Cannabis cultivation · Monthly METRC compliance count

Prove your METRC count in minutes, not days.

Your team already has RFID on every plant — the METRC tag the state issues you is an RFID tag. Senitron reads those tags with a handheld scanner, compares what it read against the exact METRC export you downloaded that morning, and tells you the tag number of anything that does not match. Room by room, on the same license, with a permanent record for every count you have ever run.

2–3 min

Per room — a 3,000–5,000 sq ft flower room of roughly 800 plants

45 min

All 18 rooms and 11,233 plants, start to signed-off report

Tag-level

Every variance names the exact METRC tag — never just a number short

7 years

Every count retained and exportable for audit

Export the plant list from METRC

Nothing changes about how you work in METRC. Filter to the location you are about to count — or export everything at once — and use the download icon in the top right. It is the standard Metrc-California-CCL21-XXXXXXX-Plants-Flowering.xlsx export.

metrcPlants NORTHFIELD CULTIVATION CO. · CCL21-XXXXXXX · California

ImmatureOn HoldInactive FloweringHarvestedAdditivesWaste

Replace TagsChange Location DestroyRecord Waste

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Tag	Strain	Location	Hold	Plant Batch	Batch Type	Batch Date	Phase Date
1A4000000000000000192904	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192905	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192906	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192907	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192908	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192909	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192910	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026
1A4000000000000000192911	#24	Flower room 12	No	1A4000000000000000189465	Clone	05/15/2026	06/18/2026

11,233 rows across 18 locations · filtered to Flower room 12

The export lives in the top-right toolbar. The download arrow gives you Export to Excel — that .xlsx is the only thing Senitron needs. The Tag column becomes the RFID number and the Location column becomes the room.

Why this matters: the export is your snapshot of truth. Everything the scan is measured against comes from this file, so the comparison is always against what METRC said at the moment you started — not a stale copy.

Upload it to the Senitron portal

Open Cycle Counts, click New, drop in the XLS. Senitron reads the Tag column as the RFID number and the Location column as the room, then creates a cycle count record with an expected list for every room — ready for the scanner.

portal.senitron.net/cycle-counts

SENITRON.

Operations

Dashboard Inventory Cycle Counts Item Locator Transfers

Setup

Locations & Rooms Reports Users

Facility 1 · Cultivation · 21,832 sq ft · 18 rooms

gm@northfieldcultivation.com

New cycle count

portal.senitron.net/cycle-counts

SENITRON.

Operations

Dashboard Inventory Cycle Counts Item Locator Transfers

Setup

Locations & Rooms Reports Users

Facility 1 · Cultivation · 21,832 sq ft · 18 rooms

gm@northfieldcultivation.com

Cycle Counts

Last count

100%

Aug 20, 2026 · 11,233 of 11,233

Counts YTD

Monthly, no gaps

12-mo accuracy

99.94%

Avg METRC vs RFID

Avg count time

41m

2–3 min a room, 18 rooms

Count	Date	METRC expected	RFID counted	Variance	Result	Duration
CC-2026-08	Aug 20, 2026	11,233	11,233	0	100% match	45m	View report ›
CC-2026-07 10 adjusted in METRC	Jul 19, 2026	10,545	10,535	-10	99.91%	44m	View report ›
CC-2026-06 5 adjusted in METRC	Jun 18, 2026	9,876	9,871	-5	99.95%	41m	Archived
CC-2026-05	May 21, 2026	9,204	9,204	0	100% match	39m	Archived
CC-2026-04 8 adjusted in METRC	Apr 20, 2026	8,760	8,752	-8	99.91%	37m	Archived

Click CC-2026-08 or CC-2026-07 to open the report.

