Monitoring and diagnostic system as a tool for increasing technical assistance for tractors

In modern conditions of production in agriculture, there is a tendency for an acute shortage of machine operators and specialists in the repair and maintenance of equipment. One machine operator has more than one unit of equipment, which entails an increase in some cases up to 85% of the time spent on maintenance and repair work, and a decrease of up to 42% on the main work of the machine operator. In turn, the reliability and performance of tractors and agricultural machinery depends on their timely and high-quality maintenance. Increasing the technical readiness of tractors over 10 years old is possible due to the development of a system for their remote monitoring and diagnostics. The use of this system helps to improve the quality of the work performed, due to monitoring the performance indicators of the tractor in real time and, therefore, ensuring compliance with the deadlines for maintenance operations. In the course of the research, a board and sensors for fuel consumption, low-freezing liquid temperature, crankshaft speed, positioning (coordinates) and determining the speed of the tractor were selected, codes for transmitting and processing data from the sensors were obtained and their correct operation was checked. The functioning of the sensors and platforms was checked. A web application was developed and tested, using a wi-fi network as a communication method. Information from the device is output to two browser windows using the standard IP address of the boards.