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Soil Moisture Profile Probe |
¶ Overview
The Soil Moisture Profile Probes combined with an automated monitoring node (AMN) are able to accurately measure water content in the ground.
¶ Getting Started
¶ Installation
Firmly plug the soil moisture probe into the SDI-12 plug located on the automated monitoring node (AMN).
¶ Configuration
¶ Get prompt
First, you will need to open a serial terminal to the AMN and arrive at the NeatMon Main Menu. If you are unsure how to do this check the Opening Serial Terminal guide.
neatMon Main Menu
1: Network config
2: Sensor config
3: Utilities
x: < Save & Quit
>Choose Sensor config by pressing 2.
¶ Select Sensor
Sensor Config
1: Add sensor
2: Enable Battery monitor
3: List sensors
4: Delete sensor
5: Test read sensors
x: <Back
>Choose Add sensor by pressing 1.
Create sensor
Select type:
1: nM TPRH sensor
2: nM NCTP sensor
3: nM GPIO analog (4v max)
4: nM digital counter
5: nM air quality monitor
6: Generic SDI-12 Sensor (M)
7: Sentek RS485 SM
8: LeafMon sensor
9: Next page....
x: <Back
>Choose Generic SDI-12 Sensor (M) by pressing 6.
¶ Configure Sensor
Enter sample rate (mins):You can now define how often the sensor will read. If you are unsure, the default is 15 and should rarely be changed. Type your desired sample rate and then press enter.
Enter integer address (0-9):
>The AMN wants to know what number to assign to this sensor. If this is the fist or only soil moisture probe you have set up type 0 and press enter. If other sensors are added later assign them a new number going in sequential order.
Enter GPIO port (1-4):
>Type the GPIO port number and press enter (default is 1). If you don't know what that is refer to the AMN-MINI or AMN-PLUS support guide
¶ Save Sensor
Created sm1-0
Sensor Config
1: Add sensor
2: Enable Battery monitor
3: List sensors
4: Delete sensor
5: Test read sensors
x: <Back
>Choose <Back by pressing x.
Created sm1-0
Sensor Config
1: Add sensor
2: Enable Battery monitor
3: List sensors
4: Delete sensor
5: Test read sensors
x: <Back
>x
Exiting...
neatMon Main Menu
1: Network config
2: Sensor config
3: Utilities
x: < Save & Quit
>Choose < Save & Quit by pressing x.
¶ Sample Sensor
¶ Get Prompt
First, you will need to open a serial terminal to the AMN and arrive at the NeatMon Main Menu. If you're unsure how to do this check the Opening Serial Terminal guide.
If you just chose Save & Quit in the last step press the reset button on the AMN to be able to grab the prompt again.
¶ Selecting the Sensor
neatMon Main Menu
1: Network config
2: Sensor config
3: Utilities
x: < Save & Quit
>Choose Sensor config by pressing 2.
Sensor Config
1: Add sensor
2: Enable Battery monitor
3: List sensors
4: Delete sensor
5: Test read sensors
x: <Back
>Choose Test read sensors by pressing 5.
0. Battery monitor
1. sm1-0:
Type: sm
Sample rate (mins): 15
Interface: SDI12
Misc:
Enter index of sensor to read (x to cancel):Choose the soil moisture probe you want to test by typing the number next to it and pressing enter. The sm stands for soil moisture, in the console pictured above sm is at index location 1 so in case you would press 1 and hit enter.
¶ Reading the Sensor
Enter index of sensor to read (x to cancel): 1
Power: 3V3_SW power enabled
Power: 12V/5V power enabled
Reading from sm1-0 [1]
Data: [0.00, 0.00, 0.00]
No response to data command, giving up.
Data: []
Data: [24.22, 23.41, 23.21]
Read again? Y/nIn the console window above we can see that it has successfully read the sensor.
Enter index of sensor to read (x to cancel): 1
Power: 3V3_SW power enabled
Power: 12V/5V power enabled
Reading from sm1-0 [1]
No response to data command, giving up.
Data: []
No response to data command, giving up.
Data: []
No response to data command, giving up.
Data: []
Read again? Y/nThis is what it looks like if a sensor is not reading properly.
Enter index of sensor to read (x to cancel): 1
Power: 3V3_SW power enabled
Power: 12V/5V power enabled
Reading from sm1-0 [1]
Data: [0.00, 0.00, 0.00]
No response to data command, giving up.
Data: []
Data: [24.16, 23.35, 23.28]
Read again? Y/nTo read the sensor again type Y ( case sensitive) and then press enter.