Software Guide

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Specications
Thefollowingareimportantacronymsfortheuserto
understand:
•WAAS(WideAreaAugmentationSystem)—This
positioning-correctionsystemwasdevelopedby
theUSFederalAviationAdministrationtoserveas
anairnavigationaidbyimprovingtheaccuracy
andavailabilityoftheGPSsignals.
•RTK(RealTimeKinematic)—RTKNetwork-a
groupofland-basestationsthattransmitposition
datatoaserverthroughtheinternet.GPS
guidedmachinesequippedwithRTKcorrection
exchangedatawiththeserver,transmitting
positioninformationandreceivingcorrection
informationthroughcellulardataexchanges.The
serverusesthepositiondatafromthebasestation
tocalculateposition-correctiondataandtransmits
ittothevehiclesthroughthecellularmodem.The
correctedGPSpositionprovideslocationaccuracy
between1to2cm(0.39to0.79inch)inrealtime.
•GLONASS(GlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem
(RussianGNSS))—ThisallowstheGPSreceiver
tousetheRussiansatellitenavigationsystemin
additiontoGPS.
Operation
Thecomputerintheautomaticsectioncontroller
(ASC)controlsthesprayapplicationrateforvarying
vehiclespeeds.Yousetthetargetvolumeperunit
areatospray,andtheASCautomaticallymaintains
theowwithintheproperrangeofthevehiclespeed
andcontinuallydisplaystheactualvolumeofmaterial
perareasprayed.TheX25controlconsolealso
monitorstheareasprayed,thespeedofthevehicle,
andthetotalvolumeofmaterialsprayed.
Note:Ensurethatthesprayeriscalibratedcorrectly
beforestartingtospray.
Note:EnsurethattheInfoCenterissettoGeoLink
beforeusingthedisplaytospray.
StartingtheX25Command
Console
1.EnsurethattheGeoLinkcomponentsandnish
kitareinstalled.
2.Startthemachineandwaitafewsecondsfor
thecommandconsoletostart.
Note:Rememberthefollowingaboutstarting
andshuttingoffthecommandconsole:
•ShutoffthemachinetopowerOFFthe
commandconsoleandX25spraysystem.
•Shuttingoffthecommandconsoledoesnot
affectthedatastoredinthecomputer.
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