Wireless Sensor Network for Livestock Raising Monitoring Applications

Abstract

Abstract A Livestock Field-Server(LFS)was developed in this research, which is a useful tool for remote monitoring and management of livestock production. The functions of the LFS include real-time temperature and relatively humidity measurement, behavior monitoring, and wireless communication which function is able to construct a field wireless sensor network. The field experiment of the research was cooperated with Kai Shing Trading Co., Ltd., who provided a chicken farm to set up a sensor network for long-time monitoring their chicken production and test the developed LFS performance. The sensor data acquisition program was developed to automatic and remote collecting environment data and recording chickens' motion in the henhouses of the farm. According to the collected data, the correlations of chickens' activity corresponding to temperature and relatively humidity changes can be studied, therefore, the proper administration suggestion according to the farm can be given. The real-time and remote management program consistent with database was developed, which provide the growth history of the chickens traceable.

摘 要 本研究發展適於畜牧生產監控管理之禽畜田間伺服器系統（LFS），功能包括遠端即時溫度與濕度量測、影像監控及具有有線與無線乙太傳輸等功能。因此可構成田間感測器網路。本實驗同時與凱馨實業有限公司合作，應用所發展之禽畜田間伺服器系統，建構一土雞生產感測監控網路，藉由所完成之感測資料擷取程式，可遠端自動收集雞舍內溫度與相對溼度之變化，亦可即時觀察雞隻行為。而透過長時間收集之雞場資料，可探討溫度與相對濕度變化對雞隻生長的影響，並建立適當的生長管理建議。所完成之監控管理程式與資料庫網站，不但可作為遠端即時監控也可達到雞隻生長過程可追溯性。