Lauma
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A development diary: why Lauma exists, how it works, where it stands, and what actually happened on the hunt.
Lumo points, and the collar notices
A new dog and a new skill for the collar: a point is detected and drawn on the dog's trail. The app also gained trail length, speed, the club's ground and maps of Norway.
The dog on the watch and a capercaillie in the tree
Laikku barked up a capercaillie, and the watch on the wrist said where the bark was. Moose parties got what the stand asked for at the same time: the whole party on one map.
Four kilometres on one node and updates over the air
The antenna comparisons paid off, and collars, nodes and the app now update from the phone. The first outside test group has started.
Two collars, a new case and the first detected bark
Head-to-head trips with two collars, a collar that knows when the chase is on, the first detected bark — and a coverage node in the woods.
A few rainy days, a lot new in Lauma
Prototype cases for every device, collar updates from the phone, feedback straight from the app, and power savings in the collar. Rain gets things done.
The first real hunting trips with Lauma
Flat ground, a poor mobile network and a Norrbottenspets. If it works here it works anywhere, and it works surprisingly well.
Where the project stands
The network is validated, the core promises work, and lauma.cloud is open for testing. What matters most now is experience from the field, and more testers.
How Lauma works
The technology has been ready for a while. The hard part is not the radio but making the whole thing simple enough that anyone can put it to use.
Why Lauma exists
Mobile networks have got worse in the countryside, radio trackers run out of range, and the commercial options have got expensive. The pieces of something better already existed. They just had to be put together.