GPS + 4G on-bus tracker & hub

One brain per bus.
Every display and speaker follows it.

The Next Stop Master rides along, tracks the bus over GPS, and syncs the route, timetable and announcement audio from the cloud over 4G. On board, it drives every Next Stop display and announcer speaker wirelessly over ESP-NOW — no cabling, no per-device SIMs, no per-device setup.

1 SIM
per bus, not per device
0 wires
to displays & speakers
4G + LoRa
dual telemetry uplinks
memory Next Stop Masterfitted once, near the driver
satellite_alt GPS fix · 12 sats LIVE
cell_tower 4G — route & audio synced OK
near_me NEXT STOP: MANNUTHY · 450 M → ALL
wifi_tethering ESP-NOW broadcast, whole bus
dvrLED Displays2–4 per bus
campaignAnnouncerscabin voice + door horns
How it works

From cloud to every seat — automatically

Register the master against a bus once. From then on it keeps itself — and every slave on board — up to date.

STEP 1
cloud_sync

Syncs the route

Pulls the bus name, timetable and full stop list from the BusParrot cloud over 4G — and re-checks on a schedule, so office edits reach the bus the same day.

STEP 2
my_location

Tracks the bus

Reads GPS continuously, works out the upcoming stop from position, direction and time of day — the same proven logic as the standalone Next Stop Display.

STEP 3
wifi_tethering

Feeds the bus

Broadcasts ready-to-scroll next-stop text to every display, pushes announcement MP3s to every speaker, and cues the audio as the stop approaches.

STEP 4
share_location

Reports live

Sends live positions to the BusParrot platform over 4G — and optionally over long-range LoRa radio — powering live maps, ETAs and fleet dashboards.

The on-board family

Three devices. One system.

Slaves pair to the master on first power-up and need nothing else — fit as many per bus as you like.

Why a master?

Built for how buses are actually fitted

A city bus needs the next stop visible and audible everywhere — front, middle, rear, door. Wiring four devices to one GPS is the expensive part. We removed it.

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One SIM, one sync

Only the master talks to the internet. Displays and speakers carry no SIM, no Wi-Fi setup, no accounts — they simply listen to their master.

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Fit-and-forget slaves

Power a new display or speaker anywhere on the bus and it pairs to the nearest master in seconds. Every unit shows and says the same thing, in step.

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Works offline

Route, timetable and audio live on the master's flash. Coverage drops in the ghat section? Announcements keep running; telemetry catches up later.

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Managed from the office

Change a route or re-record a stop announcement in the office; flag the bus for sync. The master picks it up on its next check-in and re-seeds every slave.

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LoRa where 4G isn't

Optional long-range LoRa uplink sends positions to a depot gateway — handy for terminals, depots and low-coverage rural stretches.

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Phone-based setup

Hold the setup button and the master opens its own Wi-Fi portal — APN, tracking interval, radio settings, all from any phone browser. No app, no laptop.

Under the hood

Honest hardware, proven in the field

Same rugged platform as our deployed IoT gateways — with the radio set a bus actually needs.

Controller
ESP32-S3 dual-core, industrial temperature range
Positioning
u-blox NEO-6M GPS, 1 Hz live fix, cold-start under 2 minutes in open sky
Cellular
A7672S 4G LTE Cat-1 with 2G fallback — route sync, audio sync and live telemetry
On-bus link
ESP-NOW 2.4 GHz broadcast to all paired displays and speakers — no router, no pairing codes
Long range (optional)
SX1278 LoRa, 433 MHz, configurable frequency and spreading factor
Storage
On-board flash holds the full stop list and announcement audio library — survives power cuts and reboots
Announcements
Chime + stop clip cued twice per stop: when the stop becomes next, and again on final approach
Power
Runs from the bus 12/24 V supply via regulated adapter
Configuration
Wi-Fi hotspot portal (hold BOOT 5 s) for APN, tracking cadence, LoRa parameters

Put a brain in every bus.

Tell us your fleet size and routes — we'll spec the masters, displays and speakers for you.

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