Cycle Counts › CC-2026-08

CC-2026-08 · Aug 20, 2026

Complete · 100% match

METRC expected

11,233

From 8/20 export

RFID counted

11,233

18 of 18 rooms

Variance

Nothing to adjust

Scan time

44m

08:34–09:18 · HH-56 / HH-57

Breakdown by room

Room	Expected	Counted	Match	Scanner	Operator	Started
Flower Room 1 drill down ›	864	864	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:34
Flower Room 2 drill down ›	840	840	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:37
Flower Room 3 drill down ›	792	792	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:40
Flower Room 4 drill down ›	780	780	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:43
Flower Room 5 drill down ›	756	756	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:46
Flower Room 6 drill down ›	744	744	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:49
Flower Room 7 drill down ›	720	720	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:52
Flower Room 8 drill down ›	694	694	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:55
Flower Room 9 drill down ›	600	600	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:57
Flower Room 10 drill down ›	600	600	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 08:59
Flower Room 11 drill down ›	600	600	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez	Aug 20, 09:01
Flower Room 12 drill down ›	864	864	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 09:03
Flower Room 13 drill down ›	600	600	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez	Aug 20, 09:06
Flower Room 14 drill down ›	560	560	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez	Aug 20, 09:08
Veg Room A drill down ›	540	540	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez	Aug 20, 09:10
Veg Room B drill down ›	498	498	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez	Aug 20, 09:12
Mom Room drill down ›	145	145	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 09:14
Nursery drill down ›	36	36	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes	Aug 20, 09:16

Click any room to open the tag-level detail.

Who touched this count

M. Reyes

Inventory Lead · scanned 12 rooms on HH-56

J. Alvarez

Cultivation Tech · scanned 6 rooms on HH-57

D. Whitmore

General Manager · reviewed & approved the count

S. Patel

Compliance · exported the PDF to the audit file

Activity trail

Aug 20, 08:26

Cycle count CC-2026-08 created from METRC export — 11,233 rows, 18 locations

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead · portal

Aug 20, 08:31

HH-56 Handheld paired and power set to 24 dBm for the shared-wall rooms

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead

Aug 20, 08:34

HH-56 Flower Room 1 scanned — 861 of 864 on the first pass, 3 exceptions raised

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead

Aug 20, 08:37

HH-56 3 exceptions located with the Geiger locator and confirmed on the floor — room closed 864 of 864

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead

Aug 20, 09:01

HH-57 Second handheld joined to take Rooms 11, 13, 14 and the veg rooms

J. Alvarez · Cultivation Tech

Aug 20, 09:03

HH-56 Flower Room 12 scanned — 864 of 864, no exceptions

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead

Aug 20, 09:14

HH-57 Veg Room A and Veg Room B closed — 1,038 of 1,038

J. Alvarez · Cultivation Tech

Aug 20, 09:18

All 18 rooms closed — 11,233 of 11,233, zero variance in 44 minutes

M. Reyes · Inventory Lead

Aug 20, 09:31

Variance report reviewed — nothing to adjust in METRC

D. Whitmore · General Manager · portal

Aug 20, 09:34

Count approved and locked — the record is now read-only

D. Whitmore · General Manager · portal

Aug 20, 09:48

PDF exported to the compliance file — retained 7 years

S. Patel · Compliance · portal

Every action is stamped with the user, the handheld serial and the time. Nothing can be edited after approval.

Cycle Counts › CC-2026-08 › Room

Room

0 of 0 read

No exceptions — every expected tag was read Nothing to locate and nothing to adjust in METRC for this room.

HH-56

Zebra RFD40 handheld · full power 30 dBm · firmware 3.11.4

M. Reyes

Inventory Lead · ran this room

D. Whitmore

General Manager · reviewed the room result

Expected

From METRC 8/20

Read

—

Not found

Nothing to adjust

Scan window

00:00

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Items · showing 14

METRC tag	Strain	Plant batch	Status	RFID last seen	Scanner	Signal

Every tag carries the timestamp it was last read and the handheld that read it. A tag not seen in this window is what becomes an exception.

