Toro Enhances New IntelliDash® Irrigation and Fleet Management Platform

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Golf course superintendents can monitor, manage, track and maintain the health of their operations all in one place with the recently introduced IntelliDash platform from Toro. With just a glance, superintendents can view real-time operational data, including agronomic conditions, labor, asset location and equipment health. Additionally, course superintendents can use data to simplify course operations, identify inefficiencies and better allocate resources.

“The new IntelliDash platform brings together key course elements to provide course managers and superintendents greater visibility to course health and unique access to equipment fleet and irrigation data,” says Norma Frotton, product marketing manager for the Toro golf irrigation business. “As the only provider of both golf course equipment and irrigation, Toro is uniquely positioned to supply this information to courses via a single dashboard — and we’re committed to ongoing enhancements that will evolve this critical platform.”

IntelliDash is an essential component for courses that rely on a Toro maintenance equipment fleet and/or irrigation systems. IntelliDash provides a platform that superintendents can easily access on any computer or mobile device, so equipment, labor and agronomic data can be viewed from anywhere at any time. A wide range of real-time data is available, and users can customize the dashboard to display the most important information. Data sets can easily be turned on and off to ensure only what’s most important to the user appears on the dashboard.

The all-in-one dashboard offers a bird’s-eye view of the course and fleet data so superintendents can make informed decisions with information from multiple sources, including weather and radar streams and evapotranspiration forecasts. Integrating weather data means superintendents can make real- time decisions about course maintenance without leaving the dashboard.

For agronomic conditions, IntelliDash will integrate popular Toro products like Lynx® Central Control, which aggregates essential irrigation information to better manage water and resources while maximizing course playability and aesthetics. IntelliDash can also incorporate well-known products such as Turf Guard® and leading third-party services like Playbooks™ and taskTracker™ to manage labor, track expenses and understand operational inputs, over time and by area of the course — providing insights for year-over-year comparisons and effective budget management. Plus, Toro is constantly working to integrate additional new data sources into the dashboard to ensure operators can access all their essential data in one place.

For daily productivity and planning purposes, IntelliDash provides equipment location, health and status. Equipment health is further managed by the inclusion of Toro’s popular myTurf® Pro Fleet Management tool, giving users convenient maintenance scheduling, parts ordering and reporting. For configured equipment, IntelliDash will provide diagnostics and valuable information on engine health, like operational hours and fuel use.

Since its launch in July 2022, Toro has developed and implemented several new features that make the dashboard even more productive for superintendents and course managers. These updates include:

• Widget Lock/Unlock Button. Allows users the ability to customize the dashboard by moving what’s most important to them to the top of the screen.
• Toro Irrigation National Support Network (NSN) Chat. A chat function offers quick access to Toro’s trusted NSN support team.
• Mobile-Friendly Design. An improved mobile-friendly design allows users to have a seamless experience when connecting to IntelliDash via smartphone, tablet or PC.
• Decision Tree. Superintendents can opt-in to a Decision Tree function that operates in conjunction with Turf Guard soil sensors to help determine when to irrigate. Recommendations are dependent on user-defined thresholds.
• Extended Free-of-Charge Offer. IntelliDash was launched free-of-charge through the end of 2022, and Toro is extending that pricing offer through June 30, 2023. Users must have an existing Toro application that is integrated into IntelliDash, such as myTurf Pro or Lynx, to take advantage of this offer. Pricing information after this policy ends will be provided at a later date.

“IntelliDash is the ultimate tool for golf course managers to better manage their operations, and these updates improve the interface and offer new users additional time to explore the platform free-of-charge,” says Janel Hinde, product marketing manager for Toro commercial equipment. “With vital course information easily accessible in one, customizable location, superintendents and course managers can make confident, data-driven decisions.” For more information on IntelliDash, please visit toro.com/intellidash.