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1. p u aD dra TSS SSS DS dads Slade a S R tan 12 SEPARATE HEADLANDS OPERATION 2444443 ecw aya eee m e Ie ass EDEN EUR ee ales 13 COMBINED HEADLANDS OPERATION zc reve V ku CLE REPSOL SIDE 4 14 tien tta Rl am l Seins een ua A bii ae turi 15 MENU SCREENS HEADLAND OFF aine te ba oa 15 MENU SCREENS HEADLANDS COMBINED tempera teh acuti elite Duce cag eter a pecudes 15 MENU SCREENS HEADLANDS SEPARA E t a e iN nb pcd bab 15 APPENDIX Ts ALARM asin bv aba wa d apaq Nr a teta DL ue A ei wc ana ith E UM LUE 16 2 TROUBLES OO NG a aser ts cetera tire cer tw q Qh a ie Ata bn re RD Ra paqpa a etd boots 17 3 RGL 500 SPECIFICATIONS CABLE OPTIONS ss att caet aaa 19 4 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS hnc eoi bane ciues 20 5 DIFFERENTIAL GPS DGPS BEAGON positae nde oth bebe e ect peace 21 INTRODUCTION The RGL 500 connects directly to a GPS receiver and provides parallel swath guidance No other computer or hardware is required Just mark the endpoints of the first swath and the RGL 500 does the rest The RGL 500 s internal guidance computer compares GPS position data and displays a steering indicator Both offset and directional information is displayed by a series of bright Light Emitting Diodes LED s indicating how far right or left the user is
2. PRODUCTS Kilt s RAVEN INDUSTRIES FLOW CONTROL DIVISION NZ RGL 500 USER S GUIDE NOTICE To ensure that no moisture will penetrate the RGL 400 and RGL 500 1 Light Bar enclosure it has been determined that the Light Bar NEVER be washed or cleaned with a power washer or any pressurized water spray The Bar is designed to be water resistant for natural water exposure su Light ch as rain and can not prevent moisture penetration when exposed to water under pressure 016 0159 814 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 00 II ROUT uqu Qu aa oda sas aha ER cinta HR tuni ma ee ma pera unb steers 2 SD DISPEAY Scotis ades doble te eb bbc die atv b c la oe x edic taut 3 DGPS RECEIVER SETUP u sbatn bts epar te terere ayer ive u m rs cater lait h a mta 4 GONFIGUBING THE 50026 aty Ra aes atta eS u DA Meer a arate cfe Send 4 BASIG SWATHING I Ru L fta toam tore eret eut sober ara ide 6 BAGKAND FORTEHZSWATEINO a nay itti Q det c tbt BS ird e Ea cd hs 7 SNAP TO SWATH SWATHING 7 BEGINNING THE FIRST SWATRH s date a S 8 SAVING PRESENT POSITION 44226 yaa eee oqa ae Rete su us hh 10 CBEARTNG ABG MARK ideae ut MS STE EE EE BAG Be EE RUE ACC Saruq 11 HEADPIANDS n
3. Headlands area Solid Line Path of antenna within Headlands Area 12 HEADLANDS OPERATION Go 2 Use 3 Use In of to the configuration screens and set HDL to SEP MENU to advance to the HDL guidance screen SELECT to mark a headlands point while driving the headlands area the diagram on the previous page the user would press SELECT at each H1 through H11 At any point in marking headlands the user could press MENU to go mark the A B and C points The user can then use MENU to cycl 4 Whi as the gui the gui 5 Pre inc idance Note that th ven numbered headlands points H2 H6 in e back around to headlands marking le marking headlands the guidance lights will keep the user headed along traight line At least 2 points are needed to be guided For example in diagrams above at least Hl and H2 are needed before the user gets diagrams are used to establish a new line along which the user wishes dance The user can store up to 100 headlands points ss DOWN to complete headlands This will cause the total whole acres uding headlands to be displayed on the ACR screen Press DOWN to see deci 6 Pre 7 Whi Sta in off hea fla out mal acres Press DOWN again to s whole acres ss MENU to go mark the A B and C points if not already done le driving each
4. A A B Line Setup T amp 1 Press SELECT C I OOOOOOOOOQ OOOOOOOOO 2 to mark O OOOOO OOOOO O Down for temp B To mark Temp B Turn Left or Right toward field Turn toward Ill T 9 e Oo n T R Swath 2 OOOOOOOOO0O000000000 recti LI I G e o L I Swath We are 4 feet left of Swath 2 pointing 4 to the right SELECT x advances Navigation D LI DOWN Swath number is O OOO OOOOO O decrements Displayed Steer in direction of red LED s swath press SELECT to Save the C H oooooooo eeeooooo C Save current Current Position 221 O Ooooee OOOOO O L I position A B instead of ALL is displayed if there is No Saved Position r I C ELECT Clears L L I OOOOOOOOOO0e900000000 H L L A B marks OOO 900000 and Saved Position if there is a Saved Position r 7 O O gt 7 I SELECT L L h OOOOOOOOO0O0000000000 G H V Clears O OOO Q OOOOO Saved Position 016 0159 909 10 02 REV A Sheet 2 of 4 Smartbar Configuration Mode Menu Version 2 3 introduces several new features to the Configuration Mode The Down Button Functionality was removed from the CFG sub menus to prevent accidental actuation e g BAUD rate SWT GPS GPS Receiver status Monitoring Main Menu The following screens have been added to the GPS Main Menu to Monitor the RPR 110 WAAS inv Receiver SNO
