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Spread Spectrum Installation Guide
1.0 Introduction
FieldNET is a robust monitor and control solution for irrigation management. A wireless
network is created that is connected to the Internet at a single point. Once the network
is established your irrigation system can be monitored and controlled from anywhere in
the world with access to the Internet. A voice portal is also available for monitoring your
equipment using a phone. Text message alerts can be sent to a cell phone or emailed
to you.
If you have a FieldBOSS or FieldVISION panel, every operation you can perform at the
panel can be done over the Internet. If you have a FieldBASIC or competitive panel
your monitor and control options include starting, stopping, monitoring wet/dry,
monitoring direction of travel, monitoring accessory operation, monitoring the percent
timer and estimating field position. The FieldNET web portal provides a simple and
intuitive means to manage your irrigation network
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2.0 FieldNET Safety
Operators and installers of FieldNET systems must ensure that
safety is always a primary concern. The following rules must
always be obeyed when installing, servicing and operating FieldNET
equipment and the irrigation systems it interfaces with
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1. Web portal operators and personal in fields with FieldNET controlled hardware must
communicate with each other to ensure a safe work environment.
2. Personal servicing FieldNET controlled equipment must be aware that the equipment
can be remotely started and stopped. Proper lockout/tag out procedures must be used
to ensure that personal servicing FieldNET controlled equipment are safe from remote
startup.
3. Equipment and vehicles must not be left in the path of FieldNET controlled
equipment due to the possibility of remote starts. Proper lockout/tag out procedures
must be used to ensure that equipment and vehicles that could be damaged by
FieldNET controlled equipment are safe from remote startup.
4. It is the owner of the FieldNET systems responsibility to verify that all FieldNET web
portal operators are qualified to operate FieldNET controlled equipment.
5. Installers of FieldNET systems must verify that the mechanized irrigation equipment
to be monitored or controlled must have a functional safety circuit that disables the
system in the event of alignment faults. Installers of FieldNET systems must also verify
