Greenhouse Monitoring and Controlling System, Study Case "Strawberry"

Abstract

The application of technology in agriculture has become several indicators of progress and developments in technological science. The more specific technology used in IoT (Internet of Things) that the use of the internet network is one of the main factors in developing automated technological machines to improve agricultural systems. Therefore, the use of IoT is very useful in agriculture, especially in strawberry cultivation, which requires s control in every maintenance process, namely for several main activities such as watering, fertilizing, and monitoring temperature and plant conditions in real-time. Through this research and development, it is hoped that the IoT system will be designed using Node-RED as visual programming and will connect to the MQTT protocol as a protocol in data and information transmission. Node-RED is the new technology that use to facilitate the process of implementing the IoT system and controlling and monitoring every data and order received and made. The research method starts from data collection, designing models, collecting tools and materials, conducting tests, implementing tools to objects, and evaluating each implementation process that has been running. The hopes and targets of the Greenhouse Monitoring and Controlling System, Study Case “Strawberry” can reduce farmer labor, time efficiency with a automation system, and be able to maintain the optimal growth process of strawberry plants.