Industrial IoT in Salta, Argentina — sensors, telemetry & traceability

IoT that delivers real value to NOA industries

Salta and the NOA have industries with unique challenges: Cafayate wineries that need to control barrel temperature and humidity, tobacco farms that depend on optimized irrigation, lithium mines in the Puna with assets spread over hundreds of kilometers, and logistics fleets crossing into Chile through the Sico pass. For each one we design a specific IoT solution — not generic templates.

Comway designs, installs and operates industrial IoT projects in Salta with sensor integration, field networks (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M, Zigbee), gateways, platforms (Thingsboard, AWS IoT, Node-RED) and custom dashboards. Data stays under the client's control, with no lock-in.

IoT services we offer in Salta

• Environmental sensors: temperature, humidity, CO2, VOC, pressure, light. Milesight, Dragino, Sensirion brands.
• Industrial telemetry: tank level, liquid flow, pipeline pressure, pump monitoring.
• Private LoRaWAN networks: The Things Network, ChirpStack gateways. Up to 15 km coverage with line of sight.
• Cellular connectivity: NB-IoT, LTE-M, LTE Cat 1 for areas without LoRaWAN.
• Fleet monitoring: GPS tracking, truck telemetry, driving alerts, geofences on the Salta-Chile corridor.
• Predictive maintenance: vibration and current sensors on motors, ML anomaly detection.
• Dashboards and platforms: Thingsboard, Grafana, Node-RED, AWS IoT Core, Home Assistant in industrial mode.
• ERP/SCADA integration: Modbus, OPC-UA, MQTT, REST APIs.

Use cases across NOA industries

Wineries and wine production

LoRaWAN temperature and humidity sensors in the barrel-aging cellars of wineries in Cafayate and the Calchaquí Valleys. Automatic alerts to the winemaker if a range drifts off setpoint. Full traceability from harvest to bottling, exportable as reports for certifications.

Tobacco and agroindustry

Soil moisture, ET0 and local weather station monitoring on tobacco farms in Salta. Irrigation optimized per crop and weather. Documented savings of 15-25% in water consumption.

Lithium mining in the Puna

Remote telemetry of brine pumps, level sensors in evaporation ponds, water quality monitoring and early detection of anomalous events. Hybrid LoRaWAN + Starlink satellite connectivity.

Logistics and fleets from Salta

GPS tracking and telemetry for fleets operating from Salta city to Jujuy, Tucumán, Buenos Aires and Chile. Dashboard with position, consumption, refrigerated cargo temperature and harsh-driving alerts.

Buildings and facility management

Per-circuit power consumption monitoring, indoor air quality in Grand Bourg and Tres Cerritos offices, water leak detection and real meeting-room occupancy.

Platforms and brands we integrate in Salta

Sensors: Milesight, Dragino, Adeunis, Sensirion, Bosch.
LoRaWAN gateways: Kerlink, Mikrotik LR9, Dragino LPS8.
Platforms: Thingsboard, ChirpStack, AWS IoT Core, Node-RED, Home Assistant (industrial).
Dashboards: Grafana, Metabase, custom Vue/React.
Connectivity: LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M, WiFi, Starlink/Iridium satellite.

How we work

1) Discovery meeting at your plant or farm in Salta. 2) Solution architecture design. 3) POC (proof of concept) on one concrete asset. 4) Field deployment. 5) Dashboard + integration with existing systems. 6) Operation and maintenance with support from our Salta NOC.

Frequently asked questions

What is industrial IoT and how can it apply to my company in Salta?

Industrial IoT means installing sensors on machines, silos, tanks, fleets or critical infrastructure and streaming those readings to a dashboard for decision-making. In Salta we apply it to Cafayate wineries (barrel temperature and humidity), tobacco farms (soil moisture), mines on the northern corridor (pump and pipeline pressure monitoring) and logistics (GPS fleet tracking).

What types of sensors do you install in Salta?

Environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, CO2, VOC), pressure, liquid flow, tank level, electrical current, vibration (for predictive maintenance of motors), accelerometers and GPS. We work with Milesight, Dragino, Adeunis, Sensirion and integrated Modbus/4-20mA sensors.

Do I need Internet at the sensor location?

Not always. With LoRaWAN the sensor transmits up to 10-15 km to a gateway (which does need Internet). For remote sites we use NB-IoT or LTE-M over cellular. When there is no signal at all, we do store-and-forward over satellite or local buffering with sync once the network is back.

Which NOA industries use industrial IoT with Comway?

Wine production (wineries and vineyards in Cafayate and the Calchaquí Valleys), tobacco (farms in Salta and Jujuy), agroindustry (beans, quinoa, grains), mining (lithium and borax in the Puna) and fleet logistics operating from Salta city across the NOA and into Chile/Bolivia.

Which platform do sensor data show up in?

It depends on the project. We use Thingsboard (open source, self-hosted), Node-RED for logic and automation, Grafana dashboards, AWS IoT Core for large scale and Home Assistant for hybrid cases. All data stays under the Salta client's control — not in some opaque third-party cloud.

Do you offer predictive maintenance with IoT in Salta?

Yes. We install vibration and current sensors on critical motors, process them with anomaly-detection models and alert before failure. In Salta this applies to irrigation pumps, industrial compressors, silo fans and production line motors.