PhytoSense Webservice
Collect, process and visualise all your sensor data
Overview

Use our API to send data from internet connected data loggers, servers, computers or custom hardware to our cloud service for storage and processing. Visualisation can be done using the PhytoSense software or your own custom application or website.

Organise

Setups

Organise your measurement devices in setups which are bound in space and time.

Templates

Use device templates to quickly add new devices to setups.

Categories

Within setups, devices are organised in categories and/or sensor networks.

API

I/O

Use the powerful xml or json based API to add and extract data from the PhytoSense cloud service.

Any device

Any internet enabled device can connect to PhytoSense.

Custom

Use the API to build complete custom applications or websites.

Examples of API usage in custom websites

treewatch

Treewatch.net tree monitoring network.

citree

CITREE.net City Tree Citizen Science.

ugentweeronline

UGent Laboratory of Plant Ecology weather station website.

Transformations
One or several of the transformations listed below can automatically be applied to new data entering the cloud service.

Average

Average of the data values within a specified time window (e.g. 1 day for daily averages).

Moving Average

Moving average of the data values within a specified time window.

Sum

Total sum of the data values within a specified time window.

Cumulate

Cumulated data values within a specified time window.

Integrate

Surface below the curve between the data points within a specified time window.

Minimum

Minimum value within a specified time window.

Maximum

Maximum value within a specified time window.

Equation

Applies an arbitrary equation to the data.

Remove

Removes parts of the data.

Filter

Filter out data based on thresholds.

Combine

Combines data from different sources into a single new timeline.

PhytoClip

Transform raw PhytoClip measurements into temperature-corrected calibrated values.

Dynagage

Calculates sap flow from raw Dynagage measurements.

HRM

Calculates heat pulse and sap velocities from raw HRM temperature measurements.

Diameter Variation Correction

Corrects diameter variation signals for sudden jumps in the signal.

Diameter Variation Statistics

Calculates daily growth, maximum daily fluctuation and other statistics of diameter variation signals.

User Management and Permissions

Multi-user

Create an unlimited number of users with different read and write permissions.

Access

Users can be given access to one or more setups or even to a single measurement device.

Share

Easily share part of your data with the world or with people external to your organisation.

Notifications

Threshold

Notifications can be generated when data is below or above a threshold for a specified amount of time. You can also get notified when a device is offline for a specified amount of time.

Timing

You can choose to get certain notifications directly or once a day (for less urgent things).

Messages

Notifications can be generated when PhytoSense generates error, warning, info and debug messages.

Data Management

Export

All PhytoSense data can be exported at all times.

Storage

A PhytoSense license allows you to store up to 160 GB of data which is approximately 7.200.000.000 or 7.2 billion data points!

Ownership

You remain the owner of the data at all times. We will not sell your data.

Software and Visualisation

Mac and Windows platform

PhytoSense can be accessed using our Mac or Windows desktop application. Web application coming soon.

Dashboards

Create dashboards with custom graphs to quickly view the data you are most interested in.

Performance

PhytoSense is able to efficiently handle large amounts of data and will only load and show details if required.

Application screenshots

Pricing
2999 € per year
Support
Visit these support pages for additional information about the PhytoSense webservice