Soil Gadget Details

Created by Aaron Westfall, Modified on Fri, 5 Apr, 2024 at 12:04 PM by Aaron Westfall

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Soil Moisture VWC MultiDay 14d Trend


This gadget incorporates Irrigation On Time via a pressure switch, and up to six Volumetric Water sensors. The Soil Moisture is displayed as the directly measured Volumetric Water Content. 

It will reference the Block and Row configuration for a Crop type. The Crop configuration contains the Maximum Allowable Depletion (MAD) set point. These can be accessed by Labs staff within the Config -> Config Cards -> Crop Types menu. The MAD line is displayed in red by default.

It will reference the Block and Row configuration for a Soil type. The Soil has a predefined Field Capacity, which can be viewed in the Soil Types reference. The Field Capacity line is displayed in blue by default.

Configurable parameters include Y-Axis Min, Y-Axis Max, and data interval. To use auto-range on the Y-Axis, simply leave the Min and Max blank. 

The X-Axis is not configurable, it will always display 14 days.





Soil Moisture VWC-FC-MAD/AW 14d Trend


   

This gadget incorporates Irrigation On Time via a pressure switch, and up to six Volumetric Water Sensors. The Soil Moisture is displayed as Field Capacity percentage. 

It will reference the Block and Row configuration for a Soil type. The Soil has a predefined Field Capacity, which can be viewed in the Soil Types reference. The Field Capacity line is displayed in blue by default.

Configurable parameters include Y-Axis Min, Y-Axis Max, and data interval. To use auto-range on the Y-Axis, simply leave the Min and Max blank. 

The X-Axis is not configurable, it will always display 14 days.









Soil Moisture VWC-T-EC-Soil Type

This gadget incorporates up to six Volumetric Water sensors, six Electrical Conductivity sensors, and one Soil Tension sensor.

The Moisture Levels box will display the directly measured VWC.

The Soil Tension box will display the Soil Tension, in the configured units of measurement. 

The center box will display color coded icons according to Field Capacity. The closer to Field Capacity, darker blues are used. 

There is a bug currently with EC color coded icons, they are not displayed.

Soil Type, Field Capacity, and MAD are displayed in their respective boxes.

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