Fieldmouse gives councils and venue operators full remote control over sports field lighting — intelligent scheduling, booking integration, and real-time fault detection, all from a single dashboard.
The Challenge
Council sports fields and recreation facilities operate after hours, on weekends, and across multiple locations — often with no staff on-site. Lights left on overnight, booking systems that don't talk to lighting controls, and reactive fault management are all costing time, money, and energy at scale.
Traditional timer-based systems can't respond to booking changes, unscheduled events, or faults in real time. When a circuit trips or a panel fails, someone has to physically attend the site before you even know there's a problem. For councils managing 10, 20, or 50 venues, that's an unsustainable model.
Insurance liability, energy auditing requirements, and community expectations around transparency are all increasing the pressure on operators to have better visibility and tighter control over their lighting assets.
"Fieldmouse proactively actions the asset — as opposed to just monitoring and providing alerts."
How Fieldmouse Helps
Fieldmouse replaces disconnected timer panels with a fully connected system that responds to bookings, weather, and real-world conditions in real time.
Lighting schedules tie directly to your booking system. Lights activate when a booking starts and shut off automatically at the end of the session — no manual intervention, no energy wasted on empty fields.
Switch individual circuits or entire venues on or off from any device, anywhere. Operators and authorised club members can be given tiered access — so the right people have control without compromising security.
The system monitors circuit status continuously. If a breaker trips, a pole fails, or a light doesn't respond to a command, an alert fires immediately — so your maintenance team is dispatched before anyone complains.
Every on/off event is timestamped and logged. Generate per-site or per-circuit energy usage reports for audits, insurance, carbon accounting, or community transparency — exportable as CSV at any time.
Integrate lux sensors to automatically adjust or suppress lighting based on natural light conditions. Avoid activating full lighting during late-afternoon summer events or ensure minimum lux levels are met for broadcast-quality events.
Administrators, council operators, and end users (such as sports club members) each get appropriate access levels. Clubs can activate their own lights for bookings without being able to affect other venues or override schedules.
Capability
A full breakdown of the Fieldmouse lighting control capability set — from basic on/off switching through to lux-level management and third-party integration.
| Capability | Monitor | Control | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Control | |||
| Lights On / Off | |||
| Circuit / Pole Status | |||
| Command Confirmation (sent, received, actioned) | |||
| Scheduling & Bookings | |||
| Scheduled On/Off (time-based) | |||
| Booking-Linked Activation | |||
| Third-Party System Integration | |||
| Light Quality & Environment | |||
| Lux Level Monitoring | |||
| Lux Level Control (dimming / threshold) | |||
| Ambient / Natural Light Suppression | |||
| Reporting & Compliance | |||
| Event Log (every on/off action timestamped) | |||
| Energy Usage by Circuit / Site | |||
| Carbon Accounting Data Export | |||
| CSV Report Export | |||
Key Outcomes
These figures are indicative based on typical deployments. Your results will vary by site count, existing infrastructure, and usage patterns.
Eliminating unscheduled overnight burn and aligning lighting to actual bookings typically reduces energy spend significantly across a venue portfolio.
Automated shutoff schedules and real-time status monitoring mean lights-on overnight events are caught and resolved without a site visit.
Full historical event logs are always available. Produce compliance, insurance, or carbon accounting reports at any time without manual data collection.
Fieldmouse Devices
Field lighting deployments primarily use the Runner controller. Scout environmental sensors can be added to enable lux-based automation.
Whether you're managing two venues or two hundred, Fieldmouse scales to fit. Get in touch to discuss your specific setup and we'll show you how it works.
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