IRRIGATION AND WATER DELIVERY IMPROVEMENTS USING WIRELESSCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

摘要

Radio communications and their advanced flexibility offer technological benefits to newSCADA system deployment as well as a means for upgrading performance to existingSCADA systems. In fact, the limitations and cost of wired systems can be eliminated.Improvements in radio technologies now allow for innovative control and monitoring ofSCADA systems thus providing users the ability to more reliably monitor and controldevices from a distance. Points within an irrigation system can be brought to a user’sfingertips without the expense of running wire or fiber to remote locations. Licensed andunlicensed radios can work in coordination to offer the speed and security to build robustprofessionally designed SCADA networks. The addition of radio communicationsto field installed devices or newly deployed systems with RF can prolong the usefulnessof existing equipment and ensure years of reliable SCADA network operations. Radiocommunications offer the flexibility to expand communication capabilities to meet theever-expanding requirements of fast-growing, high data service areas and SCADAoperations.This presentation will educate and reinforce how wireless radio systems can provide areliable communication backbone for all of an irrigation organization’s analog/digital(I/O), serial and Ethernet challenges.