Frequently Asked Questions

LoRa is a radio frequency protocol used by many different Internet of Things applications, including some ERMs used in pest control.

While LoRa, as the name would suggest, provides long range sensor connectivity like Trapmate does, LoRa gateways require a power connection, which limits where you can place them at a site, and, by extension, reduces your ability to set up good connectivity between your gateway and your ERM sensors.

Since Trapmate Hubs are battery-powered, you’ll be able to place them on walls, rafters, rooftops and other areas which will ensure you can monitor hundreds of traps at a distance in practice, not just in theory.

Bluetooth is great technology — but not necessarily for electronic remote trap monitoring. If sensors use Bluetooth to communicate directly to an app, you need to walk by each trap to check trap status, reducing greatly the time savings Trapmate could provide.

And if an ERM hub/gateway uses Bluetooth to connect with sensors, the distance you can place your sensors from the hub is sharply limited — tens of feet vs. the hundred or thousands of feet that Trapmate’s RF connectivity can provide. For large sites, this means you’d have to purchase a lot of expensive hubs — with Trapmate, you probably only need one or two.

The fact that Trapmate Hubs (as well as Trapmate sensors) are battery-powered will save you significant time, improve your clients’ experiences and reduce the costs of your electronic remote monitoring.

Without any need for external power, you can set up a Trapmate Hub in mere minutes, positioning it high on a wall or in other locations that have good sensor signal reception. This freedom saves considerable setup time in optimizing your sensor network.

Since you can place your gateways well out of reach as well as out of sight of your customers, your efforts will be less visible to your residential clients, and less likely to be disrupted in commercial settings.

Less time in setup and maintenance saves considerable money per site. And you can replace Trapmate batteries — other ERM providers require you to you buy new sensors when their power dies — further saving you money on your ERM investment.

Trapmate lets you know when you need to check a trap and when you don’t. Depending on your service agreement, you can use this knowledge to save labor time and fuel costs. And even if your service includes scheduled visits, you’ll be able to save time and labor costs since you won’t need to perform unnecessary tasks.

Developing early detection monitoring services which don’t require ongoing visits (unless there’s a problem) offer a much higher profit margin, since the costs of monitoring are low and the value to the customer is high.

Trapmate electronic remote monitoring opens the door to multiple ways to increase your revenues.

Win more clients: Having advanced monitoring technology like Trapmate as part of your service offering will help you win business over firms that don’t offer the service.

Keep clients longer: Use Trapmate to set up an ongoing preventative monitoring service with your clients and build up your recurring revenues.

Increase your geographic range: When you don’t have to check traps unless there’s activity in them, you can handle clients in a wider radius around your home base.

Manage more clients: By freeing up time for yourself and your team, you’ll be able to service more busines than you could without Trapmate.

Time spent in checking empty traps is time you don’t have to identify and mitigate the issues causing infestations in the first place. By using Trapmate, you’ll gain this time back so you can focus on exclusion, clean-up, client education and other strategies for control.

Trapmate will also give you the ability to monitor sites for new activity after you’ve taken care of the situation, so you can detect any new issues quickly and nip them in the bud.

There are many differences which add up to better performance at less cost. Trapmate is:

The only 100% battery-powered solution: You can place your Hub safely out of the action and out of sight — and where the signal is best, not just where there’s a power outlet.

The only ERM with dual-function sensors: Trapmate is the only ERM provider that offers both a vibration sensor and a magnet (reed switch) sensor in a single device, offering you multiple ways to detect a trapped animal.

The only ERM solution with replaceable batteries: Other ERM systems make you throw out your devices when they run out of power. With Trapmate, just change the batteries.

The only multi-trap ERM solution that runs for years on batteries: You can develop new monitoring service packages that let you earn business from your clients for years at a time.

Adding electronic remote monitoring (ERM) capabilities to your pest or wildlife control programs will make a profound difference in the way you operate. These include:

Better Results for Less Effort: Using ERM, you’ll be able to reclaim time that would have otherwise been spent checking traps. You can use this time for more advanced mitigation efforts, for developing better client relationships, or for yourself.

New Service Offerings: ERM allows you to maintain an ongoing monitoring relationship with your clients or stakeholders, even after the primary rodent or wildlife problems have been solved.

Easier Path to New Business: Trapmate ERM solutions will be a powerful sales tool for getting new clients, and growing the ones you have.

Less Physical Strain: By eliminating the need to bend down or climb into tight spaces and check traps when they are empty, Trapmate makes pest and wildlife control easier for those doing the hard work.