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1. A Fos AirTrac automatically rotates your A B line for each field and provides guidance accordingly To fly a multi back to back pattern 1 Enter the number of fields you wish to fly at the menu prompt 2 Select either full rotate or half rotate e Full rotate means you fly the first swath of each field and then fly the second swath of each field starting again at field 1 such as 123 123 Half rotate means you fly the first swath of each field and then fly the second swath of each field in the opposite direction beginning with field 3 such as 123 321 3 Set your A B line for each consecutive field 4 Follow the guidance prompts to complete flying your pattern AirTrac User Guide 40 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Back to Back Skip Patterns BKBKS Fly the odd numbered swaths first then the even numbered swaths in a back to back pattern BI ci As ee ons oS we ee p m mm m To fly a back to back skip pattern Set your A B line 2 Fly your odd numbered swaths first 3 To switch from odd to even numbered swaths press ENTER 4 Fly your even numbered swaths AirTrac User Guide 41 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Racetrack Patterns RCTRK Fly a series of loops or racetracks This results in wider smoother tu
2. You can use your Distance Time to Edge display options to warn you when you are approaching or leaving a polygon so you know when to manually turn your spray on or off respectively If you are using automatic spray on off or off on functionality AirTrac will turn spray on as you enter an inclusion polygon and turn it off when you leave it If there is an exclusion polygon or part of one within the inclusion polygon AirTrac will turn spraying off as you enter the exclusion polygon and back on as you leave it You can also set a warning based on time or distance to polygons See Setting the Lightbar Edge Warning on page 76 Setting Polygon Points You can set a polygon s points in three ways As you fly By entering the polygon s GPS coordinates manually By importing a shape GIS file from MapStar or other third party mapping software Setting Polygon Points as You Fly When setting polygon points while flying on entry of the third point AirTrac creates a triangle onscreen by joining the third point to the first point and displays the enclosed area As you add points AirTrac joins the last point to the start point so gives you progressively a quadrilateral a pentagon a hexagon a heptagon and so on depending on the number of points you set The enclosed area is updated with each added point To set polygon points as you fly 1 From the Main menu press POLY G twice The map screen displays the following message
3. Table 3 1 Flow Control field options Constant Rate Constant rate flow control Constant Rate Constant rate flow control that automatically turns on off at polygon Poly borders Monitor Only With Monitor Only selected you just monitor the flow system In this mode you control the flow manually For example use this mode to calibrate your flow meter or for logging rates if using AutoCal Table 3 2 summarizes the flow control options and how the various parameters you can select affect each option The defaults shown in Table 3 2 are recommended but may not be suitable for all applications Table 3 2 Flow control options summary Auto Boom Yes No Option Rate YES Pump On Valve Static N A Constant Rate Roly NO Valve Closed Rate 0 Constant Rate Manual s Agila Spray Rate Setting Spray Options Flow Mode and Target Rate You select Liquid or Dry to match your spray application type in the Flow Mode field see Figure 3 3 on page 26 and set your target rate in gallons per acre for liquid applications or pounds per acre for dry applications US units AirTrac User Guide 27 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options Setting Spray Options Volume You set the beginning hopper volume in the Volume field This value counts down as material is sprayed If you refill the hopper with the same amount you can reset the volume to the last amount you entered using the Reset Volume button You can also reset th
4. Basic 000 nannan 75 Setting Up the Lightbar Advanced 77 Understanding Guidance Delay a a 78 Screen Displays Screen zan eux E EG Ra E LEE dunt 79 Setting Up the Display Screen 79 Changing Logging Defaults llle 82 PIOW AC OMRON sud mha ded ra Gadd AN KA aded diu ape odo 83 Diterental GPS uocare a ue erate dd ed ark aes 83 SBAS Receiver Applications 000 0c eee neces 83 Using e Dif with AirTrac llle 83 Customized 5ettihgs s yat Xo Bea X Sa te NLA GA 83 Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options 85 End User License Agreement 91 Warranty Notice 4 34 eR CO e tC QC ER de oo a 94 AirTrac User Guide V PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 AirTrac User Guide X Chapter 1 Introduction Product Features Satloc Bantam DGPS Receiver Advantage How AirTrac Uses DGPS 1 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 1 Introduction Satloc AirTrac aerial guidance software provides precise flexible guidance technology for today s aerial spray market AirTrac is included as part of the Satloc Bantam system which allows you to fly and spray precise patterns using constant rate flow control reducing fuel flying time and application costs This short introductory chapter lists AirTrac features describes the advantages of differential GPS DGPS and explains how AirTrac uses DGPS
5. GPS Rx Rate 20 Hz Go Back Return To Map AirTrac User Guide 73 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Clearing Data Clear just logs marks waypoints or JOBs or all data You can also revert to all factory settings by pressing Factory Default Settings and then YES for example Units US Pattern BACK TO BACK Swath Width 65 0 ft When you clear data you delete it from the Bantam hard drive or the USB flash drive wherever your data is stored Make sure you no longer need the data before clearing it since you cannot retrieve the data once it is cleared deleted You can clear the following data Logs Marks Waypoints JOBs All data To clear data T 2 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Clear Data The Clear Data screen appears Clear Data Clear Logs Clear Marks Clear Waypoints Clear pee Go Back Clear Return To Map All Data Press the appropriate button to delete those items For example press Clear Marks to clear all marks AirTrac User Guide 74 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Understanding the Lightbar Lightbar setup options include Setting the left and right lightbar displays e Desensitizing the lightbar LEDs when navigating to a mark or waypoint Turning the swath Double Spray Warning off on the default is on e Setting the upper and lower LEDs to Dis
6. LOGGING SETUP SETUP 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt LOGGING SETUP The Logging Setup screen appears Logging Setup Log Label PT Pilot ume Logging Transfer Interval 1 sec Logs Files Go Back Logging zd Bar New Log Return To Ma Per Job Yes Clear Logs p AirTrac User Guide 52 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance 2 Select Transfer Logs Files The Transfer Logs Files Transfer screen appears Logs Files Transfer Logs Files Setup Select File Types for Transfer Logs Waypoints Pilot Settings Profiles a Go Back Return To Map 3 Select the file type you want to transfer A message appears with two options transfer from Copy from Hard Drive to USB the hard drive to a USB flash drive or transfer from a flash Copy rom USB to Hard Drive drive to the hard drive Note You can also transfer log files from the Bantam hard drive to a USB flash drive from the Logging screen KEYPAD LOG See Transferring Only Log Files on page 54 Select Transfer Drive 4 Select the desired transfer EEDA option AirTrac checks for duplicate files on the destination YES drive and if found the Duplicate File Found screen appears asking AA if you want to overwrite the duplicates NO If the Duplicate File Found screen a p pea rs se ect one of th e File D 08221120 log already exists followin
7. SNTLOC AirTrac User Guide Part No 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Ke gJunction This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Copyright Notice Copyright Hemisphere GPS Inc 2013 All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of Hemisphere GPS Trademarks AirStar AirTrac AutoMate Bantam BaseLineHD BaseLineX eDrive eDriveTC eDriveVSi eDriveX G4 HO IntelliFlow IntelliGate IntelliStar IntelliTrac Just Let Go LiteStar II M3 MapStar Outback Outback 360 Outback Guidance Center Outback Guidance Outback Hitch Outback MAX Outback S Outback S2 Outback S3 Outback S Lite Outback Sts Outback Steering Guide Satloc and the Satloc logo are proprietary trademarks of Hemisphere GPS Inc Other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners Patents Hemisphere GPS products may be covered by one or more of the followi
8. 1 Press SET gt JOb 9 n to load a JOB that has a polygon or polygons saved with it 2 If necessary select the pattern type you want to fly see Entering Basic JOB Details Quick Start on page 23 for the pattern setup procedure 3 From the Main menu press ENTER gt POLYY6 gt PATTERMM AirTrac returns you to the map window and applies an A B line on the side of the lowest numbered polygon that will result in the least number of swaths AirTrac also provides an array of guidance lines and a poly pattern window in place of the data window CWA I GHOSE FLT 1 06211846 Job O01 LOUD FEEOONC RIGHT Change Poly Edge Sec Edge 453 4 PE 4 Poly 1 0 97 Ac ee x Long to Short LEFT 3 112 3 292 3 c ASB kag C131 eir KEYPAD ZOOM MARK DEC ADV 4 Press the Change Poly button to apply the A B line to a different polygon if your JOB has multiple polygons The Change Poly A B line and guidance array shift to the next polygon and the on screen polygon data updates for example to Poly 2 1 5 Ac AirTrac User Guide 68 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation 5 Press the Rotate button to move the A B line counter clockwise to the next longest side of the polygon see Rotating the A B Line Around a Polygon below 6 Press the Left Right button to switch the guidance array to the left or right of the A B line E 7 Press the AB butto
9. Bearing Altitude Blank AirTrac User Guide 86 Alphabetical Altimeter Altitude Amount Per Minute Amount Per Swath Arrival Time Barometric Pressure Bearing Blank Cross Track Distance Current Swath Number Desired Flow Rate Distance To A Distance To AB Distance To B Distance To Spray on DOP DF Edge Distance Elevation Difference Field Area Flow Rate Heading Humidity Job ID Log Name Log Time Remaining MARK Range Pattern Type amp Direction Polygon Entry Polygon ID Polygon In Out Route Waypoint Speed Spray Time SV DF Swath DF Swath Heading Swath Width Temperature Time Time To Edge Total Area Total Polygon Area Valve Encoder Position Volume Remaining Volume Sprayed Wind Speed Dir WPT Range PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options Light Bar Setup The left and right display fields on the Light Bar Setup screen Current Swath Number Cross Track Distance ON Both Screen Displays The left and right display fields and fields 1 3 on the Screen Displays screen mm omen credas SprayTime omes AirTrac User Guide 87 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Index A A B line auto applied rotating round a poly gon 69 auto applying to a polygon 68 display screen orientation 79 flying left or right of 11 35 lightbar prompts 33 missions 56 patterns back to back 37 39 patterns expand
10. Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation From the total area of the inclusion polygons AirTrac subtracts the e Area of any external polygon wholly within an inclusion polygon e Area of any part s of an exclusion polygon within an inclusion polygon or polygons Figure 5 1 shows how AirTrac calculates the total polygon area Polygons 1 3 and 4 are inclusion polygons polygon 2 is an exclusion polygon Figure 5 1 Total polygon area calculations In A the total polygon area is Area Polygon 1 minus Area Polygon 2 In B the total polygon area is Area Polygon 1 minus the shaded area of polygon 2 In C the total polygon area is the sum of Area Polygons 1 3 and 4 minus the three shaded areas of polygon 2 Note Total Polygon Area is one of your many on screen or lightbar display options Saving Polygons While setting up your polygons while flying there is a SAVE quick key on the screen When you have set all your polygon points use the SAVE quick key to save the polygon with the number you give it Polygons are normally components of a JOB as are flown patterns so if you are creating polygons to save with a JOB ensure you save the JOB as well as the polygons You save the polygon first using the SAVE quick key then save the JOB using KEYPAD SAVE JOB n The number you give a polygon shows on screen within its boundary see Figure 5 1 when you first save the polygon s parent JOB Once the JOB is saved new polygons saved wit
11. Satloc Bantam GPS receivers come with two receiver applications You may want to switch SBAS receiver applications if you lose satellite reception Since you cannot switch receiver application via AirTrac refer to your receiver user guide for information on switching applications AirTrac automatically detects the active signal from your receiver Using e Dif with AirTrac To use e Dif with AirTrac you simply select e Dif as the differential source on the Settings screen See Starting AirTrac on page 4 Customized Settings When you customize settings the changes are saved to either the USB flash drive or the Bantam hard drive depending on the logging read write device you selected at startup see Starting AirTrac on page 4 The user settings are stored in the ini file Because the changes can be saved to the flash drive you have the following benefits e You can change settings on one system and transfer the new settings into another Bantam system You then can begin using the second system immediately without having to change the setup You can store different settings on different flash drives and swap the drives depending on the job and settings you want to access Note If AirTrac does not find an ini file on the flash drive it will copy the ini file found on the hard drive to the flash drive Also if there is no flash drive detected in the Bantam AirTrac will use the ini file on the hard drive Finally if neither
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13. e Pilot name e Aircraft name e Log label Date and time 08 2242 11 20 55 Route and waypoint RT WPT of 01 Waypoint Mark Navigation Guidance Bearing amp Range BRG 285 RNG 421 8 Mi User defined fields SETUP gt SETUP gt SCREEN gt DISPLAYS fields 1 3 Spray 00 00 00 500G LFT BK BK SW L001 WID 65 0 Ft SPD 3 MPH HDG 1 4 Area 0 0 Ac Remaining volume Direction and pattern Swath GPS status Swatch width Ground speed Aircraft heading Sprayed area System Scale li HEMI BANTAM N602480 2 08221119 Job 002 LIQUID BOOM ALL Log name current log if no open log then lt No Open Log gt appears Liquid or dry material e Boom status Information in the Header area is read only You can change some of the data you just cannot change the information from the Header area AirTrac User Guide 9 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Pressing Buttons in AirTrac This manual uses the following format to describe pressing buttons in succession Button1 gt Button2 gt Button 3 etc Table 2 1 provides examples of this format Table 2 1 Pressing buttons in AirTrac as described in this manual To Do This How Described in This Manual Press the SETUP button press the next SETUP Press SETUP gt SETUP gt SCREEN button then press the SCREEN button Press the KEYPAD button press the CLEAR Press KEYPAD gt CLEAR gt JOB gt ENTER
14. ini file exists as is the case with a new installation the settings are defaulted Tip To copy the customized settings from the flash drive to the hard drive press SAVE gt SETUP To restore default factory settings select SETUP gt SETUP gt SCREEN and press the Factory Defaults button AirTrac User Guide 83 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 X Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options AirTrac User Guide 85 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options The following table lists the display options you have for the lightbar the left and right large format displays in the Moving Map area of the Map screen and fields 1 to 3 in the Data area of the Map screen Lightbar Screen Display Options Lightbar Screen Display Options By Type Cross Track Distance Current Swath Number Swath Width Speed Pattern Type amp Direction Heading Field Area Total Area Edge Distance Time To Edge Distance To AB Distance To A Distance To B Distance To Spray on Volume Sprayed Volume Remaining Amount Per Swath Amount Per Minute Flow Rate Desired Flow Rate Valve Encoder Position Time Elevation Difference Altimeter Polygon Entry Total Polygon Area Polygon In Out Polygon ID Job ID Spray Time Swath Heading Log Time Remaining Log Name Wind Speed Dir Temperature Barometric Pressure Humidity DOP DF SV DF Swath DF Arrival Time Route Waypoint WPT Range MARK Range
15. 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance LOGGING SETUP SETUP 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP LOGGING SETUP The Logging Setup screen appears Logging Setup Log Label LN Pilot ees ee em ara Go Back fi 45 MPH View Logs ed res Clear Logs Return To Map 2 Select Clear Logs The Log Clear window appears tr Select Logs To Clear DEC Clear All Logs Return To Map 3 Toclear all logs a Press DEC Clear All Logs The DEC confirmation screen appears b Press YES to confirm the deletion NO to cancel it Are you sure that you want to delete all log files to clear selected logs see top of next page AirTrac User Guide 51 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance To clear selected logs a Press ABC Select Logs to Clear The Select Logs to Delete window appears Select Logs to Delete 09281553 log SELECT UNSELECT 09281553 10g Files you select move here b Use the UP and DOWN buttons to highlight a log to delete then press SELECT selected files move to the lower box in the window Repeat the select process DE for other files you want to delete Down c Press OK to delete the selected logs and return to the map window SELECT Transferring Data Files You can transfer data files for example logs jobs marks waypoints pilot settings between your USB flash drive and the Bantam hard drive
16. 1 area to make the desired changes e Press Auto Boom to toggle automatic boom shutoff between YES on and NO off e Press Meter Calibration to change the Z Factor value start with the Z Factor value shown on the meter This has the same effect as changing the meter calibration via the Flow Controller Parameters windows see step 6 e Press Target Rate to change the target rate e Press Volume 1 to change the volume e Press Reset Volume 1 to reset the volume to zero To view additional setup options press SETUP The TAD Diagnostics amp Troubleshooting screen appears TAD Diagnostics amp Troubleshooting Controller 1 TAD 40 SETUP More Options Controller Version 174 3261 1pE VERSION Compile Date Jul 5 08 36 04 2004 Defaults IntelliFlow Controller Diagnostic Tests Input Record from IntelliFlow SFC 0 00 0 00 64 3650 0 1B Go Back Output Record to IntelliFlow Test Valve s Load New Program Return To Map 5 Use the buttons on the TAD screen to make the desired changes e Press TAD to change the input output of the flow controller within a range of 20 minimum and 80 maximum Generally you do not need to change this value AirTrac User Guide 29 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options e Press Version to install a new version of IntelliFlow controller software e Press Defaults to restore factor
17. Back Altitude EC d Cross Track pe Temperature Irahrenhek Return To Map 9 Change individual units from your global setting as desired Detecting Your Flow Control System AirTrac automatically detects if a flow control system is connected and what type it is Aerial ACE IntelliFlow or IntelliGate If AirTrac detects a flow control system it displays the type at the top of the Flow Control Setup window If the system does not detect a flow control it displays a message to that effect at the top of the window For more information see Spray Options on page 26 and Flow Control on page 83 AirTrac User Guide 18 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Exiting AirTrac You have two options when exiting AirTrac e Exit AirTrac and return to Windows e Exit AirTrac and shut down Windows To protect your data you must exit shut down AirTrac before you turn the power source off If you power off without first exiting AirTrac you risk corrupting your data Data integrity can be ensured only if you exit IntelliTrac before powering off To exit AirTrac 1 On the keypad press CLEAR gt CLEAR The exit window appears This will exit AirTrac Are you sure 2 Press YES to exit AirTrac and shut down Windows Or Press EXIT TO WINDOWS to exit AirTrac and return to Windows AirTrac User Guide 19 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 AirTrac User Guide X Chapter 3 Wo
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19. Flying Patterns on page 33 for an overview of AirTrac pattern types Saving Patterns To save a pattern to a polygon e From the Main menu press SAVE gt PATTERNM 5 n gt ENTER Recalling a Saved Pattern To recall a saved pattern e From the Main menu press SET gt PATTERN 1 n gt ENTER AirTrac User Guide 70 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 X Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Advanced Setup Options Understanding the Lightbar Screen Displays Screen Changing Logging Defaults Flow Control Differential GPS Customized Settings AirTrac User Guide 71 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization With AirTrac you can customize the default factory settings This chapter discusses advanced setup features and customizations that you can make to such things as the lightbar the display screen job data logging and flow control The chapter ends with information on saving your customizations Advanced Setup Options In the Advanced Setup screen you can enter waypoint polygon pattern and weather details as well as some GPS data You can also clear all user created data such as logs marks and JOBs From the Main screen press SETUP three times to access the Advanced Setup screen Pattern Options GPS e Dif Message Commands Offset LIR L 325 Ft Set Relative Position Reset e Dif SETUP Apply Offset Setup Absolute Aircraft Position to Pattern Latitude 32 000000 N More Options Lon
20. JOB 000 with new components Displaying Time and Distance to Polygons Time to Edge and Edge Distance are display options for the map screen and lightbar The values show when a polygon side is in your flight path If you keep flying as you cross the polygon s edge and are inside the polygon the display changes to the time and distance to the next side in your flight path AirTrac User Guide 66 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation To display Time to Edge and Edge Distance in the lightbar you must enter guidance mode first 1 From the Main menu press SET gt POLYV6 n gt ENTER to get the bearing and range showing 2 Press KEYPAD ENTER to cancel the guidance mode Editing a Polygon To edit a polygon From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Polygons The Job and Polygon fields in the Polygons screen default to the current JOB and polygon 1 in the JOB select the JOB and polygon number as required and edit the polygon data as required Deleting a Polygon 7IN ENS SI Nes Because you can use the same polygon numbers in multiple JOBs make sure you delete a polygon from the right JOB The number you enter is the number of the polygon in the current job To delete a polygon 1 From the Main menu press CLEAR gt POLY n gt ENTER 2 Press YES to confirm the deletion Navigating to a Polygon To receive guidance to a polygon 1 From the Main menu press SET gt Job 9 n to loa
