The ability to maintain the moisture content in the soil for each plant, in a collection of plants, allows us to compare and contrast the differences that result from different planting times and adjustments to other variables, in order to develop best practices for a changing world.
The image above is of a 3PI Three-Zone Expert Controller.™
Once planted, the area is thoroughly irrigated and allowed to dry-out naturally. Once plant stress, from excessive dryness is detected, the user consults their controller, via a Web-server-based browser interface, and then notes the sensor readings pertaining to the appropriate zone. The controller is later updated to reflect these measurements via Serial Connect.™
Serial Connect™ enables direct access to the controller's settings via USB.
An example display of sensor readings is shown below.
Display the upper and lower sensor values for each zone.
Irrigation is accomplished through existing means.
The display is the same as for 3PI WiFi enabled controllers.
The network is electrically and physically separate from the irrigation controllers and is disconnected from the Internet. It features all of the services and servers usually associated with the Internet including: two Domain Name Servers (one for the top level domain, the other for the IoT domain), a Web Server, a Collaboration Server, a Network Attached Storage server, three Application Servers, and two Database Servers (one Document Orientated and the other Relational).
At least one application server collects sensor data and provides it to at least one web server, and optionally to at least one database server, as shown below.
At a minimum, only one web server and one sensor data controller are necessary for sensor monitoring.
