Grodan e-Gro Conditions Module User Guide
- June 13, 2024
- Grodan
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How to guide
e-Gro Conditions Module
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Introduction
What if you could analyze and compare the rootzone conditions and climate
conditions both at the same time? And what if you could use that real-time,
accurate data to maximize your yield and crop performance while saving costs
on inputs? Due to the ever-growing demand for this type of functionality,
Grodan has developed the Conditions Module. This module gives you the power to
optimize your irrigation and crop steering strategies to improve your quality,
your production levels and your sustainability. 
The Conditions Module
The Conditions Module is arguably the most important and frequently used
module in e-Gro.
It puts essential data at your fingertips, displaying readings and trends from
multiple sensors simultaneously in a simple and user-friendly way. As a
result, you can make comparisons and fine-tune your irrigation and crop
steering strategies. In your MJ growing facility, the decisions you make
today have a major impact on your results tomorrow. Every action you take –
from the adjustment of day/night temperature, humidity, light intensity,
irrigation volume and frequency, to the timing and the way you defoliate your
plants – steers the plant’s physical growth response.
Real-time sensor data
The Conditions Module gives you the power to view the sensor data from all the grow rooms in your facility. You can even create custom alerts so that you will be notified the second any of the readings exceed your preferred parameters. By enabling you to compare and analyze climate data in combination with rootzone data, the Conditions Module helps you to get the right cultivation strategy for your crops.
The power of data
This ‘How to’ guide shows you how to get the best out of all the information
and graphs within the Conditions Module. The Conditions Module solves a number
of common production challenges to improve the efficiency and financial
performance of your facility, including:
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Cost savings:
Optimizing your climate strategy and irrigation strategy based on accurate real-time data enables you to reduce the amount of inputs without compromising on yield. Besides generating cost savings, this also contributes to a more sustainable approach to growing. -
More control:
Knowledge is power, as the saying goes. You certainly have a lot of knowledge at your fingertips thanks to the information presented in the Conditions Module. The graphs are customizable, so you can select precisely which data you want to see at a glance for comparison purposes based on seven different parameters and up to 10 different data sources. And for optimal control, you can add alerts so that you are notified immediately if any of the conditions are deviating out of your preferred range.
As a result, you are empowered to make fast and informed decisions to maximize your harvests – in terms of both volume and quality – with as few inputs as possible. -
Single source of truth:
The Conditions Module brings together all the relevant data in one place. This means that not only you, but also external specialists and/or your colleagues are working with the same source of accurate data as the basis for decisions and business commitments.
Moreover, the customizable room preferences are saved per user. This allows different users and specialists within the same facility to set different preferences, and their last set preferences are saved automatically.
All this essential information is presented in a user-friendly way for an optimum user experience.
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How to leverage the Conditions Module
The Conditions Module offers the following functionalities:
A – Room selector: The room selector at the top-left of the screen enables you
to switch between all the rooms in your facility that are fitted with Grodan
sensors: Mother, Propagation, Vegetative, Flower, and Dry.
B – Setting your photoperiod: The Photoperiod button (featuring a lightbulb
icon) on the top-right of the screen enables you to set and adjust the lights-
on time and photoperiod per room. Any photoperiod change will be tracked on
the batch detail pages of all active batches in that specific room. It’s
important to set your photoperiod for all the other modules in e-Gro too
because it pushes the information for batch tracking and total room overview
in My Grow-Op.
C – KPIs: based on sensor readings to provide you with optimal control,
including:
Dryback: Overnight and since last detected irrigation
Room Temperature: average day and night
Relative Humidity: average day and night
D – WC Projection option: This option gives you more insight into whether you
need to continue or stop irrigating during your photoperiod. The projection
helps you to make more data-driven decisions about irrigation actions. The
graph is updated every 3 minutes and the projection is visible after a total
of 24 minutes of continuous decrease.
There are a maximum of three projection lines for the current day.
E – Alerts: see below for how to create alerts.
F – Graph analysis:
Time period selection above the graph: Per room, you can choose to view the
data over 4 time periods: 36 hours, 3 days, 7 days or 30 days.
Simply click on the relevant button in the top-center of the screen.
