AgGPS® EZ-Guide® Plus Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card
USER INTERFACE
Main Screen Items
Status text
Action Icons
To select an action icon, press u or D and then press o.
Icon
Action icon bar
Description
Reset guidance Set Point A Set Point B Start headland Final headland Nudge left Nudge right Pause/Resume Change views Zoom Go to main configuration menu
Tips
9 A B 8 D 1 3 2 4 5 7
Views
Select 4 to change between the three views shown below.
Plan Map Perspective Map Status
Zooming
To enter zoom mode, select 5, or press z on the remote control. • • To change the zoom scale, press u or D. To accept zoom scale and return to the map view, press o or z on the remote control.
AgGPS® EZ-Guide® Plus Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card
GUIDANCE
AB Line
You can reset the B point until you drive 1/2 swath offline from the AB Line.
B
Adaptive curve
Auto-detect turn = On The end of the swath is automatically detected when you do a U-turn. If Auto-detect turn = Off, you must press B at the end of every pass.
A
A
A+
The heading of the AB line equals the previous AB heading or the manually entered heading if the current vehicle heading is within +/-90 degrees of the AB heading, otherwise the A+ heading is in the opposite direction. Auto-detect turn = Off You must press B at the end of every pass before you start the turn to mark the end of the swath.
A
A B BB B B
Identical curve
This pattern ignores any deviation around an obstacle.
B
C-clamp Bold lines indicate where you must drive swaths without gudiance and thin lines indicate where you get guidance.
A
A
Center-pivot
To work from the center of the field outwards, the intial pivot must have: • a radius of at least two swath widths
Headland
A B
Single headland Before you reach the circle around the start point, press D to indicate the current headland circuit is the final circuit.
D 8
A
• an arc length of at least
two swath widths
B
8
Multiple headlands Straight swaths automatically fill the headland boundary. The AB Line does not need to be the full length of the field.
D
A
B
AgGPS® EZ-Guide® Plus Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
Menu
Lightbar
Option
Display Config
Description
Turn on or turn off screen items, such as progress lines, field boundary, or adjacent swath lines and configure view settings. The distance from the antenna to the implement toolbar or spray boom. Upright. Inverted – Inverts the display and offline LEDs. Configure the status text items for the map views and the Status screen. Configure the input and output for the data port. Configure pulse output rate. US – Feet, miles per hour, acres. Metric – Meters, kilometers per hour, hectares. Configure operating language for the system. Run self-, button, LED, LCD, backlight, or GPS status tests. Chase – Chase the lights to stay online. The lights represent the swath location relative to the vehicle. Pull – Center the lights to stay online. The lights represent the vehicle location relative to the swath. The distance represented by one LED. Look ahead time in seconds. Use this to allow for reaction time and vehicle turn speed. For example, at 13-24 kph (8-15 mph), set the look ahead time to 2 seconds. Increase the look ahead time for larger vehicles that take longer to turn. Enable or disable auto-detect turn for the Adaptive Curve pattern. Resets nudge back to 0. Turn on or turn off the headland warning. Configure the warning leadtime. Distance off-swath at which the offline warning message appears. Set to zero to disable the warning. High Acc Only – Accept only high accuracy positions. Warn Low Acc – Accept all positions, but warn when low accuracy. No Warning – Accept all positions, including less accurate positions, without warning. Turn on or off the audible warning alarm. Display GPS receiver status and diagnostic information. Auto – Use the first WAAS, EGNOS, or MSAS satellite tracked. Custom – Manually turn on or off individual WAAS, EGNOS, or MSAS satellites. Off – Do not use any WAAS, EGNOS, or MSAS corrections. Configure internal GPS filter settings. Return all configuration settings to factory defaults. Display lightbar version information.
Contrast/Brightness Adjust the screen contrast and backlight brightness. Adjust the lightbar LED brightness. Antenna Offset Lightbar Mount Status Text Data Port Settings Pulse Output Units Language Tests Guidance LED Mode
LED Spacing Look Ahead
Auto-detect Turn Reset Nudge Warnings Headland Warning Offline Warning Low Acc Warning
Audible Warning GPS Diagnostics Corrections
1
Filter Defaults About
1
Restore Defaults
1.Only appears when using the integrated GPS receiver.
AgGPS® EZ-Guide® Plus Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card
COVERAGE AREA
By default, Coverage Area is configured for display on the Status screen. To configure this for display on the plan or perspective map view, use Lightbar / Status Text. Area is calculated whenever the spray switch is on. For more information on connecting a switch, refer to the Getting Started Guide and the instructions provided with the external interface cable. To save the coverage area value over a power cycle, you must Pause before removing power.
PATH DISPLAY
By default, the path you have driven is displayed on screen as a dotted line all of the time. If you have a spray switch connected, you can choose to display the path only when the spray switch is on. To do this, configure Display Config / Path Display to Switch. To turn off the display of the driven path, configure Path Display to Off.
NUDGE
Use nudge to move the guidance line back to the correct path to: • • correct for GPS position drift when returning to the field for guidance, for example after pausing or powering off the unit correct for GPS satellite constellation changes while driving in the field
To nudge, select 1 or 3. Each nudge moves the guidance line 3 inches. For example, if you press 3 twice, the total nudge distance is 6 inches to the right. Nudge is always applied to the guidance line relative to the vehicle heading. To display the total accumulated nudge perpendicular to the current vehicle heading, use Lightbar / Status Text to configure Nudge to appear on a map view or status screen. To reset the nudge distance to 0, go to the configuration menus and select Guidance / Reset Nudge.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note — Do not spray the lightbar with any type of liquid as this will cause it to fail. The remote control is an optional accessory, which you can purchase separately. For information on purchasing the remote control, contact your local AgGPS EZ-Guide Plus reseller.
© 2004-2005. Trimble Navigation Limited. All rights reserved. Trimble, the Globe and Triangle logo, AgGPS, and EZ-Guide are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other countries. TPN 54050-00-ENG, Rev A. (January 2005).
PN 54050-00-ENG, Rev A