Soil Moisture Measurements
Jabeco integrates with the AquaCheck soil moisture probe, which offers capacitance based soil moisture measurement.
Soil Moisture Probe
The Jabeco JIO or Meerkat Field Module interfaces with soil moisture probes, and transmits the data to a PC hosting the EcoWeb management software. A data logging module, called JLog, retrieves the data at regular intervals.
There are 2 ways to view the data:
By Desktop application:
• The data is uploaded directly to the Desktop Software application, which allows the
user to view multi-layer soil moisture dynamics for the entire root zone.
• The application can export of data for further analysis.
Web Based application:
• The data is uploaded to the Aquaweb Server at regular intervals.
• The Aquacheck server offers the user easy access to the data via internet browser, and allows the user to view multi-layer soil moisture dynamics for the entire root zone. Plots of probe data is available for easy interpretation.
Tensiometer
Can be used as an alternative to soil moisture probes. They are used in irrigation scheduling to help determine when and how much to water.