How Xerovex Placed a Reduced Demo Kit Order From Maastricht — The Dutch Newcomer Testing NB-IoT Sensor Standard, LoRaWAN Sensor Mini, and Permit Card in a Single Evaluation Package

Deployment Snapshot

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The Client

Xerovex is a Dutch technology company based at Avenue Ceramique 221 in Maastricht's Ceramique district — the redeveloped former ceramics factory quarter on the east bank of the Maas river that has become one of Maastricht's premium business and residential addresses, housing the Bonnefanten Museum and a cluster of professional services and technology firms. Maastricht itself sits at the extreme southern tip of the Netherlands, closer to Liège and Aachen than to Amsterdam, and serves as a regional hub for the Limburg cross-border technology ecosystem spanning the Dutch, Belgian, and German border area.

This October 2025 order is Xerovex's first Fleximodo order — a reduced demo kit that packs three distinct product lines into a single compact evaluation package.

The Challenge: Evaluating Three Product Lines in a Single Order

The Xerovex demo kit is a reduced variant — smaller than the full demo kits ordered by customers like UPARK.CH or T-Mobile Czech Republic — but configured to test the widest possible range of Fleximodo products in a single evaluation. Specifically:

IoT Sensor Standard (NB-IoT, surface-mount, SIM included) — the flagship smart parking sensor product, testing NB-IoT cellular connectivity with an included SIM that eliminates the need for Xerovex to arrange its own connectivity during the evaluation. For customers who later scale to production, Fleximodo can also provision NB-IoT sensors over a private APN, keeping sensor traffic on a dedicated, operator-managed connectivity path rather than the public internet.

IoT Sensor Mini (LoRaWAN, Exterior) — the compact exterior LoRaWAN parking sensor, testing LoRaWAN connectivity with a different form factor and a different protocol. By including both an NB-IoT Sensor Standard and a LoRaWAN Sensor Mini, the demo kit lets Xerovex compare both protocol options and both sensor form factors simultaneously.

IoT Permit Card — the BLE/UWB-based credential for permit-holder detection, testing a completely different use case from the ground sensors. Permit Cards detect whether an authorised vehicle (carrying the card) is parked in a designated space — a complementary capability that extends the deployment from generic parking occupancy detection into permit-enforcement territory, the kind of use case that typically pairs ground sensors with parking enforcement software.

DOTA backend — the full backend software stack with firmware update capability, giving Xerovex access to CityPortal, the same cloud dashboard platform that production customers use to monitor and manage their sensors.

Onboarding support — direct Fleximodo technical support during the evaluation, ensuring Xerovex can install, configure, and test all three product lines with expert guidance.

The reduced demo kit format packages a three-product evaluation that would normally require three separate product evaluations into a single, low-friction order. It is scoped to remove commercial and logistical barriers to evaluation while delivering enough product variety to let the customer make informed decisions about which product lines to pursue at production scale.

Why Multi-Product Demo Kits Serve the Dutch Market

The Netherlands has one of Europe's most mature smart parking markets, with multiple Dutch cities already operating sensor-based parking management and a well-developed integrator ecosystem serving municipal and commercial parking operators. For a new entrant in the Dutch market — whether Xerovex is entering the smart parking segment or evaluating Fleximodo as an alternative to an existing sensor supplier — the demo kit needs to demonstrate not just that a single sensor works, but that the product portfolio is broad enough to serve the varied parking contexts the Dutch market presents:

NB-IoT parking sensor for on-street kerbside parking — the high-reliability, cellular-connected sensor for exposed urban environments where in-ground or surface-mount installation is standard.

LoRaWAN parking sensor for private or concentrated parking — the compact, gateway-connected sensor for car parks, corporate facilities, or industrial sites where LoRaWAN infrastructure already exists or can be economically deployed.

Permit Card for residential and permit-holder zones — the credential-based detection for Dutch residential parking zones, which are widespread in major Dutch cities and represent a significant segment of the Dutch parking management market, and which typically works alongside parking enforcement software to flag unauthorised vehicles.

By evaluating all three simultaneously, Xerovex can determine whether Fleximodo's product portfolio covers the full range of use cases the Dutch market requires, rather than evaluating each product sequentially and potentially missing cross-product synergies or incompatibilities.

Fleximodo Reduced Demo Kit (NB-IoT Standard + LoRaWAN Mini + Permit Card + DOTA): Technical Profile

Component	Detail
Sensor Standard	1 × IoT Parking Sensor Standard (NB-IoT, surface-mount, SIM included)
Sensor Mini	1 × IoT Parking Sensor Mini (LoRaWAN, Exterior)
Permit Card	1 × IoT Permit Card (BLE/UWB, 20 g, 9.5-year battery)
Detection method	Dual detection technology — magnetometer combined with radar for reliable parking occupancy detection
Backend	DOTA (Delta Over-the-Air firmware updates, backend monitoring via CityPortal)
Support	Onboarding support during evaluation period
Sensor Standard accuracy	99.96%
Sensor Standard dimensions	115 mm diameter, height 64 mm, 390 g
Sensor Standard protection	IP68, IK10
Sensor Standard battery	6 years operational
Permit Card battery	9.5 years operational
Demo kit type	Reduced variant (single-unit per product line)

Both magnetometer parking sensor units in this kit — the Sensor Standard and the Sensor Mini — rely on automatic temperature compensation to hold their stated 99.96% accuracy as ambient temperature shifts. Magnetic-field-based detection can otherwise drift when a sensor heats up in direct sun or cools sharply overnight; automatic temperature compensation continuously recalibrates the sensor's baseline so that heat- or cold-induced drift doesn't register as a false vehicle-presence reading. Combined with IP68/IK10 environmental protection, this is what lets the same sensor hold consistent accuracy through a full Dutch seasonal cycle, from summer surface heating to winter frost.

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Fleximodo smart parking technology is deployed in 50+ countries. View all products | See UPARK.CH's full multi-protocol demo kit | See Coding the Curbs' Amsterdam NB-IoT deployment

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a reduced demo kit versus a full demo kit? A reduced demo kit contains one unit per product line rather than multiple units per protocol. It is smaller and considerably less expensive than a full demo kit while still covering the full range of Fleximodo product categories — Sensor Standard, Sensor Mini, and Permit Card — in a single evaluation package. Ideal for customers who need to evaluate product breadth before committing to a specific product line at scale.

Why include both NB-IoT and LoRaWAN sensors in a single demo kit? Including both protocols lets the customer compare NB-IoT parking sensor connectivity (operator-managed, wide-area coverage) against a LoRaWAN parking sensor (gateway-based, lower per-sensor cost, concentrated coverage) under identical evaluation conditions. The comparison informs the architectural decision for production deployment — which protocol best matches the customer's target deployment context.

How does the Permit Card complement ground-based parking sensors? Ground-based sensors detect whether any vehicle is present in a parking space. Permit Cards add a second data layer: they detect whether an authorised vehicle (carrying the BLE/UWB credential) is present. Combined, the two systems enable not just parking occupancy detection but permit enforcement — verifying that vehicles parked in restricted spaces hold valid permits, typically enforced through parking enforcement software. This is particularly relevant for Dutch residential parking zones.

What is automatic temperature compensation? Automatic temperature compensation is the calibration process magnetometer parking sensors use to continuously adjust their detection baseline as ambient temperature changes. Without it, heat or cold can cause the magnetic field reading to drift and trigger false occupancy readings. Fleximodo sensors apply this compensation automatically, which is a key reason both the NB-IoT Sensor Standard and LoRaWAN Sensor Mini in this kit maintain around 99.96% accuracy across seasonal temperature swings.

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