How do I read my sensor readings?

The Readings section of Home shows one card per sensor of the device you selected in Devices: temperature, humidity, soil moisture and so on.

Before you start

• Role needed: any role.
• Where it is available: web.

How to get there

1. Sign in (see How do I sign in to my farm?). Home is the first page you see.
2. At any time, press Home in the side menu. On a phone, it is in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select a device in the Devices strip, then scroll down to Readings.

Read a card

• The big number is the latest value, with its unit. Humidity and soil moisture also appear as a round gauge.
• The arrow next to it compares the last two readings: ▲ rising, ▼ falling, – steady.
• The small line under it is a mini chart of the recent readings.
• Min, Avg, Max at the bottom are the lowest, average and highest values of the period.
• A red warning such as “below 18” or “above 30” appears when the value is outside a limit set in your alert rules. The card gets a red edge, and it is counted in Active alerts in the status bar.

If a device has no sensors yet, you see “No sensors registered”. A value shown as -- means no reading has arrived.

Arrange the cards

1. Press Arrange above the cards.
2. Drag a card to move it. Press width to make it wider, or hide to hide it.
3. Press Done. To go back to the default layout, press Reset.

Arrange mode looks like this:

A small note beside the buttons tells you where the layout is kept: “Saved to your account” or “Saved in this browser only”.

Tips

• The page updates by itself about every 90 seconds, so you do not need to reload it.
• A hidden card is not deleted. Press Arrange, then show on it.
• Colors are fixed per sensor type, for example red for temperature and blue for humidity.

Common problems

A card shows --. The sensor has not reported yet. Check the device in the device list.

I do not see a warning although the value looks wrong. Warnings come only from alert rules. Ask an Admin to add a rule with limits for that sensor.