The long-haul hub. LoRa for the sensors BLE can't reach.

Semtech SX1301 LoRaWAN gateway with 11 km radius, 2,000-device capacity, and an embedded network server so it can run standalone. Ideal when BLE isn't enough and you need to cover fields, farms, or a whole facility with a single unit.

LoRa · indoor

What it does

Features.

  • Multi-channel LoRa concentrator — handles many simultaneous sensor streams
  • Embedded network server lets it run standalone without a separate LNS
  • Supports up to 2,000 end devices per gateway
  • Dual SIM cellular for reliable backhaul where Ethernet isn't available
  • Built-in GPS for deployment location + timing
  • Network-upgradable firmware and software
  • Auto-provisioning keeps the install walk short

Specs

The facts sheet.

Radios

  • LoRa · Semtech SX1301 multi-channel
  • Sensitivity -140 dBm @ 292 bps · TX up to 27 dBm

Network

  • Ethernet 10/100
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Dual SIM cellular (GSM · 3G · 4G LTE)
  • GPS
  • Serial RS232

Processor
Semtech SX1301 concentrator · 8 GB flash · 512 MB DDR3

Range
Up to 11 km (line of sight, rural)

Power
9–48 V DC

Enclosure
IP30 · wall or pole mount

Dimensions
Rack-style form factor

Operating temp
-40 °C to +70 °C · 0–95% RH

Warranty
2 years standard · lifetime with on-premise service

Use cases

Built for.

  • 01 Smart agriculture — soil, livestock, irrigation
  • 02 Remote facilities where BLE density isn't viable
  • 03 Smart city + parking
  • 04 Medical environmental monitoring with long-battery probes
  • 05 Industrial automation over long distances
  • 06 Aquaculture and water-quality deployments

Why we ship it

BLE is the right answer for most of what we track, but it has two limits: range and battery budget on the end device. Once a deployment wants 5 km of coverage from a single gateway, or end nodes that run on AA cells for years, LoRa is the right radio — and the ILH-85 is the gateway we reach for.

The SX1301 is the reference-grade LoRa concentrator. Multi-channel means the gateway can handle the traffic from thousands of sensors without the collision losses you see on single-channel designs. The embedded network server on the ILH-85 means you don’t need to stand up a separate LNS to get started — the gateway can run standalone while Fleet consumes the uplink over any of its backhauls.

The cellular story

Two SIM slots matter more than they sound like they should. Rural coverage is fickle: the gateway that works on Carrier A at install time can go dark six months later when the carrier repoints a tower. A second SIM on a different carrier, with automatic failover, has saved us on more than one deployment.

In production

The ILH-85 is the gateway behind our aquaculture, smart-agriculture, and remote-monitoring deployments. A single unit typically covers the whole site. When we do add a second, it’s for redundancy rather than coverage extension.

Pairs well with

  • Echolo EM500-series LoRa sensor nodes (ultrasonic level, multi-parameter probes, soil moisture, etc.)
  • Fleet for the dashboard + alerts
  • Echolo On-Premise Edge when the site has cellular but the customer wants local-first decisions
  • OLR outdoor BLE hubs when the deployment mixes short-range asset tracking with long-range sensor telemetry