5. Combined diagram 6 While marking headlands the guidance lights will keep the user headed along a straight line At least 2 points are needed to be guided For example in the diagrams above at least A H1 and temporary B H2 are needed befor you get guidance Note that th ven numbered headlands points H2 H4 H6 in the diagrams are used to establish a new line along which the user wishes guidance The user can store up to 100 headlands points 7 Press DOWN to complete headlands This will cause the total whole acres including headlands to be displayed on the ACR screen Press DOWN to see decimal acres Press DOWN again to s whole acres 8 Press MENU to advance to the swathing screen While driving each of swaths S1 through S4 the top and bottom Guidance Status lights will be on when not in the headlands area and will be off when in the headlands area the shaded area in the diagram When the lights go off it is time to turn off the spray and make the turn While approaching the headlands area within half a swath width the top Guidance Status light will flash When arriving at the headlands area the top and bottom lights will go out The center light stays on to indicate that the user is still on the swath Spraying can resume when the lights turn on again Angle and offset distance lights guide as they would in a BF swath pattern without headlands IMPORTANT Headlands indicator
6. D Set the Angle displays ANG display shows ANG Select whe active The Red SELECT button The angle LED s indicate the ang Set Headlands Mode HDL Press Press the Yellow ther or not the angle sets it ON the Green respect ular path with the Yellow M M the Red SEL shows HDL Using ECT or between OFF CMB and features are active combined The fi SELECT to enter C and 03 right side presses the SELECT button entry is concluded by pressing SEP irst three points will mark for swathing The operator drives to the next is defined in at the last headl Each point ENU the Green When OFF is selected When CMB is selected ABC marking and Headland marki be ABC swath marks After pressi the display will show HDL ENU button DOWN Headl DOWN last Headland position is enter and the right display will show 99 which is the decimal i11 d the 1 0 999 acres Headlands and ABC marking are separate Set the serial baud rate BPS display reads BPS Bits Per S communi Press the Yellow econd baud rate detection be set do the following until the desired rat LED s can also be done wil ight up and sweep out from right and left directions is no outputting GGA and VTG or RMC pres For more
7. Swath Line un OOO OOO OOOOO CAL Press SELECT to Calibrate M ca gt OOOOO C3 Operational Steps 1 While moving in the direction of the reference swath press the Select button at the ONE SET menu This sets the Start mark to the current position and the End Mark ahead by four swath widths in the direction of the present COG Guidance and offset indicators are shown immediately with ONE showing in the left alpha numeric display 2 Continue driving the reference swath If offset errors are showing press the Select button to reset the End Mark 3 At the end of the reference swath turn toward the second swath and continue snap to swath The swath number now shows in the left alphanumeric display 4 To Calibrate the reference swath position press the Down button The prompt CAL SWA will be shown immediately To Calibrate the reference swath press the Select button To abort press the Menu or Down button Sed Used for seeding much like BF except that whenever the Select or Down button is pressed to advance to the next swath an auto swath calibrate occurs This makes the entry into the next swath very accurate for close alignment of the wheels to the next row The operator must be trained to press the Select button at the best point to setup for the next row The operator must
8. be sure to press the Select button before he starts to make his turn 016 0159 909 10 02 REVA Sheet 4 of 4
9. button to select between OPR and CFG When OPR is selected the SWW Swath Width menu will appear in the Operational mode and in the Configuration Menu under SWA Swath When CFG is selected the SWW Swath Width menu will appear only in the Configuration Menu 10 02 REVA Sheet 3 of 4 NEW SWATH PATTERNS One Step A new Swath Type is added which is SWT ONE One Step operation is basically the same as Snap to Swath operation without the need to set point A and B fo E E Y enter Configuration eA Snap to Nearest swath m LBS gt sww ONE SET2 ONE E I T 1 BRT jh ee Jy aP jar sa Set Automatic no button press Calibrate Brighiness press SELECT Button Synth Line press MENU Button es es mna One Step Basic Operational Mode gt press and hold MENU Button Menu avigation Diagri am J Main Screen fr N E 600000000800000 9008 5 ET One Step LJ 00000 00000 Swath 4 1 1 SELECT to Set start Mark Swath 1 in guidance mode If offset errors are Navigation 7 AJ C 8 TP showing press 000000000800000 Swath number is LJ OOOOO O LJ LJ SELECT Displayed to reset end Mark I Reset End Mark Turn tow Swath 2 and continue snap to swath Q ce OOOOO O I Press DOWN to Swath RES SELECT to Calibrate
10. defective part and proof of date of purchase to your local dealer If your dealer agrees with the warranty claim he will send the part and proof of purchase to his distributor or to Raven for final approval WHAT WILL RAVEN INDUSTRIES DO When our inspection proves the warranty claim we will at our option repair or replace the defective part and pay for return freight WHAT DOES THIS WARRANTY NOT COVER Raven Industries will not assume any expense or liability for repairs made outside our plant without written consent We are not responsible for damage to any associated equipment or product and will not be liable for loss of profit or other special damages The obligation of this warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied and no person is authorized to assume for us any liability Damages caused by normal wear and tear mis use abuse neglect accident or improper installation and maintenance are not covered by this warranty u00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00 Q0 UOI Manual Rev A RGL 500 8 00 016 0159 814 LB 5 v2 3 Addendum New Features Swath Patterns added One Set Seed Display features added MSG SEC with settings of OFF ON SEC added to control data logging at 1 sec when DGPS is at 10hz Used with IFB1 SYS GPS with settings of GEN INV GPS Monitoring for 110W WAAS and setting PRN adde
