Climatic monitoring ensures optimal farm management with minimal manpower

Wireless data logger solutions with free of charge cloud services support smart farming economically and effectively

T&D Corporation’s RTR 500 series provides a wireless data logging system that makes cultivation easier and helps to optimize harvesting in agricultural businesses. The cloud-connected data loggers are available with sensors for several different parameters, such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, UV, voltage, 4-20mA, pulse and CO2. They can be flexibly combined to fit individual needs and are therefore ideal for crop management in fields and inside greenhouses, as well as for use in cattle sheds and storage facilities, including cold storage. The system takes the hard work out of monitoring and documentation by taking care of these via mobile devices and by app.

Each of the robust DIN EN 12830-approved loggers are about the size of a matchbox and are resistant to both dust and water. They can be easily fixed wherever control is necessary – even on the move during transportation. Up to 100 data loggers can be wirelessly connected to a base station. Thanks to their automated technology, which forwards measurements via WLAN, wired LAN, USB or GSM to T&D’s cloud-based WebStorage Service, all documentation is stored safely in neatly arranged graphs and tables without the need for manpower. Each free of charge registration comes with 20 MB of storage space, which is sufficient for comprehensive archiving. A newly added auto archiving function makes sure that data files are zipped and archived before this limit is reached. Data can be managed remotely from a PC, smartphone or tablet, independent of time and location. Should a critical value be reached, the system relays an alert by SMS and e-mail. Besides optical and acoustic signals via the T&D app, an external alarm device on site can be activated, allowing appropriate action to be taken before damage occurs. If a device moves out of range, a “watchdog” alert will be sent by e-mail.