GSI’s GrainVue bin monitoring system allows producers to monitor grain conditions inside the bin and automate any drying, cooling or aerating that is needed to keep grain in peak condition.
“GrainVue is a temperature and moisture monitoring system for inside grain bins,” says Dave Ellis, GSI’s district manager.
“It can be added to new or existing bins. It will read real-time temperature and moisture.”
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Available on an annual subscription basis, the system hardware uses a built-in cellular connection to send information to the cloud. Growers can log into the system online to get real-time data or send instructions to the system’s controller on the bins to start or stop fans.
GrainVue can also be preset to turn fans on or off based on conditions both inside and outside the bin.
“It comes with a weather station that takes into account humidity, temperature and all those components,” says Ellis.
“You can have automatic fan control to where it would kick the fan on for you when it’s supposed to at the optimum time and temperature. You can set your own parameters.
“You can actually rehydrate (soy)beans with it if there’s humidity in the air and the beans are dry. It will kick on and put moisture back into the beans, increasing your profitability.”
GrainVue users can also set the system up to send alerts. Those alert conditions can be customized to meet any grower’s preferences.
The system can handle the input from a number of sensor cables inside the bin, which gives a grower flexibility in deciding how closely the grain is monitored.
“You can do the minimum, which is one in the centre,” says Ellis.
“Our recommendation is to add more. You can have moisture and temperature cables. It’s all how in-depth you want to read the entire bin. These are all digital cables, not analogue.
“The good thing about this system is it’s modular. You can start out with just one basic cable without fan control. If you like it, you can start adding components whenever you want to.”
