RootBeacon

Wake the whole plot.

RootBeacon is a small LoRa radio for RootSynapse. Plug it into your laptop, press Wake All Devices, and every RootVision in range wakes up: no WiFi in the field, no walking the rows, not even for the unit buried under the soil.

Why it matters

The field doesn't wait for your schedule

RootVision sleeps between captures to save its battery. Most days that's exactly what you want. When you're standing at the plot and want an image now, a new schedule, or a firmware update, RootBeacon brings every unit to you.

Wake on demand

Wake one unit or the whole plot without waiting for the next scheduled cycle. Capture, change settings, update, then let them sleep again.

No WiFi needed

LoRa is a long-range, low-power radio built for exactly this: small messages across open ground. The field needs no network at all.

Reaches buried units

Some growers bury the unit completely so a mower can't hit it. The radio still hears the call through the soil, and the unit wakes like the rest.

Laptop or phone

Plug it into a Windows laptop running RootSynapse, or into an Android phone over USB-C. Android support is in testing now.

Status at a glance

One LED tells you everything: a blue heartbeat when it's ready, green blinks while it's calling, blue and green when units answer.

Calls stop on their own

A wake session switches itself off after a set time, so a forgotten beacon never keeps your units awake and draining their batteries.

On the unit's side

A radio that never sleeps

Inside every RootVision is a low-power LoRa radio that keeps listening while the cameras and computer are powered down. It checks in about every 30 seconds; when it hears the beacon, it powers the unit up.

The unit's screen shows why it woke ("Woken by RootBeacon"), and it answers so RootSynapse can list it as awake. From there it's an ordinary connected unit: capture now, change its schedule, or update its firmware.

Field range is being measured now and will be published with the final specifications.

Planning a deployment?

Tell us how many plots and units you have and we'll put the right kit together.

About RootVision