11. information see GPS Receiver RGL 500 Communications shooting section Appendix 2 ft display w Pressing part of the total acreage s the Red 5 CT the center t observed messages 5 th If sweeping of LI make sure the GPS and set to the desired baud ra M hen 5 or Green is shown on the right display Watchi If the GPS is sending button guidance LI DOWN button no Headlands control this way and position When th sh DOWN button once This is the baud rate setting for icating with the GPS receiver The default setting is A In the rare case that that a specific ba The left ED s are buttons until the right The t the scale for ED These button is OFF to the swath selected The left display select n n left side and position The Headl an ow ACR Acreage will show 00 EP is selected The lef UT for automati ud rate needs t DOWN buttons ng the guidanc ED correct messages the LI n D s in both receiver is te in the trouble and g g d e t c s the BASIC SWATHING There are 2 choices of swath patterns with the RGL 500 Back and Forth BF and Snap to Swath SNP With each pattern the user must first mark a point A and a point B which define the AB line The direction turned after marking the AB line determines in which di
12. lies There are primarily five sources of errors which can affect the receiver s calculation These errors consist of Ionosphere and troposphere delays on the radio signal Signal multi path Receiver clock biases Orbital satellite ephemeris position errors Intentional degradation of the satellite signal by the DOD SA WN This intentional degradation of the signal is known as Selective Availability SA and is intended to prevent adversaries from exploiting highly accurate GPS signals and using them against the United States or its allies SA accounts for the majority of the error budget The combination of these errors in conjunction with poor satellite geometry can limit GPS accuracy to 100 meters 95 of the time and up to 300 meters 5 of the time Fortunately many of these errors can be reduced or eliminated through a technique known as Differential 20 DGPS wo known location Si errors satellite using the actual measured and calculated range is the total error satellite is formatted into a correction message and transmi format follows the standard established by the Radio Technical Special Committee 104 correction message Commiss APPENDIX 5 DIFFERENTIAL GPS DGPS BEACON rks by placing a high performance GPS receiver receiver knows its exact location the nce in the sate ite signals cu ranges
13. lights are dependent on being on swath 9 With Combined the user clears both A B C and headlands together 14 NOTE Use the MENU MENU SCREENS button to jump between main screens x START UP SCREEN RGL 500 19 Firmware version From this screen adjust brightness by pressing SELECT to increase or DOWN to decrease Press MENU A B LINE SETUP Headlands OFF Press SELECT to set A Headlands Combined SET A HDL CMB Press MENU v Press SELECT to set B DOWN Press SELECT to set A to clear A B SET P mem B SET A SET B Press SELECT to sot B DOWN Turn toward swath 2 SELECT to for temporary mark B mark C for BF SET B NAVIGATION SET C Turn toward swath 2 SELECT Y to mark C for BF Distance off swath Steer in the direction of light SELECT advances swath DOWN retards swath MENU to next screen un amp Headlands Separate SELECT Set Point DOWN Last Point HDL SEP HDL 00 DOWN completes HDL MENU to go to mark ABC prior to HDL done XX DOWN for acres decimal C XXX gt DOWN J to complete HDL 002 000 comp SET A Y Press SELECT to set B Press SELECT to Save current position DOWN for acres decimal DOWN for temporary mark B MENU to next screen ACR XXX SET B SAV POS v MENU to save position Turn toward swath 2 SELECT 002 H XXX to mark C fo
14. stated twenty four satellites in six orbital paths circle the earth twice each day at an inclination angle of approximately 55 degrees to the equator This constellation of satellites continuously transmit coded positional and timing information at high frequencies in the 1500 Megahertz range GPS receivers with antennas located in a position to clearly view the satellites pick up these signals and use the coded information to calculate a position in an earth coordinate system GPS is the navigation system of choice for today and many years to come While GPS is clearly the most accurate worldwide all weather navigation system yet devel oped it still can exhibit significant errors GPS receivers determine position by calculating the time it takes for the radio signals transmitted from each satel lite to reach earth It s that old Distance Rate x Time equation Radio waves travel at the speed of light Rate Time is determined using an ingenious code matching technique within the GPS receiver With time determined and the fact that the satellite s position is reported in each coded navigation message by using a little trigonometry the receiver can determine its location on earth Position accuracy depends on the receiver s ability to accurately calculate the time it takes for each satellite signal to travel to earth This is where the problem
