irrigating with a ipad/ smart phone
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Irrigating With a IPAD/ Smart Phone . By: Shane Jansa. Different Irrigation Techniques. Center Pivot Drip Irrigation Flood Irrigation Hand Pipe Side Role . History of Center Pivot. Frank Zybach age 53 Paten in July of 1949 Sold 19 in the first year. Now . Irrigation Today . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IRRIGATING WITH A IPAD/ SMART PHONE
By: Shane Jansa
Different Irrigation Techniques Center Pivot Drip Irrigation Flood Irrigation Hand Pipe Side Role
History of Center Pivot
Frank Zybach age 53 Paten in July of 1949 Sold 19 in the first year. Now
Irrigation Today At home operation. $50,000 to $300,000 Precision Watering. Injection Pumps. GPS Technology Corner Watering
Latest Technolgy
FieldNET by Lindsay irrigation. You can control your watering from a I Pad or a Smart phone.
FieldNET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=OKPvWMXPHDI
Advantages of FieldNET
Can monitor your fields 24/7 Less wear on your vehicles driving. Save money on gas and electricity Save time not driving to each field. Conserve water Keep data and records of your pivots Is compatible with any brand of pivot Can buy upgrades for more money.
How it works out of the house. You have to have a internet connection that stays
on all the time. Place a Bridge in the house connected to the
internet. The Radio Repeater is placed on the highest point
on your home, barn, or grain tower. Then you place a(Remote Telemetry Unit) RTU
unit on each pivot Then you plug in data on the pivots that you want
it to do. May download app for the phone if you want to
use your phone.
What all can FieldNET do? Start, stop or reverse your pivot. Monitor your pivot 24/7. Regulate water pressure. Send alarms if something goes wrong. Monitor water pumps for pressure. Record data on water usage. Control Injection pumps for fertilizer or
chemical. Water only certain sections of the field.
Other Brands
Reinke – Ontrac Valley- Base Station Nelson- A3000 Acelerator
Resources
http://www.myfieldnet.com/literature http://www.myfieldnet.com/stuff/content
mgr/files/0/5cb8c83bc85fbe6f7584263b2bf47cb7/pdf/lindsay_fieldnet_brochure_0912.pdf