Sentek Soil Moisture - Diviner 2000 & EasyAg or EnviroScan
Sentek provides sensors and solutions for precision measurement and management of soil water and salinity dynamics. Used in a diverse range of applications, Sentek products have gained international credibility, through published peer review, among research agencies and commercial enterprises.
Sentek’s well known brands include the flagship EnviroSCAN probe, offering continuous monitoring, the EasyAG probe, for shallow measurement, and the Diviner 2000 for portable monitoring. The high resolution data are retrieved via a range of data capture and telemetry options, and displayed in the acclaimed IrriMAX soil water management software.
Diviner 2000 - Portable Soil Moisture Monitor
Diviner 2000 is a portable and robust device measuring soil water over multiple depths (at 10 cm intervals) in the profile. Diviner 2000 consists of a probe and hand-held data logging display unit allowing the user to make onsite management decisions at up to 99 sites.
The Diviner 2000 probe is available in 3 lengths, 0.7 metre, 1.0 metre and 1.6 metres making it ideal for a wide range of applications. The patented "Swipe and Go" technology means that Diviner 2000 does not need to be held at each individual depth in the soil profile. To take a reading the encapsulated capacitance sensor is simply swiped in and out of the access tube, measuring up to 16 depths in just a few seconds.
Inbuilt probe orientation to increase sensor repeatability
Quick, accurate and precise
Diviner 2000 Display Unit
Stores data from up to 99 sites
Data viewed on the large backlit LCD display screen
Graphical and tabular display of data allowing for instant management decisions
Data readily downloaded into Sentek's IrriMAX software
Access Tube
Like the continuous monitoring probes, the Diviner 2000 is inserted into a customised access tube that is permanently installed in the ground. Advantages of this include:
Increased sensor accuracy, through precise wall thickness and diameter of access tube
Diviner 2000 sensor has no direct contact with the soil
Minimised soil and root disturbance
Tubes compatible with EnviroSCAN probes for future upgrade or interchange ability with continuous monitoring
EnviroScan
The award winning EnviroSCAN probe is the flagship product of Sentek. It provides the user with great flexibility for precision monitoring of water and salinity at multiple depths in a soil profile.
The EnviroSCAN probe first made its mark in irrigated agriculture, resulting in water savings of 30-50% and substantial yield and quality benefits. Today it is widely used in all forms of agriculture (irrigated and dryland), environmental applications, research and education, as well as turf, parks and gardens.
The EnviroSCAN probe is the only commercially available product that allows for monitoring to great depths (up to 40 metres) using the same profiling probe.
Features include:
Multiple sensors with flexible depth placement (at 10 cm increments)
Monitoring from shallow depths (0 - 10 cm) to deep installations (> 40 metres)
Length of probe customised to suit the application (probe length adjustable in the field)
Up to 16 sensors on one probe (moisture or moisture/salinity)
In-built probe orientation and depth settings to enhance sensor repeatability
Full serviceability
Flexible connectivity for wide range of data retrieval options
The EasyAG probe is a slim-line, easy to install probe. Available in two fixed lengths of 30 cm (12 inches) and 50 cm (20 inches), the probes can be configured either with Soil Moisture sensors to measure volumetric water content only, or with TriSCAN sensors, to measure both volumetric water content and volumetric ion content (VIC).
The EasyAG probe is ideally suited to shallow rooted crops or where it is only necessary to measure no deeper than 50 cm.
Features include:
multiple sensors at fixed depths
EasyAG 30 - sensors at 10cm, 20cm, 30cm
EasyAG 50 - sensors at 10cm, 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 50cm
In-built probe orientation and depth settings to increase sensor repeatability