The Complete Fleximodo Order History of multiGuide: 23 Orders From 2023 to 2026 — Germany's Deepest Smart Parking Sensor Partnership

Deployment Snapshot: multiGuide's Cumulative Fleximodo Footprint

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The Client: A Siemens Spin-Off That Became Fleximodo's Deepest Partnership

multiGuide GmbH is a Siemens spin-off headquartered in Oberhaching, a southern suburb of Munich, specialising in sensor-based parking guidance and outdoor signage systems across more than 40 countries. Its flagship deployment monitors over 15,000 parking spaces at Munich Airport, and the company's detection technology stack — ultrasound, infrared, camera, radar, and now Fleximodo's magnetometer-plus-radar smart parking sensors — feeds unified guidance platforms for airports, commercial properties, and municipalities worldwide. Despite a lean engineering team, multiGuide's Siemens heritage and airport-grade deployments have made it a recognised name in European parking guidance.

What sets multiGuide apart in Fleximodo's global partner network is not any single deployment but the sheer continuity of the relationship. Between May 2023 and March 2026, multiGuide placed 23 separate Fleximodo orders — nearly double the order count of the next most active partner (Urban Lighting Innovations, with 13) and roughly triple that of DOTSOFT (8). This is not a story of one large purchase followed by silence; it is a story of continuous, operational procurement, where multiGuide orders precisely what each new project needs, exactly when it needs it — sensors, connectivity, mounting hardware, and backend services alike. Across those 23 orders, multiGuide has touched nearly every product line in Fleximodo's catalogue: in-ground and surface-mount sensors in both LoRaWAN and NB-IoT variants, custom-branded adaptors for a major public mobility programme, managed IoT Hub backend, decade-long prepaid connectivity from two different carriers, and — most recently — Fleximodo's newest dual-sensing detection capability.

Order Timeline: All 23 multiGuide Orders, Chronologically

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Phase 1 (May–September 2023): From Evaluation to Production, and the First JELBI Pilot

multiGuide's relationship with Fleximodo opened in May 2023 with a substantial, production-grade order — Sensor Standard units, On-Surface Adaptors for retrofit installations, and managed IoT Hub backend — rather than a hardware evaluation kit. The Surface Adaptors signalled from day one that multiGuide needed flexibility across mixed installation environments: some sensors flush-mounted in-ground on outdoor asphalt, others surface-mounted where core-drilling into existing pavement was restricted.

Two months later, in July 2023, multiGuide returned with an order built around long-lifecycle connectivity: 1NCE 10-year prepaid NB-IoT SIM cards. Pre-paying a decade of cellular connectivity eliminated the single largest operational headache of large-scale IoT deployment — annual telecom renewals and SIM management — and matched the sensor's six-year battery life with a connectivity commitment that would outlast it. This was the clearest early signal that multiGuide's initial deployment had proven itself and the company was moving from pilot to committed production infrastructure.

August 2023 brought multiGuide's third order and, at the time, its largest single hardware purchase: LoRaWAN Standard sensors with no IoT Hub, no SIMs, no managed backend at all. The shift to pure hardware procurement confirmed that multiGuide had successfully integrated Fleximodo's sensor protocol into its own proprietary parking guidance platform — sensors now flowed directly into multiGuide's software without Fleximodo intermediation, at least for facilities within multiGuide's own managed portfolio.

Then came September 2023's acceleration. On a single day — 12 September — multiGuide placed four simultaneous orders spanning the full breadth of its emerging deployment strategy: a smaller LoRaWAN hardware order, its largest LoRaWAN order to date (sufficient to equip a complete airport terminal parking zone or a large commercial parking structure), a complementary NB-IoT Standard order with managed IoT Hub for sites without gateway infrastructure, and — critically — the first order for Berlin's JELBI mobility hub network. That first JELBI order paired the REPASS surface-mount sensor configuration with custom On-Surface JELBI Adaptors, giving multiGuide a solution for on-street mobility hub parking bays where core-drilling was impractical or prohibited by the municipality. JELBI, Berlin's flagship multimodal mobility programme operated by BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) in partnership with Trafi, consolidates car-sharing, bike-sharing, scooter rental, and public transport at branded hub locations across the city — and multiGuide's Fleximodo sensors became the parking occupancy detection layer feeding that platform.

