Good morning team. I’m trying to wrap my head around what is going on with my sensors and what the app is telling me.
I have 6 sensors and here is where I am with them:
2 sensors were installed 28MAR.
- Sensor 335RXJ shows AI in training with red exclamation mark and text warning, and red line reading in moisture graph. There’s been varying weather conditions and I’ve stopped irrigation for three days straight, but it doesn’t seem to want to come around. Should I reinstall this one?
- Sensor 3367YD gives same AI in training with red exclamation mark, but shows green line reading in moisture graph. Is this one okay?
4 sensors were installed on 5APR.
- Of the four, three (3356QF, 334PWJ, 334WKY) all show AI in training (without red exclamation) and green line moisture. Are these okay - seems as if the learning should be over by now?
- The last sensor, 336AKU, red moisture line and red exclamation. Same as far as weather and breaks in irrigation. Reinstall?
Appreciate any insight/assistance. Thanks!
V/r, Michael
Hi Michael,
Thank you for providing such a detailed breakdown. It is clear you have gone the extra mile by shutting off the irrigation for three days to assist the AI.
As a first step, please try a pull down refresh on your app screen. This forces the application to sync directly with the latest data from the cloud. In some cases, the “AI in Training” banner can remain visible in the app even after the backend has successfully processed the model.
The training period for your devices does seem long. I recommend leaving the units exactly where they are for now. Moving them would reset that multi week training cycle, and I want to avoid adding any unnecessary time to that wait by resetting the process.
I am flagging this with the engineering team. While I look into the backend data on our end, could you let me know what the soil environment is like for those specific units? If they are in a clay heavy spot or a low lying area with poor drainage, that might explain why the moisture readings are staying at 99 percent despite the watering break.
Thanks for writing in.
Stanley
Marketing PM
Team GeoDrops
Hi @Gr8M1ke ,
After going through your serial numbers, we found a bug related to the notification behavior that has since been fixed.
Please open your app and check the messages for those specific serial numbers. You should see prompts asking you to press “Set Max Moisture” at the alert message.
If you don’t see this option available, you can also “Set Max Moisture” this way.
Hope this helps,
Stanley
Marketing PM
Team GeoDrops
Thanks Stanley. I did receive the set max moisture for two of the devices and have done so. Two other devices transitioned from learning to normal. I still have two devices reading AI in training, one with the red exclamation (3367YD) and one without (3356QF).
To answer a couple previous questions, I first did the pull down refresh and also cleared the app cache on my android device. Neither made any difference.
For soil conditions, I believe they are fairly uniform (3356QF might be in heavier clay due to erosion). None are in low spots, I’ve picked the install sites based on the part of each zone which dries out first in heat.
I’ll keep an eye on the two that I set max for today (335RXJ and 336AKU).
Appreciate the help!
V/r, Michael
Hi Michael,
It is great to see four of your units have normalized.
The remaining two are likely delayed by the high water retention of your clay soil. Because clay holds moisture so effectively, a three day irrigation break is often insufficient to produce the moisture decline required for the AI to finalize the soil profile.
Please keep these units in place. As soon as GeoDrops AI detects a sufficient dry down curve, it will complete the training phase automatically.
Best,
Stanley
Marketing PM
Team GeoDrops
