The LDS series of lightning distance sensors for an important addition to any standard weatherstation aimed at public safety. The sensor element made in Austria has been carefully integrated into an RF optimized outdoor IoT device which can detect lighting strikes and their related energies from a storm cell base up to 40km away from your location. This information is fed in real time to local and internet cloud servers and can be used to issue warning notifications via instant messaging services or trigger alarm automations such as warning lights or sirens, automatic closing of windows or garage doors etc.

This information can be incredibly useful for work place safety and planning such as

• outdoor sports activities
• public events
• farming and forestry 
• mining 
• building maintenance and construction work
• disaster management

The open design is Home Assistant ready and compatible with Opensensemap, Luftdaten and many other open science platforms. Every device comes with free forwarding to these platforms and free data retention for the lifetime of the product.

The sensor comes with WiFi 802.11n and 3 years warranty.

For more information do not hesitate to contact our sales team.