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DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROCOMPUTER INTERFACE TO MICROPROCESSOR BASED GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLERS
Article number
174_67
Pages
497 – 512
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Abstract
A system has been designed that permits the interfacing of existing microprocessor based greenhouse environment controllers to a central control computer.
The central control computer was specially designed to interface to up to 64 environment controllers, a weather station and a microcomputer equipped with two disk drives.
The central control program imposes enhanced control algorithms on each environment controller, displays greenhouse operating status graphically on a display terminal and permits data logging on magnetic disk.
The central control computer was specially designed to interface to up to 64 environment controllers, a weather station and a microcomputer equipped with two disk drives.
The central control program imposes enhanced control algorithms on each environment controller, displays greenhouse operating status graphically on a display terminal and permits data logging on magnetic disk.
A prototype of the system has been constructed and tested in a commercial greenhouse.
The system has been proven to be reliable and user friendly.
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Authors
John L. Ditner, Scott C. Lindsay, E. Brundrett, Tom J. Jewett
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