Connect - Outdoor Now Available Through Farm Tech Solutions as the TX Horizen
TX-E has partnered with Farm Tech Solutions to bring the Connect - Outdoor long-range WiFi router to rural customers across Australia under the name TX Horizen Whole of Farm WiFi Transmitter. The unit broadcasts a long-range WiFi HaLow signal across an entire property, while a second unit taps into that signal to deliver normal WiFi connectivity wherever it's needed: a shed, a second building, or a security camera setup well away from the homestead.
Rural properties have never had it easy when it comes to WiFi. A router at the house can cover the house, but the moment the signal has to cross a paddock, get around a shed, or reach a building on the far side of the property, standard WiFi runs out of range fast, one of the most common connectivity problems Australian farms deal with. That's the gap Connect - Outdoor was built to close, and it's now reaching a wider audience through Farm Tech Solutions, who will supply the product as the TX Horizen Whole of Farm WiFi Transmitter. For more on how this fits into a broader property setup, see Understanding Farm Connectivity Layers and Where TX-E Fits.
The technology hasn't changed. It's the same weatherproof, dual-mode HaLow router TX-E customers already know, but the partnership gives farmers and rural property owners another trusted channel to access it, alongside Farm Tech Solutions' existing range of farm cameras and connectivity products. Farm Tech Solutions' full product range can be found at www.farmtechsolutions.com.au, and their dedicated camera range at www.farmcameras.au.
How It Works
Like Connect - Outdoor, the TX Horizen operates as a dual-mode unit, and a typical whole-of-property setup uses two of them working together:
The base unit connects to an existing internet connection (Starlink, NBN, or 4G) and broadcasts it outward as a long-range WiFi HaLow signal across the property.
The remote unit sits wherever coverage is needed, receives that HaLow signal, and converts it back into a standard WiFi hotspot for everyday devices to connect to.
That second unit is what makes the system practical for real farm layouts. It can sit in a shed to get a normal WiFi connection to staff and equipment, in a second dwelling like a granny flat or shearers' quarters, or out near a gate or yard to power a set of security cameras that would otherwise have no signal at all.
The unit can also work as a HaLow relay, and it can do this at the same time as serving local WiFi. From a single HaLow uplink, one unit can simultaneously rebroadcast the signal onward as a fresh HaLow hop and create a standard WiFi hotspot for devices at that location, so a single remote unit can extend coverage further across the property while also connecting phones, cameras, and other devices right where it sits. That relay capability carries coverage past a hill, a stand of timber, or any other obstruction that would otherwise block a direct line to the base unit, chaining coverage across a property well beyond what a single base unit can reach on its own, without adding a second internet connection.
Because the connection between the two units runs over WiFi HaLow rather than standard 2.4 GHz WiFi, it covers distances and pushes through obstacles that a normal router or consumer WiFi extender simply can't. See Why WiFi Extenders and Mesh Systems Don't Work on the Knowledge Hub for more on why that gap exists.
Built for the Distances Rural Properties Actually Need
The unit at the centre of the TX Horizen is a weatherproof HaLow router designed for permanent outdoor mounting on a wall, pole, or fence post, extending WiFi HaLow range beyond 1.5 km line of sight, more than enough to cover the layout of most working properties. In TX-E's own range testing, a Connect - Outdoor base station held a steady connection at the full 1,500-metre mark of the test site, a result limited by the available testing ground rather than the device itself, meaning real-world range can extend well beyond that figure.
Low power draw is one of the quieter advantages. At idle, the unit draws under 1 W, well within reach of a small solar panel and battery, making it a practical option for a remote unit positioned somewhere mains power doesn't reach. The enclosure is fully weatherproof and rated to handle the temperature extremes found across Australia, from tropical heat to alpine cold, so it's built to be mounted once and left alone through whatever the season brings.
Setup doesn't require any networking background: the unit is configured through a simple browser-based tool over USB, and each device arrives ready to be matched to the property it's headed to.
Two Ways to Get the Same Hardware
The TX Horizen Whole of Farm WiFi Transmitter is available now through Farm Tech Solutions at farmtechsolutions.com.au, and the underlying hardware remains available directly from TX-E as Connect - Outdoor. Which one makes sense depends on how hands-on you want to be.
Buying directly from TX-E means the equipment arrives ready to configure yourself, using the browser-based setup tool. It's a straightforward process, but it does mean deciding on your own how many units you need, where they go, and how they're powered.
Farm Tech Solutions takes a different approach. Whatever the property needs, whether that's solar power for a remote unit, integration with security cameras, or anything else specific to the site, is worked out, pre-configured, and validated before it's dispatched. Customers get a complete, tested package matched to their property rather than a box of hardware to figure out on arrival.
Quick Answers
What is the TX Horizen Whole of Farm WiFi Transmitter? It's the TX-E Connect - Outdoor long-range WiFi HaLow router, supplied through Farm Tech Solutions under a new name. A base unit broadcasts long-range WiFi across the property, and a second unit converts that signal back into standard WiFi wherever it's needed.
How is it different from a WiFi extender? It runs on WiFi HaLow, a long-range radio band built for distance and obstacles, rather than the standard 2.4 GHz band consumer extenders use, so it covers rural distances a normal extender can't reach.
Where can I buy it? Direct from TX-E as Connect - Outdoor for self-setup, or through Farm Tech Solutions as the TX Horizen for a pre-configured, whole-of-property package.
TX-E long-range WiFi HaLow products are available at tx-e.com.au/shop.