ESE Lightning Protection Field Tool — Describe, Track & Monitor

What is LPS Manager?

LPS Manager is not just compliance or desk software: it is a field tool built to describe, track and monitor lightning protection installations the way professionals actually work on site. Teams document installations, measure earth resistance, check Early Streamer Emission (ESE) lightning rods and assess the environmental exposure of each asset. LPS Manager is built for this reality: a mobile-first field tool that works where your teams work.

Every visit brings together technical, visual and geographic information without forcing technicians to reconstruct the job back at the office. Field teams retain the installation context, while managers obtain reliable information for operational decisions. Beyond a simple record, LPS Manager is a complete ecosystem combining material data, environmental monitoring, meteorological alerts and continuous IoT data collection.

Key capabilities

Describe and inventory your installations

LPS Manager provides a complete field description of lightning protection systems:

Each observation is connected to the relevant asset, location and intervention. Explore the lightning protection inspection software to standardise inspections and create dependable field records.

Maintenance tracking over time

An installation is more than its initial data sheet. LPS Manager turns field information into a shared operational history for your entire team: verification history and scheduled inspections, shared folders and audit reports across teams, a score system to rate installation condition, and full traceability from installation to the latest verification. The LPS Manager lightning protection software helps teams prioritise work, prepare visits and retain clear evidence of completed maintenance.

Environmental and weather monitoring

Lightning protection depends on the conditions around each site. LPS Manager links every installation to its environmental context so teams can anticipate risk with better information: keraunic-level assessment for each site, real-time storm detection and lightning alerts, weather tracking linked to each installation, and documentation of environmental risk factors. This turns technical records into actionable site intelligence and complements a full lightning risk assessment under IEC 62305.

IoT architecture — connected products with no equivalent

LPS Manager receives data from LPS France connected products, a unique architecture on the market. Contact@ir Ready products are lightning rods with built-in connectivity. Contact@ir is the communication module, and Rout@ir is the Internet gateway for real-time data transmission. Where a direct mobile connection is preferable, Contact@ir MD provides a standalone alternative suited to remote sites. All product data feeds directly into LPS Manager, centralising monitoring, site context and maintenance decisions in one continuous flow between the field, connected hardware and the platform.

Who uses LPS Manager?

LPS Manager supports every professional involved in lightning protection: installers who document the setup and commissioning of ESE lightning rods, design offices preparing technical files and risk assessments, maintenance managers who plan annual verification campaigns, building owners and operators tracking the condition of their installations, and inspection bodies performing periodic checks. Everyone finds the functions suited to their role in the LPS Manager ecosystem, built on shared, reliable data.

Standards compliance

Installing an Early Streamer Emission lightning rod requires respecting precise rules: a minimum height of 2 metres above the highest point of the protected structure, with elevation masts available from 1 to 6 metres depending on the building configuration. The NF C 17-102:2011 standard specifically governs the design, installation and maintenance of ESE systems, while IEC 62305:2024 sets the international framework for lightning protection. An annual verification is required to maintain compliance. LPS Manager helps professionals structure this documentation and plan scheduled verifications, without ever replacing traditional compliance software: it remains, first and foremost, the field tool that connects hardware, environment, weather and IoT data.

Download the app

Give your teams a tool made for real installations. Download the LPS Manager app and start describing, tracking and monitoring your lightning protection systems, or contact us to learn more.