When configuring an alert in FarmRoad you are able to select the duration over which FarmRoad checks your measurement before sending an alert.
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FarmRoad uses the average measurement over the set duration to determine whether to send an alert.
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Each time a measurement is received by FarmRoad, FarmRoad checks whether the condition was broken over the previous ‘duration’.
For example, an alert is configured to send an alert if the temperature of a Folium device is above 10 degrees C for 10 minutes. The system performs the following function:
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A message is received from the Folium that reports 12 degrees C
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FarmRoad checks all measurements in the last 10 minutes and finds the average
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The average temperature is 11 degrees C, above the threshold for sending an alert
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FarmRoad sends an alert to the configured recipients