Iran-Made Smart Wireless System Monitors Conditions of Greenhouses, Tissue Culture Halls
“All systems produced in our company are wireless and this advantage is important for large complexes because our relay cards wirelessly receive commands from the central system, and as a result, the greenhouse can be made smart in the shortest possible time without the need for wiring,” Amirhossein Mohammadpour, one of the researchers of this company.
Noting that the environment can be controlled by a software by using sensors and artificial intelligence, he said, “The software we developed for this system has been optimized for agricultural applications by using advanced algorithms.”
“Our relay cards compare the output of the command with the command issued from the system and inform the user in the shortest possible time if there is a problem in the system,” Mohammadpour said.
This researcher described monitoring of temperature, humidity, CO2 and wind speed as among the capabilities of this system, “With the help of graphs and specialized information, greenhouse parameters can be monitored.”
In a relevant development last year, a knowledge-based company in Iran had also offered a system for real-time monitoring of greenhouse equipment through mobile phones.
According to a report by the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based
Economy, Behzad Khanjarian, the managing director of a knowledge-based company said, “This smart product consists of a gateway (central receiver and transmitter) and a sensor that, by being installed in the greenhouse and connected to the Internet, provides the possibility of wireless communication with sensors and operators.”
Saying that the sensor of the system is for accurate measurement of all parameters related to the greenhouse, including the temperature and humidity level in the air and soil, the amount of different dioxide in the form of carbon dioxide, he added, "The cloud software of this product called ‘Calodifarm’ is a comprehensive industrial automation solution that has been developed with a focus on agriculture, and we are trying in our company to use this technology in other fields, including livestock and poultry farming.”
Khanjarian further said that they have also put the use of artificial intelligence on their agenda.
“For example, to determine the best irrigation time for each product, we determine its time using artificial intelligence,” he added.
The researcher further said that their system has advantages such as being more reasonably priced and offering after-sales services as compared to foreign counterparts.
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