Integrated Wireless Monitoring System Using LoRa and Node-Red for University Building

Abstract

This paper aims to design and develop a network infrastructure for a smart campus using the Internet of Things which can be used to control different devices and to update the management with real-time data. In this proposed system, NodeMCU ESP8266 is interfaced with thermal and motion sensor for human, humidity and temperature sensor for the room and relay to control the lights and the air-conditioned. MQTT broker is used to acquire the data and control to and from NodeMCU ESP8266, Raspberry pi and LoRa, to be interfaced wirelessly with the Node-Red. Thus, the system is controlled and monitored wirelessly with the help of the developed integrated Graphical User Interface along with the Mobile application. The performance of the developed proposed system is analyzed and evaluated by testing the motion detection in the classroom, the LoRa range with the RSSI, the average time taken by the system to respond, the average time taken for the Graphical User Interface to response and update its data. Finally, the average time taken by the system and the Graphical User Interface to respond to the lights and air-conditioned control systems is less than 1 s, and for the security and parking systems is less than 2 s.