Message Decoder: OneSense Agriculture - Use Case 1 (UC1)

Message Decoder: OneSense Agriculture - Use Case 1 (UC1)

Message Decoder: OneSense Agriculture - Use Case 1 (UC1)

Typical Application - Irrigation
OneSense Agriculture UC1
Description

OneSense Agriculture UC1
Soil moisture levels vary from field to field. It is not easy to predict these variances and to take appropriate action to save water and to protect and increase yield.
  1. Sensor - 2, 4 or 6 depths capacitance soil moisture and soil temperature probe with an SDI-12 inteface, connected to OneSense Environment and Agriculture telemetry device.
  2. Soil moisture and soil temperature sensors every 10cm
  3. Probe Manufcturer - AquaCheck
Options
  1. GPS Add-on board
  2. External power add-on board (7-24Vdc, solar panel, or external battery pack)
  3. GPS and External Power add-on board
Firmware
  1. 2, 4, or 6 depths probe - download 

Sensor Wiring


1. AquaCheck Probe 
  1. Power+ --> D
  2. GND --> F
  3. Data --> G

Firmware Rrevision v.4.3

 New Features

  1.  run-time diagnostics of firmware + RF transmission
  2. diagnostics settings labeled in Welcome (Status) messages
  3. manual transmission of Status, Diagnostic, Data, and GNSS messages

 Changes

  1. run-time update of Configuration settings
  2. updated Option 4 in the USB menu with diagnostic info
  3. updated Option 9 in the USB menu with diagnostic results and manual RF transmissions
  4. updated Option 10 in the USB menu with manual RF transmissions
  5. removed Option 15 in the USB menu
  6. updated Option 18 in the USB menu with manual RHTP diagnostics
  7. WDT initialization in Configuration words

Improvements

  1. Restart_monitor
  2. Glitch-free aoutomatic turn-off
  3. Data acquisition order for the internal and external battery voltage

Fixes

  1. MCU initialization: 1.5 ms current surge during device  (problem occurred only in combination with EXPGN-PS board)
  2. "Low battery" LED indication