Communications

How WII5 buoys talk — Iridium for over-the-horizon, local channels for in-the-field configuration.
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WII5 buoys use two communication channels — long-range satellite for operational telemetry, and short-range local for field configuration and read-out without breaking the enclosure seal.

  • Iridium — short-burst-data uplink for telemetry.
  • Local — BLE, serial, and Wi-Fi for in-field access.
Iridium

Over-the-horizon satellite uplink using Iridium short-burst-data.

Local

In-field local channels — BLE, serial, and Wi-Fi for configuration and read-out.