IoT Smart Solar Street Light
1.Overview
Traditional solar street lights can only be
controlled one-to-one. But for big solar street light projects, if we want to
control all the solar street lights on a computer or mobile phone at one time,
what should we do? It's simple, use IoT solar street lights.
IoT is short for the Internet of things.
Compared with the traditional solar street light, the IoT solar street light
control system does extra two jobs: one is to record the working data, and the
other is to transmit the working data to the server.
We can use Lora/Zigbee technology to build
a local area network(LAN) and transmit information between lights, then use the
concentrator to collect light information and transmit it to the server through
4G/5G networks. Or we can use 4G/5G networks to transmit directly. Finally, the
data is displayed on the computer or mobile phone, then we can see and control
the working status of each light.
2. Application
Realize the remote lighting control of
Solar street light
3. Main Feature
a. Lora/Zigbee and GPRS communication are
available.
b. Remote control solar street lights and
monitor the status of the solar battery, panel, and LED.
c. Lighting time and brightness remote
control adjustment
d. The alarm on the LED light, battery, and solar panel failure.
4.Benefits of IoT smart solar street light
a. Real-time monitoring and feedback
You can check the solar street light
working condition on the computer or phone, and our system will send the
warning information if the solar street light does not work well. So you can
know which light is broken and the possible reasons. Will save lots of
maintenance fees.
b. Brightness adjustment and energy saving
For example, We need the solar light to be
turned on earlier in winter but later in summer, then we just need to change the
working time on the computer.
Road A has heavy traffic but road B only
has a few cars after 10 pm, we want road B dim to 50% output to save energy,
how to do? We can set all solar street lights on road B to work with 50% output
after 10 pm on our system.
c. Smart solar street light alarm function
IoT solar street light provides an alarm
function, and real-time data on the platform can provide for analysis.
5.Two solutions to make the IoT solar street light
The key point for the IoT solar street light control system is to collect and transmit the working data and commands between the solar street light and server. Soaring Lighting provides two ways to do it:
a. Solar controller with Lora/Zigbee module + Concentrator with SIM card
This is the first generation of IoT solar street light control system. In this system, each solar controller is built in a Lora/Zigbee module, so a local area network is formed and Lights will transmit working data to the concentrator by Zigbee/Lora signal, then the concentrator with a SIM card will send all the information to the server by 4G/5G network.
In this system, only the concentrator need a SIM card, and usually, a concentrator can control 50-150pcs of solar street light, so it saves lots of SIM card fee and the network fee.
But Lora/Zigbee signal is not stable like the 4G/5G network. If the distance for the street light is not reasonable, some lights may be disconnected after installation.
However, if the contractor have an engineer who knows how the Lora/Zigbee work, it will be good to use this solution.
b. Solar controller with internet module
This is the new solution. In this system, each solar controller has a SIM card in-built, so they can transmit the signal to the server directly. Since the 4G/5G network is more stable than the Lora/Zigbee, this IoT solar street light will work better.
Due to the low SIM card fees and network fees, this solution is widely used in China solar street lighting projects.
If you want to use this IoT light control system for your solar street light project, you should tell us which SIM card you will buy and better send one sample to our company to test. Our engineer will optimize the network.
If you want to know more details about the IoT solar street light, please contact us directly. Or you can visit our blog: https://www.soaringlighting.com/IoT-SOLAR-STREET-LIGHT-n.html
