Specifications

Manual # 016-0159-894 Rev H 01/07
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1-Getting Started with the Viper System
C H A P T E R
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GETTING STARTED WITH THE
VIPER SYSTEM
Congratulations on your purchase of the Viper precision application management system!
Viper is a multi-purpose precision tool that can perform basic scouting functions such as
creating and saving field boundaries, marking waypoints, and calculating area (acres or
hectares) within a boundary.
Single Product VRA now comes standard with your Viper system. You can datalog up to
five products from a Raven console or CAN nodes and also variable rate one product. With
this feature, a real-time, as-applied map is created on-screen. In addition, an application
report can be created and saved on the Viper console, then transferred to your office PC
and printed.
With the Multi-Product VRA upgrade (P/N 077-0171-152), the Viper system can variable
rate up to five products simultaneously.
The Viper system can also provide on-screen guidance in the form of a Course Direction
Indicator (CDI) and on-screen lightbar with the addition of the Navigation upgrade (P/N
077-0171-151). The Navigation feature has many different swathing patterns, including
straight, multiple contour modes, multiple headland modes, and spiral. With the addition of
Viper Navigation, the Viper system can control an external Raven lightbar if using a Raven