Smart Farming & Agriculture IoT Solutions in India

Smart farming sensors replace manual guesswork by solving inconsistent irrigation, water waste, soil nutrient imbalance, unpredictable microclimates, livestock stress, and post-harvest spoilage through real-time data and alerts.

Yes. LoRaWAN needs no mobile signal at the sensor: one gateway on the farm, with a 4G, Ethernet or Wi-Fi backhaul at the farmhouse or office, covers the fields kilometres around it. Controllers run their schedules and threshold rules locally, and the soil sensors buffer readings, so a dropped link pauses the dashboard, not the irrigation. Wi-Fi devices suit a polyhouse or a packhouse that already has coverage; 4G controllers suit a single remote pump.

Yes. LoRaWAN in India uses the IN865 plan in the 865 to 867 MHz band, which the Wireless Planning and Coordination wing (WPC) has delicensed for low-power devices, so a farm can run its own gateway without a spectrum licence. Macnman devices are built for IN865 and are WPC compliant.

High and central: on a mast, a water tank or the farmhouse roof, with a clear view of the fields and a 4G, Ethernet or Wi-Fi backhaul. From there an outdoor MacLink Gen-2 typically covers a farm several kilometres across; trees in full leaf, hills and buildings cut the range, which is why the Maya app's Ping test is run from each sensor position before it is fixed. The gateway and coverage calculator and the antenna height planner on this site give a first estimate; a one-plot pilot confirms it.

Soil: moisture and temperature (MacSync LSS X2), the 7-in-1 probe for moisture, temperature, EC, pH and N, P, K (LSS X5), and single-parameter soil pH, EC and NPK sensors. Weather: the LWS X2 6-in-1 and LWS X1 weather stations and an optical rain sensor. Water: pH and EC sensors, the MacRay LUS X1 ultrasonic level sensor and a capacitive fuel level sensor. Climate and storage: temperature and humidity, CO₂, ethylene, door status and NH₃/H₂S odour sensors. Macnman does not make leaf-wetness, dissolved-oxygen or animal-worn tag sensors; a third-party probe with a 4–20 mA or Modbus output connects through a MacSync converter.

From the datasheets: the MacSync LSS X2 reads volumetric water content to ±3 % between 0 and 53 % VWC (±5 % above that) and soil temperature to ±0.5 °C. The LSS X5 7-in-1 probe reads moisture to ±5 %, pH to ±0.3, EC to ±3 % of full scale over 0 to 10,000 µS/cm and N, P and K to ±2 % of full scale. Moisture accuracy depends on good probe-to-soil contact, so install the probe in undisturbed soil at root depth; treat NPK as a trend for fertigation decisions, not a substitute for a lab soil test.

Judge it on four things: the accuracy stated on the datasheet, the probe (stainless steel in Indian soils), the power option (battery or solar for a permanent install) and whether it ships on IN865 with WPC compliance and support in India. The MacSync LSS X2 states ±3 % VWC between 0 and 53 %, a 19 Ah battery or a 20 W solar variant, IP65 with an IP67 option, and IN865 as standard. The comparison page on this site sets it beside other makers' published figures, with sources.

Not per acre: per irrigation zone. One probe per valve zone or per distinct soil type, placed in undisturbed soil at the depth where most of the crop's roots take water, is the usual starting point; a second probe deeper shows whether water is passing the root zone. Shallow-rooted vegetables sit nearer the surface than cane or orchard trees, and your agronomist sets the depth. A soil sensor reports kilometres over LoRaWAN, so adding one where the soil changes inside a field costs a probe, not a cable.

No, and the datasheet does not claim it. The 7-in-1 probe reads N, P and K to ±2 % of full scale by conductivity, which gives a reliable trend in the root zone between fertigation cycles, not a laboratory assay. Use it to see the direction and the response to a dose, calibrate it once against a lab test for each field, and keep the lab test for the season's fertiliser plan.

Yes. A MacSet controller switches pumps, solenoid valves, foggers, fans and alarms on a schedule, on a sensor threshold or from your phone. The MacSet LX1 has two 16 A relays; the LX2 has eight outputs for a valve manifold. A rain hold from the weather station or a tank-level cut-off is a rule on your platform or on the controller. Rules run on the controller itself, so they keep working if the network drops.

For switching the pump, yes, and it adds what the starter cannot: a soil moisture or tank level reading on the same network can start and stop the pump, with no SIM, no recharge and no mobile signal needed at the pump house. The MacSet LX1 switches two 16 A relays, reads run status and a flow or energy meter, and keeps its schedules running if the network drops. For pumps above the relay rating it switches the starter's contactor coil, so the existing starter and its protection stay in place. The comparison table on this page lists the differences.

Sensors need no technician: a soil probe goes into undisturbed soil at root depth, a weather station or level sensor mounts on a pole or a wall with the clip supplied, and each device is set up from a phone with the Maya app over Bluetooth, including a Ping test of the radio link from the spot. The pump controller is wired into the pump panel at 230 V, which is an electrician's job. We send the mounting and wiring notes with the kit.

