Vehicle-Mounted Tablets for Vineyard Spraying: Cloudy Bay Case Study
In a vineyard, spraying decides both cost and quality. Done by eye, it wastes chemical, misses blocks and leaves no record of what was applied where – and consumer-grade devices are not reliable enough to sit in a tractor cab all season.
Cloudy Bay, a New Zealand wine brand, needed a cab terminal for spraying and vineyard management. The system runs on the TERVEX V10J, a 10.1-inch Windows vehicle-mounted tablet installed with a car mount.
Challenge: Manual Spraying and Consumer-Grade Devices
Spraying operations and crop health monitoring relied on manual labour, with low efficiency and complex management.
Ordinary consumer-level devices could not meet the strict standards of operational reliability required for machine-mounted, all-season use.
Solution: V10J In-Cab Tablets with RTK GPS and Cloud Sync
The V10J is installed in the tractor cab with the vehicle-mounted bracket, runs Windows 11, provides an M12 air-plug interface, and connects seamlessly to the cloud management system and the spray system.
With high-precision RTK GPS, the V10J navigates and locates accurately inside the vineyard and automatically calculates the optimal spraying and inspection routes.
The operator views the spraying operation status in real time on the 10.1-inch high-definition touch screen and controls the spraying progress precisely.
During inspection, operators take photos to record crop growth and pest or disease conditions, and collect soil moisture, temperature, light and spraying data in real time; everything is uploaded to the cloud.
The air-plug charging interface keeps the cab installation clean, and can be converted to a cigarette-lighter or a 5.5 mm power port depending on the tractor.
Results: Optimised Spray Routes and Field-Level Crop Records
Combining RTK GPS with the cloud management system lets the V10J calculate optimal spraying and inspection routes, improving operating efficiency and avoiding waste and over-spraying.
Real-time data is synchronised to the cloud to build a complete farm management database.
Management can review the spraying history and crop health status of each field at any time, and optimise planting plans based on historical data.
Across a season the record becomes the basis for comparing blocks and adjusting the spray programme, instead of relying on the operator's memory of what was done in each row, and it leaves the vineyard with a documented spray history for every parcel.
