Solution


Christmas Tree Irrigation System

With today’s smart technology systems, live Christmas tree’s need an irrigation system to keep the tree watered and healthy throughout the holiday season. A wireless force measurement solution is needed to monitor the amount of water being used, to ensure the tree is being watered just the right amount.


Summary

  • Customer Need / Challenge

    With today’s smart technology systems, live Christmas tree’s need  an irrigation system to keep the tree watered and healthy throughout the holiday season. A wireless force measurement solution is needed to monitor the amount of water being used, to ensure the tree is being watered just the right amount.

  • Interface Solution

    Interface suggests installing four MBI Overload Protected Miniature Beam Load Cells under the Christmas tree watering stand. The tree is watered and the amount of water that is collected is weighed. A JB104SS 4-Channel Stainless Steel Junction Box is connected to each load cell, and to a WTS-AM-1E that wirelessly transmits the sum weight to the WTS-HK-S Next-Generation Wireless Handheld, and the WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station when connected to the customer’s PC. Results can be displayed, logged, and graphed seen in real time.

  • Results

    Interface’s Wireless Telemetry System was able to monitor and weigh the amount of water being used for the live Christmas tree.

Materials


  • Four MBI Overload Protected Miniature Beam Load Cells
  • JB104SS 4-Channel Stainless Steel Junction Box
  • WTS-AM-1E Wireless Strain Bridge Transmitter Module
  • WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station with supplied Log100 software
  • WTS-HK-S Next-Generation Wireless Handheld
  • Customer PC or Laptop

How it Works


  1. Four MBI Overload Protected Miniature Beam Load Cells are installed under Christmas tree watering stand. Each load cell is connected to a JB104SS 4-Channel Stainless Steel Junction Box.

  2. The tree is watered and the junction box captures the sum weight of the tray.

  3. The WTS-AM-1E wirelessly transmit the sum weight to both the WTS-HK-S Next-Generation Wireless Handheld and the WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station with supplied Log100 software on the customer’s PC. Data can be displayed, logged, and graphed.

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