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A possible option for these needs may be a room alert system, sends text or emails when there is a power failure, high temp warning and mosture alerts. It also includes downloadable historical graphs.
 
Costeve said:
A possible option for these needs may be a room alert system, sends text or emails when there is a power failure, high temp warning and mosture alerts. It also includes downloadable historical graphs.
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That is exactly what I am in the market for. I am actually considering buying one of these new ultra-cheap, ultra small Raspberry Pi computers and just doing all of the programming myself. Unfortunately time is always a factor, and I have more money than time to throw at a solution right now.
 
need to put those funky square barcodes on the plants or rockwool slabs or something so you can get location information and w/e else off the images.

that would be neat.
 
queequeg152 said:
need to put those funky square barcodes on the plants or rockwool slabs or something so you can get location information and w/e else off the images.

that would be neat.
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That would be pretty easy to do actually. Maybe even do some RFID, which has gotten very affordable. I might actually look into that, there would be no need to label plants ever again!
 
theghostpepperstore said:
I see your point. Of course "Brian" would find himself out of work the next day since he left a plant with southern blight hanging out in my greenhouse all day!

All kidding aside, I think you have a good idea for some of these large greenhouse operations. Right now the way I operate, since I am not on site most of the day, my wife runs the field. When she comes across anything questionable she sends pictures straight to my phone. I could see how the SharePoint idea would come into play if 5 or 6 people started sending me pictures throughout the day to my phone it could be overwhelming and their is no sharing of information.
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“Brian” is a “low skilled” seasonal worker who picks and operates the forklift he has no training in disease management and has not completed the greenhouse technician course. After creating the post in SharePoint he could easily send a link via email from his windows phone to the manager owner or pest/disease management expert for proper identification and instructions but of course he should not be dealing with chemical application. After the manager or expert has reviewed the picture or short video an email can be sent back or they can get his number from SharePoint or excel or you can dispatch the correct person to deal with this. Another option is to create a SharePoint workflow.


Another way this could be implemented is new employee arrives after the interview they are assigned a login and phone or if they have a windows phone it’s configured for them the user walks to a computer or logs into SharePoint on the windows phone he/she selects the new employee page on the side and gets training videos and electronic forms to fill out. With new employees every year (it’s seasonal not full time) do you really want to spend time training new employees every year or would you rather take the time to create a few detailed videos? You could use a punch clock/time clock or hours log sheet and workflow so you can easily track the hours worked there are web based solutions that can be integrated into SharePoint or hosted some include fancy features like IP block out or warnings, rules such as do not punch in before a certain time. (SharePoint 2010 includes a” timecard list “) You can have SharePoint display weather information from popular weather forecasting websites and even display weather watches or warnings for frost, wind, thunderstorms (hail) so when your staff login in the morning to check what tasks need to be done they know to go outside and cover plants or move them.

SBI will host a webinar on ERP Software for growers on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will learn about enterprise level software designed for large volume plug growers, including:
-Planning production schedule
-Acquisition of seeds and URC’s
-Touch screen software on the seeding line
-Tray inventory management on tablets
-Tablets used for order fulfillment process
To register for this webinar, visit www1.gotomeeting.com/register/770375401.

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http://www.sbigrower...ouse/index.html
queequeg152 said:
need to put those funky square barcodes on the plants or rockwool slabs or something so you can get location information and w/e else off the images.

that would be neat.
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No one has mentioned any of the emerging home automation systems - I would think this would be the least expensive, easiest to customize platforms for building a computer-controlled or automated growing system. Search a few of the pot-growing forums around the Web and you'll find some amazing examples of robust and completely hands-free grow systems (I'm neither advocating nor condemning growing pot; just learning what I can from people who do it.).

This is a system I've been looking at:

http://micasaverde.com

I travel a good bit, and I'd like to be able to monitor temperature, humidity, reservoir levels, etc. in my garden remotely. The system above (and it has competitors capable of the same basic thing) allows you to connect a variety of devices - thermostats, thermometers, hygrometers, 120 VAC switches, DC sprinkler valves, moisture detectors, etc. - and program various event responses, timers, etc.

Anyone tried something like this?
 
LeeRoy said:
No one has mentioned any of the emerging home automation systems - I would think this would be the least expensive, easiest to customize platforms for building a computer-controlled or automated growing system. Search a few of the pot-growing forums around the Web and you'll find some amazing examples of robust and completely hands-free grow systems (I'm neither advocating nor condemning growing pot; just learning what I can from people who do it.).

This is a system I've been looking at:

http://micasaverde.com

I travel a good bit, and I'd like to be able to monitor temperature, humidity, reservoir levels, etc. in my garden remotely. The system above (and it has competitors capable of the same basic thing) allows you to connect a variety of devices - thermostats, thermometers, hygrometers, 120 VAC switches, DC sprinkler valves, moisture detectors, etc. - and program various event responses, timers, etc.

Anyone tried something like this?
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These systems are not designed to work moist damp humid conditions. If it’s a cold frame temperature fluctuations can be an issue plus these are not commercial grade expandable systems that work well together.
 
TylerInNiagara said:
These systems are not designed to work moist damp humid conditions. If it’s a cold frame temperature fluctuations can be an issue plus these are not commercial grade expandable systems that work well together.
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The controller (i.e. the server) doesn't need to be with the plants, and the client components selected would be designed for exactly the conditions you describe.

Here's another grow automation project based on the Arduino open-source microcontroller. This could also form the basis of a computer-controlled grow system, and could be built into any sort of housing.

http://gardenbot.org/
 
Humidity Effects
  • Humidity causes expansion and contraction of the PCB material. Thin traces and small components are cracked and damaged easily with high humidity. The device will display values based on the damaged PCB readings, which will be a misrepresentation of reality.
This would affect 90% or more of the “smart devices” hooked up to http://micasaverde.com/vera-lite.php

Read more: Should I Calibrate My Electronic Circuit in a Humid Environment? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/...l#ixzz23pFP0kXW
 
thegreenman said:
Commercial greenhouse control systems

http://www.microgrow.com/
http://www.arguscontrols.com/
http://www.wadsworthcontrols.com/

Greenhouse production management system
http://www.sbigrower...e/products.html
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Those are full-blown commercial systems - too turn-key and too expensive for my interests. Personally, I'd like to find something I can tinker with, program, and otherwise modify to my own needs. I just found out about a new scriptable building automation system by Ubiquity Networks (http://www.ubnt.com/mfi) that looks interesting.

The price points are pretty good, and the scripting platform looks like it could be made to integrate with most any computer-readable sensor. Also, the device communication is wifi and hardwired ethernet, which to me means it's more likely to be reliable than X10, Insteon, or other home-automation specific protocol.
 
Well I just purchased a 1200watt wind turbine (I have a charge controller deep cycle battery rectifier and inverter) I also have a small solar panel now to figure out how to set this up...
 
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