Capability statement

Capability statement

Read our capability statement below. Sentinel is in productisation and pilots; contact us to discuss your application.

Who we are

Outback Comms

CQ Comms Pty Ltd trading as Outback Comms, ABN 45 664 903 075, Bundaberg, QLD. We design and build connectivity, monitoring, asset-tracking and lone-worker safety hardware for remote and regional Australia, engineered and built in-house, and we are customer demand led.

What we deliver

Three parts, one system

Connectivity

Follows you everywhere, switching automatically between LoRa, on-site Wi-Fi, Starlink and 4G, and direct to LEO satellite.

Hardware

Sentinel, a rugged range of gateways for vehicles and fixed locations, plus wired and wireless sensors, on one common core.

Fusion Cloud

Our own platform, accessed by dashboard, phone app and API, running devices, alarms and control end to end.

Sentinel families

The range

Pulse

Pumps, pivots, tanks, troughs, fences, generators.

Plant

Machinery hours, utilisation, location, theft.

Fleet

Vehicle tracking and trip logs.

Personal

Lone-worker man-down, duress, check-ins, GPS.

Overboard

Crew and vessel separation alarm.

Capabilities

What it can do

  • Long-range LoRa mesh, with range that grows as devices are added.
  • Direct to LEO satellite, with Starlink optional.
  • A battery in every unit, so it keeps reporting through a power cut.
  • Every alarm set in Fusion Cloud, including when a device goes silent.
  • Monitoring and control from the same device.
  • Tiered access: your own devices and work, your company’s shared devices and work, and partners who can assist without seeing private data unless it is shared.
  • Starlink power and mounting for 12 and 24 volt vehicles and sites, plus Starlink service for business.
Quality and engagement

Working with us

Quality and security

Quality and information-security management aligned to the ISO standards.

Engagement

Sentinel is in productisation and pilots, and we are taking on pilot customers and resellers.

Procurement

Discuss your requirements

Contact us for capability information for your procurement process or pilot scope.

Availability

Pilots and customer access

Sentinel is in productisation and pilots. Availability, supported features and installation requirements are agreed for each application. Fusion Cloud runs Outback Comms internally; customer access and demos are by enquiry. The planned free productivity tools are not open for public access. Current Starlink products, prices and stock are listed at outbackcomms.com.au.