QuickApp - Agro Monitor - Soil Moisture

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This QuickApp contains devices of soil moisture, soil temperature and surface temperature, from accumulated temperature and precipitation data from OpenWeather via Agro Monitoring. 

Soil temperature and moisture are essential indices that allow your customer to adjust irrigation work and prevent crop roots damage.

 

Accumulated temperature and precipitation is essential to make a right decision depends on a threshold setting. Temperature quantity index calculated as the sum of daily temperatures. Humidity quantity index expressed as the sum of daily precipitation.

 

Current soil data is updated 2 times a day. The soil temperature is provided in Kelvins and in this quickapp converted to Celsius (C = K - 273.15)

 

 

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IMPORTANT

• You need an API key and Polygon ID from

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• You need to create your Api key and Polygon ID at

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  • After your registration click the "New" button in the top of the "Create polygon" screen.
  • Click on the polygon icon or square icon on the map.
  • Draw your polygon. If you choose a polygon shape icon do not forget to merge the first and last points to finish your polygon.
  • Fill in the "Name" field and click the "Create" button to save your polygon.
• The API is free up to 60 calls per minute and a total area of polygons of 1000ha

See:

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What is soil moisture? The science behind the measurement: 

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Version 0.2 (24th May 2021))

• Changed Soil Moisture (child) device from multilevelSensor to humiditySensor with percentage presentation

Version 0.1 (22 May 2021)

• Initial version

 

Variables (mandatory): 

• apiKey = Get your free API key from

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• polygon = Create your Polygon ID at

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   or look it up with 

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• interval = [number] in seconds time to get the data from the API
• timeout = [number] in seconds for http timeout
• debugLevel = Number (1=some, 2=few, 3=all, 4=simulation mode) (default = 1)
• icon = [numbber] User defined icon number (add the icon via an other device and lookup the number)

 

 

Download the QuickApp here (download the file and un-zip):

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or from the Fibaro Marketplace: 

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How to install: 

1. Open the Configuration Interface
2. Go to Settings > Devices
3. Click  +
4. Choose Other Device
5. Choose Upload File
6. Choose file from your computer with .fqa

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2023 by SmartHomeEddy

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One Call API 2.5 will be deprecated on April 15, 2024. Please read the detailed guide for transitioning to the more advanced One Call API 3.0 which includes several useful upgrades like 40+ years of history archive, daily aggregation and human readable daily summary in comparison with One Call API 2.5 version. Read more about One Call API 3.0 in the product documentation page and FAQ.

 

Agromonitoring uses Openweathermap.org. Let’s see if this quickapp stays working.