Jousto Pole 180°

The Jousto Pole 180° is a self-contained solar-powered edge infrastructure platform designed to provide power, communications, local compute and intelligent monitoring in locations where mains power or fixed internet may be unavailable, unreliable or expensive to install. The system combines a 475W solar panel, 12V 100Ah battery storage, Victron solar charging and battery protection, 4G connectivity, Home Assistant local automation and a Reolink 16MP dual-camera PoE monitoring system in one integrated pole-mounted platform. The Jousto Pole 180° is designed for locations where monitoring is primarily required in one direction, such as site entrances, access roads, property boundaries, gates, dumping hotspots, construction sites, farms, equipment areas and environmental monitoring locations. The system is approximately 4 metres high overall. The weather-resistant equipment enclosure is mounted to the pole at approximately 3 metres above the base, with the camera unit mounted centrally underneath the enclosure and facing forward. The solar panel is mounted above the enclosure. The standard system uses one Trina 475W solar panel and one 12V 100Ah battery. Solar charging is managed by a Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 charge controller. A Victron BatteryProtect 12/24V 65A provides battery protection and enables controlled load management when required. Power is distributed through a six-circuit ST Blade fuse block. A regulated 12V to 9V DC step-down converter supplies compatible low-voltage equipment, while a TP-DCDC-1248G DC-to-PoE injector provides power and Ethernet connectivity to the camera without requiring a mains-powered inverter. Communications are provided through a TP-Link TL-MR6400 4G LTE router. This allows the Jousto Pole to operate independently of fixed broadband infrastructure and provides remote connectivity for monitoring, automation and system management. Local compute and automation are provided by a Home Assistant Green controller. Home Assistant allows the Jousto Pole to operate locally even when internet connectivity is interrupted. It can manage automations, sensor events, camera triggers, power controls, alerts and future connected devices. The standard Jousto Pole 180° includes one Reolink 16MP dual-camera PoE Elite Pro unit. This provides two camera lenses from one camera assembly, positioned centrally beneath the enclosure to provide forward-facing monitoring across approximately 180 degrees. The camera system includes integrated floodlighting and AI-based event detection capability. The platform is designed to be expandable. Additional devices can be integrated depending on the application, including environmental sensors, water-level sensors, weather stations, PIR sensors, radar sensors, sirens, strobes, additional lighting, gate sensors, relays, industrial Modbus sensors, LoRa devices and optional edge AI compute. The Jousto Pole can also be configured to respond automatically to site conditions. For example, a person detected after hours can trigger floodlighting, event recording, alerts or a siren. A low battery state can automatically disable non-essential equipment while preserving communications, compute and critical monitoring. Standard specifications include: Product: Jousto Pole 180° Primary function: Autonomous power, communications, compute and intelligent monitoring platform Overall pole height: Approximately 4 metres Enclosure mounting height: Approximately 3 metres above pole base Solar capacity: 475W Solar panel: Trina 475W Battery capacity: 100Ah Battery voltage: 12V Nominal battery storage: Approximately 1.2kWh Solar charge controller: Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 Battery protection: Victron BatteryProtect 12/24V 65A Power distribution: ST Blade six-circuit fuse block DC conversion: 12V to 9V regulated step-down converter PoE supply: TP-DCDC-1248G DC-to-PoE injector PoE ports used: One Router: TP-Link TL-MR6400 Connectivity: 4G LTE and Ethernet Local automation controller: Home Assistant Green Automation platform: Home Assistant Camera: Reolink 16MP 2-Camera PoE Elite Pro Camera units: One Camera lenses: Two Monitoring coverage: Approximately 180 degrees Integrated floodlight: Yes AI camera detection: Yes Equipment enclosure: BBE504020ST Solar mounting system: Clenergy pole mount Installation type: Pole-mounted system with concrete base or footing solution Local operation without internet: Yes Remote connectivity: Yes, subject to 4G coverage and active data service Expandable IoT capability: Yes Expandable sensor capability: Yes Expandable edge AI capability: Yes Typical applications include illegal dumping monitoring, construction sites, farms, gates and entrances, remote equipment, councils, environmental monitoring, flood monitoring, roadsides, car parks, industrial sites and other locations requiring autonomous infrastructure. The Jousto Pole 180° is not simply a solar CCTV pole. It is a modular edge infrastructure platform designed to provide the core services increasingly required by intelligent devices in the field: power, communications and compute. Power. Comms. Compute. Anywhere.