15. A baud rate of 4800 is only practical if the message output rate is at 1 message per second CONFIGURING THE RGL 500 Based on swathing needs the RGL 500 can be configured for a variety of options as described below The RGL 500 will retain the settings even if cycling the RGL 500 power RGL 500 MENU Power up the RGL 500 and GPS receiver Next set the brightness The left side of the RGL 500 display should read LB5 If not press the Yellow MENU button until it does The display brightness may only be adjusted from the initialization screen LB4 displayed on the left side Press the Red SELECT button to increase brightness or the Green DOWN button to decrease it Locate the configuration screen by pressing the MENU button until CFG is displayed Enter the configuration menu by pressing the DOWN button 1 Set the Swath Type SWT Using the Red SELECT and the Green DOWN button select between BF and SNP When BF Back amp Forth Swath is selected SELECT and DOWN are used to advance or retard to any swath choosen With both swath types the C mark is entered manually by pressing SELECT after marking A and B and turning in the desired swath direction When SNP Snap to Swath is selected the swath number is set automatically to the swath nearest the current position 2 Set the units UTS Press the Yellow MENU button The le
16. Receiver serial display only VER Receiver firmware display only WAS Waas Satellite PRN allows setting PRN RPR 110 W inv Receiver Press Select button SET PRN screen will display Press Select button to select PRN s between 120 to 138 or OFF Press Menu to send changes to RPR 110 W inv Receiver TRK Tracking Status SYN Synchronized or SRH Searching display only SNR Signal to Noise Ratio display only PPR Parity Pass Ratio display only CPM Corrections per Minute display only SWA Swath Configuration Parameters Main Menu Version 2 3 added two Swath types to the SWT Menu ONE One button setting is the same as Snap to Swath operation with no need to set point A and B SED Used for seeding much like BF except that whenever the Select or Down button is pressed to advance to the next swath an auto swath calibrate occurs SYS System Configuration Main Menu Version 2 3 added a GPS menu with settings of GEN INV Generic Invicta Press SELECT button to select between GEN and INV The GEN selection does nothing When INV is selected and Menu button is pressed the menu INV SEL TO INI will appear Pressing the SELECT button will automatically set up the port of the invicta receiver that the LB5 is connected to Baud rate at 19200 out in the LB5 GGA ON at 10HZ VTG ON at 10HZ Display Configuration Main Menu Version 2 3 added a SWW Swath Width menu with settings of OPR CFG Press SELECT
17. The RGL 500 shows guidance on all screens that do not use the guidance 1 something else When FT feet units are selected offset distance is in feet When MT units are selected offset distance is in decimeters green ight is off if not on the parallel swath The top and bottom lights are ing with ED s for metric IMPORTANT When metric units are selected a value of 123 is read as 123 decime ters or 12 3 meters DGPS RECEIVER SETUP The RGL 500 uses position and course information provided by certain messages from the GPS receiver Referring to the GPS receiver documentation configure it to output SGPGGA messages and SGPVTG messages Alternatively the GPS receiver could be configured to output only SGPRMC messages Note that the GPS receiver documentation may drop SGP from the message names and refer to them as GGA VTG and RMC Set the GPS receiver communications baud rate and the messages output rate as high as possible The RGL 500 will work with standard baud rates from 4800 to 38400 and message output rates up to 10 messages per second The RGL 500 will be the most responsive when the GPS receiver communications is at 19200 baud and the messages output rate is 10 messages per second 1 Keep in mind that the GPS receiver baud rate must be at least 19200 if the message output rate is 01 If the message output rate is 5 the GPS receiver baud rate must be at least 9600
18. are being received The SGPGGA message contains position and GPS status information If the red lights to the right are sequencing then GPVTG messages are being received The SGPVTG message contains course and speed information If the RGL 500 is receiving SGPRMC messages the left and right lights will sequence The SGPRMC message contains position GPS status course and Speed information 18 APPENDIX 3 SMARTBAR SPECIFICATIONS Power 10 32 VDC Current 650 milliamps at max brightness 100 milliamps at minimum brightness at 12 VDC Weight 4 5 lbs Environmental 40 to 70 C Humidity 95 noncondensing CABLE OPTIONS Part Number To RPR 21 RPR 31 063 0171 953 To RGL 500 la relma 35 Raven nem Button Box Receiver Power Connecti lt ower Connection 063 0171 954 To RGL 500 B To other DGPS receiver To Other 245 Button Box Receiver 063 0171 952 115 0171 137 19 APPENDIX 4 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS GPS is a satellite based global navigation system created and operated by the United States Department of Defense DOD Originally intended solely to enhance military defense capabilities GPS capabilities hav xpanded to provide highly accurate position and timing information for many civilian applications An in depth study of GPS is required to fully understand it but not to see how it works or appreciate what it can do for the user Simply
