Online cameras for greenhouses and growing complexes

What the farm gains

A wide shot helps you check how irrigation is going, the harvest, the movement of crates and the state of the walkways in a distant block. The manager gets context before speaking to the shift.

Video can reveal a large visible deviation, but its cause is determined from sensors, logs and inspection by an agronomist. Color rendition and the camera’s field of view limit what can be judged about the plants.

Existing cameras

An accessible RTSP stream connects to rtsp.me without necessarily replacing the system. Support for H.264 and H.265 suits most common IP cameras.

Choose the housing and the connections with humidity, condensation, washing down and temperatures in mind. A camera must not shade the plants or obstruct equipment and walkways.

What rtsp.me gives you

Features for a single site and for a network:

• Existing camerasConnect RTSP streams
• Browser and mobileComputer, smartphone and tablet
• Several blocksAll sites in one account
• Restricted accessPassword and allowed domain
• Cloud archiveA visual history of the period
• Signal monitoringAlerts when a stream is unavailable
• HTML embeddingA player for your internal portal
• H.264 and H.265Common codecs

Five steps to connect

Decide which fields of view are useful and what the access rules will be.

1. Create an account at rtsp.me.
2. Obtain the camera’s RTSP address.
3. Add the block, the section and a name for the field of view.
4. Set up the archive, alerts, password and domain.
5. Share the link with staff or embed the HTML player.

Check the picture under both daylight and artificial lighting.

Areas and use cases

Useful fields of view:

• rows of plants in a wide shot;
• propagation and mother-plant sections;
• irrigation units, for visual overview only;
• walkways and the movement of trolleys;
• harvesting and initial processing;
• grading and packing;
• stores for crates and materials;
• several greenhouse blocks.

A camera does not confirm nutrient solution consumption, the concentration of substances or whether a valve is working.

Live stream from a greenhouse — example

A live wide shot shows how the work is organized and the visible condition of the plantings in the block.

LIVE

Rows of plants

The current wide view of the rows and the working areas.

Managing your blocks

A clear camera structure helps the agronomist move quickly to the section they need and compare the visible wide shot with the climate charts. Access is distributed according to operational need.

A separate presentation field of view can be chosen for the website, provided it does not show staff in close-up or reveal technological know-how. Production streams are kept restricted.

Archive and monitoring

The cloud archive lets you go back to a period of work, a change in lighting or a noticeable change in the general view. Conclusions are drawn only together with the logs and the measurements.

rtsp.me alerts you when a stream is lost. The service does not control the climate, irrigation or plant nutrition.

Safety and limitations

Equipment is installed with moisture, electrical safety and walkways in mind. Access to the archive is restricted, staff are informed about the surveillance, and commercially sensitive processes are not published.

Video does not replace temperature, humidity, CO2 and light sensors, irrigation and ventilation control systems, laboratory testing, inspection by an agronomist or staff on site. It is not safe to adjust the growing regime on the basis of a camera image.

Frequently asked questions