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Give Your Legacy Sensors New Life

Give Your Legacy Sensors New Life 

February 26, 2025

Many companies have legacy sensors throughout their facilities and operations. These sensors, also known as transmitters, are wired devices often left unconnected to a network. When companies look to gather data from these unconnected sensors, they often replace those sensors with those compatible with a wireless network. However, this isn’t required. With the right equipment, […]

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Benifits of VoBo Endpoints

Benefits of VoBo LoRaWAN® Bridge Endpoints

February 20, 2025

In this article, we’ll look at the major benefits of using VoBo endpoints to help you decide if VoBo is the right product for your applications. 

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Best Practices for Deploying the VoBo HL-1/GP-1 at Scale

September 9, 2024

The VoBo is a LoRaWAN endpoint that bridges wired transmitters to a LoRaWAN network. The VoBo is sensor agnostic, able to read multiple input communication protocols, and therefore must be configured for the transmitter(s) it is reading. Because of the wide range of transmitters and their applications, we offer the following guide to the best […]

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Streamlining Heat Trace Controller Monitoring: Wireless Solution Reduces Costs and Enhances Safety in Industrial Plants

August 12, 2024

Efficient operations at industrial plants require precise control of process temperatures. Wide-ranging ambient temperatures create operational problems in controlling these temperatures. To manage process temperature, operators utilize heat traces on process piping.

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The VoBo GP-1/HL-1: Reading and Transmitting Vibrating Wire Sensor Data from Dataloggers

May 21, 2024

The VoBo GP-1/HL-1 is a powerful tool for collecting and transmitting vibrating wire sensor data read from the Campbell Scientific CR6 datalogger.

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VoBo Deployment just got even easier!

February 23, 2024

We are excited to share that Volley Boast now offers selectable device profiles within Actility ThingPark, The Things Stack, Orbiwise, and Loriot LoRaWAN network servers!

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The next evolution of VoBo GP-1 and HL-1 has arrived

November 7, 2023

The most flexible LoRaWAN endpoint is now even better! A step change in VoBo GP-1™ and VoBo HL-1™ capability adds functionality and versatility. New Standard Features New Optional Features These features make it easier than ever to accurately and efficiently collect and transmit data to LoRaWAN® servers on customer-defined cycles!

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steam trap monitory with VoBo TC

Steam Trap Monitoring: Measuring Temperature in Harsh Weather

August 22, 2023

Learn how the VoBo TC helped with steam trap monitoring in harsh winter weather. To minimize the manual inspections, and manage steam trap maintenance and repair more efficiently, the customer wanted the temperature data of thousands of steam traps available on their LoRaWAN network.

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Hell froze over, but my VoBo kept working.

January 17, 2023

Over the Christmas holiday, the Polar Express brought one of our Midwest clients temperatures as low as -24°C (-11°F) and wind speeds up to 30 km/hr (18 mph). Despite the bleak conditions, our VoBos never missed a transmission.

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VoBos in the Wild – Second Edition

May 25, 2022

This VoBo is deployed deep within a processing facility. It is used to monitor calibration gas pressures for critical process analyzers. The customer is focused primarily on health and safety during their rollout of LoRa/LoRaWANs. They shared the picture as it demonstrates how a $600 VoBo can both drastically reduce their staff’s exposure to potentially dangerous equipment and situations while also saving significant time and money.

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