Application of Websockets with PainlessMesh Topology to Monitor and Control Soil Moisture in Agricultural Land

The rapid growth and development of technology and science has opened a new era, namely the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. These technological advances have had many impacts on various sectors, including the agricultural sector. Therefore, hydroponics and aquaponics are suitable techniques for cultivation in areas with minimal land use. However, ensuring adequate nutrient supply to plants is crucial for successful cultivation. Consequently, farmers require an automated control system that can simplify the process of meeting the nutritional requirements of the crops. This study aims to build a monitoring and control system of soil moisture in agricultural land using painlessMesh topology. Quality of service testing was conducted, which revealed data loss, and delays. The results show that the data loss obtained in this system falls under “very good” category in 0.3252%. However, the delay value yielded 0.5318 seconds which falls under “bad” category, and the RSSI value, varies with “very good” and “bad” categories with -53.05 dBm in coordinator 1 and -87.75 dBm in coordinator 2, and -80.8 dBm for coordinator 2 which against coordinator 1. The accuracy test obtains 98.51%. In conclusion, the system with painlessMesh topology enables the very good data loss results in terms of QoS.