Cycle Counts › CC-2026-07 › Room

Room

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METRC expected

From the 7/19 export

RFID read

—

Not found

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Scanner

—

Items not found — 0 to adjust out of METRC

METRC tag	Strain	Reason code	Note	METRC action	Entered by

Items read · showing 8

METRC tag	Strain	Status	RFID last seen	Scanner	Signal

Cycle Counts › CC-2026-07

CC-2026-07 · Jul 19, 2026

10 items short

METRC expected

10,545

RFID counted

10,535

Variance

-10

99.91% match

Resolved

10 of 10

Closed 7/21

Breakdown by room

Room	Expected	Counted	Var	Match	Scanner	Operator
Flower Room 1 drill down ›	812	812	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 2 drill down ›	790	790	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 3 drill down ›	743	741	-2	99.73%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 4 drill down ›	732	732	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 5 drill down ›	710	710	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 6 drill down ›	698	698	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 7 drill down ›	676	675	-1	99.85%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 8 drill down ›	651	651	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 9 drill down ›	563	560	-3	99.47%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 10 drill down ›	563	563	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 11 drill down ›	563	563	0	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez
Flower Room 12 drill down ›	811	809	-2	99.75%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Flower Room 13 drill down ›	563	563	0	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez
Flower Room 14 drill down ›	526	526	0	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez
Veg Room A drill down ›	507	507	0	100%	HH-57	J. Alvarez
Veg Room B drill down ›	467	466	-1	99.79%	HH-57	J. Alvarez
Mom Room drill down ›	136	135	-1	99.26%	HH-56	M. Reyes
Nursery drill down ›	34	34	0	100%	HH-56	M. Reyes

Click any room to open it — missing items are listed first.

Items not found — to be adjusted out of METRC

METRC tag	Room	Strain	Reason code	Note	METRC action	Entered by
1A4000000000000000190412	Flower Room 3	Blue Dream	Plant died	Root rot. Destroyed 7/11, waste not recorded in METRC.	✓ Adjusted	M. Reyes Jul 21, 10:12
1A4000000000000000190455	Flower Room 3	Blue Dream	Plant died	Root rot, same tray. Destroyed 7/11.	✓ Adjusted	M. Reyes Jul 21, 10:16
1A4000000000000000191067	Flower Room 7	GG #4	Destroyed — waste	Male plant pulled at week 3. Waste log filed late.	✓ Adjusted	J. Alvarez Jul 21, 10:20
1A4000000000000000191340	Flower Room 9	Gelato 41	Tag unreadable	Tag water-damaged in media. Replaced under new tag.	✓ Retagged	M. Reyes Jul 21, 10:24
1A4000000000000000191355	Flower Room 9	Gelato 41	Tag unreadable	Tag buried in fabric pot, no read. Re-tagged 7/20.	✓ Retagged	M. Reyes Jul 21, 10:28
1A4000000000000000191398	Flower Room 9	Gelato 41	Plant died	Failed after transplant. Destroyed 7/14.	✓ Adjusted	M. Reyes Jul 21, 10:32
1A4000000000000000192904	Flower Room 12	#24	Moved — not updated	Physically found in Flower Room 11. METRC location corrected.	✓ Corrected	D. Whitmore Jul 21, 10:36
1A4000000000000000192947	Flower Room 12	#24	Moved — not updated	Found in Flower Room 11 with same batch. Location corrected.	✓ Corrected	D. Whitmore Jul 21, 10:40
1A4000000000000000188220	Veg Room B	Runtz	Plant died	Nutrient burn, did not recover. Destroyed 7/09.	✓ Adjusted	J. Alvarez Jul 21, 10:44
1A4000000000000000187001	Mom Room	OG Kush	Harvested early	Mother retired and harvested 7/16. Package created.	✓ Adjusted	D. Whitmore Jul 21, 10:48

Every line carries the tag number, who scanned it, when, a reason code and a free-text note. Reason codes can be entered on the handheld, standing in the room or later in the portal — the trail records which, by whom, and when either way. Export it and you have your destruction and adjustment paperwork for the month.

