pressure into precise water depth, and passes the reading to a surface-mounted wireless transmitter. The transmitter packages the water level, fill percentage, and battery voltage into an encrypted payload and broadcasts it wirelessly via LoRaWAN® or NB-IoT/LTE-M. The data is ingested by the Ellenex Software Platform, where property managers can view live dashboard visuals, historical consumption charts, and receive instant alerts on their phone or computer.
How do I install the Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution on my farm?
Installation requires no specialized tools, wiring, or programming. Field hands simply lower the weighted 316L stainless steel probe to the bottom of the water trough or storage tank, secure the polyurethane cable along the tank rim or inside a conduit, and mount the IP66 UV-protected transmitter enclosure to a nearby fence post, tank riser, or wall using standard brackets. Once turned on, the factory pre-configured sensor automatically checks in and starts transmitting data directly to your Ellenex Software Platform account.
What happens if algae, mud, or sediment builds up around the sensor probe?
The hydrostatic probe features a recessed 316L stainless steel sensing diaphragm designed to resist mud, silt, and bio-fouling. While small amounts of soft algae or mud will not affect hydrostatic pressure readings, farm staff can easily lift the probe out of the trough during routine tank cleanings and rinse the sensing face with clean water if heavy silt accumulates at the bottom of the trough.
Can the Ellenex Software Platform monitor multiple water troughs across different paddocks at the same time?
Yes. The Ellenex Software Platform features a multi-tenant, centralized device management interface that allows property owners to monitor dozens or hundreds of remote water troughs, header tanks, and dams simultaneously from a single web browser or mobile dashboard. Every sensor can be named according to its paddock location (e.g., "North Paddock Trough 2"), giving operators a full bird's-eye view of property-wide water security.
How do notifications work on the Ellenex Software Platform if a trough runs dry or overflows?
The platform features dynamic, configurable alerting tools. Users can define custom threshold conditions for every trough, such as a "Low Water Alert" when depth drops below 20%, or a "Rapid Draw-Down Alert" if water levels fall unnaturally fast due to a broken pipe or stuck float valve. When a threshold is breached, the platform dispatches real-time alerts via SMS, email, or mobile app push notifications to designated station personnel.
How does atmospheric pressure change affect the accuracy of the water level measurement?
Barometric weather changes (such as high-pressure systems or storms) alter surrounding air pressure, which can skew standard pressure readings. The Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution solves this by using a heavy-duty cable equipped with an internal capillary vent tube. This tube references the internal sensor element directly to the surrounding atmospheric pressure at the surface enclosure, automatically canceling out weather-related pressure variations and ensuring accurate water depth calculations year-round.
What maintenance is required for the Efficient Water Trough Level Monitoring Solution over its operational lifespan?
The system is practically maintenance-free. It operates on an internal, high-capacity 3.6V Lithium ($\text{LiSOCl}_2$) battery and ultra-low-power firmware, eliminating the need for solar panel cleaning, external power wiring, or battery recharging. Depending on the data transmission frequency configured on the Ellenex Software Platform, the internal battery provides up to 10 years of continuous field operation before needing a simple battery replacement.
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