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Weather and Climate



FEATURES


  • Temperature, RH, wind, rain, solar radiation, UV, leaf wetness
  • Continuous, real-time transmission of all data to online software
  • Data viewed as time graph or printed as reports 


BENEFITS

  • Reduce water use by irrigating according to climate
  • Accurately detect risks including frost and excessive heat
  • Reduce spraying by monitoring local disease indices
  • Improve crop selection long term by knowing micro-climate
  
Many properties that require weather data have traditionally relied on expensive, semi-automated  single purpose solutions. Ranch Systems offers a wireless base station that can serve as a full-function weather station while still acting as a central coordinator for other wireless nodes on the property.  This solution provides core weather system data while offering the flexibility to add other modular solutions as needed, like microclimate monitoring, frost alerting, or irrigation measurement and control. Data gathered by the base station and sensors is transmitted to a secure datacenter for real-time viewing through internet browsing software on a PC, tablet or smartphone.  Charts and graphs allow comparison of data trends, and tie in to other deployed RanchMaster solutions.




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    Soil Monitoring

                -Moisture
                -Temperature
                -Electrical Conductivity (EC)



FEATURE


  • Single or multi-level soil moisture probes installed in soil
    • Support for a wide range of 3rd party soil moisture probes
    • Wireless connection to AquaCheck probes available (up to 5 probes per node)
  • Connected to either base station or nodes
  • Continuous, real-time transmission of soil moisture to online RanchMaster software
  • Data viewed as traditional time graph or color-code soil water profile

BENEFITS


  • Reduce water use by knowing water availability
  • Improve crop quality by safely controlling plant stress
  • Effectively and safely develop larger root system
  • Reduce labor and service cost of manual collection



Whether the focus is on deficit irrigation or water conservation, accurate soil moisture measurement is essential to crop production and quality. Furthermore, soil moisture can vary widely across and within properties based on soil type and terrain, requiring multiple measurement points to ensure accuracy.






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Mobile Alerting


FEATURES


  • End-user defined alerts like “temperature<38″
  • Also ability to define more complex formula for alert condition
  • Alerts delivered by Email, Text Messaging, or Voice Call
  • Alert text is user selectable
  • Multiple recipients supported
  • Online site tracks confirmations received from recipients



Irrigation Pressure and Flow Meter Monitoring

FEATURES


  • Monitor oil or water pressure 0-500 psi
  • Heavy Duty industrial rated
  • Direct burial cable 
  • Connect to large pipe down to drip tubing 

BENEFITS

  • Detect irrigation malfunctions quickly
  • Monitor and record time and duration of irrigation events
  • Can be utilized as verification sensors for other equipment

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BENEFITS

  • Reduce crop losses from frost by quickly responding
  • Mitigate effects of irrigation system failures by early detection
  • Prevent run-out and over-fills of tanks by alerting



Ranch Systems software provides the capability for users to set custom alerts, for things like frost, heat, low water levels, or other parameters.


One of the most critical risks to vineyards and other agribusiness is frost, but ranch managers also face the risk of heat extremes that threaten crops and field workers, risk of breakdown of irrigation systems, and other problems.  Common to these conditions is the need for quick action to mitigate the risk.  Minutes can mean millions.

Ranch Systems addresses these challenges with an alert system that notifies you – using voice message, text messages or email – of any of wide range of critical conditions in the field that require prompt attention.

Data is collected by sensors plugged directly into a base station or to nodes deployed miles around. Ranch managers control which specific conditions will trigger an alert and can set it up to alert employees with customizable messages.  With online service, the voice messaging system is phonetically driven, so messages can be sent in any language.  The system can be configured to repeatedly call multiple recipients until at least one recipient acknowledges the alert, and will note the alert recipient and time the alert was acknowledged.


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Tank, Pond and Well Monitoring


FEATURES

  • Support for submersible pressure-based water level sensors and ultrasonic non-contact fluid level sensors
  • Real-time  status of level and gallons currently in each tank monitored
  • 1-click  graphs show level or gallons over time
  • Ability to define alerts  when levels fall outside criteria
  • Historical reports in PDF format




BENEFITS


  • Reduce risk and cost of outages
  • Improve planning of delivery truck schedules
  • Prevent overfills/flows
  • Track water usage

RanchMaster provides real-time, on-line tank monitoring optimized for use in remote locations and tough environmental conditions. Cost-effective options are available for both single tanks and multiple tank configurations. Typical applications include monitoring the levels of water tanks, fertilizer tanks, ponds, sulphuric acid tanks, water wells.
 
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The software is designed for ease-of-use and allows tracking of tank level using just a web browser from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, alert triggers can be configured to make automatic phone calls or send text messages to key personnel when certain critical conditions arise.


Remote Cameras


FEATURES

Remote camera added onto RanchMaster base station

  • Still-image camera attached to base stations
  • Takes color photo on motion, keypad entry or fixed time intervals
  • Software maintain calendar of images and access events over time
  • Image-content feature creates time series of data showing patterns of e.g. fog
  • Images alert to email/smart phone when image taken by motion detect or keypad

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BENEFITS

  • Track and record-keep visual crop development over time
  • Track field work from remote location
  • Deter theft, increase security
  • Monitor special weather conditions like visibility and fog
  • Improve marketing by integrating image stream into own website
Remote camera capability is an add-on to any RanchMaster base station and provides still-image recording in remote locations where normal online camera solutions are unavailable or impractical. It can either be used for simple monitoring by programming it to take images every 15 min or hour, or it can be combined with motion detector or access keypad for fully-fledged access control solution.

Images are immediately uploaded to the on-line web application, where they can be browsed by authorized users. The camera also has a short-range infra-red night illumination. Images are presented online in a calendar view, making it easy to pin point the general activity on a site at certain time. It is ideal for progress monitoring of crop growth or construction projects, or for monitoring traffic, livestock and a variety of other objects.

Apart from viewing images via the Ranch Systems applications, an image link can be inserted into the customer’s own website for presenting visitors with a live snapshot of the current activity at a site.

The online software also allows the creation of time-lapse videos, pulling 1 image per day into a streaming video. This is a powerful tool for visualizing historic activity after the fact, such as canopy growth, project history etc.

The RanchCam physical product consists of a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) circuit board that is mounted inside the RM210 unit, and one outdoor rated camera and mounting bracket. When ordering RanchCam along with an RM210 the DVR will already be mounted and you simply mount the camera and plug in the power and coax connector into the RM210 station.
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