MAXNETWORK, s.r.o. is an internet and network services provider in Veľké Úľany, in the Galanta district of western Slovakia. It installed Fleximodo IoT Parking Sensor Standard units in the ground, connected them over LoRaWAN and sends the data to its own cloud platform. Fleximodo's IoT-HUB and CityPortal are not in the data path.
How the project developed
May 2024: sensors connected to MAXNETWORK's own systems. The in-ground LoRaWAN sensors were set up to deliver their uplinks to MAXNETWORK's own infrastructure. From there, MAXNETWORK handles decoding, storage, monitoring and any application built on top, such as occupancy maps or reports for its clients.
Next phase: service for local clients.
What the sensors provide
Each Sensor Standard sits flush in a core-drilled hole and detects vehicles with a 3-axis magnetometer combined with radar. Fleximodo quotes 99.96% detection accuracy. The sensor is rated IP68 and IK10 and runs from -40 °C to +85 °C. Automatic temperature compensation runs on the sensor itself, so readings are already corrected for heat and frost before they leave the device. That matters here, because no Fleximodo backend processes the data afterwards.
The sensors support LoRaWAN device classes A, B and C.
Lessons for similar sites
- Own cloud suits operators with a network team. An ISP or utility that already runs LoRaWAN gateways and a network server can take sensor uplinks directly. The sensors behave like any other LoRaWAN device on its network.
- Plan the application layer early. Without CityPortal, the operator must build its own dashboards, alerts for silent sensors and any driver-facing output. Scope that work before the sensors go in.
- Payload decoding is the key integration step. Occupancy changes and status messages have to be decoded correctly in the operator's stack. Test with a few sensors before a wider install.
- The managed route stays open. An operator can move sensors to Fleximodo's platform later if it wants dashboards, enforcement tools or analytics without building them.
Integrators weighing up both routes can compare the options on the integrations and API page. A French integrator using the same own-cloud model is described in the Paris case study, and a Slovak telecom running Fleximodo sensors on its LoRaWAN network in Bratislava.
Takeaway: a network operator with its own LoRaWAN stack can treat Fleximodo sensors as standard devices and keep the whole data chain in-house.