PROXIMITY PROGRAMMED, GLOBALLY SYNCHRONIZED IRRIGATION CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Bauman, Mark A, Hutchinson, Graham L, Griggs, Travis A, Neal, Meade M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.05.2019
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FISHING; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRAPPING; WATERING

An irrigation control system having an irrigation controller with a unique identifier and configured to execute irrigation schedules, collect, store and forward watering metrics and determine global time, together with a power source, a global time receiver in communication with the microcontroller and configured to provide time from an outside source to the microcontroller and a transceiver in communication with the microcontroller configured to send messages including its unique identifier, predefined irrigation schedules, stored watering metrics and current global time. The system further includes a mobile computer having a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver configured to receive the messages from the irrigation controller transceiver and transmit instructions to the irrigation controller via a communication link and a memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store predefined irrigation schedules, and watering metrics. Methods for providing watering metrics and controlling an irrigation control system or value controller are also disclosed.