Wireless Soil Moisture and Weather Monitoring System Caipos
System Overview Soil moisture and weather monitoring systems Caipos
System Overview Caipos consists of base station, sensors and web application. Up to 32 wired sensors and 64 wireless sensors can be connected to one base station. Station automatically sends data to the web platform. Web application receives, processes and presents data in different formats to be used with computers and mobile devices.
Principle of Operation
Hardware Technical data Dimension of main unit Battery Solar panel 130x150x120mm 6 V, 4.5 Ah lead-acid battery 149 x 199 x 3.2 mm, 1.08 W Number of sensors 32 Power consumption Flash memory Lightning protection Communication options Logging interval Transfer interval 50µ in sleep mode 4Mb (up to 2 years of data) Built in protection GPRS, serial 1min 2 hours 1 hour / 10min on alarm
Caipos Sensors Water Level Soil Moisture Water Potential Rain Gauge Ultrasonic Wind Sensor Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Global Radiation Air Pressure Soil Temperature
Applications of Caipos Flood and Precipitation Soil Moisture Monitoring Water Level Monitoring 段 落 文 字 内 容 Irrigation Management Grain Storages Road Monitoring Green Houses Weather Monitoring
Products CaipoRain Water Level Station Weather Station Wireless Sensor Soil Moisture Station Irrigation Control System Caipos soil moisture, water level, precipitation, weather monitoring systems.
Advantages of Caipos Advanced technologies: Caipos uses the latest developments in measurements and data transfer technology Ultra low power consumption: Modern design and optimized data processing allows minimizing the energy consumption and extends battery life. Data transfer: Data is sent via GSM/GPRS to central data platform every hour or according user s settings, also on alarm conditions
Advantages of Caipos Reliability: Caipos systems are proven to reliably operate in harsh weather and geographical conditions. Low cost: low power consumption and minimum maintenance significantly reduce the costs. Central data platform: All stations are controlled and configured via single web platform Easy Installation: Stations are easy to install and don t require any configuration
Soil Moisture Monitoring Soil Moisture Monitoring Systems Caipos consist soil moisture station and web application Soil moisture and soil temperature sensors can be connected to the base station by cable or through wireless sensor nodes
Principle of Operation and Features Soil Moisture Sensor: Z100 Principle of Operation: FDR, Frequency Domain Reflectometry sensor measures dielectric constant of soil under different frequencies. The dielectric constant allows to calculate the volume of water in the soil Features of Z100: Easy installation and continuous operation High accuracy: 2.5% without calibration, 0.1% with calibration Sensor does not destroy soil structure It can be used in all types of soil Low cost Z100 Installation
Technical Data Z100 Water Potential Soil Temperature Frequency Measurement range 80 MHz 0%(VWC).. saturation Measurement range Accuracy 10..500kPa 1kPa..4kPa Measurement range -20 C.. 70 C Accuracy ±1 C % Accuracy 2% Interface Operating temperature analog 0..75 Measurement interval Interface Operating temperature 10 ms digital 0..75 Interface Operating temperature analog -30..70 C Soil Moisture Sensor Z100 Water Potential Sensor Soil Temperature Sensor
CaipoWave CaipoWave is an advance sensor network for soil moisture and soil temperature monitoring. Main features are reliability, low cost, zero maintenance, easy installation.
Principle of Operation Base Station GPRS Central Data Platform
Advantages of CaipoWave Wide Monitoring Area: up to 64 wireless sensors can be connected to one base station. Better Performance: Wireless sensors can be added, relocated, removed any time. They do not interfere with machinery operation or irrigation systems. Reliability: failure of one sensor node does not affect operation of other nodes.
