iβee™ applies the established ZigBee™ wireless mesh networking standard as a communications platform for a suite of instrumentation and actuation technologies.
iβee™ extends the reach of the internet onto the farm to facilitate real-time precision management of water resources.
iβee™ is the hardware level of Rubicon's FarmConnect™ management solution, delivering an autonomous self-powered link between the internet and field-deployed sensors and actuators. These sensors and actuators are managed via a web browser running Rubicon's FarmConnect™ technology to enable precision use of resources based upon live system data.
iβee™ technology is based upon the ZigBee telecommunications platform. ZigBee is an open-standard communications platform which has been adopted by major technology vendors worldwide as the best solution for robust self-forming, self-healing communications networks.
ZigBee operates over a private radio link using the familiar 802.15.4 wireless standard with an extended transmit power and range.
Rubicon's iβee™ connection provides a completely configured 'always on' data collection/distribution system.
- Autonomous solar regulated power supply to provide a robust power supply for driving motors and actuators.
- GPS location-tagging of all data - allowing iβee™ units to be relocated without data confusion
- General sensor and actuator device interfaces:
- Digital IO
- 4-20mA analog, 0-5V Analog
- RS-485
- RS-232
- USB
- Device drivers provide technology abstraction, so that different vendors' technologies can all work together. Drivers developed for a range of sensors and actuators remove the complexity of system installation:
- Soil moisture probes
- Rubicon's StepGate™
- Linear actuators
- Valve Actuators
- Other drivers can be developed at user request
- Real-time system control:
- Event based Control
- Time based Control
- Feedback Control
ZigBee is an open-standard communications platform which has been adopted by major technology vendors world-wide as the best solution for robust self-forming self-healing communications networks.
ZigBee operates over a private radio link using the familiar 802.15.4 wireless standard with an extended transmit power and range.
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