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Proactive lighting management — with security-system notifications when you need them

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.

The same platform can connect ELK M1 Gold and DSC PowerSeries Pro panels. 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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Business Integrations

Seamlessly integrate with your existing business tools. Currently supports Wave accounting and Housecall Pro field service management. Planned integrations include QuickBooks, Xero, Jobber, ServiceTitan, and other leading field service management platforms.

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. 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
  • 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.