User guide

SEEDHAWK®30SERIESOPERATOR’SMANUAL74
4.24.4 SHANKPRESSURE
The hydraulic down pressure applied to the opener shanks is contro lled by a closed loop
systemthatallowstheusertoenterthedesiredoperatingdownpressure,enteringtheamount
of down pressure the system should apply on the monitor. The monitor controls a down
pressure valve  that maintains the pressu re setting on the opener shanks through the control
module. A pressure sensor measures the actual hydraulic pressure and feeds it back to the
control module. The control module adjusts the down pressure valve tomaintain the system
setting. As the openers move up and down with the terrain constant force is applied to all
equally.
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1. To set and change the shank pressure, press any
soft key to bring up the soft key menu and press
“Shank”.
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2.Ahorizontalbargraph  displaywill comeup on the
screen. Press “Enter” to activate the adjustment and
thenrotatethespinnerknob to increase or decrease
thesystempressuresetting.
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3. Press “Enter” again to save  the setting. When seeding this screen will show the system
pressuresettingandatriangularshapediconwillmoveupanddownthebargraphtoshowthe
measuredsystempressureascomparedtothesetpressure.
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FIGURE4.86
FIGURE4.88FIGURE4.87
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