NaanDanJain Viridix User manual

Installation guide

Topics
•System overview.
•Registering a new organization.
•Subscribing a new device.
•How many systems and where to install.
•Getting the system ready.
•Installation in the field.
•Pairing your new device with the
application.
•Working with the application and setting
alerts.
•Working with the web page.

System overview
1. Data logger- rechargeable battery,
cellular 2G/3G modem, processing
unit
2. Solar panel
3. Aluminum lightweight pole (3 pieces)
4. 2 Viridix RootSense sensors- measure
water potential and temperature

Registering a new
organization
1. Go to www.viridix.com in the web
2. Click register in the top navigation bar
3. Fill in the details
4. Get 4 digit code to your phone to verify your
number.
5. Dowload the Viridix app from the apple store or
google store(there is a link in the SMS you got
from viridix)
6. Open the app fill in the details.

Subscribing a new device
Inside your organization click subscribe

1. Fill in the number of devices you want to subscribe for 1 year.
2. Add client payment details ( this is to make it easier to renew the subscription next year, the client will not be
charged for the first year)
3. Click enter payment details, fill in the information, click place your order.
Uncheck the checkbox if you
don’t want to save the clients
payment method.

How many systems and where to put them?
•We recommend to put one system on each irrigation valve so the
client can react, and change irrigation protocol based on data.
•If we have a field with a lot of variability in it, we recommend to put 1
system in the good area and 1 system in the bad area and compare
them.
•We want to pick a good representative plant or tree to monitor, not
the biggest or the smallest tree, something in the middle.
•We want to place the system not in the beginning or the end of the
row to avoid outlines errors, again we want a good representation.

Getting the system ready
1. Connect the 3 pieces of the pole together and close the clips.
2. Open the data logger and connect the battery wire to the battery socket.
3. Watch the led light complete the cycle and turn off (cellular check).
4. Connect the red solar panel wire to the red wire from the data logger and
face the panel to the sun to check charging (red led light turn on).
5. Install the sensors in the hole in the ground.
6. Connect the sensors to data logger (red sensor to red socket and blue sensor
to blue socket)
7. Press reset button inside the data logger.
8. Place the system pole in the ground facing the sun for good battery charging.
9. Attach the sensor cable with the holding strap to the pole.
10. Cover the remaining sensors wires in the ground.

Installation of the sensors
1. Drill a hole in the ground under the irrigation drip and make sure it is close to
the roots for best results (too far from irrigation drip will not give us
representative results).
2. Take off the cover of the sensor from the ceramic cup.
3. Place the blue sensor in the bottom of the hole standing(deep sensor) and
place around it clean soil(only soil and no rocks). If the soil is very dry it is
best to pour water on the soil and close all the air gaps. Make sure the
ceramic part of the sensor has good contact with the ground around it
(very important)
4. Close the rest of the hole until you want to place the second sensor (red
sensor) make sure to slightly pack the soil back to its original state(add water
if needed).
5. Install the sensor in the same manner as the blue sensor, make sure you have
good contact with the ceramic part with the ground.
6. Close the remaining hole with soil and use water if the soil is dry.
7. Connect the sensors to the data logger and cover up the remaining cable
wire with soil.

Sensor
installation
•Close to the tree
•Under irrigation drip
•In the roots area
•Use only soil (no rocks, leaves )
•Correct depth based on crop
type

Cover the remaining sensor
cable with soil and close the
hole.

Pairing your new device with the application
1. Click start
2. Read the manual
3. Click Add Sensor
4. Scan the QR code on
the data logger
•Fill all the system
information(region,
plot name, crop
type, soil type, depth
of sensors).
•Click Add Sensor •Check that the
system is running
well.
Number of active subscriptions

Plot View
•High level View of all the systems.
•Daily, weekly, monthly summery.
•Selector of Region or crop type.
•Plot colors change based on
sensor threshold (green=good,
yellow=medium, red=needs
attention, grey=no threshold
alert set)
•Weather predictions based on
the GPS position of the system.
•You can select and compare
between systems.
•You can add or remove
different parameters to see:
•Water potential
•Ground temperature
•air temperature
•Precipitations(rain fall)
•System battery

How to get the most from Plot View
1. Systems in the same area should
have to same Region name.
2. If you have 2 or more systems in the
same plot, give them different
device name(row 6-tree 5).
3. Set threshold alerts to get insights
about your field water potential.
Red color = needs attention.
Yellow color = consider irrigation.
Green color = field is taken care of.
•Region
•Plot
•Sensor name
•Sensor name
•Garden
•Raspberries soiless
•Summer vegetables
Example

Region A
Region B
Plot A Plot B
Row 7-tree 5
Row 1-tree 4
devisionExample of
Row 4-tree 15

Working with the application and setting alerts.
System overview:
•Battery level
•Cellular signal
•Last update
•Device selector
•Sensor last value
•Graph with date
selector
•Data selector:
•water potential
•Ground temperature
•battery level
•Map with GPS
position

Device settings and alerts
•In the sensor view:
•Click the 3 dots in the
top right corner to
enter settings
•Click set up alerts
•Navigate to the
system with Waze or
Google maps
•Diagnostic tool(check
the system)
•Delete the system
from the organization
•Edit system details
•Click set up alerts
•Selects the alerts you want.
•System will send a
notification if any of the
alerts happened
•Alert types:
•Water potential stress is
building up
•Harsh weather coming(heat
wave or frost)
•Low battery
•Device offline

Alerts page
•All the system alerts will be
displayed (heatwave, frost,
water potential low,
system disconnected, low
battery)
•Click on view will take you
to system view for more
details.
1. Slide the alert left to
decide what to do
with the alert.
2. Select approve to
delete the alert. You
can write the reason if
you want, its optional
3. Select remind me later
if you want the app to
remind you again.
Alerts tab

Contact us via the app
Click on the chat tab from
anywhere in the app
Chat with our support
team on any question
or problem you have.
The client can contact
us directly from this
chat

Working with the
web page
•After pairing a device with the organization you
will get an email with invitation to your
organization web page.
•In the mail you see your username.
•Click on the link and then you will be asked to
setup a new password.
•Create a password and enter your organization
web page.