Irrigation professionals who manage systems for homeowners’ associations, school districts or municipal properties can now manage those same systems on the go from their smartphones and tablets using Rain Bird’s IQ-Cloud v. 3.0. There are no recurring annual fees to use IQ-Cloud, and access can be shared with authorized personnel who perform maintenance and to alert them to problems in the field.
For organizations with strict IT security protocols, such as military bases, financial institutions or government properties, IQ-Enterprise v. 3.0 allows implementation of IQ-Cloud on private servers. Current IQ users can continue to use IQ-Desktop v. 3.0 or can easily upgrade to IQ-Cloud or IQ-Enterprise for mobile compatibility.
Weather-based management is quickly becoming a necessity in certain parts of the world and is built into the IQ Platform. IQ will automatically adjust schedules based on weather data and apply water only when the landscape needs it. Further, by implementing IQ’s Flow Watch feature, users have added security that the system will monitor flow conditions and react appropriately to leaks and pipe breaks.
