PRIMEC S.R.L., an integrator based in Turin, installed Fleximodo IoT Parking Sensor Mini units for exterior parking in September 2025. The sensors report over LoRaWAN, and Fleximodo's DOTA backend monitors each device. PRIMEC's team received onboarding and technical support from Fleximodo while commissioning the sensors in the field.
What problem did PRIMEC need to solve?
PRIMEC needed occupancy detection for outdoor bays that it could connect over LoRaWAN rather than a cellular network. LoRaWAN uses licence-free sub-GHz radio and gateways that an integrator can install and run itself, so there is no mobile operator in the data path.
The second requirement was visibility of the sensor fleet once installed. An integrator handing a car park over to a client has to know, remotely, whether every sensor is online and reporting.
What was installed?
- IoT Parking Sensor Mini (LoRaWAN, exterior). The compact Fleximodo sensor, for outdoor bays. It uses the same dual detection as the rest of the range: a magnetometer combined with radar, with automatic temperature compensation so seasonal heat and frost do not register as vehicles arriving or leaving.
- DOTA backend and sensor monitoring. Each sensor reports into Fleximodo's DOTA platform, which tracks device status and occupancy events.
- Onboarding and technical support for PRIMEC's engineers during installation and commissioning.
Sensor Mini is the smaller alternative to the Sensor Standard. It suits sites where a compact unit is easier to fit, while keeping the 99.96% detection accuracy Fleximodo quotes across its sensor range. Details are on the Sensor Mini product page.
Why LoRaWAN for this site?
LoRaWAN lets PRIMEC keep the radio network under its own control. Sensors send short, infrequent messages, which is what LoRaWAN is designed for, and a single gateway can cover a whole car park or several streets. If the client already runs LoRaWAN devices for lighting, waste or metering, parking sensors can share the same gateways.
What does the operator get from it?
The operator gets live, per-bay occupancy for the monitored spaces and a monitoring view that flags any sensor that stops reporting. From that data an operator can:
- show free spaces to drivers in an app or on guidance signage
- measure how long vehicles stay and how often bays turn over
- pass occupancy to its own systems through the Fleximodo API
Another Italian LoRaWAN Sensor Mini project is described in the Milan case study. For an Italian municipal rollout on NB-IoT, see Trento.