Currently, the IoE Module and LI-COR Cloud support the LI-710 Evapotranspiration Sensor and the Stevens HydraProbe. Support for other sensors will be added. The LI-710 on LI-COR Cloud is a water node on the Internet of the Environment (IoE).

Each IoE Module is equipped with a built-in cellular gateway and one year of data service for the module and sensors, as well as one year of access to LI-COR Cloud. Cellular service and LI-COR Cloud access can be extended.

You can add collaborators to LI-COR Cloud, and in doing so, give them access to the data, alerts, and diagnostics.

The IoE Module works best with an SD card installed. Although you can use it without the SD card, there is risk that data will be lost due to power disruptions and the IoE Module will not keep a backlog of measurements that are not yet uploaded to LI-COR Cloud. To ensure robust data storage, it is best to use an SD card at all times. Most micro SD cards (FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 format) will work as long there is ample free space for files.

The 8 GB Micro SD card included with each IoE Module has enough space to log many years of data, even if the data are never uploaded to LI-COR Cloud. If other files are stored on the card, they will take away capacity for data storage.

Th IoE Module sends packets of data (messages) when it starts up and every thirty minutes after that. If it is recording data from the HydraProbe every ten minutes, the IoE Module will keep the data in the queue until the next cloud session. Expect there to be several messages in the queue during normal operation.

If the IoE Module has been recording data locally, but offline for a period of time, there may be many messages in the queue. Upon successful communication with LI-COR Cloud, the IoE Module will upload recent packets first and begin uploading files in the backlog. If the backlog is too large to upload in a single cloud session, the IoE Module will continue to upload the backlog with each session until it is done.