Operator`s manual

3500 VRC Operator’s Manual
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V5.00.26
October
2006
Revision M
Part No. : AM
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3500V/M/SIMV5
Updated : 12/10/2006
Auto Control
Is a control mode where rates will be automatically applied to different areas of the field as
assigned in an application map. A GPS and an application map saved onto a MMC data card are all
that is needed.
Application maps are generated on a PC using a yield map or a field boundary map as a template.
Such ‘templates’ can be created with Farmscan ‘Soil Sampling and Mapping’ or ‘Yield Monitoring’
software loaded onto a canlink.
Application rates are assigned to areas on the field map using Farmscan Data Manager or other PC
software packages. Finished application maps can be copied onto the card using a multimedia card
reader and Windows Explorer.
Auto Control to an Application Map
Setting Up
1. Export or copy an application map to a mmc card (see Farmscan Data Manager instructions).
2. Connect GPS. See step 8 of calibration section to enable GPS.
3. Check the top of main screen to see that GPS data is being received.
Note
?? If GPS drops out auto-control will revert to the last rate prior to GPS drop out.
?? GPS must output GGA and VTG strings to log applied rates during auto-control. Logging
during auto-control allows creation of verification maps.
4. Fill and calibrate bins with the same products specified in the application map.