19. ca signals received and compar ated from its known position The error It does this by measurin ing these m The di ton for Maritim ential corrections are then apb improving accuracy Services the satellite signal error and is a function of the GPS receiver lied to the GPS calculations The leve like the Raven RPR 210 Sophisticated receivers RTCM SC104 ference station at a it can determine the g the ranges to each easured ranges to the ifference between th data for each tracked tted to GPS users The These differ thus removing most of l of accuracy obtained and RPR 310 can achieve accuracy on the order of 1 meter or less Differential GPS Broadcast Site GPS Satellites RTCM SC104 Corrections DGPS Radiobeacon Antenna 21 SA UA 00000 0 0 RAVEN INDUSTRIES LIMITED WARRANTY WHAT IS COVERED This warranty covers all defects in workmanship or materials in your Raven Flow Control Product under normal use maintenance and service HOW LONG IS THE COVERAGE PERIOD This warranty coverage runs for 12 months from the purchase date of your Raven Flow Control Product This warranty coverage applies only to the original owner and is not transferrable HOW CAN YOU GET SERVICE Bring the
20. d to GPS menu Light Bar Slave Guidance for Guide Mate control Add SWW to Operational Menu May be disabled by setting SYS DSP to CFG Then set DSP SWW to CFG Features Changed Preserve Tilt angle Calibration when setting Default Values Changed default SWT from BF to SNP APR ON Approach On warning distance is increased from swath width 4 0 to swath width 2 0 Remove Down Button Functionality from CFG sub menus e g BAUD rate SWT to prevent accidental actuation 016 0159 909 10 02 REVA Sheet 1 of 4 Smartbar Operational Mode Menu LB 5 Version 2 3 changed default SWT Swath Type in the Operational Mode Menu from BF Back and Forth to SNP Snap To Swath The SWW Swath Width was added to the Operational Menu The Swath Width can now be changed in the Operational Menu This menu SWW may be removed from Operational Menu by setting SYS DSP to CFG then set DSP SWW to CFG It will then appear only in the Configuration Menu under SWA Swath Firmware Version 2 3 Main Screen w 7 sec Light Bar 5 0955950906 C J Display S ees increases 1 7 T o rightness poeg H H 1 OOOOCOeeeeoeeeecoooo b DOWN decreases just O brahine Screen SELECT increases 11 Soooooooooooooooooo V j 7 5 vs DOWN decreases O00 00 OOOOO Swath Width 0000000006000000006 H Puce a O OOOOO O OOOOO O to mark
21. de Age of data greater than 15 GPS The system is not operating in ode At least four 4 usable satell ust be communicating with the receive n three dimensional Differential GPS ites five 5 or more is preferable r along with a valid correction signal in order to operate in 3 dimensiona ution of for appro Accuracy The Horizontal Di 2 0 HDOP is a fancy term solution caused by poor satel that the user does not have e of 5 or the antenna s view o the n press nough sat the sky ing the DOWN button Differential The age of satellite co The GPS receiver is not receiving the the wrong frequency the service provi or there may be some electrical noise llite geome ider n DGPS mode Precision HDOP is greater than two mating the error in the position try Simply stated it usually means ellites in view should have a minimum is partially blocked The user can see xl umber of satellites being used by going to the DGPS status screen and rrection data has exceeded 15 seconds correction signal It may be tuned to ay be out of range or unavailable interfering with the signal The system shou conditions conditions the User s remain Manual refer to the Troub supplied with the G 16 ld not be used when alarms are present are only temporary and will clear up by themselves Many times the alarm Should alarm leshoo
22. eet or decimeters or SELECT to increase by 5 units feet or 10 units decimeters Navigation Scale Press DOWN or SELECT to increase and decrease scales CRS Course NRM Normal and FIN Fine Angle Indicator Press DOWN for OFF and SELECT for ON to set angle display Headlands Mode Press DOWN and SELECT to choose SEP Separate OFF No Headlands or CMB Combine Headlands and AB Marking Baud Rate Press DOWN to decrease or SELECT to increase match output of DGPS receiver AUT 384 192 96 48 APPENDIX 1 ALARMS System performance can be adverse ly affected under certain operating condi tions Loss of differential signal and or poor satellite geometry can cause the accuracy of the system to fall below that required for precision guid ance Should conditions exist which cause the accuracy to lessen the user is notified with one of three possible alarm conditions GPS Accuracy or Differential GPS These alarms G A D are displayed on the far right side of the DGPS Status Display Screen All other screens display these alarm conditions as yellow lights along the far end of both sides of the Smartbar Alarms are represented as follows See GPS Alarm G receiver mode lis Accuracy Alarm A All 3 lights on each side Less than 4 satellites or s than D3X Bottom 2 lights on each side HDOP greater than 2 0 Differential Alarm D Bottom light on each si
