Grow smarter with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
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This app-enabled smart growing system offers a whole new level of connected control.
You may be familiar with the term “Internet of Things”, the name for a concept popular with technologists in the 2000s who dreamed of connecting all the objects in a house so that they could be integrated and controlled together via the internet For example, a normal house can be transformed into an “intelligent” house.
The concept is now being widely used in some products such as televisions and refrigerators, but as technology improves we are beginning to see its application reaching a new range of systems. Luckily for the cannabis grower, this includes smart growing systems.
It’s a good time to be a grower: grow tech companies have started building systems with components that connect to online platforms and make it easy to control all your devices right from your smartphone.
One such system that helps pave the way to the intelligent growth revolution comes from VIVOSUN. The company’s “VIVOSUN Smart Grow System” includes an innovative product line, all of which are connected and easy to control via the VIVOSUN app.
The VIVOSUN Smart Grow System currently includes the VIVOSUN GrowHub Controller, a digital controller that connects to all smart devices and then syncs to a phone via Wi-Fi, the AeroLight LED grow light system with a built-in circulation fan that can be controlled via the VIVOSUN GrowHub Controller and App and the AeroZesh, a smart fan that also connects to the VIVOSUN App.
Would you like to know what intelligent cultivation with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System looks like? Let’s dive in.
What is an “intelligent system”?
What does it mean for the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System to be an “intelligent system”? An intelligent system is a term for a collection of products connected to the “Internet of Things” (IoT). The IoT is created by building products with computer chips that can communicate with each other, usually via a third platform such as an app or computer program.
Products that integrate with the IoT are potentially much more powerful than products that are not, as they give the user much more control over how those products work. Think of LED home lighting: those with built-in computer chips can be dimmed, turned on or off according to a calendar, or even programmed to display color.
A smart system for attachments does essentially the same thing: for example, growers can program their LED systems to produce a specific spectrum, turn on and off at specific times, react to changes in the environment (when the lighting is present) . equipped with environmental probes) and can be dimmed or brightened as required. These can be adjusted alongside measured parameters in a grow tent so that the environment responds to the needs of the plant.
This level of system control should delight any grower and signals a major shift in functionality available in growing systems.
The VIVOSUN GrowHub controller
The VIVOSUN GrowHub Controller is really the heart of the Smart Grow System – it provides the platform for the devices to communicate.
The GrowHub controller is a relatively simple device: it has a series of ports on the bottom that connect to fans, lights, circulation fans, and humidity and temperature sensors. While cabling can be extensive when connecting many devices, the result is an optimized operating platform.
All connected devices can be programmed and controlled via the GrowHub controller, which features capacitive buttons alongside an LED screen that displays each device’s “work intensity” as a series of green bars.
What sets the VIVOSUN GrowHub Controller apart from many other controllers in the industry is that it connects to Wi-Fi and the VIVOSUN app, so all controls can be taken over on the go.
The VIVOSUN app
The VIVOSUN GrowHub controller may be the heart of the system, but the VIVOSUN app takes its functionality to the next level by expanding how the associated devices can be connected to the IoT.
Check out some of the app-enabled features that make this next-generation intelligent system an industry standout:
Growing Recipes: “A Growing Recipe” is the name for the programming of devices that can be done through the app. This programming includes adjustment of photoperiods, intensity, light spectrum, fan speed and air volume, on and off times, circulation rates, and even a way to program the equipment to match the growth stages a plant is going through.
Grow Diary: The Grow Diary is a tool for growers to record and plan all the necessary activities for growing – watering, fertilizing, observation and pest control records. The Grow Diary also logs device operation and environmental variations in humidity and temperature.
Automatic growth: Impressively, VIVOSUN has integrated a way for growers to automatically grow a plant from its earliest stages to harvest maturity. VIVOSUN says this feature was made possible through hours of research and development of the perfect spectrum for each growth stage along with calculated photoperiods. An exciting feature for novice growers, auto-grow offers a way to “set and forget” and let the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System do the rest.
Warnings: The VIVOSUN app connected to the controller monitors and records changes in the environment. When changes occur that cause either the humidity or temperature to fall above or below the set parameters, the app will send a notification and alert you to the problem. With the other smart settings, this can rarely happen, but talk about peace of mind.
The VIVOSUN AeroLight
The AeroLight is a special addition to the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System. It is a fully programmable, full spectrum LED grow light that uses the latest Samsung 301B diodes that accentuate the blue, red, UV and far red spectrum for efficient plant and flower growth. The winner of the Red Dot Product Design 2022 is the world’s first LED grow light with a fully integrated convection fan.
This built-in circulation fan characterizes the AeroLight and is placed in the middle of the system. This position is the best spot for a fan as it is both close to the plant and directly above the canopy, meaning there is no distance or angle impeding airflow to the canopy. AeroLight grow lights are fully programmable with the VIVOSUN GrowHub, allowing growers to set light intensity, program photoperiods and even mimic natural wind and sunrises and sunsets in their tent. What stands out, however, is the ability to adjust the light spectrum depending on the growing season, so that the AeroLight always corresponds to the maturity of the plant.
The VIVOSUN GrowHub Controller also controls the fan, which features dual ball bearings for quiet operation and a longer lifespan of 70,000 hours. This latest generation of smart grow lights also features an H-Bracket that helps connect the AeroLight system and extend it from 100W to 400W over a larger space, allowing growers to connect multiple AeroLights together to create different sizes of grow spaces to cover
The VIVOSUN AeroZesh
The AeroZesh is VIVOSUN’s giant leap into intelligent ventilation. What puts the AeroZesh ahead of most other products on the market is the fact that it can also be connected to the IoT, allowing you to make adjustments from anywhere.
The AeroZesh is a PWM controlled EC fan that uses a mixed-flow design to generate high static pressure, increasing air volume while reducing noise thanks to a dual ball bearing design. The design takes VIVOSUN’s ventilation to a new level that allows growers to control the details of airflow, which in turn helps them control temperature and humidity.
The AeroZesh also has a built-in environmental probe that measures humidity and temperature and thereby communicates with the controller, which in turn commands the fan to turn on or off, or increase or decrease speed.
Are you ready to take your grow to the next level? The VIVOSUN Smart Grow System offers a major evolution in terms of control and functionality for home growers. Visit the VIVOSUN website to learn more and buy your perfect setup.
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