Forest monitoring
Measure weather, soil and tree growth deep in your forest
Forest sites lie far from mains power, and data collected by hand on site is days old when it arrives. CHESTER measures on batteries where the trees grow and sends every reading over LTE-M or NB-IoT, so you follow the forest from your desk.
How it works
From the tree to your desk
Sensors
Weather, soil moisture, tree growth
HARDWARIO
CHESTER
Our IoT device, measures on site
HARDWARIO Cloud
Keeps every reading, passes it on
Dashboard or your system
ThingsBoard or one built for you
Ready to order
Sensors, device and reports
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Weather
CHESTER Meteo, our IoT weather station, measures wind, rain, pressure, temperature and humidity.
- LTE-M or NB-IoT
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Soil and trees
CHESTER, our IoT device, reads our soil-moisture sensor and a dendrometer for trunk growth.
- On batteries
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Bark beetle
CHESTER Scale, our IoT device with load cells, weighs the catch in bark-beetle traps.
- REST API
As a service
On a 12, 24 or 36-month term, with a dashboard, the REST API and callbacks, a replacement shipped within 48 hours if a device fails and insurance against theft and destruction. You can also buy the devices.
Reference
Forest Research measures tree growth and climate across Britain
Forest Research, part of the UK’s Defra, uses CHESTER to measure air temperature and humidity, soil moisture, tree tilt and trunk growth. The units report over Vodafone’s NB-IoT network into HARDWARIO Cloud and on to the researchers’ own system.
About 50
forests across Great Britain where Forest Research measures the climate
Adapted for you
We designed it, so we can change it
For Forest Research we fitted CHESTER with these sensors, and Vodafone UK tested NB-IoT coverage at the sites.
- Climate sensor
- Soil-moisture sensor
- Dendrometer
Next step
Tell us what your forest needs measured
Send us the sites, the quantities and how often you need them, and we will plan the stations with you.