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22. Product Features AirTrac guidance software includes the following features e Touchscreen interface Dry flow control support Nighttime screen color options e Multiple pattern types e Ability to set a USB flash drive or the Bantam hard drive as the logging read write device see Starting AirTrac on page 4 Satloc Bantam DGPS Receiver Advantage DGPS stands for differential GPS or differentially corrected GPS providing enhanced more accurate GPS signals Satloc Bantam receivers support such differential signals as SBAS Lband and beacon and during a temporary signal outage employ Hemisphere GPS patented COAST technology that enables you to use aging correction data for 40 minutes or more without significantly affecting positioning quality So with a Satloc Bantam receiver you will never be without a differential signal Satloc Bantam receivers also support Hemisphere GPS e Dif technology a differential solution for areas where it is geographically difficult to obtain a good differential signal With e Dif you can achieve GPS accuracy of a few feet without the need for a differential signal broadcast e Dif generates internal differential corrections based on your starting location and these corrections are modeled over time and applied to the GPS data to maintain a consistent relative position How AirTrac Uses DGPS AirTrac uses DGPS data to provide highly accurate guidance to help you efficiently complet
23. Swath Advance button will work as POLY button until EXIT is pressed The minus and plus buttons appear in the map window along with a SAVE quick key and the EXIT button 1 NA 06151519 Job 000 LIQUID BOOM ALL 06 15 11 ROUTE 01 15 20 30 BRG RNG 0 2A Spray 00 00 15 Log Left 276 14 RGT BK BK SW Wait A WID 40 0 Ft SPD 11 MPH HDG 360 0 Area 0 2 Ac User Scale KevPaD 2 a K GPS Dif Swath a button will work as POLY bet ole until EXIT js pressed Logging is READY OdIA 4 keveao Feet z00m Rate 20Hz AirTrac User Guide 61 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation 2 Enter polygon points as you fly You can enter polygon points while flying by e Using the remote swath advance button e Pressing the button the minus button removes the last polygon point you entered Pressing KEYPAD gt ABC which acts as the swath advance button during this operation 3 On completion of the polygon press SAVE then enter a polygon number using the number pad and press ENTER To SAVE Accept in the number pad screen i 4 Tosave the new polygon to a JOB No Job gt showing in the Header area press KEYPAD SAVE JOB n ENTER See Saving and Recalling JOBs on page 60 5 OPTIONAL Press SETUP to display the Polygons screen where you can give your poly
24. a JOB Multiple Sessions If you want to create and use a polygon and want to keep the polygon after you shut down without saving the polygon to a JOB complete the following steps Note In this procedure the polygon is in fact being saved to a JOB but it is not you doing the saving AirTrac saves the polygon as a component of JOB 00 000 It will remain a component of JOB 00 until you overwrite JOB 00 1 From the Main menu press CLEAR gt JOB gt ENTER to clear all jobs No Job gt is displayed in the Header area at the top of the Map screen 2 Press POLY G twice then use the swath advance buttons to define your polygon points See Step 1 of Setting POLY POLY A IT 6 6 Polygon Points as You Fly on page 61 3 When you have finished defining your polygon press SAVE gt POLY n gt ENTER AirTrac returns you to the map screen with the polygon still there with the SET A button available and the polygon setup swath buttons cleared from the screen Do not save the JOB 4 Set your pattern points A B and C if necessary and fly your swath guidance lines in order You can use the ENTER POLY PATTERN feature with polygons saved like this See Managing A B Lines with Polygons on page 68 When you shut down AirTrac automatically saves your polygon to JOB 000 and when you restart AirTrac JOB 000 is on screen with your polygon ZOOM gt CENTER if necessary The polygon will remain a component of JOB 000 until you save
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26. by Hemisphere GPS 3 the operation of the Product under any specification other than or in addition to the specifications set forth in Hemisphere GPS s relevant User s Manual and Specifications 4 damage caused by accident or natural events such as lightning or other electrical discharge or fresh salt water immersion of Product 5 damage occurring in transit 6 normal wear and tear or 7 the operation or failure of operation of any satellite based positioning system or differential correction service or the availability or performance of any satellite based positioning signal or differential correction signal THE PURCHASER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE VEHICLE SAFELY The purchaser is solely responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle used in connection with the Product and for maintaining proper system control settings UNSAFE DRIVING OR SYSTEM CONTROL SETTINGS CAN RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE INJURY OR DEATH The purchaser is solely responsible for his her safety and for the safety of others The purchaser is solely responsible for maintaining control of the automated steering system at all times THE PURCHASER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE PRODUCT IS PROPERLY AND CORRECTLY INSTALLED CONFIGURED INTERFACED MAINTAINED STORED AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HEMISPHERE GPS S RELEVANT USER S MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS Hemisphere GPS does not warrant or guarantee the positioning and navigation precision or accuracy obtained
27. dat files and pilot settings airtrac ini files between an external storage device USB flash drive and the Bantam hard drive You can also transfer any data stored on the flash drive to a PC where you can then view data in MapStar You can also transfer MapStar data back to AirTrac using the flash drive Note If you select the Bantam hard drive as the logging read write device see Starting AirTrac on page 4 you must transfer data from the hard drive to the USB flash drive before transferring it to your PC About Log Data Files and Job Data Files Log files and JOB files are independent of each other A JOB file contains polygons and patterns A log file contains the spray information that comes from spraying a pattern and any additional optional information that you entered such as the pilot s name or aircraft ID Although the JOB file is used as a boundary to spray in the log file that is created from spraying is not linked to that file This means opening one does not open the other You can open any job at any time and you can view any log at any time If you want to view a log file and a job file for example to make sure that you have sprayed the full field you need to ensure that the log file is from the field that the job file represents Viewing Log Data Viewing log data enables you to see a physical representation of where you sprayed how much you sprayed and if you missed anything 1 From the Main menu press SE
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29. how you set them and fly them It also covers data and log files how you view delete and transfer them Open and Closed Patterns There are two basic classifications of patterns in AirTrac e Open patterns In an open pattern you can fly an unlimited or open number of swaths because the pattern is not dependent on the size of the field Closed patterns In a closed pattern the number of swaths you can fly is limited or closed The number of swaths you can fly is limited because in closed patterns you define the width of the field Both open and closed patterns need an initial guideline on which to base the pattern s GPS coordinates In AirTrac this initial guideline is called the A B line Closed patterns need an additional defining point C After entering the number of points required for a pattern two or three AirTrac places an array of swath guidelines on the screen with the A B line in red Understanding the A B Line Open Patterns In an open pattern point A of the A B line is the beginning of the line point B is the end of the line All swaths you fly will be parallel to this initial A B line Note The A B line may be inside or outside the field Points A and B should be as far apart as possible to ensure the accuracy of the line Establishing A and B points too close together may result in a small error that will create a large divergence over a long distance Understanding the A B Line Clos
30. job s polygons and patterns Used in conjunction with other keys to either clear a data type from the screen or delete a data type For example e To clear job data polygons and patterns from the screen Press CLEAR JOB ENTER To delete the job from the database you have to confirm the deletion Press CLEAR gt JOB gt n gt ENTER where n the job number You also use this button to exit AirTrac e To close AirTrac and return to Windows Press CLEAR gt CLEAR gt Exit To Windows e To close AirTrac and shut down Windows Press CLEAR gt CLEAR gt YES For important information on exiting AirTrac and powering off see Exiting AirTrac on page 19 FINNS SNe Make sure you understand the difference between clearing a data type from the screen or clearing deleting a data type from the database by entering its number If you delete a job you also delete the job s polygons and patterns Press this key and then a number key 1 9 to return to a mark numbered 1 9 You cannot return to a mark gt 9 because only the first digit counts To return to a mark gt 9 use SET see SET later in this table Press this key after pressing an action key to e Seta route ROUTE gt SAVE e Recall a route ROUTE gt SET e Delete a route ROUTE gt CLEAR Press this key after pressing an action key to e Seta job JOB gt SAVE e Recall a job JOB gt SET e Delete a job JOB gt CLEAR Use in conjunction with other keys to
31. save a data type For example to save a mark press SAVE gt POLY 5 n where n polygon Return to the Map screen saving your changes AirTrac User Guide 12 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Numeric Value Table 2 2 Keypad keys and functions continued Display the Logging screen where you can Start a new log Turn logging off on Quickly transfer log files from the Bantam hard drive to a USB flash drive for transfer to a PC for example See Transferring Only Log Files on page 54 Use in conjunction with other keys to view data type information For example to display information about the mark in the Data area press INFO gt MARK Use in conjunction with other keys to recall a specific data type For example e To provide guidance back to a mark press SET gt MARK gt n gt ENTER where n Mark Use the RETURN key to return to marks numbered 1 9 To switch the display between Normal daytime and Dark nighttime mode press SET gt SET Save changes when you press a combination of buttons to perform a task and return to the Map screen For example to create a mark numbered 10 99 press SAVE gt MARK 4 gt nn gt ENTER AirTrac User Guide 13 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Entering Field Values To enter field values in AirTrac such as on the Logging Setup screen at right press the button for the field For example to enter t
