Land Watch Links
Land Watch Wireless Links Explained
A Land Watch Link provides a direct network connection between two points. This means we can take the internet from where it is and connect it to where it needs to be a bit like Wi-Fi but aimed – from one point to the next and able to travel 30km before needing a repeater station! That internet may be provided from your router in the house, or from the high point on the property with the best 4G reception. At Land Watch, we have tried and tested the use of this technology in remote harsh outback Australian conditions. From the Flinders Ranges in SA to Far North Queensland and over to WA, Land Watch Links are providing valuable connectivity across properties.
The best method of describing it, we find, is by likening it to an irrigation system. Each link we connect is like a length of poly that allows the network to spread. At each connection point we can then access it. Maybe this is for connecting a camera or maybe it is to provide internet access at the back yards that otherwise has no phone reception.
We can also then connect to a repeater station which allows additional links to continue past obstacles to the next points and so on and so on. What we end up with is a map that looks like the example to the right. Each of the outstations ie. yards, cottage, entry is now connected to the internet.
Features of Wireless Links
SECURE RECORDING
Having a direct link from the camera to the recording unit, means that all footage/data is stored off camera and with longer record times.
REMOTE WIFI
A wireless link connection means there can be Wi-Fi access available wherever you need it. For example, at the yards, at the shed etc.
DATA-FREE LIVE STREAM
The camera is directly connected via the Land Watch Link allowing full time, live stream from the camera at the homestead without waiting for load times.
REPEATERS
Repeater stations allow us to continue linking where obstacles (such as hills and trees) may impede on line-of-sight.