Nexcomm Systems, a Tampa, Florida manufacturer of IoT gateways and solutions, has debuted their Lift Guard family of smart wastewater lift station panels. Presenting at the Water Expo 2025, these panels build upon Nexcomm’s proven monitoring solutions by integrating the monitoring into the panels.

The panels are installed just like any other lift station panel and do not require any special tools or training. Since the monitoring system is integrated into the panel, they begin reporting to the Nexcomm Cloud Services as soon as power is applied. This greatly simplifies monitoring of these stations.

The system monitors critical aspects of the station, including:

  • Pump faults
  • Pump run times
  • Number of pump starts
  • Float states
  • Pump current
  • Pump water intrusion
  • Alarm activation

In addition, the Lift Guard system includes advanced monitoring features including:

  • Float failure or out-of-sequence floats
  • HOA switch position
  • Station power
    • Voltage
    • Phase
    • Current
    • Power Factor
    • Station power loss

The reversing panels have a fixed reversing function that is triggered either locally by a switch or remotely from the website. Once triggered, the system waits for the pumps to wind down, then runs in reverse for a fixed time, then pauses again for the pumps to wind down. This allows a station manager to attempt to unclog a pump remotely, before incurring the expense of sending someone to the station.

The system reports to Nexcomm’s Cloud Services, where an intuitive website allows the user to configure what triggers an alert and who receives the alerts. The notifications include email, text messages, and even voice calls. The website can also generate reports on key performance parameters to show to management or customers.

Lift Guard panels bring a level of technology to lift stations that had only been available through SCADA systems. Nexcomm’s standalone products provide low cost, real-time monitoring and control to critical wastewater infrastructure.

Lift Guard panels will be released in Q4 2025.

Monitoring systems are available now.