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34. 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options Understanding Job and Log Data If logging is enabled default setting AirTrac automatically creates a log file for each job flown assigning the time date stamp of each new log as the log file name You can enter additional optional details to your job such as a name number pilot name and aircraft name number Note This is job information a piece of work stored in the log it is not JOB information polygons and patterns The optional job information you add through the Logging Setup screen becomes part of the log file Log Data Log data includes exact positioning and rate of spray application precise time and date record flight speed altitude patterns flown and GPS position quality AirTrac records this information in the log any time you are above a pre designated airspeed The default is 45 mph but you can change this in SETUP gt SETUP gt LOGGING SETUP Logging Speed field For more information see Changing Logging Defaults on page 82 Adding Job Information to the Log You add Job information to a log in the Logging Setup screen SETUP gt SETUP gt LOGGING SETUP Logging Setup Log Label lE Pilot ms BANTAM Logging Transfer Interval 1 Sec Logs Files Go Back Logging 45 1 aa MPH View Logs New Log yes Return To Ma Per si Clear Logs p Figure 3 1 Logging Setup screen You can enter such information as a job name Log Label pi
35. 47 patterns multi back to back 40 patterns quicktrack 38 45 patterns reverse racetrack 38 44 patterns squeeze 46 understanding 32 autoboom see boom AutoCal and dry flow control 28 monitor only flow control 27 D data files managing 49 files transferring 52 job data files and log files 49 log clearing deleting 50 viewing log data 49 data window 9 deleting a waypoint 58 DGPS Satloc Bantam receiver advantage 2 use by AirTrac 2 display 79 changing the zoom pan options 81 clearing 35 nighttime screen color 15 screen annotated 7 setting the orientation 80 edge warning setting for lightbar 76 edge time and distance to with polygons 66 editing a waypoint 58 F files data and log managing 49 data transferring 52 AirTrac User Guide 89 log data vs job data 49 log only transferring 54 log transferring to PC 54 flow control auto detection by AirTrac 18 basic setting spray options 27 parameters 30 volume 28 Flow Control Setup window 25 26 flow lead time changing 28 flow mode 27 G GIS files importing 64 Shape 64 I ini file not found 83 user settings storing 83 L last sprayed point 48 lead time flow changing 28 light bar desensitizing LEDs 77 LED setting upper and lower 77 left and right displays 75 setting the cross track sensitivity 76 lightbar edge warning setting 76 setup advanced 77 setup basic 75 log clearing deleting log data 50 files managing 49 files trans
36. 5 AirTrac User Guide 46 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Expand Patterns EXPND These begin with the A B line in the center of the field Successive swaths increase outward Expand patterns are useful for fields with a visible center line or with a long irregular shape o m EE xL uc a a AA 000 0 cro ae aw Me M m es m m m To fly an expand pattern 1 Set your A B line 2 Fora 9 swath Expand Left pattern spray the swaths in the following sequence 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 AirTrac User Guide 47 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Understanding Marks Return Points Marks are points to which you want to return When you create a mark AirTrac saves the following current swathing information Swath number Pattern A B line Direction JOB ID Acreage Swath width Spray information Creating Numbering Marks You create a mark in two ways one for marks 1 to 9 one for marks 10 to 99 To create marks numbered 1 9 e Press the MARK quick key in the Map screen and enter a mark number in the number pad Already used numbers are indicated but you can reuse them to reposition a mark to overwrite its position to the new position To create marks numbered 10 99 e From the Main menu press SAVE gt MARKM nn gt ENTER The mark number appears in the Map screen for example Mark 1 appears as M1 Note AirTr
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38. By number of swaths By distance x 5 swaths x 500 ft Figure 4 1 QuickTrac X patterns To fly a QuickTrac X pattern 1 Enter a value and select either Distance or Total Swaths at the prompt 2 Set your A B and C points 3 Fly the rest of the pattern according to guidance cues If x total swaths For example if x 5 total swaths fly the swaths in the following order 1 4 2 5 3 Note To repeat the QuickTrac X pattern after flying the initial defined number of swaths press the ABC button The pattern repeats on swaths 6 10 so 6 9 7 10 8 then 11 15 and so on If x distance For example if x 500 Swath Width set at 50 fly the swaths in the following order 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 AirTrac User Guide 45 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Squeeze Patterns SQUEZ These consist of loops of decreasing size from the outside of the field to the middle of the field In a squeeze pattern you define the outside edges of your field the largest loop by your A B C points In the squeeze pattern you to make wide turns at the beginning of your spray job when your load is heavy then make narrower turns as your load becomes lighter t om om ou a m om m se m m o To fly a squeeze pattern 1 Set your A B line 2 For an 8 swath field spray the swaths in the following sequence 1 8 2 7 3 6 4
39. IS File To import a shape GIS file including using MapStar 1 Remove the USB flash drive from the Bantam 2 Insert the flash drive into the personal computer PC that the shape or GIS file resides on If using MapStar go to step 4 3 Save the shape GIS file to the flash drive Make sure you save the shape file with a n job extension where n Job number Continue from step 5 4 Open MapStar then a Press the GIS button b Open the shape file c Select File gt Save As and save the file to the flash drive When using MapStar the file is automatically saved with the job extension Remove the flash drive from the PC Insert the flash drive into AirTrac Your job file is now ready to open in AirTrac 7 Press SET gt JOBV9 n gt ENTER to open the JOB file AirTrac opens the plot containing the shape file Tip If using MapStar you can edit the GIS shape file to reduce the number of polygon points in a polygon remember a polygon can only have up to 250 points or to break a shape file into separate jobs For example if contracting multiple pilots you may want to break a region into quadrants See your MapStar manual for help with editing shape files in MapStar Calculating Total Polygon Area The total polygon area is the sum of the areas of all the inclusion polygons in a JOB less the area of any part of an exclusion polygons within the inclusion polygon s AirTrac User Guide 64 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1
40. Main menu KEYPAD SETUP to display the Setup 2 screen SETUP Press SETUP to display the AirTrac Setup screen and then press LOGGING SETUP SETUP FLOW CTRL More Options LU LIGHT BAR Go Back UNITS us NAV SYSTEM Return To Map Press UNITS to display the Units screen Local Time E 2 0 hours Offset SETUP jus Global Units x More Options Coordinates pon onappbp Ag Laser p A mA 0 0 Inches Go Back w E pH Return To Map Set the Local Time Offset from 14 hours to 12 hours in half hourly increments Set your Global Units select from US Metric or Nautical Global means all the units in AirTrac You can override the global setting for individual units on the Units Advanced Setup screen see step 8 below Set the Coordinates format as one of the following e DDD DDDDDDD decimal degrees DDDMM MMMM decimal minutes DDDMMSS SSS decimal seconds Set your Ag Laser Offset this is the number to allow for the difference between the actual mounting location of the Ag Laser usually in the wing and the lowest point of the aircraft the landing gear AirTrac User Guide 17 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started 8 To override the global units for certain values press SETUP on the Units screen to display the Units Advanced Setup screen Units Advanced Setup Distance Speed MPH M Volume je EL Go
41. Note The Hard Drive option is always available FOUND appears above the Hard Drive button However the USB Drive option is only available if a USB flash drive is plugged into one of the two USB ports on the Bantam NO USB appears above the USB Drive button if no USB flash drive is plugged in When you plug in a flash drive Bantam displays text counting down until the flash drive is ready and then displays FOUND above the USB Drive button After you press either Hard Drive or USB Drive the Select Additional Options Confirm Logging Device screen closes and the AirTrac splash screen appears Welcome to Al rirac shown at right Powered by Air Bantam After several seconds the splash screen closes and the AirTrac Setup screen appears see AirTrac Setup on page 6 CPU Test checked OK Welcome N A AirTrac User Guide 5 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started AirTrac Setup The first screen you see after the HEMI BANTAM AirTrac Setup Welcome screen is the AirTrac No Ctrl Check Cables etc Bantam V 5 1 10 1291 S t h t ht May 28 2012 etup screen Snown at rig PATTERN BACK TO BACK AUTO REPEAT v NO The AirTrac Setup screen allows you to select various options and EXE AN 65 0 Ft provides a path to select additional WIDTH options via the SETUP button __ LEFT RIGHT LEFT For instructions on selecting More Options options on the AirTr
42. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 3 Turn on your spray as you enter the field Press the remote swath advance to set your B point If you are flying a closed pattern the lightbar next prompts you to set your C point C appears in the left display followed by your current swath number Press the remote swath advance button to set your C point Turn off the spray as you leave the field Press the remote swath advance button to advance to Swath 2 AirTrac User Guide 33 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance 4 Make the turn onto your next swath using the lightbar for guidance b Use lightbar guidance to find Swath 2 c Turn on spray a Press Swath Advance at beginning of turn o e Turn off spray i O O d Fly Swath 2 Lightbar guidance the top row of LEDs shows cross track distance and direction to target swath the bottom row of LEDs shows the heading angle of intercept to your target swath LEDs lined up in the center c means you are lined up on the swath 8 Turn the spray on as you enter the field Fly Swath 2 using lightbar guidance The top row of LEDs show you the distance and direction right or left you need to fly to get to the target swath line The default right display tells you the exact cross track distance The bottom row of LEDs tells you the heading angle needed to intercept the target swath line The default left display tells you the curr
43. Press the Scale button to change the scale from Auto to Preset The Scale field controls the default scale of the screen If you select Preset you will need to set the Scale Ratio value Show Lat Lon Press the Show Lat Lon button to toggle between Yes and No Visual Overlap Enter the spray overlap percentage you want to view in the map window In the map window the spray overlap visually represents the distance beyond the spray boom that spray is applied If you enter this percentage as O the map window will only show spray applied as the length of the boom For example a 65 foot spray width with a spray overlap of 10 will display a 6 5 foot total spray overlap 3 25 feet on each side of the spray boom Visual overlap applies to the display in the map window only It does not apply to guidance or logged data Factory Defaults Press this button to restore the advanced setup settings to button the factory defaults AirTrac User Guide 81 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Changing Logging Defaults As described in Understanding Job and Log Data on page 25 logging is a valuable way to track information for each job such as spray data pattern details time and location By default AirTrac starts logging flight data once you are flying at or above 45 mph 72 4 km h and spray distance and area every 2 sec To change logging defaults 1 From the Main menu press SE
