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Guidance
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ABCurves
ABCurvesallowsanoperatortodriveacurvedlineinthe
fieldwithtwoendpoints(beginningandend).Passes
paralleltotrackineitherdirectionaregeneratedbasedon
originaldriventrack.Eachpassisgeneratedfromoriginal
drivenpasstoensuresteeringerrorsarenotpropagated
throughentirefield.
NOTE:SeeCURVETRACKSETTINGSfor
informationaboutadjustingyoursystemfor
optimalperformance.
TheinitiallyrecordedABcurvemustbeatleast3m(10ft)
inlengthtobeavalidABCurvetouseforguidance.
OnceABCurve(Track0)isrecorded,tenadditionaltracks
aregenerated(fivepassesonbothsidesofTrack0).
WhenthemachinedrivespastthefifthtrackfromTrack0,
tenadditionaltracksaregeneratedinthatdirection.The
systemcontinuestogenerateadditionalpasseswhenthe
machinedrivespastthelastpassdisplayedonscreen.
Themachinemustbewithin400m(0.25mi.)ofthelast
generatedlineforthesystemtocontinuetogenerate
curvepaths.Ifthemachineisatouterlimit,itmaytake
severalminutestogenerateapaththatshowsuponthe
screennearthemachine.Duringthistime,"Calculating
Curves"willbedisplayedonthescreen.
NOTE:SkippassisavailableinABCurvesmode.
Passesarenotidenticalcopiesoftheoriginalpass.
Curvatureofthepasschangestomaintainpass-to-pass
error.Witheachsubsequentpass,curvatureofthe
passesgetmoreconvexorconcave.
NOTE:SharpCurveandEndofPathmessagesmight
appearwheninABcurvetrackmode.
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ABCurves
PC9028—UN—16APR06
ABCurvepathsaregeneratedwitha91m(300ft.)
straight-lineextensionsattachedtotheendofthe
actualrecordedpaths.Inadditiontothe91m(300ft.)
automaticallyadded,lineextensionswillextendbefore
andaftertherecordedlinetolineupthemachineor
continuethepath.
Whenshifttrackisselected,currenttrackisadjusted
andfivepassesonbothsidesoftrackareregenerated.
ABcurvecanbeusedafterinitialtracksaregenerated.
Additionaltracksaregeneratedwhileoperating.Theshift
trackcenterbuttonisdisabledwithABCurves.Useleft
andrightshiftbuttonstomoveandregeneratetheAB
Curvetracks.
UseHelpCenteronscreenhelpformoreinformation
aboutcreatingABcurvetracks.
GuideonanABCurve
Theclosesttrackishighlightedwithathickerwhiteline.
Tracknumberisdisplayedunderpathaccuracyindicator,
andautomaticallyupdateswhennewtrackisapproached.
Tracknumberindicatesnumberoflinesaway,and
directionfromTrack0.Trackdirectionisshownrelative
toTrack0(North,South,East,orWest).Tracknumber
changeswhenmachineishalfwaybetweentwotracks.
Pathaccuracyindicatorshowsoff-trackerrordistance.
Off-trackerrorshowsdistancefromclosesttrackto
machine.Errorcountsupuntilmachinereachespoint
halfwaybetweentwotracks.Afterreachingmid-point,
errorcountsdownasmachineapproachesnexttrack.
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