Spectrum Technologies launches wireless web portal cloud solution

Spectrum Technologies has introduced SpecConnect, an advanced web portal cloud solution for crop environmental monitoring using wireless sensor networks. It is the latest cloud-based software to monitor and capture weather and soil moisture data across various microclimates.

SpecConnect can be pre-configured or 100 percent customized to a user’s preference using the web portal or native Android or iPhone applications. The user interface integrates with Spectrum’s WatchDog weather stations and the in-field WatchDog Retriever & Pups wireless sensor network to provide real-time information to monitor and optimize weather and temperature, plant health, and soil moisture data. The entire network of crop sensors work together by communicating data via cellular modem or Wi-Fi, where information is then accessible on SpecConnect’s cloud-based web portal. SpecConnect’s software is site specific, meaning it currently works with any type of crop in agriculture. In 2015, plans include expansion to service the landscape and turf markets and also cover rain and wind variables.

“SpecConnect is a powerful, real-time crop, landscape, and turf monitoring solution based on site-specific wireless sensor networks,” said Mike Thurow, President and CEO of Spectrum Technologies. “The user experience and ability to wirelessly monitor a combination of important variables like weather and soil moisture is what makes our technology solution stand out. This solution is the future of agriculture, landscape and turf.”