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45. So to use AirTrac in Arizona you would set the local time setting to 07 00 7 hours behind GMT If you live in an area that observes daylight saving you will need to set the local time twice a year Global units of AirTrac comes preset with imperial units such as feet and pounds To measurement use metric units change the Global Units setting You can also assign units to individual data types such as speed and area in the Units Advanced Setup screen GPS coordinates You can display GPS coordinates in decimal degrees default decimal minutes or decimal seconds Laser altimeter AG Laser is an optional product To purchase AG Laser contact your offset dealer The AG Laser is a laser altimeter used to provide AirTrac with a distance from the aircraft to the ground crop canopy see Note following The offset is a number that you can set to offset the difference between the actual mounting location of the Ag Laser usually in the wing and the lowest point of the aircraft the landing gear to determine exactly how high the lowest part of the plane is off the ground crop canopy About ground crop canopy The laser will bounce off the ground or off the canopy of whatever crop the plane is flying over if the vegetation is thick and hides the ground AirTrac User Guide 16 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started To select systemwide settings T 2 3 On the Map screen press KEYPAD to display the
46. TUP gt LOGGING SETUP gt LOGGING SETUP The Logging Setup screen appears Logging Setup Log Label lE He EE BANTAM Logging Transfer Interval 1 Sec Logs Files Go Back Logging 45 Boxed MPH View Logs New Log y Return To Ma Per Job es Clear Logs p AirTrac User Guide 49 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance 2 Press View Logs The Select Log Files to View window Select Log Files To View 02030942 log 06151211 log 06230008 log 06250749 log 06261547 log SELECT 06281254 log 07091003 log UNSELECT Files you select move here CANCEL 3 Use the UP and DOWN buttons to highlight a log to view To then press SELECT selected files move to the lower box in the window Repeat the select process for other files you want to view Press OK to return to the map window 4 After selecting the files you want to view press OK to return to the map window The log with the lowest number is displayed on the screen Use the CENTER button in the Zoom window to cycle through the selected logs DOWN SELECT Clearing Log Data AirTrac can store up to 1 000 hours of log time depending on the storage capacity of your USB flash drive before you need to clear storage space by deleting some or all of your log files You can delete all logs or specific logs INNS item Deleting clearing logs permanently erases them from AirTrac s memory AirTrac User Guide 50 PN 875 0105
47. TUP gt SETUP gt LOGGING SETUP The Logging Setup screen appears Logging Setup Log Label lE I E BANTAM Loggin Transfer a 1 Sec Logs Files Go Back Logging 45 Saeed MPH View Logs New Log ves Return To Ma Per Job Clear Logs p 2 Using the following table as a guide make the desired changes pea omme Log Label Enter the job name optional logs are automatically time date stamped with the file name New Log Per Job Toggle between Yes and No to have AirTrac start a new log each time a JOB is reloaded Transfer Logs Files Allows you to transfer data files See Transferring Data Files on page 52 for more information View Logs Allows you to view log data See Viewing Log Data on page 49 for more information Clear Logs Allows you to clear log data See Clearing Log Data on page 50 for more information AirTrac User Guide 82 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Flow Control AirTrac supports several flow control options If you have a flow control system installed flow data is collected and displayed via the AirTrac interface For detailed information on flow control options contact Satloc Technical Support regarding the following documentation e AerialACE User Guide Part No 875 0135 002 IntelliFlow User Guide Part No 875 0180 000 e IntelliGate User Guide Part No 875 0193 000 Differential GPS SBAS Receiver Applications
48. ac Setup LOG ON CONTROLLERS screen see Entering Basic JOB RESET Details Quick Start on page 23 Controller Tip Before you select any options NoTFOUND Return To Map you should familiarize yourself with the various AirTrac screens using the menu map in Appendix A AirTrac Screen Map AirTrac User Guide 6 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started AirTrac Display The AirTrac display includes important status information and user configurable display options AirTrac includes a virtual keypad on the display screen that functions like a numeric keypad on a PC keyboard Upon exiting the AirTrac Setup screen the Map screen appears Understanding the Map Screen The Map screen is the main display screen in AirTrac and is divided into three areas the Data area the Moving Map area and the Header area Header area HEMI BANTAM N602480 2 08221119 Job 002 LIQUID BOOM ALL 08 22 12 11 21 14 5 000 G ATS3 RT WPT 02 01 NO CTRL BRG 285 N33 557520 W111 889270 1245 i RNG 421 8 Mi 1 i Ni boa 500 G LFT BK BK SW L001 BG 4 WID 65 0 Ft SPD 1 MPH HDG 360 0 Area 0 0 Ac 1 4 Ta r Route 0 System Scale j GPS Dif i Si Logging is READY Hi KY NG Feet o zoom Data area ll Map area Figure 2 1 Map screen Note For a list of options for the Moving Map area s large format display fields and the Da
49. ac automatically saves your last sprayed point last spray off point as mark zero MO but it is overwritten each time the spray is turned off If you want to keep a spray off point marked manually give it a mark number n immediately after turning spray off You will get MO and Mn almost together and Mn will stay while MO will become the next spray off point To return to the last sprayed mark press RETURNV gt INFO O The lightbar provides guidance back to the mark Returning to a Mark You return to a mark in two ways one for marks numbered 1 9 one for marks numbered 10 99 To return to marks numbered 1 9 e From the Main menu press RETURNV n In this case RETURN 7 is doubling as the return key and the mark key To return to marks numbered 10 99 e From the Main menu press SET gt MARK 4 nn gt ENTER While returning to a mark the lightbar displays heading and distance to the mark Press ENTER to cancel the guidance If you select the wrong mark to return to you do not have to cancel guidance to that mark just use either return method above for guidance to a different mark Clearing a Mark To clear a mark permanently from AirTrac s memory From the Main menu press CLEAR gt MARKM n gt ENTER AirTrac User Guide 48 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Managing Data and Log Files AirTrac enables you to transfer such data types as logs jobs marks marks dat files waypoints wypts
50. ame as required The name CRW I in the example replaces the polygon s number within the polygon in the map screen The information Poly n Area at the top left of the Moving Map area retains the polygon s number Poly 1 below c Logging is READY ET Feet TM esum nr 4 Set the polygon type to INCLUSION EXCLUSION or OPEN e Inclusion the area of the polygon is included in the total polygon area calculation e Exclusion the area of the polygon is excluded from the total polygon area calculation AirTrac User Guide 63 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation See Calculating Total Polygon Area on page 64 for more information on the effect of exclusion polygons on the total polygon area calculation e Open this is an open ended polygon You can use an open polygon as a drawing tool to show objects such as roads see Open on page 60 for more information 5 Setthe latitude and longitude for each polygon NEW ES point using the numeric keypad Use the button to create a new point the field will EN 7 show NEW initially Thereafter the and s buttons cycle through the polygon points in ascending and descending order respectively 12 000125 w The up and down arrows in the numeric keypad toggle between N and S for latitudes E and W for longitude when the cursor is to the left of the N S E or W value Importing Coordinates from a G
51. arning option BNEISEXSS lon Bomn v Warning hd On the Light Bar Setup screen in the Double Spray Warning field select an option from the drop down list to Turn the warning off Turn the lightbar warning on for either the lightbar or the display screen Turn the lightbar warning on for both the lightbar and the display screen Setting the Cross track Sensitivity To set cross track sensitivity aa 1 On the Light Bar Setup screen in the LED Cross AULA i A Track Sensitivity field press the number of the corresponding LED for which you want to change the cross track distance Feet 2 Inthe Numeric Entry screen enter a new value and c then press Enter Default To reset the cross track distance settings to defaults values e On the Light Bar Setup screen press Default Setting the Lightbar Edge Warning The Edge Warning feature in AirTrac enables you to receive a visual warning when you get within a certain distance or time of a polygon The warning is the flashing lightbar The start trigger determines when the lightbar will start flashing and the end trigger determines when the flashing will stop The start of the flashing lets you know you are getting close the end of the flashing lets you know you are at the point where you need to take action for example set an A B line or turn on spray To set the lightbar edge warning 1 On the Light Bar Setup screen press Edge Warning The Edge Warni
52. button press the JOB button then press the ENTER button Using the Keypad You enter custom setup options values and commands using touching or pressing buttons on the keypad Figure 2 3 Keypad To display the keypad e Press KEYPAD at the bottom of the Map screen VVID 40 0 Ft SPD 11 MPH HDG 360 0 Area 0 2 Ac GPS Dif Swath iaa button will work as POLY batok until EXIT js pressed Logging is READY TRI anual Rate 20Hz a c a Keveno xevean Yoon EXIT User Scale AirTrac User Guide 10 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Note In this User Guide when describing procedures buttons are referred to with their function or data type in uppercase and their numeric value For example LEFT RIGHT 3 or MARK 4 The most often used keys SETUP PATTERNM SWATH 2 and LEFT RIGHT 3 are highlighted in white Table 2 2 describes the function of each key on the keypad Numeric Value Table 2 2 Keypad keys and functions Display the main first AirTrac Setup screen Cycle through available patterns the pattern name changes in the Data area Enter a swath width the new value appears as the WID value in the Data area Change direction left to right or right to left of the current pattern the direction changes in the Data area You are either flying to the left or to the right of the A B line Create A B and C points when creating a pattern Once you
53. crementing to the right Unlike the racetrack pattern in reverse racetrack you set your A B line in the middle of the field Point C is still on the edge of the field This pattern is recommended for circular fields or other fields where the center line is clearly visible om EC gc e ww W m KU e P d PS To gt gi 4 va N m mom 7T FR DIL NN ae d ub o B EE 1 3 1 NN A A 1 i 4 d a o a m o U To fly a reverse racetrack pattern 1 Set your A B line 2 For a 9 swath right reverse racetrack pattern spray the swaths in the following sequence 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 AirTrac User Guide 44 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance QuickTrack X Patterns QuickTrac X These are similar to the quick racetrack pattern You specify point C for the QuickTrac X pattern by either the number of swaths or by the distance from the A B line to the furthermost swath in the pattern After the A B points are set you fly the pattern like a quick racetrack LI MCN LE ABR aa C pay o o co N o e NC Ng M an a p x xd a i n A 1 a a a L4 p P4 a 6 gt lt qr _ gt KA
