Growcast OS: Grower-centric software
No Wifi, Master controller, or timers needed.
Growcast uses a new, completely decentralised wireless control technology called Telos Mesh. Simply plug your device in and tap “add” in the Telos app and the networks created.
Each new Growcast added to the network increases the range forwarding on message to other devices rather than reporting back to a central router or controller.
The Growcast doesn’t use proprietary connections that force you to buy a specific brand of grow lights. Our goal was to make universal controller that could connect to any dimmable light on the market.
Right now most growers are using dimmers that display a percentage that is completely inaccurate to the actual amount of light output their setting. The Precise PPFD feature maps measured photometric data to your grow room and calculates the average PPFD value across the canopy in real time.
Growcast sets the light output using with quantifiable data and provides power consumption and efficiency monitoring.
With a Growcast connected you don’t need any heavy duty contactor panels switch your Grow lights on and off. The Sun rise/ Sun set feature smoothly dims your lights on and off from stand by mode.
By gradually changing the power consumption you protect your equipment from current surges caused by switching large AC loads.
When new features are developed you won’t get left behind. You can update the Growcast software wirelessly with just a few taps of the Telos App.Â
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Grow more efficiently with data driven control
Optimise your lighting levels to maximise growth whilst saving energy. The Precise PPFD control inside Telos Mesh allows growers to follow a lighting schedule in a similar way to existing feed/nutrient schedules. Growcast can help you get the most from your existing grow lights by keeping lighting levels below the light saturation point of your plants, avoiding energy wastage. Read More
All Plants have what's known as a light saturation point. This is the point at which they have received too much light and the plant stops photosynthesising. Plants naturally recover from reaching their saturation point and can stop/start this process several times a day, but recovery time varies plant to plant. Once a plant reaches its saturation level, lights which remain on are simply wasting energy, as the plant can no longer use this light to photosynthesize.
Plants that are regularly over saturated can develop slower due to the time required to recover from over-saturation. This effect can create a vicious circle where growers see slower development and try to add more light to remedy the problem which further slows development and wastes energy, incurring additional growing costs.
By keeping the light level below the saturation point for each week of growth the plants will grow noticeably faster and transpire less, reducing environmental management and water use. Below is an example of a PPFD schedule for short day medical cannabis plants which was developed by Telos in collaboration with one of our research partners.
All Plants have what's known as a light saturation point. This is the point at which they have received too much light and the plant stops photosynthesising. Plants naturally recover from reaching their saturation point and can stop/start this process several times a day, but recovery time varies plant to plant. Once a plant reaches its saturation level, lights which remain on are simply wasting energy, as the plant can no longer use this light to photosynthesize.
Plants that are regularly over saturated can develop slower due to the time required to recover from over-saturation. This effect can create a vicious circle where growers see slower development and try to add more light to remedy the problem which further slows development and wastes energy, incurring additional growing costs.
By keeping the light level below the saturation point for each week of growth the plants will grow noticeably faster and transpire less, reducing environmental management and water use. Below is an example of a PPFD schedule for short day medical cannabis plants which was developed by Telos in collaboration with one of our research partners.
DLI Visualisation Graph for Medical Cannabis
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Migro
The Growcast is a great leap forward from traditional grow light controllers. When I started the Migro channel I wanted to help growers better understand values like PPFD. Now with the Growcast you can actually set these values for your grow light at a fraction of the cost of other controllers and sensors. Fantastic bit of kit.
Hilltop Leaf
Hilltop Leaf is delighted to be working with Telos to develop next generation grow light systems. We’ve been using Telos Mesh in our growth chambers for the last 12 months and it’s been fundamental to the research we’ve been conducting.