Do not know much about this item except for what I dug up online. No way to test. Comes as is.

Priced it at $5k or best offer. Make me an offer as I do not know its value.

MECS-VINE (Micro Environment and Canopy Sensor, VINE version) is a multi-parameter sensor specifically developed for the characterisation of the vegetative canopy and the micro-environment in vineyards, orchards, ecc.).

MECS-VINEcombines a GPS receiver and a series of sensors able to record the following parameters: Canopy Index (CI), ambient temperature, surface temperature of the grapevine/fruit canopy, distance from the target vine/tree measured by an ultrasonic sensor.

The sensor features a special orientation and a wide angle of view which allow to collect data easily, since the sensor is not affected by grass that may be found in the inter-row space or under the rows. Furthermore, the Canopy Index measurements are not affected by variations of light on plants (presence/absence of clouds, elevation and angle of the sun, shading, etc.).

MECS-VINE can also be used to control VRT-enabled machinery in real time; in that case, the data collected by the sensor attached to the front of the tractor are used to adjust the work done by the machinery (sprayers, pruning machines, leaf removal machines, etc.) attached to the back of the tractor.