Two days later, a follow-up LoRaWAN order landed — almost certainly serving a second, separate facility project rather than the same deployment. By late September, a ninth order introduced an entirely new product line: the compact Sensor Mini, a surface-mount unit for indoor levels, thin floor slabs, and temporary configurations where even a Surface Adaptor wasn't practical. In five months, multiGuide had gone from a single evaluation order to nine orders spanning four distinct sensor configurations — LoRaWAN Standard, NB-IoT Standard, NB-IoT REPASS with JELBI adaptors, and LoRaWAN Mini — a textbook integrator adoption curve compressed into less than half a year.

Phase 2 (October 2023–Early 2024): JELBI Brand Standardisation and a Hybrid Backend Model

October 2023 opened with a LoRaWAN order that broke multiGuide's established hardware-only pattern by including managed IoT Hub — evidence that not every client site could integrate with multiGuide's proprietary backend, and that some facilities needed sensor data delivered through Fleximodo's CityPortal API instead. This flexibility — its own backend for managed sites, Fleximodo's IoT Hub for sites requiring external access — became a durable feature of multiGuide's procurement pattern for the rest of the relationship.

Later that month, the second JELBI order arrived with a defining detail absent from the first: an explicit RAL 1023 traffic-yellow colour specification for the On-Surface Adaptors, matching BVG's brand identity across JELBI's hub signage and physical infrastructure. The colour standardisation marked the transition from an initial pilot cluster of hubs to a wider, brand-consistent rollout across Berlin's mobility hub network.

December 2023 closed the year with an express LoRaWAN order and managed IoT Hub — a year-end facility deployment on a tight delivery timeline, the kind of Q4 procurement that typically aligns with a construction project or facility opening. Then, in February 2024, the JELBI programme reached its most complete specification yet: NB-IoT Standard sensors, RAL 1023 JELBI Adaptors, managed IoT Hub, and — for the first time on a JELBI order — 1NCE 10-year SIM connectivity. Previous JELBI orders had been hardware-only; this order transformed the Berlin deployment from "sensors with adaptors" into fully managed, decade-long infrastructure, suggesting either that the JELBI installation had grown large enough to warrant dedicated backend infrastructure, or that BVG required API-based data delivery independent of multiGuide's internal systems.

March 2024 brought a new kind of order altogether: the first to combine Sensor Standard (in-ground) and Sensor Mini (surface-mount) in a single procurement, both feeding the same managed IoT Hub backend. This mixed-format approach reflected the reality of facilities with heterogeneous parking environments — outdoor lots suited to in-ground sensors, upper levels or thin-slab zones suited to surface-mount Minis — unified behind a single API so that, from the guidance system's perspective, a parking space simply reports as occupied or available regardless of which sensor format monitors it. By this point, multiGuide's fourteenth order made it the first Fleximodo partner globally to reach this depth of cumulative procurement.

Phase 3 (Mid-2024): IoT Hub Scaling, a One-Year Milestone, and a Hidden Fleet Revealed

May 2024 opened with a routine LoRaWAN-plus-IoT-Hub order marking a genuine milestone: one full year of continuous procurement, May 2023 to May 2024, with no interruption. Later that month, an insured LoRaWAN shipment became multiGuide's second-largest single order to date — a large facility installation (potentially a multi-level car park, commercial complex, or airport zone) equipped with well over a hundred sensors feeding Fleximodo's managed API, with transit insurance reflecting the growing scale of individual shipments.