23. from the intended path and the direction needed to steer A remote button box is provided for the control and selection of the RGL 500 options User configurable options include English or Metric system to display speed and distance swath width and swath type DGPS receiver status is available at the push of a button The RGL 500 monitors the GPS receiver mode Accuracy HDOP and DGPS Age of Data Should a problem arise a warning is immediately displayed to the user Other display data Ground Speed and Course Over Ground includes Swath Guidance Indication Bright LED s ensure easy viewing even when facing direct sunlight and the RGL 500 s rugged housing is designed to operate outdoors in all weather conditions RGL 500 DISPLAY GUIDANCE SCREEN SHOWN A Left alpha numeric display showing swath number B F GPS Status see Appendix 1 under Alarms all lights out is good any lights on is a problem C Offset distance error turn left to correct D Guidance Status The center green light is on if on the parallel swath The center li described under Saving Your Present Position page 10 and Swath Headlands page 13 Offset distance error turn right to correct Right alpha numberic display showing offset distance Angle error turn left to correct Angle error turn right to correct H m qm El
24. ft display shows UTS Select whether the RGL 500 works with feet or meters To select meters press the Red SELECT button to select feet press the Green DOWN button When in metric mode the RGL 500 shows all distances in decimeters 0 1 meter A swath width of 6 5 meters would be shown as 065 Set the swath width SWW Press the Yellow shows SWW Press the Red SEL ECT or Green th ed display shows the desired wid machine While pressing the R units feet or 10 units the width by 1 unit quickly change the settings Set the guidance scale sensitivity SCL Press the Yellow M button to se CRS left display shows SCL uidance sensitivity ormal Use t one foot of error There are ED decimeter feet or decin The swath wid SELECT S eters he Red SEL ECT The scales are shown as and FIN for fine Normal guidance work will light up the first L ED s on each si 8 offset LI M DOWN th is the boom w button the width increases by 5 button will decrease Holding down the but the Green ENU DOWN button for co ide of center The left display idth of the tons will ENU button arse NRM for s show swath offset error distances in feet as follows woueps 1 2 a s e s os 13 2 25 3s 3s
25. h the user is approaching the selected swath The number of lights on the bottom row will increase as the angle of approach to the selected swath increases For example if approaching the selected swath at a 90 degr angle the maximum number of bottom row lights are on If however the user is parallel to the selected swath these lights will all be off and the distance to the next swath wi not change If turning away from the selected swath at a sharp angle the number of lights will again increase and of course the distance to the selected swath will increase When used together the angle indicator and offset lights will help judge the approach to the selected swath This 8 10 This provides the user with the best indication of when to begin the turn onto the selected path To enter new reference marks at the end of the current field or to change reference marks Press MENU button to display the Clear ABC Marks and clear the current reference marks with the SELECT button If the GPS receiver is outputting 10 messages per second the user may notice that while moving over bumps and dips in the field the steering lights change rapidly This is because the GPS antenna is moving from side to side and with 10 updates per second the receiver sees this as a change in position This problem shows up more at lower speeds For better accuracy do not chase the lights b
26. of swaths Sl through S4 the top and bottom Guidance tus lights will be on when not in the headlands area and will be off when the headlands area the shaded area in the diagram When the lights go it is time to turn off the spray and make the turn While approaching the dlands area within half a swath width the top Guidance Status light will sh When arriving at the headlands area the top and bottom lights will go The center light stays on to indicate that the user is still on the swath Spraying can resume when the lights turn on again Angle and offset distance lights guide as they would in a BF swath pattern without headlands IMPORTANT 8 Wi Headlands indicator lights are dependent on being on swath th Separate the user can clear A B C or headlands or both by pressing MENU and then DOWN to select the one the user wants to clear 13 ee HEADLANDS OPERATION Go to the configuration screens and set HDL to CMB 2 Use MENU to advance to the HDL guidance screen 3 Use SELECT to mark A To get guidance prior to marking B press DOWN to establish a temporary B mark As the diagram indicates mark A and temporary mark B also establish coincident headlands points H1 and H2 4 Press SELECT to mark B This point is coincident with H3 in the Combined diagram 5 Press SELECT to mark C This point is coincident with H4 in the
27. of the first swath path and press SELECT to enter the B mark The user can also use Temporary Mark B to cause the RGL 500 to guide the user along the AB line After marking A press DOWN to set a temporary B The RGL 500 will guide you along the new AB line until pressing DOWN to create a new temporary AB line or pressing SELECT to set the final AB line 5 Turn toward the next swath path Press SELECT to mark C The display will indicate swath 2 6 Once the end of swath 2 has been reached the user may press the SELECT button to advance to the next swath The user can also select a lower numbered swath by using the DOWN button With the SNP featur nabled th swath is automatically advanced or decremented as the user comes closer to a given swath than any other swath 7 The red offset distance lights indicate the direction the user must steer to reach the swath number selected Simply steer in the direction of the ights That is if the lights to the right of the center are on steer right If the lights to the left of center are on steer left The distance feet or decimeters to the selected swath is shown on the right side of the screen 8 The Guidance Status lights in the center of the RGL 500 work as described in Basic Swathing Swathing with Headlands and Saving Present Position 9 Offset in degrees provides an approximation of the angle at whic