54. d the JOB the polygon is saved in 2 Press SET POLYV6 n AirTrac displays a dotted line to the center of the polygon and the lightbar provides guidance to the center of the polygon The lightbar and the data window will show bearing and range BRG and RNG in the data window To cancel guidance to the polygon Press KEYPAD gt ENTER The map screen displays the following message Return to Mark cancelled AirTrac User Guide 67 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Managing A B Lines with Polygons When you create a polygon and save it with a job AirTrac can apply an A B line to one side of the polygon If required you can move the auto applied A B line sequentially around the polygons sides Auto applying A B Lines to a Polygon When AirTrac automatically applies an A B line to a polygon side it also automatically provides a swath guidance array from that A B line This eliminates the need for you to manually create fly an A B line By default AirTrac applies the A B line to the JOB s lowest numbered polygon you can change this and the side of that polygon that results in the least number of swaths to cover the polygon area You can however change the polygon side that the swath array is based upon see Rotating the A B Line Around a Polygon on page 69 To use this feature generally referred to as Enter Poly Pat you need to first load a job that has a polygon or polygons saved with it
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56. e The offset is always relative to these directions no matter from which direction you are flying into the field See also Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Weather Setup Enter values for temperature humidity wind speed and direction and bar pressure See Clearing Data on page 74 Advanced Setup 2 Enter last sprayed point toggle on off the trailing flight line on the display and toggle spray on off if SO cable connected GPS Status Enter a mask value a command and if e Dif is available start activate e Dif The mask value is an angle setting inside the GPS receiver For example setting it at 5 means the receiver will ignore any GPS satellites that it sees at 5 or below on the horizon This helps AirTrac block satellites that are too far out which will have their signals bounce off the atmosphere and cause degraded GPS data The command field enables you to send a command to the receiver For more information on commands contact Satloc Technical Support see the beginning of this manual for contact information If AirTrac is using e Dif Start e Dif enables you to take a manual fix Pressing Start e Dif sends the JRAD 3 command to the receiver to activate an e Dif solution Press Setup to display the GPS Advanced Setup screen where you can select the GPS update rate b Hz 10 Hz or 20 Hz For example you may have different peripherals and need to change the rate to work correctly GPS Advanced Setup
57. e total sprayed area as shown in the Data window back to 0 To reset the spray volume or area counters Press Reset Volume or Reset Total Area The volume resets to the default value of 500 gallons and the Total Area counter resets to 0 Note When AutoCal reports that it is using dry flow control the volume and rate is based on weight volume 1000 kg rate 100 kg h Setting Flow Control Parameters To set flow control parameters 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt Flow SETUP gt FLOW CTRL The Flow Control Control Setup screen appears Flow Control Setup No Ctrl Check Cables etc Flow Constant Rate SETUP Control Flow Liquid More Options Mode papa sumo Gal Acre Go Back Volume 599 canons 2 Press SETUP The Flow Control Advanced Setup screen appears SETUP Flow Control Advanced Setup INTELLIFLOW Firmware Version 174 3261 1pE Compile Date Time Jul 5 08 36 04 2004 Set Controller Go Back Parameters Return To Map AirTrac User Guide 28 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options 3 Press Set Controller Parameters The Flow Controller Set Controller Parameters screen appears Parameters Flow Controller Parameters Auto Boom NO SETUP Controller 1 More Options Meter 125 0 Calibration 7 Factor P Rate GallAcre Go Back Volume 1 zu Gal Reset LE Return To Map 4 Use the buttons in the Controller
58. e your spray jobs Once you establish a reference line or starting location for your pattern AirTrac can calculate exactly where your next swath should be based on your selected swath width and pattern using a GPS location it computes 5 20 times per second The GPS location is made more accurate by applying DGPS corrections The resulting lightbar guidance cues reflect your real time GPS data AirTrac also uses GPS data to guide you to specific waypoints GPS coordinates of a specific location AirTrac User Guide 2 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 X Chapter 2 Getting Started Starting AirTrac AirTrac Setup AirTrac Display Before You Start AirTrac User Guide 3 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter provides an introduction to AirTrac and covers the following topics Starting AirTrac Selecting default settings e Basic setup options e Overview of the AirTrac display Working with AirTrac using the touchscreen using an optional mouse and keyboard entering data etc Starting AirTrac Refer to the Satloc Bantam Installation Guide for more information on how to set up and power on your Bantam system and how to start AirTrac Contact Satloc Technical Support for information on Bantam documentation When you first start AirTrac you select basic options that you are more than likely to only do once as well as select your logging read write device To start AirTrac 1 Power on your Ban
59. ece eee eens 52 Transferring Only Log Files 00000 cece eae 54 Transferring Logs to a PC aaa 54 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation 55 Understanding Waypoints and Routes 56 Managing Waypoints eee 56 Managing RoOUELes 5 deam acm E mot pets de eA eee ance ut 58 Saving and Recalling JOBS llle 60 Understanding Polygons llle 60 Usno POIWGONS 405 Svat CR PEE t ae be tar 60 Setting Polygon Polhts iraro rade snee a PAWANG DAAN 61 Calculating Total Polygon Area 64 Saving POIVGONS esu db e RE REED bred 65 Displaying Time and Distance to Polygons 66 Ediing a POV GOs ngana eck pasted ed dedos Sree ae ave atts 67 Deleting a Polygon a uu eo b ERR Reach Shad 67 Navigating to a Polygon ccc es 67 Managing A B Lines with Polygons 68 Auto applying A B Lines to a Polygon 68 AirTrac User Guide iv PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Contents Rotating the A B Line Around a Polygon 69 Understanding Patterns sus aa Ga GA oes ELEC OR Ses 70 Saving Fates uus cue EE E eR ERR ERES E as 70 Recalling a Saved Pattern llle 70 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization 71 Advanced Setup ODIEOFS 2 cp Sore EU ee ean Uoc n 72 OI IRI cac 74 Understanding the Lightbar 0 0 aaa 75 Setting Up the Lightbar
60. ected ow Constant Rate Control 4 4 Flow Liquid Flow px v Mode Mode Tarnat Te E Flow control system detected No flow control system detected Figure 3 3 Flow control system detection message AirTrac supports constant rate flow control for liquid or dry applications flow modes If you have a flow control system installed you will need to set your basic job spray options in AirTrac including e Spray application type liquid or dry displays in the Header area as LIQUID or DRY Target spray rate Gal Acre liquid Lb Acre dry U S units Spray volume AirTrac User Guide 26 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options You can also set AirTrac to spray with the entire boom default setting or only the left or right boom shown in the Header area as BOOM ALL LEFT RIGHT Note See Header Area on page 9 for an example of spray type and boom settings in the Header area If defining and flying polygons you may also want to set the flow control system to automatically turn on off when entering leaving a polygon Finally you can change your flow lead time the flow control system s reaction time to reach the proper rate at the proper location The following sections describe spray options for e Basic flow control e Flow mode and target rate e Volume Setting Spray Options Basic Flow Control Table 3 1 describes the options for the Flow Control field
61. ed Patterns In a closed pattern you also set points A and B to define your A B line However in a closed pattern you define the width of your field by setting a third point the C point AirTrac automatically prompts you to set your A B and when applicable C points according to the pattern you select Note You can have AirTrac automatically place an A B line for you If you load a JOB that has a polygon or polygons saved with it when you press ENTER POLY PATTERN AirTrac places an A B line on the optimal side of the active polygon You can move the A B line to other sides as required For a full description of this figure see Rotating the A B Line Around a Polygon on page 69 AirTrac User Guide 32 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Flying Patterns After you set your job options see Chapter 3 Work Options you are ready to begin flying with AirTrac The following example uses a back to back BK BK pattern Note The following example uses factory default settings If you change the default setup you may see different data in your lightbar Flying a Basic Pattern 1 Begin flying Your lightbar prompts you to set point A of the A B line notice A in the left LED display 2 Fly to the beginning of your A B line and press the remote swath advance button to set your A point The lightbar prompts you to set your B point by flashing the upper row of LEDs OOO
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63. ent swath number Cross track distance Swath number Heading angle AirTrac User Guide 34 X oo Cross track distance 500000009 000000000 L Heading angle C C CM OC kaaa A Swath line Cross track direction R right or L left PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Each LED represents a certain distance For example For cross track distance top row of LEDs the more you are off track the more LEDs are lit When you are closer to your target fewer LEDs are lit e For heading angle the farther off center the lit LED is the farther you are off from the required heading angle needed to intercept the target swath When the center vertical row of lightbar LEDs Swath line is lit you are on the target swath J ooodblbooo vood hooo v 10 Continue to fly the rest of your swaths using lightbar guidance Common Pattern Flying Tasks Table 4 1 provides information on common pattern flying tasks Table 4 1 Common pattern flying tasks How To from the Main menu Changing direction To change direction at any time while flying a pattern from flying to the right of the A B line to flying to the left of it or vice versa e Press LEFT RIGHT 3 AirTrac transfers the swath guidance grid to the other side of the A B line Advancing To change your remote swath advance button to a swath decrementing decrement button