June 2024 was the busiest month of the entire relationship. An eleventh LoRaWAN-plus-Hub order continued the steady 2024 cadence. Then came the OPEX managed-service renewal — not a hardware order at all, but a consolidation of eight historical invoices that revealed something that reframed the entire partnership: multiGuide had been operating at least 480 Fleximodo sensors since 2022, before its first tracked 2023 order. Two of those invoices alone (290 and 190 sensors) accounted for the bulk of that hidden fleet, and the renewal's two-term prepayment structure — covering consecutive annual service periods — showed a level of operational confidence in Fleximodo's managed backend that only comes from years of reliable service. The tracked hardware orders from May 2023 onward, it turned out, were only the visible portion of a much larger installed base.

Days later, a nineteenth order — another insured, express LoRaWAN shipment — confirmed multiGuide as the deepest cumulative Fleximodo partner globally, ahead of every other partner in the company's network by a wide margin. And in August 2024, a twentieth order returned to NB-IoT after six consecutive LoRaWAN orders, adding 1NCE 10-year connectivity for sites where multiGuide's private gateway infrastructure wasn't a viable option. This protocol diversification — LoRaWAN for dense sites with owned gateways, NB-IoT for distributed sites without them, both feeding the same IoT Hub backend — reflected genuine operational maturity: multiGuide wasn't choosing a single connectivity standard, it was matching the protocol to the site.

Phase 4 (Late 2024–2026): The Largest Orders, Custom Branding, and Dual Sensing

December 2024 produced the single largest hardware order in multiGuide's entire history — LoRaWAN Standard sensors with no OPEX applied at all. By this point, multiGuide operated its own LoRaWAN gateway network, its own backend platforms, and its own firmware management infrastructure at a scale where paying annual per-sensor fees to a hardware vendor no longer made commercial sense. The order — roughly double the size of the previous single-order record — demonstrated that Fleximodo's hardware margins were strong enough to support large-scale sales with zero recurring service revenue, capturing a "sovereign infrastructure" customer segment that closed, service-bundled competitors couldn't serve.

February 2025 shifted focus back to Berlin, with a fourth JELBI order distinguished not by scale but by a single new capability: a custom-finished Surface Adaptor, specified as "JELBI Color RAL 1023" at standard order quantity — no special minimum order commitment required, where most hardware vendors would refuse to quote custom colours below 500–1,000 units. Paired with 10-year Deutsche Telekom connectivity reselling (a second connectivity carrier alongside 1NCE), this order confirmed multiGuide's ability to win contracts at visually branded mobility-hub sites, a market segment that is expanding well beyond Berlin's JELBI network across other German and European cities.

The most recent order, placed in March 2026, is multiGuide's 23rd and introduces Fleximodo's newest sensor capability: dual sensing — an NB-IoT Sensor Standard variant that confirms vehicle presence through two independent physical measurements (magnetometer and radar) rather than relying on a single detection channel. This improves reliability in challenging environments such as underground car parks, metal-reinforced surfaces, and locations near heavy electrical infrastructure. The order also carries the lowest documented per-sensor operating cost anywhere in Fleximodo's records — a direct reflection of multiGuide's volume, and a "warranty after commissioning" clause (warranty coverage starting at installation rather than shipment) that protects sensors held in inventory before deployment. As Fleximodo's highest-volume customer, multiGuide is the natural first adopter of new sensor generations as they reach the market.

Why multiGuide Kept Ordering From Fleximodo

Across 23 orders and 34 months, a clear pattern emerges: multiGuide never treated Fleximodo as a one-off vendor. Each order solved a specific, concrete problem — a new facility coming online, a new connectivity requirement, a new installation constraint, a new branding mandate from a mobility-hub partner, a new sensor capability worth adopting early — and each time, multiGuide returned to the same supplier rather than re-tendering. That consistency reflects three things working together: Fleximodo's willingness to sell hardware-only at scale when multiGuide's internal infrastructure made that the right commercial choice; Fleximodo's flexibility to support both LoRaWAN (self-hosted) and NB-IoT (1NCE- or Deutsche Telekom-connected) models under one product architecture; and a technology base — dual detection with automatic temperature compensation — reliable enough that multiGuide never needed to requalify a second sensor vendor.

