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Proactive lighting management — with the systems already on the job

LBI WatchDog keeps sites safer and overhead lower by combining live technology—installed devices, weather, power monitoring, and schedules—to spot possible problems before they happen. The Reminders module keeps property managers on task. Alerts go out by email, SMS, and browser. 4G LTE can run as backup or as primary internet.

One platform connects Shelly and onboard GPIO, Lutron RadioRA 3 and HomeWorks QSX, Leviton Whole Home Energy Monitor, Matter, Z-Wave and Zigbee, garage openers, ULTRALOQ locks, plus ELK M1 Gold and DSC PowerSeries Pro. Zone, trouble, and alarm events join lighting and equipment in one notification picture. Security integration is also a standalone LBI WatchDog offering when lighting control is not in the job.

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Why Choose LBI WatchDog?

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Proactive Safety

Identify and resolve lighting issues before they impact safety. Real-time monitoring ensures well-lit environments when and where they're needed most.

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Lower Costs

Reduce overhead expenses through intelligent automation and energy optimization. Prevent costly emergency repairs with predictive maintenance.

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Reminders

Setup starts with an onboarding email. LBI WatchDog uses the devices actually installed at the property to seed the Reminders module— so the list matches the building, not a generic checklist.

From there, LBI WatchDog combines technologies to catch possible problems before they happen:

  • Installed devices — lighting, equipment, and sensors on site
  • Weather — outdoor lighting, freeze risk, and seasonal work
  • Power monitoring — circuit health (dead load, low load, flicker, power decline)
  • Schedules — when circuits should run, so missed runs and odd patterns stand out

Property managers stay on task with seasonal, annual, quarterly, and monthly work, plus weather-triggered items. The right people are notified at the right time. LBI WatchDog has their back.

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Security system integration

Connect ELK M1 Gold and DSC PowerSeries Pro to LBI WatchDog for added-value notifications—alarms, troubles, and zone events—across the whole site, or as a standalone product. Email, text, and browser. Does not replace the panel keypad or central-station monitoring.

ELK + DSC
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AI-Powered Intelligence

Advanced automation adapts to weather conditions, usage patterns, and environmental factors to optimize lighting efficiency automatically.

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Real-Time Monitoring

Comprehensive telemetry and reporting give you complete visibility into lighting and equipment. Track energy consumption, device health, and system performance. Circuit health on power-monitoring relays flags dead load, low load, flicker, and power decline. Monitor sprinkler system power usage with AI-powered detection that identifies potential air compressor issues based on watts and frequency of use.

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Instant Alerts

Email, SMS (opt-in), and browser push on the signed-in device. Lighting, equipment, circuit health, Reminders, and (when enabled) security-system events in one notification path—so the right people hear about it at the right time.

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Cellular — backup or primary

4G LTE keeps LBI WatchDog in the cloud when the site ISP fails (backup), or as the primary connection when there is no wired internet. On-site lighting schedules still run. Panel keypads do not depend on cell.

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Sustainability

Track your carbon footprint and energy consumption. Make data-driven decisions to reduce environmental impact while maintaining safety standards.

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Works with your systems

Lighting, energy, radios, security, garage, locks, and office tools — in one WatchDog picture. Live today: Shelly, GPIO, Lutron, Leviton, Matter, Z-Wave, Zigbee, ELK, DSC, Meross, ULTRALOQ, Wave, and Housecall Pro.

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Integrations

LBI WatchDog sits on site and talks to the hardware and software already in the building. Add what the job needs — lighting, power, radios, security, access, or billing — without a second cloud for each brand.

Shelly & GPIO

Core lighting and circuit health. Relays, power monitors (including Pro 4PM, 1PM, EM-50, 3EM), and BLU Gateway, plus onboard WatchDog GPIO inputs and outputs.

Shelly PM GPIO BLU Gateway

Lutron lighting

Processor-based lighting on Control: zones, scenes, favorites, and area grouping. Pair RadioRA 3 with the Program button; HomeWorks QSX uses Designer Integration Logins.

RadioRA 3 HomeWorks QSX

Leviton energy

Whole-home breaker monitoring from My Leviton. See hubs, CTs, and breakers; trip or restore from Control with live watts.

Whole Home Energy Monitor My Leviton

Security panels

Alarms, troubles, and zone events in the same notification path as lighting — or as a standalone LBI WatchDog product. Does not replace the keypad or central station.

ELK M1 Gold DSC PowerSeries Pro

Matter

Commission Wi-Fi and Ethernet Matter bulbs and plugs on the customer LAN. Control, schedules, and telemetry run on LBI WatchDog. Thread is not in this build.

Matter Wi-Fi Ethernet

Z-Wave & Zigbee

Radios through a Z-NET PRO on the LAN. Use devices on Control, in automation, and for night lighting — including power-monitoring endpoints.

Z-NET PRO Z-Wave Zigbee

Garage doors

Local Open/Close for dry-contact openers. Pulse a Shelly Plus 1 or GPIO, or pair a Meross opener on the LAN. Not a latched On/Off circuit.

Shelly / GPIO pulse Meross MSG100/200 LiftMaster, Genie, Overhead

ULTRALOQ locks

Link the site Xthings Home account (formerly U home) to show ULTRALOQ locks on Control. Requires an Ultraloq Bridge for cloud status.

Xthings Home ULTRALOQ

Business tools

Dealer billing and field service stay in the tools you already run. Wave creates invoices and customers; Housecall Pro syncs jobs for end customers.

Wave Housecall Pro QuickBooks planned Xero planned Jobber planned ServiceTitan planned

A proactive approach with LBI WatchDog

Traditional lighting management is reactive—you fix problems after they occur. LBI WatchDog combines devices, weather, power, and schedules so issues surface before they hit operations. Reminders—started from the onboarding email—keep property managers ahead of the calendar. LTE backup or primary keeps the cloud path alive. Lighting, energy, radios, garage, and locks join the same Control and History picture. Security-system integration adds panel notifications to the same ecosystem, or stands alone.

Our intelligent system continuously monitors lighting and equipment, analyzing patterns, detecting anomalies, and automatically adjusting to optimize performance. Power monitoring tracks sprinkler system usage, with AI analyzing watts and frequency of use to detect potential problems with air compressors on the dry side, automatically sending notifications to appropriate personnel before issues become critical.

  • Keep everyone safer with reliable, well-maintained lighting
  • Lower overhead costs through energy optimization and predictive maintenance
  • Reduce emergency repairs with early issue detection
  • Reminders seeded from an onboarding email using installed devices, then weather, power monitoring, and schedules
  • Circuit-health alerts on power-monitoring relays
  • Email, SMS, and browser notifications
  • 4G LTE as backup or primary
  • ELK M1 Gold and DSC PowerSeries Pro for ecosystem notifications, or as a standalone LBI WatchDog product
  • Lutron RadioRA 3 and HomeWorks QSX lighting on Control
  • Leviton Whole Home Energy Monitor for breaker-level power
  • Matter on LBI WatchDog, plus Z-Wave and Zigbee through Z-NET PRO
  • Garage doors (Shelly/GPIO pulse or Meross) and ULTRALOQ locks via Xthings Home
  • AI-powered sprinkler system monitoring detects potential air compressor issues
  • Unified control for GPIO relays, power-monitoring devices, and smart scheduling
  • Seamless integration with Wave and Housecall Pro, with planned support for QuickBooks, Xero, Jobber, ServiceTitan, and other field service management platforms
  • Scale effortlessly as your infrastructure grows
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Smart. Safe. Efficient.

LBI WatchDog — always having their back.