Looking for Innovative Farmers to test new sensors

[Steevo]

Happy to help too. Currently using wireless grainstore sensors here for temperature a little similar to Clive's system.

Another system I'd be interested in if it's possible is a wireless linked PIR camera. Sensor detects movement, camera takes photo, photo emailed via wifi to PC. A bit like 3G trail cameras, but able to operate FREE via wifi.

 

[30mhz]

Good stuff, what system are you currently using to monitor the grain store out of interest?

We do already have wireless PIR albeit not linked up to a camera, we are letting the humans take the action based on the data we can provide. Automation based on the data is a logical next step but not our focus yet.

What is it you are needing to take pictures of? We do have a use case at the moment in agriculture storage facility monitoring rat traps for action so they dont have a chance to escape or rot.

Is there one thing that you have always wanted to monitor but never been able to effectively? It would be great to work on a problem like that as we have the flexibility to plug basically any sensor in and make it wireless on scale.

 

[Fergieman]

Milk tank temperature to mobile?

 

[Steevo]

Good stuff, what system are you currently using to monitor the grain store out of interest?

We do already have wireless PIR albeit not linked up to a camera, we are letting the humans take the action based on the data we can provide. Automation based on the data is a logical next step but not our focus yet.

What is it you are needing to take pictures of? We do have a use case at the moment in agriculture storage facility monitoring rat traps for action so they dont have a chance to escape or rot.

Is there one thing that you have always wanted to monitor but never been able to effectively? It would be great to work on a problem like that as we have the flexibility to plug basically any sensor in and make it wireless on scale.

I'm using a bit of a home-made system, with temperature sensors connected to wifi.

The pictures was almost exactly the same as the system you mention - monitoring for vermin activity around and about. Movable sensors (e.g. magnetised) enables different areas to be monitored from time to time, wifi makes it mobile...and FREE (which is important so I don't get charged 35p per message of a leaf blowing around!), and also means that you don't need to keep remembering to download from a memory card every so often. You get real-time updates as such so can keep on top of a problem before it becomes a larger problem.

Keep up the good work - I'm sure there's a market for what you're trying to do.

 

[30mhz]

Milk tank temperature to mobile?

yes, that would be doable, you can see the data on anything with an internet connection, we provide a web based dashboard which you can securely access to get the real time info from any of the sensors you have hooked up.

as an example of the dashboard which i just screen shot'd from my phone.

 

[Puff]

I'm using a bit of a home-made system, with temperature sensors connected to wifi.

The pictures was almost exactly the same as the system you mention - monitoring for vermin activity around and about. Movable sensors (e.g. magnetised) enables different areas to be monitored from time to time, wifi makes it mobile...and FREE (which is important so I don't get charged 35p per message of a leaf blowing around!), and also means that you don't need to keep remembering to download from a memory card every so often. You get real-time updates as such so can keep on top of a problem before it becomes a larger problem.

Keep up the good work - I'm sure there's a market for what you're trying to do.

Sorry to interject slightly off-topic but you can get a camera like a Hikvision Wifi one. With it you can do a number of things, but line crossing and movement detection are certainly possible. Set it up to send an email on detection and you get a (FREE!) email within a couple of seconds of a detection event. With some of them, you can also hard wire alternate sensors (alarm). I have Hikvision CCTV set up at my property and if someone (person, thing, vehicle, sheep whatever) crosses a line in the drive I defined on the camera, I get an email with 3 pictures taken a couple of seconds apart. If its something I need to take care of, then I can do so immediately. This would accomplish the same as what you're thinking of I believe?

I love all things to do with sensors, currently using Z-wave to automate and manage my holiday cottage remotely. A wireless infra-red beam is on my list but the prices seem on the steep side for ones that can do something useful - like trigger an alarm input on crossing for instance. That has all sorts of practical applications as well I would have thought.

 

[Steevo]

Sorry to interject slightly off-topic but you can get a camera like a Hikvision Wifi one. With it you can do a number of things, but line crossing and movement detection are certainly possible. Set it up to send an email on detection and you get a (FREE!) email within a couple of seconds of a detection event. With some of them, you can also hard wire alternate sensors (alarm). I have Hikvision CCTV set up at my property and if someone (person, thing, vehicle, sheep whatever) crosses a line in the drive I defined on the camera, I get an email with 3 pictures taken a couple of seconds apart. If its something I need to take care of, then I can do so immediately. This would accomplish the same as what you're thinking of I believe?

I love all things to do with sensors, currently using Z-wave to automate and manage my holiday cottage remotely. A wireless infra-red beam is on my list but the prices seem on the steep side for ones that can do something useful - like trigger an alarm input on crossing for instance. That has all sorts of practical applications as well I would have thought.

Sounds exactly like it...I'm assuming that's mains power with wifi, rather than battery? Do you have a link/price please?

 

[Puff]

Hi @Steevo

Try THIS. Its one of a number of examples available that would do the job for you, against a variety of budgets. My suggestion would be to ring Eric on the number in the advert and have a discussion as to your exact requirements. They're very knowledgeable, importantly a supplier of UK not "grey" Hikvision and he usually will knock a few quid off if you ask nicely.

 

[Will Wilson]

Good to see you Ant ;-)