Sensor selection via data sources: Each graph shows the room average. The
names of the individual sensors are shown above the graph if selected using
the ‘+’ icon.
To see the data from a certain sensor, simply click on its name. The sensor
name will be underlined.
You can view up to 10 data sources simultaneously. The ‘+’ icon enables you to
select and deselect sensors.
Parameter selection via color-coded parameters: Beneath each graph, you will
see a list of climate and rootzone parameters (if allocated to the room). To
view the parameters:
You can highlight the parameters that matter most to you at that moment by
clicking on the parameter name to turn it on (color) or off (gray).
The graph shows the color-coded trends.
Hover your mouse over the graph and move it from side to side to see the
specific sensor readings over time.
You can select and deselect parameters by clicking on the ‘+’ icon to reveal a
menu on the right-hand side of your screen. Simply click elsewhere on the
screen to close the menu again. Your last-viewed data sources and parameters
are saved automatically rather than being reset to a default setting.
Historical information: Click and drag the time slider below the graph to your
chosen dates to view and analyze historical information.
G – Extra options via the 3-dots: Click on the 3-dots icon for extra options
such as:
Graph management: If you want to compare performance in different grow rooms,
simply add an extra graph by clicking on the 3-dots icon at the top-right of
the screen. You can also adjust your graph preferences here.
Exporting data to a CSV file for use in Excel Viewing your sensor devices
Setting Alerts
Alerts are a very important and useful feature of the Conditions Module. Setting alerts ensures that you receive immediate automatic notifications – anytime, anywhere and on any device – if the sensor readings fall out of a predefined range. The alerts are split into two types:
‘Rootzone’ alerts (such as EC, WC or Rootzone Temperature)| ‘Internal Climate’
alerts (including Humidity, Temperature, VPD and CO2)
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You can customize alerts for any specific room and phase of the crop growth
cycle. You can also receive an alert if a Grodan GroSens sensor has a low
battery or weak signal. To set an alert, click on the blue Alerts button above
the graph:
First choose which type of alert you wish to create by clicking either on the
‘Rootzone’ or ‘Internal Climate’ toggle at the top of the screen.
Then simply click on the blue ‘+ create alert’ button. After creating an
alert, you can see it in a list in the alerts window.
When alerts are added, you’ll see that every alert in the list contains:
A toggle switch enabling you to turn an alert on or off
No. of rooms
No. of sensors
Expand’ functionality that gives a summary/quick view of each alert
If a selected sensor gives a reading outside your set ranges, the relevant
alert will be triggered.
All triggered alerts are visible in 3 places:
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Notification section visible in all modules:
Here you can see all your triggered alerts. Simply click on the bell icon at the top-right of the header to expand the list of notifications. This will display the sensor name(s), parameters and which threshold triggered the alert. Click on the bell icon again to hide the list. -
My Grow-Op module: All parameters that are out of your set range will turn orange in the My Grow-Op Module so you can quickly see them and react accordingly. If you click on the room box you can see per parameter which value has triggered the alert
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SMS/text messages on your mobile phone/smartwatch (if activated): To enable SMS/text message notifications, enter your mobile phone number in your Account settings (via your profile at the top-right of the header) and then click the SMS notifications toggle switch to ‘On’.
The benefits of alerts
Immediate alerts improve your crop quality by enabling you to take swift
action to avoid potentially negative impacts of irrigation or climate issues.
Alerts also support remote crop management, serving as a useful early warning
system even if you are away from the greenhouse. The Conditions Module offers
you optimum flexibility and precise control by allowing you to customize your
alerts for one or more sensors for each unique room environment.
Getting started with the Conditions Module
The Conditions Module delivers data-driven insights into rootzone conditions
and climate conditions, enabling you to optimize your irrigation and crop
steering strategies.
This enables you to save costs and improve your sustainability by reducing the
amount of inputs while maintaining a high yield. Moreover, it puts you and
your whole team in full control by presenting real-time sensor data at a
glance as the basis for faster and more effective decision-making. And for
optimal responsiveness, you simply set up alerts. All these insights are
readily available for you 24/7, optimized for access via your smartphone,
tablet and desktop. Our Grodan green experts are happy to discuss how you can
start using the Conditions Module in your greenhouse or how to take your
current crop steering strategy to the next level.
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