Can factory environmental monitoring stay off our plant IT network?

Yes. The mesh is a private RF path — it is not IP and does not ride your production network, so the environmental record stays completely separate.

Application · Environmental / ESG

“We need environmental monitoring across the whole site for compliance — without wiring every point.”

A mesh of small sensor nodes across the site — gas, weather, particulate — all reporting to one place. No cabling to each point, coverage that grows as you add nodes, and it can stay entirely off the plant IT network.

Self-healing mesh Site-wide sensors Off-network optional

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Diagram: factory boundary air-quality, noise and water sensors on a self-healing LoRa mesh

The situation

A factory needs a continuous environmental record across the plant and its perimeter — gas concentrations, weather, air quality — to satisfy a regulator or a corporate social-responsibility programme. The monitoring points are many and spread out, indoors and outdoors. Wiring each one is impractical, and the facilities team often wants the record to be independent of the plant's production IT network.

Why people assume it can't be done

The fear: “There are too many points to wire, and IT won't let me hang sensors off the plant network. So how do I get a continuous record at all?”
Part 1 — no wiring, just nodes: Each sensor gets a node and joins one site-wide mesh. You add monitoring points by placing nodes, not by pulling cable — coverage extends itself as the mesh grows.
Part 2 — it doesn't touch your network: This is the point for many plants. The mesh is a private RF path — it isn't IP and doesn't ride your production network. The environmental record can be kept completely separate, which is exactly what facilities and IT security prefer.

How Siliqs solves it

Sensor nodes where you need them, one mesh, one record.

Sensor nodes where you need them

Gas, weather, particulate — connected over RS485 / Modbus or analog. Put them indoors, outdoors, on the fenceline, wherever the record needs a point.

One mesh across the site

The nodes self-organise into a single self-healing mesh, each relaying for the others — and it's a private RF path that doesn't touch your IT network.

One record

A gateway collects everything into a dashboard, MQTT, or a local log you can export for compliance and CSR reports. Internet is optional.

Adding a monitoring point later

You place a node — and that's the whole answer.

Mesh is the default: Every Siliqs node joins the same mesh out of the box — you never design or switch on a network.
A new point is a new node: A regulator asks for another location, or you extend the fenceline — place a node there. It only needs power, and it joins automatically.
Off the network by design: Because the mesh isn't IP, adding points never touches your production network or expands its attack surface.
It self-heals: If a node drops, the mesh re-routes on its own, so the record stays continuous. No single link is a point of failure.

What you actually need

Sensors: Gas, weather or particulate sensors with an RS485 / Modbus interface, or a compatible analog output.
Cabling: None between points — only the short sensor connection at each node.
Network: No plant IT network needed. Private RF mesh; internet optional, only for a cloud dashboard.
Devices: One node per monitoring point + one gateway. Add relay nodes only where you need to reach across the site.
The node: SQC485Iv2 — LoRa RS485 industrial node.

Questions people ask

How do I monitor gas or air quality across a site without wiring each sensor?

Give each sensor a node. The nodes form one self-healing LoRa mesh across the site and report to a single gateway — you add points by placing nodes, not by pulling cable.

Can the monitoring stay off our plant IT network?

Yes. The mesh is a private RF path — it isn't IP and doesn't ride your production network, so the environmental record stays completely separate.

Can I add monitoring points later?

Yes. Place a node where the new point is needed — it only needs power and joins the mesh automatically, with nothing to configure and no impact on your network.

What sensors does it work with?

Gas, weather and particulate sensors with an RS485 / Modbus interface, or a compatible analog output.

Do I need internet for compliance logging?

No. The gateway can log locally and you export the record for reports. Internet is optional if you also want a cloud dashboard.