Advantages of CaipoWave Soil moisture and temperature sensors Cost effectiveness Easy installation Communication range up to 1 km One battery for up to 5 years No maintenance No configuration
Advantages of CaipoWave Safety In open areas base station can be installed in protected place far from wireless sensors thus preventing from damages and unauthorized access Wireless sensor nodes are not easy to notice in the field, that can prevent from unauthorized access. Wireless sensors can be installed over 1 km 2 area Wireless sensor network installation
Irrigation control system Caipos Rational use of water for irrigation can be determined by the central platform Caipos based on the actual soil moisture. Wireless sensor nodes do not interfere with operation of irrigation systems.
Center Pivot Satellite view of center pivots in Texas, USA
Water Level Monitoring Caipos Water Level Stations consist of base station and water level sensor. Three types of water level sensors are supported by Caipos: radar, float and pressure sensors.
Water Level Monitoring Radar Pressure water level sensor Float water level sensor
Advantages of Caipos Water Level Non-contact measurement Radar does not need maintenance High accuracy Independent on weather conditions Measurement every 10 minutes Upload data every 1 hours Upload data every 10 min if change detected Automatic adjustment of water level Early time warnings
CaipoRain Feartures: Performance and reliability: CaipoRain is the smallest one-body precipitation, soil moisture and soil temperature monitoring station. Easy installation: main unit includes holder, RTU, battery, solar panel, GSM/GPRS antenna. Installation takes only 10 minutes. High quality: Best in class rain gauge delivers high accuracy, reliability and long term stability with minimum maintenance.
CaipoRain Features: Long term operation: CaipoRain uploads data for more than 3 months without sun light. Flash memory allows to store up to 4 years data. Alert in time: alert is generated within maximum 10 minutes after precipitation reaches predefined thresholds. Wide range of use: 5 soil moisture and soil temperature sensors can be connected Cost effectiveness: CaipoRain is cost effective solution for different applications
Weather Forecast Caipos offers 7 days local weather forecast, which is calculated on the base of weather station data. Forecast is updated 2 times a day.
Caipos for Green Houses Green houses monitoring with CaipoBase and CaipoWave is most effective and low cost solution.
Grain Storage Monitoring Grain temperature, inside and outside air temperature monitoring with CaipoWave
CaipoWeb All Caipos systems send data to central web platform. Free web space is provided for every station with instant access to data. Every user has his own account to work with his/her stations. Every account is password protected. Data of last 5 years can be accessed in real time. Data older than 5 years is archived and available on request. Web application can also be installed on customer s server.
Advantages of CaipoWeb CaipoWeb allows viewing data of several stations at the same time.
Advantages of CaipoWeb Soil moisture monitoring chart
Advatages of CaipoWeb Caipos web application has integrated support for wireless sensor nodes
Advantages of CaipoWeb Extra servers interface Central data platorm Data can be sent to 4 different servers at the same time. IP addresses of extra servers are configured by user. Data can be transferred to customers platform to use in other applications.
Caipos E-Warning GPRS GPRS CaipoBase Data Platform Web Warning Caipos Warning Soil Moisture Value<15% Soil Moisture Value<15% Air temperature Value<10 C Caipos E-Warning system send alert on mobile phone and e-mail, if a predefined thresholds is reached. Warnings help to react in case of frost, heat, critical soil moisture changes, precipitation, water level and others.
Advantages of CaipoWeb Free of charge web space High level of data protection Windows platform Application can be installed on user s hardware Easy and user friendly interface Compatible with all modern internet browsers Individual configuration Local weather forecast Multi-level sensor network support Open Data Interface Mobile phone access Viewing the data of several stations Latest technology: HTML5, CSS3, AJAX
Application and Test in China From 2010 to 2013 Caipos devices were tested by: Ministry of Water Resources China Agriculture University China Academy of Agricultural Science Yunnan Province Water Resources Research Institute and other departments Henan Province: Department of Water Resources and Department of Hydrology Ministry of Water Resources, Shanxi Province Ministry of Water Resources, Hai River Water Conservancy Commission Long time application in Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Shandong, Liaoning, Gansu, etc.
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