Yes. Controllers support Modbus/RS485, 4–20mA, 0–10V, dry contacts and relay outputs to integrate with most pumps, valves, PLCs and fertigation units.

Yes. A 4–20 mA level or pressure transmitter connects to the MacSync LX1 analog converter, which can power the loop and reads it at 12-bit resolution. A Modbus flow meter, energy meter or VFD connects to the MacSync LX1 RS485 converter, which polls its registers on a schedule. Both send over LoRaWAN; Wi-Fi versions exist for a pump house inside Wi-Fi coverage. The meter, the drive and the pump panel are not modified.

The LoRaWAN soil sensors run on a 19 Ah industrial lithium cell, and the soil, rain and water-quality sensors and the weather station also come in solar versions with a 20 W panel and a rechargeable battery. How many years a battery lasts depends on the reporting interval, the spreading factor and the temperature; the LoRaWAN battery life calculator on this site estimates it for your settings. Controllers and gateways run from mains or DC power.

Through the shed, not the animal. Temperature and humidity sensors report heat stress conditions, the NH₃ and H₂S odour sensor shows when ammonia is building up and ventilation needs to run, and a MacSet controller switches fans, sprinklers and lights on a threshold or a schedule. The water tank level arrives on the same network. Macnman does not make animal-worn tags.

Tanks, sumps and canals: the MacRay LUS X1 ultrasonic sensor mounts above the water and reads the distance to the surface, from 3 cm to 450 cm, without touching it. Borewells and deep wells: a submersible 4–20 mA level transmitter connects through the MacSync LX1 analog converter. Either reading can switch the pump through a MacSet controller, so the tank fills before it runs dry and stops before it overflows.

Partly, with Macnman hardware alone. Water pH and EC sensors and a level sensor report on a battery over LoRaWAN, and a MacSet controller switches aerators and feeders on a schedule or when a reading crosses a limit. Macnman does not make a dissolved-oxygen or turbidity sensor; a DO probe with a 4–20 mA or Modbus output connects through a MacSync converter and reports on the same network.

Edge controllers support offline automation: pre-defined rules continue running locally so irrigation, aeration or climate control remain uninterrupted.

You own it. The devices send to your own LoRaWAN network server, which can be ChirpStack running on the MacLink gateway or on your server, to an MQTT broker or HTTPS endpoint, or to a cloud you choose such as AWS or Azure. Macnman does not hold your data and no subscription is needed to keep the hardware working; payload decoders are published on GitHub so any platform can read it.

No subscription is needed from Macnman. The sensors and controllers send data to your own LoRaWAN network server, MQTT broker or HTTPS endpoint, so you can use the dashboard you already have or choose one. If you pick a third-party cloud platform or a public LoRaWAN network, that provider's plan applies.

We do not publish ROI figures, because the return depends on the crop, the cost of water, power and labour where you farm, and how irrigation is run today. The reliable way to know is a pilot: put a soil sensor and a pump controller on one plot, record water use, pump hours and visits for a season against a comparable plot, and decide on the rest of the farm from your own numbers.

Yes. Each MacLink Gen-2 gateway serves more than 2,000 devices on eight channels, so the number of farms is a coverage question, not a capacity one: one gateway per farm or estate, each with its own backhaul, all reporting to the same network server. Multi-site dashboards and user roles come from the platform you choose; the hardware is the same at every site.

Yes. The pilot kit on this site is a gateway with a few devices: typically a soil sensor, a pump controller and, where needed, a tank level sensor, with the Maya app and the decoders to get the data onto your dashboard. Run it for a crop cycle on one plot or one polyhouse, then copy the settings to the next. Tell us the crop and the water source and we specify it.

Micro-irrigation subsidies under PMKSY Per Drop More Crop and protected-cultivation support under MIDH are run by the state agriculture and horticulture departments, and whether sensors and controllers are covered varies by state and by scheme year. Ask the district agriculture or horticulture office, or the drip company handling the subsidy file, what the current list allows. We supply the datasheets, the WPC compliance documents and a quote in the format the file needs.

The soil, weather and water sensors are housed in IP65 enclosures with an IP67 option and stainless-steel probes, rated from −40 °C to +80 °C; the ultrasonic level sensor has an IP67 transducer. Battery versions run on a 19 Ah cell; solar versions carry a 20 W panel and a rechargeable battery for permanent installs. Mount sensors upright on the clip, keep the gateway high, and they take the monsoon and the summer.

The LoRaWAN devices are WPC compliant for the IN865 band used in India, and the hardware conforms to RoHS. Datasheets state the figures for each device; ask us for the compliance documents when a tender or a subsidy file needs them.

Yes — Macnman provides custom hardware, firmware, protocol configurations and system integrations for enterprise and government projects.

Six things: the acreage and a rough layout, the crop or crops, the water source (borewell, canal, well or tank), how many pumps and whether they are single or three phase, whether drip or sprinkler is already installed, and whether there is mobile signal and power at the pump house and at the field. With those we specify the sensors, the controller and the gateway position, and say what the pilot should cover first.