Cost-Effective
iNetGrow is designed to be highly scalable, flexible, and extensible. These three features, built into the iNetGrow architecture from the start, translate into cost-effectiveness.

You buy only the type of components you need, only as many as you need, reuse them as your system grows and only upgrade your components as newer technology, that you want to use, becomes available. You will never need to buy a new control system.





iNetGrow uses a PC for the software user interface. PCs make excellent low-cost general-purpose user interfaces. For about the same cost as adding a large LCD screen and full keypad to a controller, it is possible to instead buy a PC. A grower, already using a PC, can load the iNetGrow software easily onto the exsisting PC,

By using the PC for the interface iNetGrow is able to add many user-friendly features including, data logging, graphs, e-mail reports and alarms, and web page interfaces to the iNetgrow system. These just aren't possible with an LCD screen and keypad.

The iNetGrow Controllers are networked through the local area network (LAN) over Ethernet. Ethernet LAN equipment, such as switches and cabling, are among the most readily available and cost-effective in the history of networking.

Since the LAN technology used by iNetGrow is the same used for home and small office networking, all of the components, such as wireless bridges and access points work with iNetGrow. The latter allow you to network the iNetGrow controllers through wireless devices, reducing wiring costs and susceptibility to lightning, while increasing flexibility and lowering costs.