Fleximodo IoT Parking Sensor Standard In-Ground 2.0: Technical Profile

Specification	Detail
Detection method	3-axis magnetic field + nanoradar (dual detection technology)
Detection accuracy	99.96%
Dimensions	115 mm diameter, height 64 mm
Weight	390 g
Battery	3.6 V, 13-19 Ah (6-year operational lifetime)
Connectivity	LoRaWAN Class A/B/C, or NB-IoT (with 1NCE or Deutsche Telekom 10-year SIM)
Ingress protection	IP68
Impact resistance	IK10
Weight endurance	Up to 8 tonnes
Operating temperature	-40 to +85 °C
Casing	Ultrasonically welded into one piece
Certifications	ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, DNV, CE, FCC

Fleximodo IoT Parking Sensor Mini: Technical Profile

Specification	Detail
Detection method	3-axis magnetic field + nanoradar (dual-sensing)
Detection accuracy	99.7%
Dimensions	95 × 95 × 65 mm
Weight	230 g
Battery	3.6 V, 13 Ah (6-year operational lifetime)
Connectivity	LoRaWAN Class A/B/C
Installation	Surface-mount (no drilling required)
Ingress protection	IP67
Operating temperature	-40 to +85 °C

REPASS / On-Surface Adaptor (Including Custom JELBI RAL 1023 Finish): Technical Profile

Specification	Detail
Product category	On-Surface Adaptor / REPASS (reversible, non-invasive sensor mounting)
Standard finish	Default housing colour
Custom finish used by multiGuide	RAL 1023 traffic yellow (JELBI brand colour)
Minimum order quantity for custom colour	None — standard order quantities accepted
Warranty	1 year (standard)
Compatible sensors	Fleximodo Sensor Standard (NB-IoT or LoRaWAN)
Installation	Surface mounting, no core drilling required
Use cases	Historic pavements, mobility hubs, branded environments, on-street JELBI locations, temporary deployments

Fleximodo Sensor Standard — NB-IoT (Dual Sensing): Technical Profile

Specification	Detail
Sensor model	IoT Parking Sensor Standard — NB-IoT (dual sensing)
Detection	Dual sensing — magnetometer parking sensor plus radar parking sensor, confirming presence through two independent physical measurements
Detection accuracy	99.96%, maintained across temperature extremes via automatic temperature compensation
Dimensions	115 mm diameter, height 64 mm
Weight	390 g
Battery lifetime	6 years operational
Ingress protection	IP68
Impact resistance	IK10
Connectivity	NB-IoT parking sensor
Warranty	1 year after commissioning (starts at installation, not shipment)

Every sensor format multiGuide has ordered — in-ground Standard, surface-mount Mini, REPASS with custom JELBI finish, and the newest dual-sensing NB-IoT variant — shares the same underlying reliability mechanism: automatic temperature compensation. This is firmware-level recalibration that continuously adjusts a magnetometer parking sensor's baseline reading as ground and ambient temperature shift between a German winter and a summer-heated airport apron or exposed JELBI hub surface. Without it, magnetic-field drift caused by heat or cold can produce false occupancy readings; with it, every sensor in multiGuide's fleet — regardless of connectivity, mounting method, or which of the 23 orders it arrived with — holds its rated detection accuracy year-round. For a fleet this large, feeding both multiGuide's own guidance platform and Fleximodo's managed CityPortal API, consistent accuracy independent of season is an operational requirement, not a marketing footnote.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Fleximodo orders has multiGuide placed, and over what period? 23 orders between May 2023 and March 2026 — 34 months of continuous procurement. This is the largest cumulative order history of any Fleximodo partner globally, nearly double the next most active partner (Urban Lighting Innovations, 13 orders) and roughly triple DOTSOFT (8 orders).

Why did multiGuide keep ordering from Fleximodo instead of switching vendors or re-tendering? Each of multiGuide's 23 orders solved a specific, immediate need — a new facility, a new connectivity requirement, a new branding mandate, a new sensor capability — and Fleximodo consistently met it: hardware-only sales when multiGuide's own infrastructure made that the right choice, managed IoT Hub when a site needed external API access, custom-branded adaptors at standard order quantities for the JELBI programme, and early access to new capabilities like dual sensing. That consistency across format, connectivity, and commercial model removed any reason for multiGuide to requalify a second vendor.

