Intelligent sensor for irrigation management

An irrigation satellite field controller operatively coupled to one or more valves of an irrigation system, comprising:

• an interface operable to transmit and receive communications over a communication bus of a peer-to-peer distributed network;
• a processor coupled to the interface;
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• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including instructions for configuring the processor to generate a control message requesting irrigation related data from an intelligent sensor coupled to the peer-to-peer distributed network,
• wherein the interface transmits the control message to the intelligent sensor, and receives a broadcast message including the irrigation related data in response to the control message via the communication bus.

A control device for an irrigation management system comprising:

• an interface operable to transmit and receive communications over a communication bus of a peer-to-peer distributed network;
• a processor coupled to the interface;
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• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including instructions for configuring the processor to generate a sensor control message requesting irrigation related data from an intelligent sensor coupled to the peer-to-peer distributed network;
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• wherein the interface transmits the sensor control message to the intelligent sensor via the communication bus of the peer-to-peer distributed network.