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Irrigating With a IPAD/ Smart Phone . By: Shane Jansa. Different Irrigation Techniques. Center Pivot Drip Irrigation Flood Irrigation Hand Pipe Side Role . History of Center Pivot. Frank Zybach age 53 Paten in July of 1949 Sold 19 in the first year. Now . Irrigation Today .
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Irrigating With a IPAD/ Smart Phone By: Shane Jansa
Different Irrigation Techniques • Center Pivot • Drip Irrigation • Flood Irrigation • Hand Pipe • Side Role
History of Center Pivot • Frank Zybach age 53 • Paten in July of 1949 • Sold 19 in the first year. Now
Irrigation Today • At home operation. • $50,000 to $300,000 • Precision Watering. • Injection Pumps. • GPS Technology • Corner Watering
Latest Technolgy • FieldNET by Lindsay irrigation. You can control your watering from a I Pad or a Smart phone.
FieldNET http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=OKPvWMXPHDI
Advantages of FieldNET • Can monitor your fields 24/7 • Less wear on your vehicles driving. • Save money on gas and electricity • Save time not driving to each field. • Conserve water • Keep data and records of your pivots • Is compatible with any brand of pivot • Can buy upgrades for more money.
How it works out of the house. • You have to have a internet connection that stays on all the time. • Place a Bridge in the house connected to the internet. • The Radio Repeater is placed on the highest point on your home, barn, or grain tower. • Then you place a(Remote Telemetry Unit) RTU unit on each pivot • Then you plug in data on the pivots that you want it to do. • May download app for the phone if you want to use your phone.
What all can FieldNET do? • Start, stop or reverse your pivot. • Monitor your pivot 24/7. • Regulate water pressure. • Send alarms if something goes wrong. • Monitor water pumps for pressure. • Record data on water usage. • Control Injection pumps for fertilizer or chemical. • Water only certain sections of the field.
Other Brands • Reinke – Ontrac • Valley- Base Station • Nelson- A3000 Acelerator
Resources • http://www.myfieldnet.com/literature • http://www.myfieldnet.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/0/5cb8c83bc85fbe6f7584263b2bf47cb7/pdf/lindsay_fieldnet_brochure_0912.pdf