Managed IoT Hosting
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Witten-based companies - from specialty steel production to the university campus.
View serviceFrom LoRaWAN network planning to hardware selection and managed IoT hosting - your IoT service provider for Witten and the Ennepe-Ruhr district. Designed around documented data paths, clear operating responsibilities, and personal technical support.
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Regional requirements, robust technology
Witten combines specialty steel production, academia, and nature in close proximity: Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) represents heavy industry with high demands for condition monitoring, Witten/Herdecke University drives healthcare innovation, and the Ruhr and Ennepe rivers require reliable environmental monitoring. We host the IoT platforms that process your sensor data from smelting furnaces, lecture halls, and waterways.
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 Witten-based companies, the university, and municipalities.
Around-the-clock monitoring of your IoT infrastructure. Automatic alerting for anomalies at rolling mills, campus systems, or water levels.
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 Witten-based companies - from specialty steel production to the university campus.
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 condition monitoring, campus automation, and environmental data. 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 Witten and the surrounding economic region.
Hosted monitoring platform for vibration monitoring, temperature tracking, and predictive maintenance at rolling mills and smelting furnaces. Non-invasive sensors connected via LoRaWAN to real-time dashboards with automatic anomaly detection.
Technical approach
ThingsBoard, Grafana, MQTT
Hosting the IoT platform for building automation, room occupancy sensing, energy monitoring, and medical laboratory sensors. Intelligent control of heating, ventilation, and lighting - data-driven and energy-efficient.
Technical approach
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Milesight
Central hosting for water level monitoring, water quality measurement, and flood early warning along the Ruhr and Ennepe rivers. LoRaWAN sensors at critical measurement points, threshold alerting, and historical data analysis.
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 industrial and academic environments: 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 Witten, Bochum, Dortmund, Hagen, Hattingen, Castrop-Rauxel. 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 the Ennepe-Ruhr district - from condition monitoring in specialty steel production to campus IoT and water monitoring to managed operations for industry, academia, and municipalities.
Themen
We deliver condition monitoring platforms for specialty steel production: vibration monitoring at rolling mills, temperature tracking at smelting furnaces, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection. Sensors are connected via LoRaWAN, and we host and operate the platform with real-time dashboards and automatic alerting.
Yes. Non-invasive sensors for vibration, temperature, power consumption, or compressed air usage can be retrofitted without interfering with machine controls. Data is transmitted via LoRaWAN or MQTT to our hosted platform and visualized in custom dashboards.
Metal structures such as steel halls, rolling mills, and storage racks reflect and attenuate radio signals. We account for these factors in radio coverage planning: strategic gateway placement, use of industrial-grade external antennas, and mesh topologies where needed for seamless coverage.
Yes. Gateways and sensors are provided with coordinated network parameters, current firmware, and prepared payload decoders. Device onboarding, data validation, and functional testing are aligned with the platform.
Yes. Beyond standard dashboards in Grafana and ThingsBoard, we build custom web apps and mobile apps - for example, room occupancy apps for Witten/Herdecke University, water level overviews for the Ennepe, or condition monitoring cockpits for production facilities.
Yes. Via ThingsBoard and Node-RED, we integrate LoRaWAN, MQTT, HTTP, and Modbus sources into a unified platform. This allows machine data from specialty steel production, building data from the university campus, and water levels to be analyzed together and forwarded to existing 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 companies and municipalities with multiple sites - whether Witten, Hattingen, Herdecke, or Wetter. 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 Bochum
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Dortmund
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Hagen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Hattingen
View regional serviceNo risk: worst case, you leave with a clearer understanding of your project than before.


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