Solutions — Smart City
A lamp post, a recycling kiosk, a barrier gate and an advertising screen have the same problem: they are outdoors, they are numerous, and nobody notices when one stops working until somebody complains. The network is what turns them from standalone hardware into managed assets.
Hundreds or thousands of endpoints, each one a potential failure. Per-site cost matters as much as device cost.
Lighting and gate controllers are often RS-485 or RS-232. Something has to carry that onto IP without replacing the controller.
Screens, cameras and APs want PoE. Cabinets may only have a DC rail. Knowing this up front changes the bill of materials.
Retrofits run alongside live services. Devices need to be fitted quickly and then left alone for years.
The workhorse for lighting cabinets and kiosks: 4G or 5G uplink plus RS-232/485 to the existing controller, so you add connectivity without re-engineering the controller. Remote reboot and configuration included.
When a pole or a shelter carries a camera, a screen and an AP, one PoE switch feeds them all — and tells you which port lost its load.
Squares, markets and transit-adjacent areas where residents and staff handhelds need continuous coverage.
For district-level aggregation points that have to separate video, control and public traffic before handing off.
Manually managed lighting cannot follow weather or season, so energy and labour are both wasted. With a network layer in the cabinet, each section can be scheduled, dimmed and checked for faults from a desk.
Used: a 4G industrial router per feeder pillar — network connection plus serial communication to the controller, with anti-disconnect watchdog and online detection.
One pole now carries several services that used to be separate projects. The pole needs a single uplink and a small switch inside.
Used: 4G router plus switch plus AP in the pole base — cellular uplink, local wireless coverage, easier maintenance.
Where sorting and collection programmes require fill-level data and access control, each kiosk needs a link and somewhere to run the application logic.
Used: a 4G industrial router handling connectivity and data handling, with remote management so one operator can watch a whole district.
Community entrance barriers need a reliable link; outdoor screens need enough throughput for content updates and a way to prove the screen is alive.
Used: 4G/5G industrial routers for the link layer — stable, low latency, simple to set up, remote-managed.
City projects live or die on per-site cost. Give us the count and the cabinet contents and we will come back with a per-site configuration and a delivery schedule.