Managed IoT Hosting
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Herne-based companies and municipal organizations - you focus on your core business.
View serviceFrom LoRaWAN network planning to municipal smart city sensors and managed IoT hosting - your IoT service provider for Herne and the central Ruhr area. Designed around documented data paths, clear operating responsibilities, and personal technical support.
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Regional requirements, robust technology
Herne is one of Germany's most densely populated cities - right in the midst of structural transformation from mining to a modern service and commercial hub. Whether municipal infrastructure for Stadtwerke Herne, condition monitoring in commercial parks, or building automation for public properties like the Akademie Mont-Cenis: we host the IoT platforms that reliably process your sensor data.
Sensors, gateways, data platform, business application, identities, interfaces, and operations are planned together. Additional sites, cloud services, or local edge systems can then build on the same architecture model.
Your IoT stack on privacy-focused servers in Germany. Data sovereignty and compliance for Herne-based companies, utilities, and municipal institutions.
Around-the-clock monitoring of your IoT infrastructure. Automatic alerting on failures, proactive intervention - ensuring street lighting, fill levels, and building data are always available.
A dedicated technical contact, coordinated commissioning, and clearly defined response times.
Concrete services
You can start with one clearly defined requirement. Architecture, devices, platform, applications, and operations are planned so the first component can become part of one coherent IoT system when needed.
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Herne-based companies and municipal organizations - you focus on your core business.
View serviceWe plan radio coverage and gateway positions from site and building data, select suitable gateways and sensors, provision devices and payload decoders, and integrate them with ChirpStack. Device onboarding, data validation, and radio testing are coordinated with the platform.
View serviceEnd-to-end development of your IoT solution: custom web apps, mobile apps, and dashboards for municipal infrastructure, commercial park monitoring, and building automation. From platform setup to finished application - cloud or on-premise.
View serviceConnect machines, PLCs, HMIs, edge systems, ERP, and MES through documented protocols and interfaces in one controlled data flow.
View serviceRegional application fields
Typical starting points for companies and organizations in Herne and the surrounding economic region.
Hosting the IoT platform for intelligent street lighting, fill-level sensors in waste management, and environmental monitoring. LoRaWAN sensors networked city-wide - we operate the server infrastructure and dashboards for Stadtwerke Herne.
Technical approach
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Milesight
Hosted monitoring platform for condition monitoring of mid-sized businesses, energy consumption tracking, and building automation on former industrial sites. Non-invasive sensors connected via LoRaWAN to hosted dashboards.
Technical approach
ThingsBoard, Grafana, MQTT
Central hosting for room climate, energy optimization, and condition monitoring of municipal buildings - from schools to administrative offices to the Akademie Mont-Cenis in Sodingen. Automatic reports and threshold alerting.
Technical approach
Grafana, Node-RED, ChirpStack
The examples illustrate possible application patterns. Architecture, radio coverage, device selection, data model, and operating scope are assessed for the specific project.
One system instead of isolated silos
Value does not come from a single sensor or dashboard. What matters is an end-to-end data path with clear interfaces, access rules, and operating responsibilities.
Sensors, gateways, machines, PLCs, and existing data sources are selected or connected according to the measurement task, environment, and protocol.
View componentLoRaWAN, MQTT, cellular links, edge gateways, and private networks move data between sites, platforms, and other systems in a controlled way.
View componentChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Grafana, databases, and rule engines provide device management, processing, history, and alerting.
View componentDashboards, portals, mobile apps, and ERP, MES, and API integrations put IoT data into the actual workflows.
View componentMonitoring, backups, updates, incident response, and service levels keep the platform and data paths maintainable and transparent.
View componentThe architecture can grow with more devices, sites, applications, and deployment locations without introducing isolated connections or hard-to-maintain special paths for every extension.
Technical foundation
Open-source stack optimized for urban environments with dense development: ChirpStack for LoRaWAN network management, ThingsBoard for device control and rule engine, Grafana for visualization. Hosted on Linux servers with TLS encryption, automatic backups, and regular security updates.
