Use cases

Definition and description of all OpenCollar tracker use cases

1. The Basic animal tracking device

The device is built as a global tracker for wild-life animals. It is attached to the animal that moves in constricted space, such as national parks, with LoRaWAN network coverage. The device can track an animal using low power passive GPS data scanning with an LR1110 solution from Semtech. Raw GPS data is sent to the Semtech proprietary cloud solution, using the LoRaWAN network, where GPS position is calculated. In addition to LoRaWAN data collection and configuration, the device also has Bluetooth LE connectivity so it can have the same features for users that are near the device. In addition to that device firmware can also be upgraded over Bluetooth, while this can not be done using LoRaWAN.

Device data

Data	Information
Raw GPS position	Data is sent to Semtech server where the position is calculated
Battery status	Current battery status of the device

Device configuration

Configuration	Information
GPS scan period
LoRaWAN send period
BLE advertising period

2. Use case - ElephantEdge Hackster project

Use-case	Sensor	Comment
Poaching Risk monitor	GPS data, motion data to indicate stress
Human Elephant Conflict	BLE/WiFi scan data for proximity of people, GPS data
Elephant Musth detection	Accelerometer data, sound
Elephant Activity monitor	Accelerometer/IMU to detection walking/sleeping/drinking...
Elephant Health monitor	Using activity to detect health
Elephant contact monitor	COVID style contact tracing though BLE

• Accelerometer

• Gyro/Magnetometer - IMU

• Microphone

• uBlox GPS

• Semtech LR1110

• Tracker internal temperature

• WD memory

• RF scanning

• Wet/Dry sensor