What is JELBI, and why does multiGuide's sensor specification differ there? JELBI is Berlin's flagship multimodal mobility programme, operated by BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) in partnership with Trafi, consolidating car-sharing, bike-sharing, scooter rental, and public transport at branded hub locations across the city. Parking sensors at JELBI hubs must be surface-mounted (core-drilling is often impractical or prohibited on-street) and finished in JELBI's signature RAL 1023 traffic-yellow to visually integrate with the branded environment — requirements that don't apply to multiGuide's in-ground airport and commercial deployments.

Why does multiGuide operate both LoRaWAN and NB-IoT sensor fleets? The two protocols serve different site economics. LoRaWAN suits dense sites — airports, garages, campuses — where multiGuide operates its own private gateway infrastructure, eliminating recurring cellular fees and giving full data-path sovereignty. NB-IoT suits distributed or one-off sites without gateway budgets, connecting via 1NCE or Deutsche Telekom's public cellular networks with prepaid 10-year SIMs. Both feed the same Fleximodo IoT Hub backend where applicable, giving a unified CityPortal view regardless of connectivity choice.

Why do some multiGuide orders include IoT Hub and OPEX, while others are pure hardware? multiGuide serves two integration models. Facilities inside multiGuide's own proprietary guidance platform need pure hardware — Fleximodo sensors become commodity inputs with zero recurring vendor fees, which is why multiGuide's largest single order (December 2024) had no OPEX applied at all. Facilities that need data delivered externally — via API to a third-party platform or a partner like BVG's JELBI system — use Fleximodo's managed IoT Hub and CityPortal dashboard instead. multiGuide has used both models throughout its order history, matching the backend to each client site's needs.

What did the June 2024 OPEX renewal reveal about multiGuide's total fleet size? It exposed a pre-2023 Fleximodo fleet of at least 480 sensors under long-standing managed-service contracts — sensors that predate multiGuide's first tracked 2023 order and were invisible in the hardware-order record alone. Combined with an estimated 1,200–1,500+ sensors from the 22 other tracked orders, multiGuide's total cumulative Fleximodo fleet is estimated at 1,700–2,000+ sensors, making it by a wide margin the largest single deployment in Fleximodo's global network.

What is "dual sensing," and why does multiGuide's most recent order feature it? Dual sensing means a sensor confirms vehicle presence through two independent physical measurements — magnetic field detection and radar — rather than a single detection channel, improving reliability in challenging environments such as underground car parks, metal-reinforced surfaces, or locations near heavy electrical infrastructure. It appears for the first time in multiGuide's 23rd order (March 2026); as Fleximodo's highest-volume customer, multiGuide is a natural first adopter of new sensor generations as they become available.

What is automatic temperature compensation, and why does it matter across all of multiGuide's deployments? Automatic temperature compensation is firmware-level recalibration that continuously adjusts a magnetometer parking sensor's baseline reading as ground and ambient temperature shift through the seasons. Without it, magnetic-field drift caused by heat or cold can produce false occupancy readings; with it, every sensor format multiGuide has ordered — in-ground Standard, surface-mount Mini, REPASS with custom JELBI finish, and the dual-sensing NB-IoT variant — holds its rated detection accuracy (up to 99.96%) year-round, whether installed on a sun-baked Munich Airport apron or an exposed Berlin JELBI hub in winter.

What is multiGuide's estimated total Fleximodo sensor fleet today? An estimated 1,700–2,000+ sensors across all product lines and connectivity types — Sensor Standard (LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, including dual sensing), Sensor Mini, and REPASS surface-mount configurations — accumulated across 23 tracked orders plus a pre-2023 fleet of 480+ sensors revealed by OPEX renewal records. This makes multiGuide the largest single customer deployment in Fleximodo's global network of 71,000+ live sensors across 50+ countries.

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