Walk the room with the handheld

Open Inventory, choose Validate Expected Inventory, pick the room. The scanner already knows what METRC says should be in there. Pull the trigger and walk. The screens below are live — press Start RFID and then tap an exception to see the locator. The handheld in this walkthrough is HH-56.

RFD40 paired Pwr 30 dBm▮▮▮ 84%

Senitron Mobile

Facility 1 · Cultivation

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Inventory

Validate, count, locate

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Transfer Out

Build a packing list

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Item Locator

Geiger search by tag

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Reader Settings

Power, session, filters

Open cycle count

CC-2026-08 · Aug 201 of 18 rooms pending · 11,233 expected

HomeOne app, one login, same account as your retail stores.

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Validate Expected Inventory

CC-2026-08 · tap a room to open it

5 of 18 rooms closed10,062 expected · 10,056 read · tap any room below.

Flower Room 1

864 expected · not started

Pending

Flower Room 2

840 expected · 840 read

100%

Flower Room 3

792 expected · 789 read · 3 to locate

99.6%

Flower Room 12

864 expected · 864 read

100%

Veg Room A

540 expected · 540 read

100%

Mom Room

145 expected · 142 read · 3 missing

97.9%

Nursery

36 expected · 36 read

100%

Room by room — tap itEvery room shows expected, read and match. Tap Flower Room 3 or Mom Room to drill into what is missing and record a reason on the spot.

RFD40 paired Pwr 30 dBm▮▮▮ 84%

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Flower Room 1

864 expected from METRC

Expected list loaded864 tags from the 8/20 METRC export, filtered to Flower Room 1.

Before you start

✓

Power at maximum · 30 dBm

No need to dial it down — the room filter handles wall bleed

✓

Session S2, duplicate suppression on

Walk the room twice — nothing double counts

✓

Filtered to this room’s expected list

A tag from the room next door is discarded, never miscounted

The whole loop — try itPress Start RFID. Or use the back arrow to open any room, then Locate a missing tag on the map or record its Reason without leaving the room.

Run it at full power

No need to dial the reader down room to room. The scan is filtered to the expected list for the room you picked, so a tag that bleeds through a wall from next door is discarded rather than counted. Full power, walk faster, fewer passes.

Scanning twice is safe

Duplicate suppression means you can walk the room a second time, or hand the scanner to someone else mid-count, and the number never inflates. Walk it as many times as you like.

Tags in the dirt or under leaves

A tag buried in media or wrapped in canopy may not read on the first pass. That is exactly what the Geiger locator is for — and if it truly cannot be found, it becomes a documented exception instead of a mystery.

Reconcile, adjust, and keep the record

The moment the last room closes, the count is on the portal. Scroll up to the Cycle Counts screen and open CC-2026-08 for a clean month, or CC-2026-07 to see how a month with ten missing plants gets documented and adjusted out of METRC.

If the state audits you

Open the count for the month in question. Expected, counted, variance, who scanned each room, when, and the tag number of every exception with its reason code. Retained seven years, exportable to PDF or Excel.

Four locations, one account

Each site is a location, each room is a zone underneath it. One login shows you all four, and your existing retail account sits alongside them without interfering.

What you already own

The METRC tags are already RFID and already compatible. If you buy the entry-level handheld rather than the long-range unit, your plants are at table height and well within range — you do not need the expensive reader.

The one thing to take away: when METRC says 11,233 and you scan 11,233, you have proof. When it says 10,545 and you scan 10,535, you get ten tag numbers, not a shrug — and a documented reason for each one before you touch METRC.

Screens are representative of the Senitron portal and mobile application. All company names, licence numbers, user names, plant tags and figures shown are fictitious sample data used for illustration; the METRC screenshot has been redacted. METRC is a registered trademark of Metrc LLC and is not affiliated with Senitron. Room counts and timings are modeled on a licensed California cultivation facility of roughly 22,000 sq ft.