Convoy Guardian is an offline mesh bridge-strike prevention system for oversize and heavy-haul convoys, made by SolTec Innovation. These are the questions carriers, escort operators, and permit consultants ask most often.
A bridge-strike prevention and convoy safety system for oversize/heavy haul operations. LiDAR sensors continuously measure overhead clearances, an offline mesh network alerts every crew member simultaneously in under 100 ms, and a blackbox logs every reading for audit-grade evidence.
Convoy Guardian nodes form a self-configuring mesh over local radio. Each crew member’s device relays alerts to the next. The result: real-time coordination in mountain passes, rural highways, and private industrial sites where cell coverage disappears.
Under 100 ms from LiDAR detection to every crew member’s device. Independent of cell signal, internet, or GPS availability.
No. Convoy Guardian works fully offline. Blackbox logs sync to your fleet office whenever connectivity is available, but real-time alerts and mesh coordination never depend on it.
No. Convoys can run LiDAR lead-vehicle sensing alone, the smart impact pole alone, or both in parallel. Both methods feed the same mesh and write to the same blackbox log. Running both gives defense-in-depth: LiDAR covers the structures you knew about, the pole covers the ones you did not.
By scanning a QR code. There are no accounts to create and nothing to download — onboarding takes under 30 seconds per person, which matters when you are adding an escort vehicle at the staging area with the convoy already rolling.
Every clearance reading, every alert, and every crew acknowledgment, written to an audit-grade tamper-evident log. It is designed to be evidence you can hand to a permit reviewer or use in an incident post-mortem, not just an operational debug trace.
Convoy Guardian is sold as a complete hardware kit, with no software subscription on the entry kit. Three configurations cover a seven-vehicle convoy — one lead, four following, and two escorts on body-worn units: Kit 1 at $7,900 USD (mesh plus Smart Impact Pole), Kit 2 at $20,400 (adds the LiDAR laser and tablet, training included), and Kit 3 at $28,900 (adds the complete MeasurePRO survey system, training included). One day of crew training is required and costs $3,000 to $6,000 depending on province or state, free with Kit 2 or Kit 3. Kit 2 and Kit 3 run MeasurePRO software, included for the first 6 months and $300 USD per month after that; Kit 1 needs no software and has no recurring cost. Shipping, customs, and duties are quoted separately.
Convoy Guardian launches publicly at Breakbulk Americas 2026, Booth M01, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, on September 22–23, 2026. We also run live demos on real routes year-round.
Convoy Guardian is the "Move It." layer of the RoadScope Route Intelligence platform made by SolTec Innovation. MeasurePRO and ProfilingPRO capture the route (Measure It), RoadScope and SweptPRO plan it (Map It), Convoy Guardian and SolTecNAV execute it safely (Move It), and the Reports and Permits suite documents it (Prove It).
Ask an engineer directly — or book a demo and put the system through its paces yourself.
Tell us about your convoy. We'll set up a live demo on a real route — or meet you at Booth M01 at Breakbulk Americas.
We reply within one business day — usually sooner. If it is urgent, reach us directly at contact@soltec.ca.