Water and agriculture in Greece: 6 new automatic stations

CAE is supporting a leading Greek company by supplying it with 6 weather stations, which can be managed on the move and that implement warning schemes.

The stations are part of a larger agro-meteorological project in which the data collected will feed dedicated irrigation software to better manage crops while safeguarding water reserves. The stations will be installed in the municipalities of Livadeia, Veria and Eordaia, and will be equipped with:

• Compact Plus datalogger;
• PG10 rain gauge, the heated version in 3 cases;
• THS thermo-hygrometer;
• Barometer;
• Radiometer.

Each station will be powered by a solar panel and battery, will record data in .csv format and then send it via ftp to the server desired by the customer, thanks to the mobile communication system with which each station is equipped.

The CompactPlus data logger is designed for easy reading and handling in any operating situation. In addition to sending the data acquired in a standard format at scheduled times to an FTP server provided by the customer so that a simplified first-level control centre can be created, the datalogger is equipped with a public website subject to authentication, so that the datalogger can be managed (display, configuration, export) “on the move”. Moreover, a GUI is available: a graphic interface on the LCD graphic display of the datalogger, to manage it directly on site.

The CAEtech CompactPlus datalogger can also be programmed to implement warning schemes. Specifically, complex alarm conditions can be based on various data types (sampled data, logged data and diagnostic data). After detecting an alarm condition, a sequence of preset operations can be performed automatically, such as sending a warning message and changing the operating scenario, i.e. changing the times for measuring, recording and transmitting sensor data in order to have more data in a warning condition, as well as being able to independently take specific actions such as turning on a traffic light or lowering a barrier.

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