28. parallel the remaining swath paths Ensure that no alarms are present whil setting the A and B marks The SNP pattern means that the RGL 500 will provide guidance for the nearest swath regardless of the swath number The swath number is automatically set according to the present position with reference to Swath 1 The Up increment and decrement the swath number With the SNP p the field with the least need for pressing RGL 500 buttons and Down buttons do not attern the user can work First mark the AB line the same as with BF and then make the turn Mark C is made in the same way as for BF swathing The following section leads the user through a step by step description of swathing using either BF or SNP swath pattern BEGINNING THE FIRST SWATH 1 Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the system is operating with NO alarm conditions Using a visible site as a point of reference steer a straight line parallel to the intended swath paths while marking reference points A and B IMPORTANT The RGL 500 will establish all subsequent swaths as parallel to the AB ine so make sure no GPS alarms are present while establishing the AB ine 24 Press the MENU button until you see the Set A display 3 When lined up on the first swath press the SELECT button to enter the A mark Set B is displayed 4 Continue to the end
29. r BF Press SELECT to Clear ABC marks T Press SELECT to Save current SET C CLR ABC position MENU to next screen SAV POS 002 XXX Press SELECT to Clear ABC marks Y SWATHING SCREEN Press SELECT to Save current CLR ALL position IMENU to next screen HDL combined has the advantage of SAV POS m E bud i she In Press SELECT to Clear ABC marks visual queue to assist in marking A amp B CLR ALL Press MENU Press DOWN to clear ABC or HDL separately Alarms DGPS to Ente GPS G GPs A Accuracy D Differential Y Shows dashes when no alarms present Receiver Position Status NPS 007 7 GPS Satellites being used NPS G 2 G 3 D2X D3X 2 0 HDOP Accuracy should be less than 2 1 or bottom 2 GPS status lights come on AOD 002 L Differential Age of Data is 2 seconds SO 015 Speed over ground Press MENU to move Meters Km Hr English Statute miles Hr down thru selections COG 180 Course over ground in degrees Press MENU CONFIGURATION SCREENS Press DOWN to Enter Press DOWN or SELECT to choose swath type SWT BF Back amp Forth BF or Snap to Swath SNP Units Press SELECT for metric DOWN Press MENU to move UTS FT for American Standard FT down thru selections 015 UN SCL NRM ANG ON Y HDL BPS CMB AUT 15 Press MENU to return to top Swath Width Press DOWN to decrease by one unit f
30. rection to work the field When making the turn press SELECT to mark C Once the AB line has been marked and the direction in which to work the field is established then the light bar knows where the swaths are for that field based on the swath width specified when configuring the RGL 500 The swaths are numbered 1 2 3 N with the AB line being swath 1 Swaths that are in the opposite direction of that which the user is working the field are numbered 1 2 3 N For example if the user is using BF and the current swath number is 1 pressing DOWN will decrement the current swath to 1 Pressing DOWN again will decrement the current swath to 2 The offset distance is always relative to the current swath number The offset distance from the current swath is shown on the right alpha numeric display The offset distance lights are all off when on the swath and come on sequentially as the user leaves the swath The offset angle lights are all off when parallel to the current swath and come on sequentially as the angle to the current swath increases IMPORTANT When traveling perpendicular to the current swath the direction the user should turn to correct is indeterminate so the offset distance and angle lights may jump from side to side When swathing all RGL 500 GPS status lights should be out indicating the GPS receiver is operating properly If one or two of the status ligh
31. ting section in this manual and PS receiver APPENDIX 2 TROUBLESHOOTING NO POWER 1 Ensure the RGL 500 power cable is securely fastened and wired properly in the vehicle NO GPS POSITION 1 The Smartbar interface cables should be securely fastened and connected to the correct port on the GPS receiver In order to operate properly the RGL 500 must receive two messages from the DGPS receiver These are National Marine Electronics Association NMEA messages known as GPGGA GPS Fix Data and either SGPVTG Course Over Ground and Speed or SGPRMC GPS Transit Data Ensure the baud rate is configured to match the output baud rate of the DGPS receiver The user can select AUT when setting the baud rate which will cause the RGL 500 to automatically synchronize its baud rate with the baud rate of the GPS receiver ERRACTIC SWATHING PATTERNS Make sure the A and B marks form a straight line that is parallel to the desired swath paths Ensure that no alarms are present while establishing the A and marks GPS ALARM Determine if the alarm is the result of loss of differential signal or a low number of satellites Go to the DGPS status screen and press the DOWN button Normally when the GPS receiver is in 3D differential mode the left side of the screen will display D3X If you ve lost differential no D will be present on the far left side of the screen If the alarm is due
