| dc.description.abstract | This research aims to develop an automatic irrigation and monitoring system based
on the Internet of Things (IoT) for oil palm seedling nurseries. Needs assessment indicates
that oil palm nurseries require regular irrigation and monitoring of plant conditions to
produce high-quality seedlings. IoT technology was selected as an effective solution to meet
these needs. The system specifications include automatic irrigation twice a day, soil
moisture monitoring, real-time data transmission through the MQTT protocol, and an
information display on a monitoring website. The solution is designed using ESP32
hardware, soil moisture sensors, a multiplexer, ESP32-CAM, and the RTC DS3231
module, with MQTT as the communication protocol between the hardware and the
monitoring website developed using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Testing shows that the
system is capable of data transmission with an average packet loss of 22.83% on ESP32
and 39.33% on ESP32-CAM, with delay levels still meeting system requirements. The
developed monitoring website provides real-time access to soil moisture data, relay status,
and images. Based on these findings, it is recommended to improve Quality of Service
(QoS) settings on the MQTT protocol, perform periodic network monitoring, and add
additional features such as data analysis, manual control, real-time notifications, and
weather detection to further enhance system efficiency and performance. | en_US |
