User manual TRIMBLE EZ-GUIDE SL LIGHTBAR GUIDANCE SYSTEM QUICK REFERENCE CARD

[. . . ] If you have not set area points, the warning zone area is perpendicular to the A and B points. If you have set area points, this area is used for headland approach LED color. A B Diagram Headland zone (red) Warning zone (orange) Spray zone (green) Warning zone (orange) Headland zone (red) This diagram assumes that snap to swath is ON. NEW A+ Use the A+ pattern for irregular gaps in your field, or for adjacent parallel fields. Reset Point A to generate a new reference line that is perfectly parallel to the last A-B line. [. . . ] To get guidance: Step 1: Clear guidance 2 a. At the start of the new field, clear old guidance points by pressing: b. To select the desired pattern option, press: Step 2: Step 3: Map the guidance line Follow the lightbar a. If the Diagrams in the SWATH PATTERN next swath is not automatically selected OPTIONS section on the previous page or the wrong swath is selected, show which keys to press for each press INC/DEC. Steer your vehicle so that you center the green lights in the middle of the lightbar and drive forward down the swath. + 4 · 3 c. When the lightbar displays the desired option, press: 5 Note ­ With a curve pattern, the LEDs and text only provide cross-track error (XTE) guidance parallel to the last swath (A). Once you pass the end of each swath, the LEDs do not provide guidance. Swath 2 Swath 1 Start B A End No guidance Area with XTE guidance Approach indication The large, central LED indicates where you are in relation to the swath line: · GREEN ­ inside the spray zone. Turn the boom on when the LED turns green. · RED ­ outside the spray zone. Turn the boom off when the LED turns red. If the HLNDWARN value is configured to a value greater than 0, the approach LED turns ORANGE to indicate your approach to the spray zone boundary (from either direction). For more information, see the diagrams in the SWATH PATTERN OPTIONS section on the previous page. Pausing guidance You can pause guidance, for example, to refill chemical tanks or refuel. To pause guidance . . . Guidance To resume guidance . . . Guidance . Press 4 While in mid-swath, press 4 again. F AgGPS® EZ-GuideTM SL Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card CALCULATING ACREAGE You can map area points to calculate acreage. Area points can be added in both Guidance mode and Area mode. New Area 1. To clear all area points in preparation for a new field, at any time press: Area 2 Calculate Area · To calculate the area of your field drive to each corner of the field and press: Each time the key is pressed, a new area value is displayed. The area is calculated from the outside end of the application boom. Area 6 View Area · To view the field area at any time, press the following buttons until the area is displayed: 2 5 + 3 6 2. To toggle between CONFIRM or CANCEL, press: 3. When the desired option is displayed, press: Note ­ A minimum of three area points are required to calculate the field area. The maximum number of area points is 99. The following diagram shows mapped area points and the area calculated. + 5 Actual swath pass width Adjusted area is calculated at the outside of the swath pass Tip ­ Acreage calculations take the current swath width into account, so you should drive a half-swath in from the field edge. ALARMS If the alarm is connected, it sounds at various times during a swathing operation to indicate that you are: · entering or leaving the spray zone (as defined by the A-B end-zone, or by a defined headlands area) · drifting too far off-swath (use the XTE WARN option to configure this) · returning to the current swath while guidance is paused · losing differential corrections (use the DIFF GPS option to configure this) F AgGPS® EZ-GuideTM SL Lightbar Guidance System Quick Reference Card CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM Step 1 To configure EZ-Guide, press the following keys until CONFIG appears: 2 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 To select an option, To display the value, To change the value, To accept the value, press the following press: press: press: key until the option is 5 3 5 displayed: 3 Step 6 Return to step 2, or press the following keys until GUIDE is displayed: 2 + Option 5 + 5 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Values Swath width ­ Set this to about 0. 3 m (1 ft) less than your total boom width to ensure that there are no skips between swaths. LED MODE CHASE · CHASE ­ Chase the lights to stay online · PULL ­ Center the lights to stay online 1' Distance represented by one LED. [. . . ] (March 2003). CLEAR AREA Clear all area points. RESET GUIDANCE Reset the guidance in preparation for a new field. PAUSE/RESUME Pause or resume guidance. MODE Select Guidance, Area, or Configuration modes. ENTER Select a configuration option or accept a configuration value. [. . . ]