32. to a low number of satellites the number b on the far right side will be 4 or less If this is the case the antenna is being locked by trees buildings or other obstruction 17 GPS RECEIVER RGL 500 COMMUNICATIONS The RGL 500 needs to communicate with the GPS receiver The BPS screen not only a a llows the user to select a baud rate for communicating with the GPS receiver but lso gives other important information If the top center green light is on but the middle center and bottom center green lights are off data is being received from the GPS receiver but is not at the same baud rate as the GPS receiver The user can select AUT as the baud rate and the RGL 500 will automatically match its baud rate to that of the GPS receiver Alternatively the user can select the specific baud rate that matches that of the GPS receiver The bottom yellow lights will sequence when the baud rate selection is AUT and the RGL 500 is trying to match its baud rate with to that of the GPS receiver The bottom yellow lights will stop sequencing when a baud rate match is found If all center green lights are on but the left and right red lights are not sequencing the user is receiving messages but they are not the correct ones The user needs both GPGGA and 5 messages or the single GPRMC message If the red lights to the left are sequencing then GPGGA messages
33. together ash together until entering the Approach Zone When Lid when entering the Arrive Zone The RGL 500 to clear the ABC marks The user marks to begin the next swathing operation Clearing the ABC marks also clears the save position 11 SAV POS HEADLANDS The area of a field described by the boom width while driving around the field perimeter is known as the headlands of the field This is the area that cannot be reached by normal swathing if the field is confined The RGL 500 allows the user to spray the headlands and then spray the rest of the field using normal swathing The user can select either of two headlands modes Separate SEP or Combined CMB Separate allows the user to mark the A B and C points and the headlands points separately With Combined the first 3 headland points are also the A B and C points Combined has the advantage of making it easy to find the first swath the AB line Separate requires the user to use a visual queue such as a fence line to locate the AB line For most jobs Combined is the preferred method Separate is provided for those cases where the field shape has no straight edges such as a kidney bean shape Below are samples of how Combined and Separate headlands can be applied to the same field 7 44 Qe x T L LM I he E I Separate Combined Shaded Area
34. ts are on the accuracy of the light bar will be impaired If all status lights are on swathing is either unreliable or non functional The Guidance Status lights refer to diagram item D on page 4 are used as follows The center light is on if on the parallel swath and off if not on the parallel swath The top and bottom center lights are usually on when swathing but change states when either approaching or within a headlands area The top and bottom lights are also used when saving and returning to a position See Swathing with Headlands and Saving Your Present Position BACK AND FORTH SWATHING Back and Forth swathing is used as the name implies to one direction and then the other in parallal swaths to t steps required for BF swathing Marks A and B must define a straight line parallel to t swath the field in first he AB line Below are the he remaining swaths Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the RGL 500 shows NO alarm conditions Mark C is made after completing the first swath and moving in the direction of the remaining swaths The SELECT and DOWN buttons are then used to choose the next swath the user wants to run Swaths are numbered in order but the user time and in any direction can run any swath at any IMPORTANT The A and B marks must form a straight SNAP TO SWATH SWATHING ine which is
35. ut try to center them across the display SAVING PRESENT POSITION Gx Fane PFA Le ave Zone OM radius Pa 4 lights flash alternately TN i Arrive Zone 5M radius s 1 TS E lights on solid S scribed gt ogetner Shaded area is the Approach Zone Pd returning to a Saved Position grt lights go out Py d Q Q oO normal return path normal tur at normal return path Z he Zones ir Leaving and Returning to a Saved Position COC LINE The RGL 500 features a SAV POS menu option that allows the user to leave the current postion and return to it later to continue the present swathing operation To save the current position locate the SAV POS screen on the menu and press the SELECT button 10 The following description refers to the upper and lower center gr save lights After saving the current position The save lights wi flash al When leaving the Leave Zone The save lights wi entering this zone the save lights go out The save lights will come on sol is then ready to continue swathing n lights as the ternately until exiting the Leave Zone CLEARING ABC MARK From the CLR ABC to nter new will hav YA menu Screen and press SELECT B the save lights will flash

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