Technical
Designed to allow access via a PC, tablet or mobile, Toro Lynx control software is designed to work with complex systems controlling irrigation over an entire golf course through to smaller schemes on a football pitch. Suitable for use with remote soil sensors, such as the Toro Turf Guard system, Lynx hardware and software is designed to allow eased upgrading, so existing users can take advantage of future control developments without the need to re‐invest in a completely new system
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Irrigation systems continue to evolve, with improved
control and sprinkler technology helping make the most of available water. Of equal importance, modern systems are built to help reduce maintenance, with necessary repairs taking less time and causing less disruption
periods. Using this information can help ensure an irrigation system can be adapted over time to make the best use of applied water, with the potential to decrease consumption and help maintain sward health.
Control systems and advanced software
Computer‐based software, such as the Toro Lynx system, can be employed to deliver not just irrigation system control, but detailed information when the system is in use. With portable tech, the system allows the irrigation system to be ‘interrogated’ while other tasks are carried out. As an example, those systems
programmed to set off the sprinklers late at night can be monitored remotely, with the software detailing which sprinklers are running and for how long. The system can be set up to work with soil sensors, to include Turf Guard wireless units, to provide an alert when the sensor picks up a change in moisture that may need attention. This provides the information to support the decisions required to programme the irrigation control system.
The problem with an outline like this is that it can over simplify what is on offer. The Toro Lynx programme, for example, is advanced enough to provide full mapping of a golf course, but the system is equally at home looking after a single stadium football or rugby pitch. It is designed to fit user needs and be upgraded to take advantages in developing technology.
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Modern sprinklers
Sprinkler technology has evolved hugely over the past fifteen years, from water droplet size and spread patterns ensuring the target area is evenly irrigated, to a choice of sprinkler to suit specific applications. How sprinklers operate is of course vital, but so too is how they fit into an irrigation system. No matter who makes them, sprinklers have a finite life, all are subject to potential damage. Toro irrigation systems have been developed to meet end user demands for efficiency, but we have to ensure any installation can be both maintained and repaired economically. The days of digging up a problem sprinkler, with the costs and disruption this can entail, have been addressed with the Infinity range of sprinklers.
Weigh up the true costs of the right system
Installing an irrigation system, or indeed updating an existing one, can be seen as complex, but nor is it just about running a few pipes to a set of sprinklers and ensuring there is enough pressure available to supply all those sprinklers with water.
A modern irrigation system can deliver not just the correct volume of irrigation water to specific areas of turf, but also provide detailed information that can be of great help in monitoring overall turf health. The best irrigation systems optimise available irrigation water to reduce costs and will deliver reliable and upgradeable performance over its lifetime. As is so often the case, the most cost effective system is unlikely to be the one that costs the least to install.
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