Greenhouse Monitoring System Using GSM

In traditional method of farming, human labors were required to visit the greenhouse at specific time need to check the humidity level, light, CO2 and temperature level manually. This conventional method is considered time consuming and needs a lot of work and effort. Therefore this research focuses on developing a system that can automatically monitor and predict changes of temperature, light, Humidity and CO2 level in the greenhouse. The objective of the research is to develop a automatic temperature monitoring system using sensors and Short Message Service (SMS) technology. The proposed system has a measurement which capable of detecting the levels of temperature, light, Humidity and CO2. This system also has a mechanism to alert farmers regarding the parameter changes in the greenhouse so that early precaution steps can be taken. In this research, several tests had been conducted in order to prove the viability of the system. Test results indicated that the reliability of the system in propagating information directly to the farmers could be gained excellently in various conditions (1). A greenhouse is a structure with a glass or plastic roof and frequently glass or plastic walls; it heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building. In other word, a greenhouse is a structure usually made of glass or clear plastic that provides protection and a controlled environment for raising plants indoors. Water is the most important element in our life. Without it, we cannot survive. As we know, most of the gar- dener uses manual system to their plant in the garden and also in the greenhouse. This system is inefficient. When we manu- ally do this, the possibility to get some plant can drown. In order to overcome this problem, automatic greenhouse used. (2) 1.2 Objectives The main objective of this project is to automatically control the system in greenhouse using temperature sensor, humidity sensor, and light sensor co2 sensor. The concern with a lot of consumer needs and demand for the agriculture products has stimulated awareness among the farmer that increases their products in the market by implementing advance technologies in this industry. The products that are important that may come to the farmer's interest that controls the use of natural sources and natural environment which controls agriculture with various aspects. In this paper uses sensors and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and short message service (SMS) to carry out data from the green house with sen- sors directly alert the farmers to their mobile phone. There- fore, this problem makes farmers' interest to implement agro - conditions sending alert notification messages to farmers us- ing GSM and SMS technology. 1.3 Scope This project involves the evolution of temperature, light, hu- midity, co2 automatically. The automatic controlling of the parameters in system is used in a greenhouse. Sensor used to control the temperature is temperature sensor. Other than that, this system should also monitor the temperature level. The automatic monitoring system can be implemented in various conditions such as in monitoring temperature, humidity, light and CO2 levels. However this paper focuses solely in remotely monitoring levels of these parameters in greenhouse. By utiliz- ing existing technology, the natural environment and resource which we get naturally, the temperature is very important cri- teria for the plants to be monitored efficiently. Previously, hu- man labor plays major role in the monitoring farm and plants in the agriculture field. For some crucial plants such as vege- tarian and flowers plants, which need 24 hours attention from human so that the plant quantities and qualities are controlled with proper management by the collected data and infor- mation from the fields. This will provide enormous founda- tion for future growth and future development of their plants in the green house. However, with the increasing size in farm- ing areas, this type of manual practice is increases time con- suming and cost of the labor. However, with the growth of management in agriculture tech- niques and with modern telecommunication technologies which provide great assistance with the implementation in the agriculture industry.