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Turf Guard
®
Wireless Soil Monitoring System
Sensors
The Turf Guard Wireless Soil Monitoring System. Get the
essential soil information you need, when you need it. Stay up
to date on your current soil moisture, salinity, and temperature
conditions no matter where you are. Sensors are quick and
easy to install and are completely buried beneath the surface
of your turf. Turf Guard gets you the information you need to
make important decisions in real time.
PROTECT YOUR TURF
• Monitor moisture levels and adjust irrigation
• Track daily soil temperatures
• Monitor salt build-up and schedule flushing
EASY TO INSTALL
• Wireless connectivity allows for quick setup
• Requires less than 5 minutes per location
• Immediately ready for play after installation
EASY TO USE
• Simple Web interface
• Accessible from any Internet-connected device
• Stand-alone software version also available
“I’ve been using moisture-sensing technology for 5-6 years,
and this is by far the highest-tech unit you can get on the
market. It’s so simple and so valuable…”
– Amy Fouty, CSFM
Athletic Turf Manager
Michigan State University
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Turf Guard
®
Wireless Soil Monitoring System
Challenges of Sports Turf Maintenance
As a sports field manager, you face unique challenges and needs in terms of landscape maintenance:
Appearance: Whether or not the game is nationally televised, the field has to look its best when
game day comes around.
Playability: Your team won’t play its best if the field is not at its best and maximizing player safety
is paramount.
Efficiency: Your fields experience high usage and you have minimal time for them to recover, making
it all that more important to care for them as efficiently as possible.
Water Use: The need to conserve water affects us all, even professional sports fields – Maintaining the
field while minimizing water use and costs is a home run.
Toro has long supported the efforts of sports field managers, from our sponsorship of the Sports Turf Management Association, to development of maintenance equipment designed for the unique needs of your field surfaces. Now, our irrigation solutions take it to the next level with an innovative technology that will make the task of
meeting the demands of sports field maintenance a lot easier: The Turf Guard® Wireless Soil Monitoring System.
What Is Turf Guard?
Toro® Turf Guard Wireless Soil Monitoring System is a revolutionary technology that helps you improve
your turf, soil, and water efficiency. The Turf Guard system lets you know what’s going on beneath the
surface of your sports field so you can make timely, well-informed adjustments.
Installation is quick and easy without any wires or trenches; players will never know the sensors are there.
Once in the ground, each sensor accurately measures moisture, temperature and salinity levels of your
soil at two depths, in real time. That data is then collected and compiled into simple, easy-to-read tables,
graphs, and dashboards. This information can then be accessed from any Internet-connected computer by
accessing the system’s Web-based interface – you can even access your sensor information from a
Web-enabled cell phone.
Sensor
• Measures soil moisture,
temperature, and salinity
• Two distinct depths in the soil
profile—Critical root zone level
and a second 4.5 inches lower
• Field-replaceable battery with
3 year expected life
• Durable housing is resistant to
aeration damage
Repeater
• Increases the allowable distance
between sensors and the base
station
• Multiple sensors can be run
through just one repeater, no
configuration required
• Can run off of a standard
120v outlet
• Installs within 500 feet of the
sensor(s) and within 5,000 feet
of the base station
Base Station
• Connects to Internet in the office
• Plugs into standard 120v outlet
• Installs within 500 feet of the
sensor(s) or within 5,000 feet of
the repeater(s).
SiteVision™ Interface
• Easy-to-read graphical interface
• Displays sensor data in real time
• Track historical data
• Compare readings from multiple
sensors side-by-side
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Six Ways Turf Guard Helps You Manage Your Turf
Turf Guard can help you more easily meet the daily challenges you face,
but don’t take our word for it – hear what other sports field managers are
saying about the most advanced soil sensor system on the market!
1. Promote healthier turf. Proper agronomy leads to healthy, vibrant turf.
“With Turf Guard, we’re creating a healthier
plant. It’s giving me more information and
giving me a better playing surface. e Turf
Guard data tells me how the plant wears, how
it recovers. It helps me get a healthier playing
surface for the athlete.”
2. Optimize Playing Conditions and Protect the Players. Firm turf plays consistent and fast, soggy turf is slow and can
lead to ankle/knee injuries. Turf Guard’s trend analysis makes sure that the field reaches optimal playing conditions for
major events. Help improve your team’s home field advantage by having consistent playing conditions.
Will S.