LoRaWAN
Radio standard
EU868
Frequency plan
MQTT & APIs
Interfaces
Cloud & on-premises
Deployment models

We rely on Milesight and know the product portfolio inside out - from environmental sensors to LoRaWAN gateways to industrial controllers. We advise, source and integrate the right hardware for your use case.
Milesight hardware ships worldwide - we deliver pre-configured and firmware-updated, ready to deploy.
We also work with hardware from other manufacturers - whether proprietary or open-source. What matters is that it works reliably and integrates into our stack.
Project path
The initial step remains manageable. Device count, architecture, integrations, and operating responsibilities are defined only after the technical assessment.
Capture measurements, sites, users, existing systems, alert paths, and the expected business outcome.
Combine radio path, devices, platform, data model, interfaces, and security requirements in a testable design.
Provision devices, configure services, process data, and connect dashboards or business applications.
Agree monitoring, updates, backups, and response paths, then add further sites or capabilities in a controlled way.
Region and scale
A regional entry point does not limit the architecture. Platforms can cover multiple plants, properties, fields, or customer sites under one operating model.
The regional scope includes Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Bochum, Herten, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen. Multiple sites can share one platform while retaining separate roles, data spaces and alert paths.
Industries
The technical foundation can be adapted to different measurement tasks and business processes.
Specialist services
Dedicated service pages explain platforms, development, LoRaWAN, and visualization in detail.
Enquiry
Briefly describe the measurement task, sites, existing devices, and desired outcome. We will assess architecture, platform, integration, and possible operations.
Answers about our IoT services in Herne - from municipal smart city sensors and commercial park monitoring to building automation and managed operations for utilities, mid-sized businesses, and municipalities.
Themen
We deliver the full spectrum of municipal IoT: intelligent street lighting with LoRaWAN control, fill-level sensors for optimized waste collection routes, environmental monitoring for air quality and noise, and energy monitoring for municipal properties. All on a central, hosted platform.
IoT sensors make former industrial and mining sites ready for new use: environmental monitoring on conversion sites, condition monitoring for new commercial enterprises, and intelligent building automation for modern concepts - as demonstrated by the Akademie Mont-Cenis in Sodingen.
Yes. We plan coverage and gateway positions from the site, building, and measurement data you provide. Structural obstacles, metalwork, topography, and potential interference are taken into account. Reception testing, data validation, and fine-tuning are coordinated with the platform.
Yes. All devices are shipped with pre-set network parameters, payload decoders, and current firmware. Device onboarding and data validation are coordinated with the platform.
Yes. Beyond standard dashboards in Grafana and ThingsBoard, we build custom web apps and mobile apps - for example citizen dashboards for environmental data, facility management cockpits for municipal buildings, or monitoring apps for commercial enterprises in Wanne-Eickel.
Yes. Via ThingsBoard and Node-RED, we integrate LoRaWAN, MQTT, HTTP, and Modbus sources into a unified platform. This allows street lighting data, waste fill levels, and building sensors to be analyzed together and forwarded to existing municipal systems.
By default, we operate the platform on agreed infrastructure in German data centers.
Yes. We install and harden the IoT platform remotely on your provided infrastructure.
The timeline depends on the platform, device count, radio planning, data paths, integrations, and operating model. After the technical assessment, you receive a rollout plan with prerequisites, dependencies, and milestones.
Yes. We design multi-tenant platforms for municipalities and companies with multiple sites - whether Herne-Mitte, Wanne-Eickel, Sodingen, or Baukau. Each location gets its own dashboards, access controls, and alerting profiles.
Regional IoT entry points
Further regional pages explain LoRaWAN, platform integration, system connectivity and managed operations for the respective business area.
IoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Castrop-Rauxel
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Bochum
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Herten
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Recklinghausen
View regional serviceNo risk: worst case, you leave with a clearer understanding of your project than before.


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