64. es etc Bantam V 5 1 10 1291 May 28 2012 PATTERN BACK TO BACK VN AUTO bf REPEAT NO it SWATH WIDTH 65 0 Ft SETUP LEFT RIGHT LEFT serur More Options CONTROLLERS ZH Controller NOT FOUND Return To Map 2 Press PATTERN and select the pattern type you require from the drop down list PATTERN BACK TO BACK QUICK RACETRACK REVERSE RACETRACK EXPAND MULTI BACK TO BACK BACK TO BACK SKIP QUICKTRACK X 3 Press AUTO REPEAT to show YES to repeat the current AUTO pattern when you have completed it REPEAT If auto repeat is NO AirTrac reverts to a Back to Back pattern when you have completed the current pattern 4 Press SWATH WIDTH and then enter the swath width SWATH Enter Swath Width WIDTH AirTrac User Guide 23 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options 5 Press LEFT RIGHT to select a direction The field toggles between left and right LEFT RIGHT 6 Press LOG The Logging window appears LOG Logging Start New Log Turn Logging Off Transfer Logs gm Rettirn To Map Go Back 4 Select Start New Log or Turn Logging Off By default logging is ON If you change it to OFF and return to the Map screen you can quickly turn logging back on by pressing KEYPAD LOG Start New Log Exit For more information on job functionality see Saving and Recalling JOBs on page 60 AirTrac User Guide 24 PN 875
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66. esents is multiplied by the value you enter in this field For example if the first LED is set to 3 0 feet and you enter 20 in the Non Swath Desensitize field the first LED will not light up until you are within 60 feet of a swath Press Non Swath Desensitize to toggle between Off and On Note As soon as you press ABC ADV or the remote Swath Advance button to enter the A point of a pattern the LED desensitizer is deactivated AirTrac User Guide 77 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Understanding Guidance Delay Guidance delay or forward prediction in AirTrac is the delay in seconds between when the lightbar displays a guidance prompt and when you need to react For example if you set this value to 500 the lightbar will prompt you 500 msec before you need to react Setting a Guidance Delay 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt NAV SYSTEM to display the Nav System Setup screen Nav System Setup Forward Prediction 500 msec Go Back Return To Map 2 Set the guidance delay value you want in the Forward Prediction field Note The default 500 msec guidance delay is geared toward the average airspeed AirTrac User Guide 78 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Screen Displays Screen The Screen Displays screen setup options include Setting the mode Normal daytime colors or Dark nightt
67. evious screen Or Press EXIT to cancel the entry to not save it and return to the previous screen AirTrac User Guide 14 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Zooming and Panning the Moving Map Area Zooming refers to making a section of the screen larger so you can see more detail zoom in or making the screen smaller so you can see a larger area Zoom out Panning refers to moving the screen in a specific direction such as left or right so you can see detail that may not be viewable on the current screen Zooming and Panning To zoom pan the Map screen 1 Touch ZOOM on the Map screen The Zoom Pan window appears gt NfA 06151449 Job 000 LIQUID BOOM ALL N A USB NO CTRL T its Logging is READY Rate 20Hz SETA 2 Press the buttons in the Zoom Pan window to zoom and pan as follows e To pan the map Press the appropriate arrow key to pan the display in the direction of the arrow Press and hold the map and drag in the map window similar to dragging a mouse on a PC To zoom in out press a zoom key ZOOM IN or ZOOM OUT e To center the display on the aircraft press CENTER Continue pressing CENTER to toggle through the following centering options Prescription map if active Each active polygon in a job Everything such as prescription maps polygons and aircraft Switching Between the Screen Color Options AirTrac has both a normal dayt
68. ferring only log files 54 files transferring to PC 54 log data files and job data files 49 viewing log data 49 MO zero last sprayed point keeping 48 map window 8 MapStar 54 mark clearing 48 returning to 48 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Index menu using 10 non swath desensitize 77 P patterns A B line 32 back to back BK BK 37 Back to Back Skip BKBKS 37 changing direction 35 closed 32 Expand EXPND 38 flying 33 Multi Back to Back MB2BK 37 open 32 Quick Racetrack OKRTK 37 Quicktrack X Quicktrac X 38 Racetrack RCTRK 37 Reverse Racetrack RVRTK 38 selecting 23 25 Squeeze SOUEZ 38 polygons editing or deleting 67 navigating to 67 saving w o a JOB multiple sessions 66 saving w o a JOB single session 65 saving general 65 setting points while flying 61 time and distance to edge 66 total area calculating 64 radius values for waypoint guidance 56 59 viewing on screen 59 waypoints setting 59 route automatic guidance to waypoints 59 changing currently selected 59 defined 56 defining 58 managing 58 recalling 58 S Screen Setup window 79 settings customized saving 83 Setup window 22 shape file 64 spray options flow mode and target rate 27 setting 27 volume 28 AirTrac User Guide 90 swaths advancing decrementing 35 T Total Polygon Area See polygons total area calculating transferring data files 52 log files only 54 log files to PC 54 triggers start and end set
69. g Do you want to OVERWRITE e YES overwrite the duplicate file YES TO ALL overwrite all duplicate files e NO do not overwrite the file After you select the desired transfer Marks option and if necessary choose to overwrite a duplicate file you are GEEYKIg Pa Dmece tase og returned to the Transfer Logs Files dnt E d RE REL BI Setup screen which displays the file transfer status Copying to at the bottom of the screen AirTrac User Guide 53 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Transferring Only Log Files AirTrac enables you to quickly transfer log files directly from the Bantam hard drive to a USB flash drive without you having to first navigate to the Transfer Logs Files Setup screen and selecting Logs as described in Transferring Data Files on page 52 Note This procedure is only relevant if you are logging to the Bantam hard drive If you selected a USB flash drive as your logging read write device at startup see Starting AirTrac on page 4 this procedure does not apply because logs will have already been written to your flash drive You can instead proceed with Transterring Logs to a PC on page 54 1 From the Main menu press LOG The Logging screen appears Start New Log Turn Logging Off Transfer Logs Rettirn To Map Go Back 2 Press Transfer Logs AirTrac copies the files from the Bantam hard drive to the flash drive Tra
70. gitude 097 000000 W Go Back Elevation 0 0 Feet Reset Absolute e Dif Position Mask Angle 5 0 m Return To Map eras Return To Map Advanced Setup Advanced Setup 2 Waypoints GPS SETUP Mark 0 YES Display Turns YES Center Aircraft ka Patama at Map Bottom Go Back Subscription Authorizations Weather m Return To Map Weather Setup Clear Data Clear Temperature 82 Fahrenheit Logs Clear Marks Humidity 50 Yo Clear Waypoints Wind Speed 5 00 Meters sec Go Back ipad Go Back Wind Direction 0 Degrees Bar Pressure 100 00 inches _Bar Pressure ro Return To Map Peel Return To Map ata Figure 6 1 Advanced Setup screen and subscreens AirTrac User Guide 72 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Table 6 1 describes the Advanced Setup subscreens Table 6 1 Advanced Setup subscreens seinen om 000000000000 See Understanding Waypoints and Routes on page 56 Polygons See Understanding Polygons on page 60 Pattern Options Set an offset value and direction left or right then apply it to the current pattern The offset lets you set a distance to the left or right of the A B line always relative to coming into the field at the A point and exiting at the B point A is always south in this scenario B is always north left is always to the west of the line and right is always to the east of the lin
71. gned to a route in AirTrac even if there is only one waypoint A radius value tells AirTrac to automatically provide guidance to the next waypoint when you are within the radius for example 1320 0 feet of the current waypoint Managing Waypoints You can number and name each waypoint you create and associate it with a particular route You can set your waypoints while flying or by entering the coordinates into AirTrac Tasks you may need to perform for waypoints include Setting a waypoint while flying Setting a waypoint by entering GPS coordinates Recalling a waypoint e Editing a waypoint e Deleting a waypoint Setting waypoints while flying To set waypoints while flying Press SAVE gt WPT 5 n gt ENTER Waypoint n saved appears briefly in the in map window AirTrac User Guide 56 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Setting waypoints by manually entering GPS coordinates Instead of entering waypoints while flying you can enter waypoint coordinates manually You can assign the waypoints to a route at the same time SETUP SETUP 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP to display the Advanced Setup screen Advanced Setup Waypoints GPS SETUP SETUP More Options Polygons Clear Data Patterns Go Back HQ Tracker pres Return To Map 2 Press Waypoints to display the Waypoints screen Waypoints Route ER Waypoint a Go Back Rad
72. gon a name it defaults to the polygon s number set the polygon type to EXCLUSION and adjust the lat lon of any polygon point Exclusion polygons sides are purple on the map screen If an exclusion polygon is wholly or partially inside an inclusion polygon the area of the exclusion polygon inside the inclusion polygon is subtracted from the total polygon area See Calculating Total Polygon Area on page 64 TEST4 5 000906 W111 999597 Logging is READY Tip To see the total cumulative area of your inclusion polygons set your left or right large format display or one of your field fields 1 3 displays to Total Polygon Area through SETUP SETUP SCREEN DISPLAYS The total polygon area is the sum of the inclusion polygon areas less the area of any exclusion polygons wholly or partially inside an inclusion polygon see Calculating Total Polygon Area on page 64 AirTrac User Guide 62 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Entering GPS Coordinates Manually To manually enter the GPS coordinates of the polygon 1 From the Main menu press Polygons to display the Polygons screen Polygon lt Name i P H baka Go Back Latitude sewn Delete Return To Map 2 Select the job and polygon number as required The default job is the currently active JOB the JOB loaded on the map screen The default polygon number is 1 3 Give the polygon a n
73. gp e RM UE A EUER Ur BNG 7 Understanding the Map Screen neues 7 Moving Map ATT exse qa sada KANAN ds 8 Data Ara rus evexit eds qe wis Saved a ate ahaha d 9 Header Ara adem dr eu pP baer hte d dei ene quet 9 Pressing Buttons in AirTrac aaa 10 Using the Keypad zo ive sues dered Bree eats exu 10 Entering Field Values 0 00 ccc ee ees 14 Zooming and Panning the Moving Map Area 15 Switching Between the Screen Color Options 15 Before YOU Stare x ante Wales aed xoa ae ees date ar d qas 16 Understanding Systemwide Settings 16 Detecting Your Flow Control System 18 Bang AID as itt ete CR ERES ee Qr tes dos 19 Work Options rrns 21 Jobs and JOBS ITAI aG i cues aeta iod eevee E a aet 22 Entering Basic JOB Details Quick Start 23 Understanding Job and Log Data 25 Log Data anti dete oh eth NG ee eh ea Oe Lees BS E 25 Adding Job Information to the Log 25 Spray ODIIOLS paaa swe datos aet tare Sa ae opera a Re Pat 26 Setting Spray Options Basic Flow Control 27 Setting Spray Options Flow Mode and Target Rate 27 Setting Spray Options Volume 0 0 eee eee 28 Setting Flow Control Parameters 28 Pattern Guidance 2 ERE RT EE ek ee 31 Open and Closed Patterns 2 00 cee eee eee eee 32 Understandi
