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/content

mgr/files/0/5cb8c83bc85fbe6f7584263b2bf47cb7/pdf/lindsay_fieldnet_brochure_0912.pdf