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How to upload your block boundaries
Mapping your block boundaries in Sectormentor makes it easy and quick to visualise your vineyard in the app, and it's a useful way to navigate around your blocks to samples when you're out monitoring in the field! In order to upload your block ...
Sectormentor: How to view, add and edit users to your account
View user list Sign in to the web app, select 'Users' from the left hand side. You should now see a list of the users of your account, with their full name, email address and username. Add users Sign in to the web app, select 'Users' from the left ...
Sectormentor Sampling Options
When choosing your sampling setup in Sectormentor, you have two options: Set sample sites Return to the same bays each time to monitor the vines there. With set sample sites you can map your sample bays using the GPS function in Sectormentor, ...
How to record pruning weights, cane counts and dead/missing vines for the Vine Health Indicator
When pruning in winter, open your Sectormentor phone app and select the sample site (either by scanning the tag, or finding the sample on the map, or in the samples list). You can then add the cane number at pruning, or pruning weight per vine using ...
How to add bud burst, flowering, veraison and picking times to the Sectormentor Phenology Tool
When out on the field, open your Sectormentor phone app and select the block you're in (or the relevant block you want to record an activity in). You will then see a list of options for activities to add, including 'bud burst', 'flowering', ...
How to add grape ripeness to Sectormentor
As you are doing readings of Grape Sugar and TA for a specific block - open the Sectormentor phone app, Select the Block the grapes are from (if it's a mix from multiple block, then select multiple blocks from the list). You can then add a value for ...
Sectormentor - Quick Setup Guide
At this stage of setup, you should have received an email with a link to set a password. Once you've created your user, you can log in to the phone app & web app to start exploring Sectormentor... PHONE APP: - Download Sectormentor on your phone for ...
Sectormentor Demo
Inerested in using Sectormentor in your vineyard? Check out how it works by using our demo account! Download Sectormentor for iPhone or Android and head to vines.vidacycle.com and select Login (in the menu in the top right hand corner) For both the ...
How do I reformat my weather dates to YYYY-MM-DD to upload them to Sectormentor?
In Excel: 1. Select the date column by clicking on the header in excel 2. Format menu > Cells 3. Select Date and then select the example like that is in ‘yyyy-mm-dd’, this is shown something like 2012-03-14’ 4. Hit Ok and notice that the dates have ...
How do I prepare my weather station data for upload to Sectormentor?
Soil Moisture Sense Weather Station If you follow these steps you will be able to take the raw weather data from a Soil Moisture Sense Weather Station and upload it into the Sectormentor weather station area (you will need to have already added your ...
How do I upload my weather station data / add weather stations?
How do I write a tag?
If you are writing many tags at once: On the phone app, click on the triple dot button in the top right, and click Write tags. Select the name of the sample site you want to write the tag for. Bring the phone close to the tag, you should see a ...
How to add the same activity to multiple blocks
On the phone app, go to ‘Blocks’, and click the multiselect button (3 lines in the top right corner). Select this button and you can then select all the blocks you want to add the activity to. Then you should be able to click on ‘Add activities’ in ...
How to record yield and use the Harvest Tracker report
In order to make full use of the Harvest Tracker in the 'Reports' section of your Sectormentor web app, the best way to record yield is to keep collection trays from different blocks separate during harvest. Record the amount of grapes coming in from ...
How to record number of flowers / bunches per vine / bunch weights for the Yield Predictor Tool
When out in the field, open your Sectormentor phone app, scan the tag at the sample site you’re in (or select the relevant sample site on your phone), and enter the data from that sample bay - depending on the sampling system you choose to use (find ...
How to add the location of a tag as you write it
If you’re writing a new tag, and you want to immediately add its GPS location, you can choose the sample you want to write from the ‘Samples’ list in the app, and then click the three dots in the top right hand corner. You will then be able to ‘Write ...
Sectormentor: How to reset your password / retrieve your login details
If you forget your password, you can just go to the login page of the web app (sm.vidacycle.com), and click ‘Forgot your Password?’ - which is just below the login button. A login link will then be sent to you over email, and you can change your ...
How to specify the start of your growing season
Log in to the web app. Click ‘Settings’ at the bottom of the left hand side menu bar. Scroll down on the settings page to find ‘Season start date’, and click ‘edit’. You can now click on a specific date for the start of the season, which will be used ...
Sectormentor: How to view trends in your data
Log in to the web app, and click ‘Trends’ on the menu bar on the left hand side. You can then choose how to filter your results. (The ‘Activities’ tab in the web app can be used as a reminder for which tests have been conducted in which fields.) You ...
Sectormentor: How to view the location of tags / sample sites on a map
Login to the web app, and click ‘Map’ on the left hand side menu bar. Provided you’ve mapped the location of the samples on your phone, the samples from each field should be visible as blue dots on the map. You can hover over the dots to see the ...
How to view all samples / vines / trees
Click ‘Samples’ (or whatever sample name is relevant to you) in the navigation bar of the web app. You will see a list of all samples (vines / trees) for each field. Click on an individual sample to view any photos or notes recorded at that level.
Sectormentor: How to download activities / data
In the Sectormentor web app, go to ‘Activities’ in the left hand side menu bar. If you would like to filter the results by a specific activity, click ‘Filter’, and add the activities or blocks you'd like to filter for. Otherwise, if you'd like to ...
Sectormentor: How to view all activities / notes
Login to the web app, and click ‘Activities’ in the menu bar to view all activities. They will be automatically listed with those most recently recorded displayed on the top of the page. Any notes taken will also appear in this list.
Sectormentor: How to delete a photo
Log into the web app (sm.vidacycle.com) on your browser. Click ‘Photos’ in the sidebar, and then click on the photo you want to delete. Once it enlarges, click on the name of the sample site at the bottom of the photo. This will take you to a ...
Sectormentor: How to add a photo
You can add a photo through the app on your phone under a specific sample / vine / tree… You can also add a photo from a file on your computer onto the web app: Go to the ‘Sample’ tab on the menu bar (left hand side), and click on the sample or ...
How to edit / delete a sample / vine / tree
Go to the web app, and click ‘Samples’ or ‘Trees’ - depending on what your setup is in the navigation bar on the left. You will see a list of all of your samples from each block that you’ve added. Click on the sample you want to edit or delete. Click ...
How to edit a Block / Group
Go to the web app, and click ‘Blocks’ (or whatever grouping you have for your farm) in the navigation bar on the left. You will now see a list of all blocks / groups you’ve added. You can change the information here by clicking ‘Edit’ to the right ...
Sectormentor: How to add, edit or backdate activities on your phone
On the phone app, select the sample/block you want to add an activity for. Making sure you are in the 'Add' tab, select the relevant activity from the list, and add the value that you’ve recorded. You can also add any additional notes here you may ...
How to add / update the GPS location of a sample bay
If you have absolutely no signal in your field, you will need to open the map on your phone before leaving the office, so that your phone can load your farm’s map data in advance. Once this has been done, you will be able to use the map offline. You ...
How to add a new block / sample site
Login to your account in the web app. Go to: ‘Blocks’ > ‘Add Block’ in the top right corner > Enter the name of the Block. Whilst in this view, you can also click 'Add in bulk' in the top right hand corner, and paste in multiple block names. ...