Smart Switch

The STREGA time-controlled switch for the valve actuators is a battery operated wireless switch to remote control your butterfly valves. With the ultra-low-power consumption, the smart-switch can be triggered for remote OPEN/CLOSE operations.

Features

• Battery-operated wireless control for valve actuators
• LoRaWAN® communication protocol
• Ultra-low-power consumption
• Remote OPEN/CLOSE valve operations
• Time-controlled switching capability
• Extreme long-range connectivity
• Deep indoor signal penetration
• Direct actuator piloting for butterfly valves

Thinger.io Integration

The Smart Switch integrates with Thinger.io through LoRaWAN connectivity, enabling remote monitoring and control of valve actuators from the cloud platform.

Requirements

A LoRaWAN server is required to communicate the Smart Switch into Thinger.io, some options are:

• The Things Stack
• LORIOT
• ChirpStack

Alongside, the corresponding plugin for the selected LoRaWAN server needs to be installed in your Thinger.io instance.

Get Started

Installation

Look for the plugin in the Thinger.io Plugin Store and install it in your Thinger.io instance. Once the plugin is installed a new Product will be created for this device.

Configuration

The Product is already preconfigured, check that the auto provision prefix matches the one selected in your LoRaWAN server plugin in Thinger.io, or change it to your desire.

Usage

Start sending uplinks for autoprovisioning devices and buckets. This product also provides a predefined dashboard and downlinks for remote valve control operations.

Additional Resources

STREGA resources can be found at:

• Product Information
• Datasheet
• Thinger docs