ESE Lightning Protection Field Tool — Describe, Track & Verify

What is LPS Manager?

LPS Manager is a field tool built to describe, track and verify lightning protection installations. On site, professionals document installations, measure earth resistance and check Early Streamer Emission (ESE) lightning rods. LPS Manager is built for this reality: a mobile 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 an ecosystem that links the description of the installation, the verification history and the information from LPS France connected products (Compt@ir strikes, reported faults, 10-year warranty).

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.

Connected product supervision

For installations equipped with LPS France connected products, LPS Manager lets you supervise the devices, view the strikes recorded by Compt@ir, identify reported faults and track the 10-year manufacturer warranty. The protection level can be estimated with the simplified FD C 17-108 method; the complete IEC 62305-2 risk assessment is done with LPS Designer Pro (lpsdesigner.pro).

IoT architecture — LPS France connected products

LPS Manager receives data from LPS France connected products. 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 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 device supervision, 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, 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 and verifications

Installing an Early Streamer Emission lightning rod requires respecting precise rules. According to NF C 17-102:2011, the tip of the ESE air terminal must be at least 2 m above any part of the area it protects, including antennas, technical equipment and rooftop superstructures. The ESE air terminal is installed on an LPS France elevation mast of 2 to 6 m, made of 2 m interlocking sections (galvanised steel, or stainless steel in marine or corrosive environments), depending on the height required above the area to be protected. 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. Periodic verifications are provided for by the standard. LPS Manager helps prepare and document them (verification history and reports); it does not certify the compliance of an installation.

Download the app

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