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    Getting started

    • Temperature
      This article explains the functionalities of the Temperature module, helping growers configure precise 24-hour temperature targets and daily profiles. Learn how Crop Controller adjusts setpoints based on crop phase and upcoming weather to maintain optimal growing conditions. How…
    • Lighting
      The purpose of this article is to clarify the various uses of the lighting settings. The lighting planning feature generates the expected lighting schedule for the coming days. Along with the global radiation forecast, this data serves as…
    • Screen
      This guide helps you fine-tune screen settings to align with your climate strategy, ensuring energy efficiency and improved environmental impact by setting precise open and closed periods. The Screens module controls energy screens, optimizing energy savings while maintaining…
    • Humidity
      This guide helps you fine-tune humidity management in your greenhouse, ensuring optimal plant growth by balancing humidity and temperature through smart adaptive corrections. Humidity correction is an optional module in Crop Controller that prioritizes humidity over temperature. With…
    • CO2
      This guide helps you fine-tune CO2 settings to match radiation intensity, ensuring optimal crop growth by defining minimum and maximum CO2 levels for precise environmental control. The CO2 module displays the optimal CO2 level based on the expected…

    How it works

    • Radiation Forecast
      Radiation is a key factor in Crop Controller’s optimization of climate and irrigation. To achieve the most accurate results, greenhouse radiation measurements are combined with local meteorological forecast data. For lit crops, Crop Controller converts assimilation lighting into…
    • 24h Target Temperature
      This article explains how the 24h Target Temperature is calculated in Crop Controller and how it is used to optimize temperature management in the greenhouse. What is the 24h Target Temperature? The 24h Target Temperature is the desired…
    • Temperature Optimizer
      This article explains how Crop Controller generates the optimal temperature profile. The goal of this algorithm is to learn feasible greenhouse temperatures from historical data and create an optimal temperature strategy that aligns with the grower’s objectives. Optimal…
    • Pre-night temperature control
      What is pre-night temperature control? Pre-night temperature control gives you explicit control over the greenhouse temperature in the period around sunset, before the normal night temperature is applied. With this function you can: This pre-night phase is often…
    • Humidity Correction
      This article explains how the Humidity Correction algorithm in Crop Controller functions. It describes how the system regulates greenhouse humidity by adjusting window positions to maintain optimal growing conditions. Humidity Correction: A Two-Way Approach Humidity correction Crop Controller…
    • Screen Optimization
      This article explains how screen optimization functions within Crop Controller to enhance energy savings while maintaining an optimal greenhouse climate. How the Algorithm Works    The screen optimization module focuses on two key objectives: The module determines the best…
    • Setpoints for heating & ventilation
      This article explains how Crop Controller determines the optimal setpoints for heating and ventilation in your greenhouse. The algorithm is designed to learn which settings consistently deliver the desired climate conditions (based on past data) and then use…

    Advanced learning

    • Background: Absolute Humidity, Relative Humidity, and Humidity Deficit
      Humidity is a critical factor in greenhouse management, affecting plant transpiration, disease risk, and climate control. But humidity can be measured and expressed in several ways, each offering different insights. This article explains the differences between absolute humidity,…
    • Mollier diagram: Understanding Temperature & Humidity
      A Mollier diagram is a technical chart used to visualize the thermodynamic properties of moist air. It plots enthalpy (energy content) against absolute humidity, with overlays for temperature, relative humidity (RH), and other air parameters. In greenhouse climate…
    • Mollier diagram: Energy Management & Ventilation
      When ventilating a greenhouse, you’re not just exchanging air—you’re exchanging energy. Enthalpy represents the total heat content of air, including sensible heat (temperature) and latent heat (water vapor). The difference in enthalpy between inside and outside air determines:…