DIGITALDEVELOPMENT OF A SCADA SYSTEM TO USE WITH A MODEL OF DRIP IRRIGATION
1 UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE CARTAGENA (SPAIN)
2 UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ (SPAIN)
2 UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2009 Proceedings
Publication year: 2009
Pages: 6685-6695
ISBN: 978-84-613-2953-3
ISSN: 2340-1095
Publication year: 2009
Pages: 6685-6695
ISBN: 978-84-613-2953-3
ISSN: 2340-1095
Conference name: 2nd International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 16-18 November, 2009
Location: Madrid, Spain
Dates: 16-18 November, 2009
Location: Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
During the three last decades, SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) are being widely used in agriculture applications and specifically in irrigation system management.The objective of this communication is to show a SCADA system for irrigation programming. This system is made up a SCADA application developed with LabVIEW® and a DAQ-card used for data collecting of transducers and the activation of actuators of an irrigation system. This application includes the advantages of a high range irrigation programmer and a low cost.
Using different SCADA applications, this system allows automating, in different grades, diverse irrigation systems. Moreover, because this SCADA application is developed with a programming language, complex mathematical models could be implemented for irrigation programming. Additionally, as this SCADA application works in a PC, data sampling and on line irrigation programming by Internet are included.
At first, on this paper, a SCADA application that combines the NI USB 6008® DAQ-card with a drip irrigation system model for educational use is presented. Later, the possibilities of using this DAQ-card increasing the features of this software are shown.