Smart Farming Connectivity Solutions
CROP AND FACILITY MONITORING FOR AGRIBUSNESSESTraditional agricultural operations require farm owners and their teams of farm hands to be physically present day in and day out. The success or failure of crops can depend upon soil conditions, the state of farming equipment, weather fluctuations, and so much more. Today, many farmers are turning to technology to provide intelligent push button solutions to give them greater levels of control over their farming environments and operations.
Business Needs
Real-Time Data and Remote Control
Many farmers are looking to automate the various components of their farming operations to ensure maximum crop yields. They need to know if their soil is too hot, too dry, too wet, too acidic, or just right. They need to be able to automate irrigation and nutrient delivery systems, but also be able to tell in an instant if those systems are functioning properly. For indoor growing operations this becomes even more important as farmers to monitor and control fans, pumps, tank levels, and lighting systems. But even more importantly, those managing these farms, across multiple fields and grow houses, need to be able to access and control all these systems remotely, from a single pane of glass.
Solution Overview
Cradlepoint Routers and Poynting Antennas
Smart farming technologies place the power to precisely control environments directly into every farmers hands. Connectivity enabled by Cradlepoint cellular routers and Poynting IoT Antennas allows farmers to utilize various smart sensors that provide real-time updates regarding soil temperatures, moisture content, humidity levels, and more enabling farmers to optimize their growing operations. Farm managers can remotely access and control critical items like light and water systems to ensure continuously ideal growing conditions.
The IBR900 Series with NetCloud IoT Solutions Package provides a compact ruggedized 4G LTE router solution for connecting and protecting IoT devices at scale. With an extensive list of safety and hardening certifications, it can be confidently deployed in the field, in buildings, or in embedded systems to deliver complete visibility, security, and control of connected devices anywhere.
The Poynting PUCK-5 antenna offers a small profile antenna for use in the IoT/M2M, Smart Meter, Smart Utilities, Transportation, Marine and the Agricultural/Farming markets. The PUCK-5 consists of a 5-in-1 antenna system within a single housing, featuring 2X2 MIMO LTE, 2X2 MIMO Wi-Fi (Dual-band 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz) and GPS/GLONASS.
Benefits Observed
Increased Yields, Visibility, and Control
Our Team
Device Provisioning, Activation and Installation Services
For over 25 years USAT has provided expert IoT connectivity solutions for smart farming operations. We provide top-tier support for every aspect of your mission-critical fixed and mobile connectivity projects. The solutions engineers we employ configure, provision, kit, and ship every one of your devices hot and ready for immediate use. And when you utilize our installation services, our techs ensure each device is functioning securely, reliably, and at peak performance on ultra-fast network carriers like Verizon.
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