Recent research has shown that if stress is reduced on the plant by spraying during high temperatures, that by protecting against heat stress, higher quality berries are produced. IAS Advanced AutoStart users can trigger their systems to start by setting three parameters: High Temp Start, High Temp Stop, and High Temperature Line. Since more IAS […]

IAS was recently out on the beautiful coast of Oregon working with Lance Cox of Coos Curry Supply helping to establish the initial installations of XR3000-based irrigation control in the west-coast Cranberry market.    Lance Cox of Coos Curry Supply explains the XR3000 system to a cranberry grower.  Lance’s expertise in hydrology is critical for […]

  The IAS XR3000™ has a built in Configurable Logic Controller (CLC).  Generally speaking, any type of Logic Controller, monitors inputs and makes decisions based on those inputs to turn on outputs. For a Programmable Logic Controller, the definition of inputs, decision-making logic, and output control is programmed into the PLC using some form of […]

In the images below are seen an unexpected value for growers using IAS RF90 Wireless Soil Moisture sensors.  Every sensor added attracts at least one dragonfly.   IAS RF90 here shown monitoring young corn.  The dragonfly species shown here has remained mostly unchanged for 250 million years.  Apparently they are very adaptive.  Dragonflies eat mosquitoes […]

The Community Harvest Project in Grafton, MA, is a non-profit, volunteer-run working farm that donates 100% of all produce to hunger relief organizations within Worcester County. In 2014, CHP was able to provide 1.1 million servings of fresh fruits and vegetables to those in need. An early adopter in terms of using automating irrigation using […]

IAS has been providing technology to remotely access and control Murphy products for more than 10 years.  Murphy is now listing IAS among other top-tier Telematics providers. http://www.fwmurphy.com/products/controllers/telematics    

“Line Of Sight” is an often misunderstood term.  I run into customers often who are having some issues with wireless sensors, and will say “I have Line Of Sight, I can see the pump house from the sensor”.  One critical factor which is often ignored or misunderstood is the Fresnel Zone.  Simply put, the Fresnel […]

With the advent of wireless sensors as part of an automation system, one challenge is determining if the sensors are actually working, and then if there’s a question, determining the issue.  Important questions to ask are 1) how long since I’ve heard from the sensor, 2) how good is the RF signal quality, and 3) […]

IAS recently had the opportunity to work with Enovation Controls and Tradewinds Power Corp to add remote monitoring and control capability to a throw-0ut pump for a customer who has the responsibility for managing the level of water reservoirs on their land.   Robbie Captain of Enovation Controls is making a final adjustment to the […]

The video below demonstrates how to define a simple Text Message alert that is generated when a pump is remotely started or stopped.  In this case, the pump is being controlled by a Murphy Controls ML2000, and connected to the Internet with a Tradewinds RMS3000.  This method can be very useful to monitor remote pumps […]