It makes for a lot less running back and forth to the golf course.” “I can monitor my pump station and go straight to the pump station and make sure everything is shutting off when I asked it to.
The Android app is currently under development, according to Toro’s website. The app is free in the iTunes store and is available on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Through the app, users can sign into NSN Connect and from there, control their Toro irrigation systems. NSN Connect is an app by Toro that allows users to connect with the SitePro or Lynx Control System remotely. Here are five apps recommended by superintendents who believe that this is the digital age of grass growing.
The right app at the right moment can solve problems with the touch of a button.
comScore () reports smartphone users download on average three apps a month.Īs we’ve been told when talking with readers, apps can be the perfect office aid, as trusty as a good utility vehicle or aerator. The same study reports most of that time on hand-held digital devices is spent looking at apps. “I’m out there (on the course), I’m rarely in my office.” “I look at it as my phone is my office,” Bourne says. It might be hard for an accountant to believe this, but we’re betting superintendents will believe: According to a recent study by internet analytics company comScore, Americans now spend more time staring at their smartphones and eReaders than they do their computer monitors.Ĭount Ryan Bourne, superintendent at Terradyne CC in Andover, Kan., as a believer.