Soil Moisture Monitoring

EIT provides various solutions for monitoring soil moisture conditions and irrigation efficiency. We specialise in providing appropriate soil moisture sensors, data recording and telemetry, interpretive software and data delivery systems including wireless links and online data access.

EIT data recorders interface with a wide range of sensors including Sentek, Aquaspy, Vaisala and Aquaflex. These have been used and recommended in projects regionally and internationally. EIT systems can be configured to comply with relevant industry standards.

Key Benefits

• Accurate soil moisture measurement in vineyards, turf farms, all horticulture, forestry and shadehouse applications
• Efficient use of water for irrigation, fertigation and plant stress
• Maximised effluent disposal without overwatering
• Wireless linking of soil moisture sensors avoids cabling

Soil Moisture Base Station 1000 (SM1)

The SM1 is a complete, self contained, solar powered, soil monitoring base station that receives data from both local sensors and remote field stations via radio telemetry.

It incorporates an extremely diverse data recorder and allows several options for remote control and data access via GSM and NextG Mobile (cell) phone services. The system can be set to deliver data ‘direct to web’ at regular intervals but the user can still dial into the logger to retrieve data, reconfigure settings or change SMS alarms.

System Configuration & Features:

• Sentek SDI-12 or RS485 soil probe: includes up to ten sensors to measure soil moisture at various depths.
• mTech Data Recorder: records up to 100 sensors .
• mTech Software: reporting, charting, Irrimax and Excel transfer and SMS alarm setup.
• Alarm functions via GSM short message service (SMS)
• Field Ready Unit (FRU): Includes IP66 weather proof enclosure, SAM10 mobile modem, solar panel, battery, regulator, antenna and mounting kit.
• Mast and Mounting Brackets
• (Optional) Intelligent Probe Controller (IPC): Will accept data from remote SDI-12, RS232, RS485, voltage and counter devices. IPC to recorder communication can be via either direct connection, 433MHz or 900MHz spread spectrum radios.