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On 11 April 1999, Albie Cilliers <eilandia@intercom.co.za> wrote: >Hi to all, > >I recently invested in an Adcon Telemetry automatic weather station. >I'd very much like to attach a soil moisture sensor to it as well, as it >has some spare inputs for extra sensors. I have heard Adcon developed a >similar kind of sensor like the Sentek Enviroscan probe in conjunction with >a third party and that it is already installed in some systems in South >Africa and perhaps elsewhere in the world as well. > > >Unfortunately I can't find any info on this new sensor and Adcon's website >is updated so infrequently that I didn't get any help there either. >Apparently though, the sensor is going to cost quite a lot and you have to >buy a separate transceiver (Addit) to be able to send the data to the >central receiver. Hello Albie, Yes, you are correct, a capacitance probe (similar to Enviroscan) has been developed to work with the Adcon Weather Station you have purchased. The "C-Probe" is manufactured in Australia under license from the C-Probe Corporation of California. Agrilink Holdings is the Master Distributor for the C-Probe as well as the Adcon Telemetry Weather Stations in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa . The probe is a relatively new product, however there have been a large number of units already installed in South Africa by the local Adcon and C-Probe distributor (Agrotop). Unfortunately your information is not quite correct, in that you do not need to purchase a separate transmission device as the C-Probe can connect directly to your weather station. If a grower does not already own an Adcon Weather Station they can purchase an "addIT" micro-telemetry device with which to transmit the soil moisture data back to a local network or their own independent base station. The aim in the development of the C-Probe was to be able to connect to Adcon's existing range of products (Weather Stations) as well as their new products being released (addIT's) and those currently under development for future release. The cost of the C-Probe is lower than the cost of a comparable specification Enviroscan probe. Further information (including local pricing) should be gained from the South African distributor: Agrotop Emile Jordaan or Janine Cilliers Ph: 27 21 934 4134 Fax: 27 21 934 4123 e-mail: emile@fpd.co.za I will also forward a copy of your e-mail to Emile to contact you to provide you with any relevant information. Any other queries can be addressed to Agrilink on the contact details below. Regards, Wayne Hogben Network Support Manager ________________________________________________________________________ AGRILINK Holdings Pty Ltd Suite 7A / 69 Burbridge Rd, Hilton South Australia 5033 Tel: +61 8 8443 5766 Fax: +61 8 8443 5967 http://www.agrilink-int.com ________________________________________________________________________