LoRaWAN Leak Detection Module

A leak isn't the problem.
Not knowing where — is.

MatrixAI's leak detection module senses water the moment it appears and pinpoints the leak along its sensing cable — then alerts the right team over a building‑wide wireless network, before a drip becomes a claim.

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Pinpoint
Leak localised on the cable
Km‑range
Wireless reach per gateway
Years
Battery field life
WLS2026‑020 · CE MatrixAI LoRaWAN Leak Detection Module, model WLS2026-020, with its water-sensing rope cable
Leak detected
Pump Room B · localised
The cost of a hidden leak

In a metro city, every building has a water problem it can't see.

Commercial towers, residential communities, malls and mixed‑use developments all share the same blind spots — pump rooms, chiller plants, water‑meter rooms, plant decks and risers — where a small, unnoticed leak turns into structural damage, mould, tenant disruption and an insurance claim.

#1
Escape of water
A leading cause of property insurance claims by frequency — most of it slow, hidden seepage.
Hours
Undetected damage
A pinhole leak in a plant room can run all weekend before anyone walks past it.
Stacked
Cascading loss
Ruined equipment, damaged finishes, business interruption and higher premiums pile on top of the repair.
Sprawl
Hard to wire
Vast basements and risers make conventional wired detection expensive and slow to deploy.
The difference

Most sensors say "wet." Ours says "here — on the cable."

A continuous water‑sensing rope runs the length of your critical area. The moment water bridges the cable, the module locates the leak along its run — not just the room, the spot.

Your team walks straight to the source instead of searching a flooded plant deck in the dark. The minutes saved here are the whole ballgame.

■ LEAK · localised to the sensing cable
Sensing cable · Pump Room B Live
0 m — ModuleCable end
Status
— scanning —
Location
— · — m
Team alerted
—
Built for real buildings

One module. Every advantage a facilities team asks for.

Wide range, wireless, battery‑powered and precise — engineered to be deployed in an afternoon and forgotten until it matters.

Long‑range wireless

Kilometre‑scale LoRaWAN coverage reaches deep basements, plant decks and remote risers a single gateway can serve across a whole site.

Battery‑powered, years of life

Low‑power design runs for years on internal batteries — no mains run, no downtime. External DC option available.

Pinpoint localisation

Leak location along the sensing rope tells the team exactly where to go — not just which room.

Spot & rope sensing

Pair the module with spot probes for single points or a continuous rope for whole rooms — mix and match per zone.

Deploy in an afternoon

Wall‑mount, plug the sensing cable, scan the QR code to commission. No re‑cabling, no commissioning van.

Instant, multi‑channel alerts

Push, SMS and email fire the moment water is seen — and can trip a MatrixAI valve controller to isolate the zone.

How it works

From a drop of water to the right person's phone.

A complete, standards‑based path: field device to gateway to network server to the Matrix OS platform, out to web and mobile, and into the hands of the team that can act.

01

Leak sensor

Rope & spot sensors in pump rooms, chiller plants and meter rooms detect water and its location.

02

LoRaWAN gateway

On‑site gateway receives encrypted packets from every module across the building.

03

Network server

ChirpStack v4 handles session, de‑duplication and secure delivery to the platform.

04

Matrix OS cloud

Stores, correlates and applies AI analytics — turning raw events into ranked, actionable alarms.

05

Web & mobile app

Live floor plans, zone status and history on the dashboard and in the field on any phone.

06

Alert the right team

Push, SMS and email fire instantly, and a CAFM work order opens for FM, MEP or security to act.

Protocol LoRaWAN · EU868 Network server ChirpStack v4 Security AES‑128 Automation Valve‑controller trip Platform Matrix OS + AI analytics Integration REST API · BMS · CAFM
Technical specification

Engineered to industrial standard.

Everything a consultant or contractor needs to specify the module into a project. Final figures confirmed per configuration on the released datasheet.

ModelWLS2026‑020
Wireless protocolLoRaWAN 1.0.x, Class A
Frequency bandEU868 (regional variants)
Network serverChirpStack v4 compatible
RF range (line of sight)Up to several km
Sensing typeRope cable + spot probe
Leak localisationLocation along sensing rope
Sensing rope lengthExtendable, per zone
Status indicationOn‑device LED + app
PowerInternal battery / ext. DC
Battery field lifeMulti‑year (mode dependent)
MountingWall / surface, mounting tab
EnclosureIndoor plant‑room rated
CommissioningQR scan + remote config
SecurityAES‑128 (LoRaWAN)
ComplianceCE marked
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Where it earns its keep

The rooms where a leak costs the most.

These are the unattended, high‑value, water‑carrying spaces in every building — exactly where continuous monitoring pays for itself.

Pump rooms

Continuous water flow, seals and joints under pressure — first place a leak starts.

