Client :              NSW Agriculture
Location :          Newrybar, New South Wales

This EIT automatic weather station is fitted with a radio receiver for collection of soil moisture data from remotely positioned sensors.

The station measures :

 temperature - relative humidity - solar radiation - wind - rainfall and computes evapotranspiration at 5 minute intervals.

This station is fitted with land line modem for remote connection via the public switched telephone system.

Soil moisture sensors are located within the rows of coffee trees and below the irrigation drip line. Soil moisture information is transmitted to the weather station via the EIT data transceivers. The radio units are solar powered with battery back up.

Information from the radio linked soil probes is automatically integrated into the data recorder.
 

EIT automatic weather station  fitted with land line modem and  EIT radio telemetry for local  wireless soil moisture  data transmission.	Solar powered soil moisture radio transmitter	Solar powered radio transmitter  connected to soil probe

Client :              Lismore City Council
Location :          Nimbin Waste Water Treatment Plant

This EIT soil moisture monitoring system includes radio modules, sensors and software to display soil moisture information from remotely positioned sensors directly to a PC. Soil moisture is measured using Aquaflex soil probe technology and Delta T Theta probe technology.

Soil moisture data is transmitted from each field node to a base receiver and eTech 6 data recorder. Real time soil moisture information can be graphically presented in a GIS type format. This is achieved by using an Excel spreadsheet which displays radio receiver data via Direct Data Exchange (DDE) link using the EIT data recorder. For additional write up of this approach see our news letter.