The existing system remains in place
Controllers, climate computers, sensors, dosing units, weather services, and other sources continue to serve their current role.
Automation integrations
Connect what already works. Add the production context it is missing.
Bring data from local automation, climate computers, sensors, solution units, and external services into Gros.farm without replacing the existing engineering infrastructure.
- A read-only connection can be the first phase
- Compatibility is assessed for the real controller and facility
- Local safety and emergency logic remain on site
From signal to production meaning
An integration is useful when the data reaches the right crop context
A temperature value or controller event is not enough on its own. Gros.farm connects it to a facility, zone, crop cycle, stage, target, task, and period so the production team can interpret it.
Only the required interface is connected
Use an available API, industrial protocol, gateway, file exchange, or supported local node for an agreed set of signals and commands.
The signal becomes part of the crop history
Data is mapped to the correct facility, zone, metric, crop cycle, cultivation-plan stage, and responsible workflow.
Integration patterns
Choose the smallest connection that delivers a useful result
Not every project needs writable control. Many farms gain value by first validating read-only data, units, and production mapping.
Telemetry and operating history
Collect approved signals, states, events, and historical values for monitoring, comparison, and analytics.
Reviewed setpoints and schedules
Where supported, transmit approved targets or schedules through a defined interface with clear responsibility and limits.
PLCs and climate computers
Keep the current control program while adding crop-stage context, target comparison, and shared production history.
Measurements connected to the right place
Map climate, substrate, light, CO₂, EC, pH, water, and other available data to the correct facility and metric.
Recipes, delivery, and actual values
Connect available recipe, tank, line, EC, pH, flow, and delivery information to irrigation and crop history.
Weather, APIs, and file exchange
Use supported services or structured imports when they improve a defined production workflow.
Integration assessment
Define the result before choosing the protocol
The best interface is the one that safely delivers the required data or action with the least unnecessary complexity.
- 01
Show the installed system
Provide model names, a diagram, interface documentation, or a short video of the actual controller and process.
- 02
Define the production question
Agree what the team needs to see or do, for which facility, crop process, and responsible role.
- 03
Select the minimum signal set
Choose the required readings, states, events, targets, or commands instead of copying every available tag.
- 04
Check access and safety
Validate protocols, units, update frequency, permissions, writable boundaries, interlocks, and failure behavior.
- 05
Map the data into Gros.farm
Connect each signal to the correct facility, zone, metric, crop cycle, and reporting context.
- 06
Pilot and validate
Start read-only where practical, compare the interface with the actual site, and expand only after the result is trusted.
What connected data enables
Use the same source in operational views and crop analytics
Once data is mapped correctly, the team can review it beside crop targets, irrigation events, tasks, observations, and production results.
Responsibility boundary
The integration layer does not become the safety layer
Gros.farm operates above local automation. The local engineering system remains the source of physical reliability, protective behavior, and safe operation.
Local automation and equipment
- controls the physical process and connected equipment;
- runs regulation, interlocks, alarms, emergency logic, and protection;
- continues according to its local configuration when cloud connectivity is unavailable.
Gros.farm integration
- collects agreed data and connects it to production context;
- supports analytics, history, schedules, and reviewed target handoff;
- respects the assessed protocol, permissions, command boundary, and responsible roles.
Prepare an assessment
A model name alone is not enough to confirm compatibility
The same controller can be wired, programmed, and exposed differently at two facilities. Bring information about the actual installation.
- 01
Equipment and interface details
Prepare models, firmware where relevant, protocols, gateways, APIs, export formats, and network constraints.
- 02
Signal and responsibility list
Identify the data to read, any settings to write, their units, owners, limits, and required failure behavior.
- 03
One pilot outcome
Choose a measurable result such as climate history for one block or irrigation status for one zone.
Questions before implementation
What teams usually need to clarify
Do we need to replace our current automation system?
No. The objective is to connect the useful data and, where appropriate, reviewed settings while preserving the current local control and safety architecture.
Can the first phase be read-only?
Yes. Read-only access is often the best way to validate signal quality, units, mapping, and operational value before considering any writable integration.
Which controllers, climate computers, and protocols are supported?
Compatibility is confirmed for the actual installation. It depends on the controller model, program, protocol, gateway, available interface, permissions, and facility configuration.
Can Gros.farm connect directly to sensors?
Sensors may connect through a supported local node, controller, gateway, API, or another agreed source. The correct path depends on the device and facility architecture.
Can Gros.farm send settings back to the facility?
Where the interface is supported and the responsibility boundary is agreed, Gros.farm can send reviewed setpoints, schedules, or configuration. Local interlocks and safety logic remain authoritative.
What happens if cloud connectivity is lost?
The local system should continue according to its local program and protective scenarios. Synchronization, remote configuration, and some analytics may be temporarily unavailable.
Start with the actual facility
Map one useful workflow before expanding the scope
Show us the production area, current system, responsible roles, and the result you want. We will help define a practical first phase.