App, Console and kiosk
Fertigation control lives on three screens: your phone, the web console and the fertigation equipment's own dashboard. The general rule: configure in the Console, adjust at the kiosk, operate from any of them. Before operating it, get to know the fertigation machine.
The four pieces
| Piece | What it is | Who uses it |
|---|---|---|
| Machine | The controller inside the cabinet: it opens valves, starts pumps, doses and measures. It keeps irrigating without internet. | Nobody drives it directly: it is operated from the other three. |
| Kiosk | The cabinet's touch screen. You enter with a PIN. | The on-site operator. |
| Grower App | The application for Android and iPhone. | Operator, agronomist and administrator away from the greenhouse. |
| Web Console | The portal in the browser, where everything is configured. | Agronomist and administrator. |
The web Console
The home page sums up your organization: performance indicators for the last 30 days (water savings, yield, pH and EC error), the active machines with their readings, pending alarms and recent activity.
From the Console you invite users, draw the zones, write the recipes, program the schedules and browse reports and the audit log. Accounts are created by each organization's administrator: there is no open sign-up.
The App, in your pocket
Your machines and their state in one list; the detail view with live readings; launch, pause or abort an irrigation; switch schedules on or off; and acknowledge alarms from wherever you are.
Critical alarms arrive as phone notifications. If a machine enters safe mode or someone operates it by hand, its card says so.
Who can do what
Each person has a role per organization and access per machine:
| Role | In short |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Everything: people, zones, recipes, operation and reports. |
| Agronomist | Writes the recipes and operates the irrigations. |
| Operator | Runs day-to-day irrigation with the recipes already written. |
| Technician | Read-only access for support; does not operate. |
| Viewer | Read-only. |
What is done where
| Task | Console | App | Kiosk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invite users and assign roles | ✓ | — | — |
| Draw zones and valves | ✓ | view | view |
| Create and edit recipes | ✓ | — | — |
| Program irrigation schedules | ✓ | on / off | view |
| Launch, pause and abort an irrigation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open a zone by hand | — | — | ✓ |
| Calibrate probes | — | — | ✓ |
| Acknowledge and resolve alarms | ✓ | ✓ | view |
| Reports and audit log | ✓ | indicators | — |