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Agriculture

Grain stores and silos

Temperature, moisture and level monitoring for grain stores, silos and feed bins, plus remote control of drying fans and aeration. These systems send small amounts of data, so a compact 4G gateway or router with an IoT SIM is usually all that is needed.

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Technologies used: 4G LTEIoT and M2MSerial and ModbusSIM, eSIM and IP addressing

Typical grain store set-ups

Temperature cables and a controller with Ethernet

Grain temperature cables report to a controller or data logger in the store. A small router connects it so you get alerts and readings on your phone.

Typical kit: Teltonika RUT200 and a multi-network data SIM (1GB is usually plenty).

Serial or Modbus controllers

Older fan and aeration controllers often use RS485 or Modbus. A gateway with a serial port reads them directly and sends the data to your platform.

Typical kit: Teltonika TRB246 or RUT956.

Several stores across the farm

One router per building, all managed from one dashboard, so you can update and check them without driving round the farm.

Typical kit: Teltonika routers with Teltonika RMS.

Things to check

  • Interfaces: Ethernet, RS485 or digital inputs, to match the controller.
  • Signal inside steel stores: mount a panel or magnetic antenna outside the building.
  • Alerts: routers with digital inputs can send SMS alerts for power loss or a fan fault.

From Teltonika

Teltonika's grain silo connectivity case study describes more than 200 Teltonika routers and gateways, including the RUT956, RUT200 and TRB140, monitoring silo equipment over Modbus.

Tell us what your store controller uses and we will match the gateway and SIM. Send us your requirements or call 0300 124 6181.

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