Chiller plants

Condensate, glycol and chilled‑water lines that damage expensive plant fast.

Water‑meter rooms

Manifolds and BTU meters where a slow drip goes unnoticed for weeks.

Server & comms rooms

Any water near live IT is a business‑continuity emergency — detect it instantly.

Basements & car parks

Low points where water pools and structural seepage begins unseen.

Risers & plant decks

Vertical runs and rooftop plant that are hard to reach and rarely inspected.

Solutions by building type

Tuned to how each portfolio actually operates.

Same module, different playbook. Choose your asset class to see where it goes and what it protects.

Commercial offices

Protect Grade‑A tenancies, service‑charge budgets and landlord reputation across multi‑floor plant.

  • Cover core plant rooms, risers and each floor's wet stack
  • Avoid tenant disruption and rent abatement from ceiling damage
  • Feed alarms straight into the CAFM helpdesk workflow
Grade‑A
Asset value protected
1 gateway
Typically covers a whole tower
SLA‑ready
Escalation into FM helpdesk

Residential towers & communities

Stop escape‑of‑water claims before they reach the units below — the top driver of community insurance costs.

  • Monitor pump rooms, tank rooms and podium plant
  • Wireless deployment across sprawling low‑rise communities
  • Protect owners' associations from spiralling premiums
#1 claim
Escape of water, prevented
Zero cabling
Across podium & low‑rise
24/7
Unattended plant covered

Retail & shopping malls

Keep trading. A single unit flooded overnight can close a wing and dent footfall for weeks.

  • Cover F&B service corridors, kitchens and grease lines
  • Guard central plant and back‑of‑house risers
  • Trip a valve controller to isolate a zone before stock is lost
Trading up
Avoid unplanned closures
F&B‑ready
Kitchen & corridor coverage
Instant
Auto‑isolate a wet zone

Hotels & hospitality

Guest experience is the product. A leak that takes rooms offline is lost revenue and lost reputation.

  • Protect laundry, kitchens, spa and pool plant
  • Silent detection — no disruptive audible testing near guests
  • Discreet alerts route straight to engineering
RevPAR
Keep rooms sellable
Discreet
Silent, guest‑friendly
Fast
Engineering alerted first

Data centres & critical facilities

Where water and uptime never mix. Detect the first drop near cooling and power, act in seconds.

  • Rope sensing under raised floors and along CRAC/CRAH lines
  • Valve‑controller trip or BMS notification within seconds
  • Location reporting finds the leak among dense cabling
Uptime
Protect the SLA
Sub‑floor
Raised‑floor rope coverage
BMS‑linked
Integrates with controls

Healthcare & institutional

Hospitals, universities and government estates where continuity and compliance are non‑negotiable.

  • Multi‑precinct coverage from a shared LoRaWAN network
  • Protect medical plant, labs, kitchens and archives
  • Auditable event history for compliance reporting
Campus‑wide
One network, many precincts
Auditable
Full event history
Proven
Deployed at Univ. of Sharjah
The savings economics

The cheapest leak is the one you catch in the first minute.

Detection is a fraction of the cost of a single serious water event. Across a portfolio, one prevented incident typically pays for the whole deployment.

  • Avoided damage — no ruined finishes, plant or fit‑out from a slow, hidden leak.
  • Lower premiums & excess — active monitoring strengthens your insurance position.
  • Business continuity — no closed floors, offline rooms or halted trading.
  • Water conservation — stop waste at the source and support ESG targets.
Estimated annual loss avoided
AED 480,000
before premium, water and downtime savings

Illustrative estimate for discussion only — not a quote or guarantee. Actual figures depend on portfolio, exposure and configuration.

Property safety

More than a sensor — a standing guard on the asset.

Asset & structure protection

Catch seepage before it reaches concrete, steel, finishes and expensive plant.

Business continuity

Keep floors open, rooms sellable and trading uninterrupted by acting in the first minute.

Compliance & auditability

A time‑stamped record of every event, response and resolution for insurers and auditors.

Sustainability

Reduce water waste and support ESG and green‑building reporting with real usage data.

Part of a bigger system

It doesn't stand alone. It plugs into everything you already run.

The module is one device in the vertically integrated MatrixAI stack — hardware, network and platform designed to work together, and to open up to the systems you already own.

Matrix OS CAFM

Leaks open work orders, assign teams and track resolution automatically.

BMS & valve control

Trip a valve controller or notify building management the instant water is seen.

REST API

Stream events into your own dashboards, ticketing or analytics.

AI analytics layer

The RAG analytics layer surfaces patterns and prioritises what matters.

Make it your standard

Standardise leak protection across the whole portfolio.

Book a demo and we'll map your critical rooms, size the network and show live localisation on your own floor plan.

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