Sensoterra Multi-Depth User manual
Multi-Depth
Soil moisture
sensor
USER GUIDE
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Welcome
Welcome on board and thank you for joining us!
In this guide we will help you get started - from
successfully installing your sensor to getting
data out of the ground.
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Contents
Preparation
Overview 4
Download the app 6
Choosing your location 7
Ensuring good
connectivity 8
Choosing soil type 11
Choosing a unit
of measure 13
Installation
Registering the sensor 16
Installing the sensor 17
Ensuring good soil
contact 19
Mounting the antenna 20
Wake up your sensor 22
Data
Accessing the data 23
Understanding
the data 24
Use and
maintenance
Moving a sensor 26
Storage 27
Warranty 28
Support 29
Safety 30
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What is in the box:
Multi-Depth sensor
Antenna
Antenna extension cable
Flag
Cable ties
Drill bit
Magnet
Overview
Bucket of water
Rubber hammerSmartphone! Electric drill
Spade Wrench size
25mm/1inch
What is not in the box:
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Download the
Sensoterra app
Download and install
the Sensoterra app
from the App Store or
Google Play on your
smartphone. Create
an account or log-in.
You will need the app
for registering sensors
when you install them in
the eld.
Download the app
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The eld you like to monitor can consist of geographic
features like slopes and changing soil types. These features
might inuence the soil moisture levels throughout the eld.
Consider placing sensors in different places to get a broad
overview of the eld you monitor.
Choosing your location
Soil type A
Soil type B
Soil type C
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Sensoterra sensors communicate over the LoRa
network. This means the data is rst sent from the
sensor to a gateway, which then forwards the data
to the cloud via an internet connection.
If you are installing your own gateway, the basic
rule is to nd free line of sight from thesensor
antenna to the gateway antenna.
Objects like houses, barns, big trees, big vehicles
in the line between sensor and gatewaycould
obstruct the signal. Try to get the gateway antenna
up as high as possible to get a lookover the elds
and think about the location of the objects when
choosing the locations of the sensors.
Ensuring good connectivity
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Terrain
Terrain that is hilly creates signal shadows over the eld.
By placing the gateway at thehighest point of the hills
could reduce the signal shadows. The sensors should be
placed onthe side of the hill that is facing the gateway.
Avoid placing them in the signal shadow or place your
gateway elsewhere.
Gateway
Farm
Shadow
area
Field
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1Crops that block the signal
Crops could create a very dense canopy containing a
lot of water, which might block the signal. There are
multiple antenna extension cable lengths available.
Pick the cable that brings the antenna above the
crop canopy to create a free line of sight.
Cable length counts
Cable length reduces the signal strength. There is
a trade off between bringing the antenna high up
and using a long cable length. In case of objects/
terrain/crop canopy use the cable length to create
a free line of sight to the gateway. If you have a
shallow crop and a at area use a shorter cable.
Always get the most height out of your cable length. Don’t
take the longest cable and roll up the excessive cable.
Excessive
cable length
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