Turf Superintendent
College & University
“roughout the year I would be able to tell when the turf played better in
one game than in another game. I would get some baseline numbers as far as
what moisture level I wanted to play the game at. I was looking for specific
information with the moisture. I felt like I could keep the field at a little more
Mike A., CSFM
Facilities and Grounds Manager
College & University
optimum range with the sensors in place.”
3. Track Salinity Build-up. High salt levels can weaken the turf and reduce turf visual quality and playing quality and
introduce disease pressures.
4. Reduce/Ration water usage. Water usage in sports turf can often be reduced by 20-30% without any visible change to
turf quality or health. Stretching irrigation cycles can result in improved rooting depth and turf vitality.
“Water is a critical issue. It’s becoming real critical here in Florida, and [Turf
Guard] is another way that if there’s any question about how we irrigate or
operate, it would show we’re doing everything we can to reduce the impact on
Rob J.
Turf Manager
Professional Football
the aquifer in Florida …It’s a good tool.”
5. Protect the Turf. Significant turf damage occurs when turf is played on
when it is too soft or soggy. Turf Guard can be used to set “Field Closed”
thresholds.
6. Increase Your Productivity. By centrally collecting vital information, Turf
Guard allows the grounds manager to be more efficient. Know where
the trouble spots lie before leaving your office.
“You can optimize fertility applications based
on the data [the Turf Guard sensors] provide.
I absolutely love them, I really do. It makes my
Amy F., CSFM
Athletic Turf Manager
College & University
job easier.”
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Sports Field Solutions
About Toro
Since 1914, The Toro Company has transformed the way professionals and homeowners care for their outdoor environments. Through
the decades, Toro has become a global leader in turf maintenance equipment and precision irrigation systems, serving customers from
golf course superintendents, grounds and sports field managers to landscape and irrigation contractors, agricultural growers, and
homeowners.
Toro offers a complete line of professional products that work together to provide optimal water-management solutions for all your
irrigation needs. We want to help you make your turf the best it can be – that’s why Toro is committed to developing advanced and
improved products that water more accurately, more efficiently, more dependably, and more affordably.
Sports Field And Artificial Turf Sprinklers:
TR70XT Series (30’-68’)
Designed for the durability
and exacting needs of sports
fields or large turf installations.
Trujectory™ adjustment allows
fine-tuning of trajectory to
overcome obstacles or combat
wind. Below-grade mounting
minimizes in-field obstacles.
640 Series (47’-67’)
Considered the most durable, heavy-duty commercial
sprinkler available, the 640
Series is the proven veteran for
athletic fields, parks, campuses
and commercial sites. Can
be installed ½” below grade
allowing only a small exposed
surface area for added safety.
TS90 Series (53’-95’)
The TS90 series sprinkler
combines great Toro patented
& exclusive innovations like
TruJectory and a ratcheting
riser with a 53-95’ radius.
With its rugged body design,
rubber cover, and small exposed surface diameter, these
sprinklers are perfect for every
sports field application.
DL2000® Dripline
Drip is one of the most efficient methods of
irrigation – Almost 20% more efficient than
traditional sprinklers. Drip systems apply
water only to the area in need of water,
eliminating run off and the effects of wind.
Sports Field Management Solutions:
Sentinel®
Central Control
Sentinel Central Control is a powerful system that literally
“Stands Guard” over large irrigation sites. With ET-adjustment,
monitoring for and isolation of leaks and breaks, and the ability
to control up to 999 controllers from a central computer, users
have a water management tool that provides reliability,
accuracy and water savings.
TG101 (91’-178’)
The TG101-NPT large-radius,
gun-style sprinkler is ideal for
applications that require long
distance throw, such as irrigation solely from the perimeter
of sports fields, or for cleaning
and cooling artificial turf.
P-220 Valves w/ Pressure Regulation
Excessive pressure results in misting, and
increase in flow with decrease in useable
precipitation. Adjusting to recommended
operating pressures can result in 30-40%
reduction in water use, or more depending
on system pressure.
TriComm™
System
The Toro TriComm System is a remote site management
tool for irrigation systems that allows a manager to
program, manually operate, and monitor a controller’s
operation – all via the Web. All communication is
conducted using an internet-based control interface
over an advanced cellular network.
www.toro.com • The Toro Company • Irrigation Division • 5825 Jasmine St. • Riverside, CA • 92504 • 877-345-8676
Specifications subject to change without notice. For more information, contact your local Toro distributor. ©2009 The Toro Company. All rights reserved.
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