74. h that JOB display their number as they are saved You can create save and use polygons without making them components of a JOB see following two sections Saving using a Polygon without a JOB Single Session If you want to create and use a polygon but do not want to keep the polygon after you shut down follow this procedure AirTrac User Guide 65 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation 1 From the Main menu press CLEAR gt JOB gt ENTER to clear all JOBs lt No Job gt is displayed in the Header area at the top of the Map screen 2 Press POLY G twice then use the swath advance buttons to define your polygon points See Step 1 of Setting 6 6 Polygon Points as You Fly on page 61 3 When you have finished defining your polygon do not use the SAVE quick key Instead press KEYPAD gt SAVE gt POLY gt EXIT so do not enter a poly number This allows you to keep the polygon on screen but without a number think of it as a temporary save AirTrac returns you to the map screen with the polygon still there and with the SET A button available The polygon swath setup buttons are no longer on screen 4 Set your A B and C if necessary points and fly your swath guidance lines in pattern order You cannot use the Enter Poly Pattern feature with these temporarily saved polygons When you shut down your temporarily saved used polygon is cleared from the AirTrac Saving Using a Polygon without
75. he Logging Interval value press the Logging Interval button circled at right AirTrac then displays one of two types of data entry windows numeric only or alphanumeric AirTrac determines if the value for the field can be numeric only or alphanumeric and automatically displays the appropriate data entry window Logging Setup Log Label 90 Pilot E Sec ores ee EN MPH View Logs Per Job res Aircraft Logging 1 Interval Ree Clear Logs Go Back Return To Map For example on the Logging Setup screen the Logging Interval and the Logging Speed fields can be only numeric values If you press the button for either field AirTrac displays the numeric entry window left figure in Figure 2 4 Log Label Pilot and Aircraft however can all be alohanumeric values so when you press the buttons for these fields AirTrac displays the alphanumeric data entry window right figure in Figure 2 4 Enter Log Interval Numeric only data entry window s prp E 1628 1 ES la 15 d Rc Ga i a o a ka a Gi E REST Gg o ef a gt face bi Alphanumeric data entry window Figure 2 4 Data entry windows To enter values in either data entry window 1 Press buttons as required 2 Press ENTER numeric only data entry window or Accept alphanumeric data entry window to accept the entry to save it The data entry window closes and the value you entered populates the appropriate field on the pr
76. ime colors e Setting the left and right display options these correspond to the Large Format Display Area on the display screen e Setting the display screen orientation course up north up or A B line up Setting the display screen motion background or aircraft stationary Setting the display language e Setting the zoom and pan options advanced setup Setting Up the Display Screen From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SCREEN to display the Screen Setup screen Screen Setup Mode Normal v SETUP Screen m Up Orientation Screen Aircraft Stationary Go Back Motion Color Test Return To Map Figure 6 4 Screen Setup screen Setting the Mode In the Mode field select Normal or Dark for daytime or nighttime screen colors respectively Tip You can also switch between the daytime and nighttime colors by pressing SET gt SET AirTrac User Guide 79 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Setting the Display Screen Options Press the Displays button on the Screen Setup screen The Screen Displays screen appears Your selections here determine what is displayed in the AirTrac screen Screen Displays Left Flow Rate x Display Right Desired Flow Rate v Display Field 1 Total Area x Ks Go Back Field 2 Spray Time x on Field 3 Volume Remaining Return To Map Figure 6 5 Screen Displays screen I
77. ime screen color mode and dark nighttime screen color mode You can switch between them by pressing SET twice on the Main menu recommended or through the menus SETUP SETUP SCREEN Mode AirTrac User Guide 15 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Before You Start Each time you start AirTrac you have the option to select an external storage device USB flash drive or the Bantam hard drive as the logging read write device The option you select affects various file transfer procedures For more information see Starting AirTrac on page 4 and Transferring Data Files on page 52 AirTrac s default settings should meet most users needs However you will need to set some systemwide values and options to suit your local requirements After setting these values or options you can start using AirTrac Note You can save customized settings and transfer them via USB flash drive to a PC or other Bantam units For more information see Customized Settings on page 83 Understanding Systemwide Settings Table 2 3 describes the AirTrac systemwide settings you can select Table 2 3 AirTrac systemwide settings LONMLC NN Local time offset AirTrac is set to Greenwich Mean Time GMT To convert to local time you must know the time difference between GMT and local time for both standard and daylight saving For example Arizona U S is located in the Mountain time zone and does not observe daylight saving
78. ius 1320 0 Feet Return To Map 3 Enter the route and waypoint numbers in their respective fields Enter the waypoint name optional 5 Enter the waypoint s latitude and longitude in their respective fields Make sure your coordinates are in the proper coordinate format before entering To change the coordinate format see You can display GPS coordinates in decimal degrees default decimal minutes or decimal seconds on page 16 6 Inthe Radius field enter the distance to the current waypoint you will reach before receiving guidance to the next one for example 1640 0 feet See Setting up Automatic Guidance on page 59 AirTrac User Guide 57 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Recalling a Waypoint When you recall a waypoint you are automatically provided with guidance to the waypoint To recall a waypoint From the Main menu press SET gt WPT 5 n Guiding to Waypoint n appears in the map window The bearing and range show in the data window and the lightbar Note You only receive navigation to a waypoint during a non swathing mode there is no guidance to a waypoint if you are flying a pattern Editing a Waypoint To edit a waypoint 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Waypoints to display the Waypoints screen 2 Enter the required waypoint number in the Waypoint field The current waypoint information pop
79. lds with a visible center line or a long irregular shape 38 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Flying the Available Pattern Types This section reiterates the main points about each pattern and describes how to fly the patterns Back to Back Patterns BK BK Fly consecutive swaths parallel to the A B line m m o s s B 1 Set your A B line 2 Fly swaths consecutively 1 2 3 and so on AirTrac User Guide 39 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Multi Back to Back Patterns MB2BK Fly back to back patterns over a maximum of nine fields Multi back to back patterns can be full rotate or half rotate patterns Note In the two pattern examples below the bold and the italic text highlights the difference in the swath order between full rotate and half rotate patterns Regular text indicates swaths are flown in the same order in both patterns Back to back full rotate pattern Field 1 Swath 1 Field 2 Swath 1 Field 3 Swath 1 Field 1 Swath 2 Field 2 Swath 2 Field 3 Swath 2 oe aaa a E C N 1102 3 i 4 5 1 2 3 i 4 is 4 Cc A F Back to back half rotate pattern Field 1 Swath 1 Field 2 Swath 1 Field 3 Swath 1 Field 3 Swath 2 Field 2 Swath 2 Field 1 Swath 2
80. lot name and aircraft name in their respective fields The entries appear in the Header area at the top of the Map screen see Header Area on page 9 You also set the logging interval and speed and set New Log Per Job to Yes or No You can transfer logs and files view logs and clear delete logs from the Logging Setup screen See Viewing Log Data on page 49 Clearing Log Data on page 50 and Transferring Data Files on page 52 AirTrac User Guide 25 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options Spray Options You set your spray options in the Flow Control Setup screen Flow Control Setup No Ctrl Check Cables etc Flow constant Rate SETUP Control Flow Liquid More Options Mode Lr Baao GallAcre Go Back Volume 500 Gallons ppr Reset Reset Return To Map Volume Total Area Figure 3 2 Flow Control Setup screen To display the Flow Control Setup screen from the Main menu Press SETUP gt SETUP gt FLOW CTRL or Press INFO O gt INFO O AirTrac automatically detects if a flow control system is connected and what type it is IntelliFlow IntelliGate AerialACE or third party products such as AutoCal As shown in Figure 3 3 AirTrac displays the flow control system name if detected or an error message no flow control system detected Flow Control Setup No Ctrl Check Cables etc OW Constant Rate Control Flow Control Setup Aerial Ace Flow Controller Det
81. n the Left Display and Right Display fields select the required display option from their respective drop down lists Your selections here appear in the Large Format Display at the top of the map window For Field 1 to Field 3 select the fields you would like to display from their respective drop down lists Your selections here appear in the data window For a list of display options see Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options Setting the Screen Orientation To set the screen orientation In the Screen Orientation field select course up north up or A B line up from the drop down list Setting the Screen Motion To set the screen motion e In the Screen Motion field select background stationary or aircraft stationary from the drop down list AirTrac User Guide 80 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Changing the Zoom pan Options To change the zoom and pan options 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SCREEN gt SETUP The Screen Advanced Setup screen appears Screen Advanced Setup Zoom Level 100 sel Scale Ratio 2000 Ratio Pan Level 50 y Go Back Show Lat Lon ves ar Visual fo Overlap g Return To Map 2 Using the following table as a guide make the desired changes pa o CN Enter the percentage each zoom in out moves the display Pan Level Enter the percentage the screen moves in the direction of the arrow you press
82. n to switch to the opposite side of the polygon The A and B points reverse so that the guidance array stays on the correct side of the A B line Rotating the A B Line Around a Polygon After AirTrac has applied the A B line you can rotate it around the polygon to suit the prevailing conditions A Figure 5 2 Rotating the A B line around your polygon Figure 5 2 shows the counter clockwise order in which AirTrac applies the A B line to the polygon sides using the Long est to Short est rule AirTrac has initially applied the A B line to side 1 the side that results in the least number of swaths Each time you press the Rotate button in our example AirTrac applies the A B line in the order longest side to shortest side that is in the order side 5 6 3 4 2 Only one guidance line is shown after the A B line to indicate that the guidance array is to the left of the A B line 1 is the side that will require the least number of swaths to complete the spraying it is also the longest side in the example but it may not be e 2 6 are the polygon sides by decreasing length Each press of the Rotate button rotates the A B line counter clockwise to the polygon side in the order shown AirTrac User Guide 69 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Understanding Patterns A pattern in AirTrac refers to the spray pattern you use to spray your field You can to store up to 99 patterns per job with AirTrac See
83. nce of the original Warranty Period whichever is greater EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES The LIMITED WARRANTY shall apply only if the Product is properly and correctly installed configured interfaced maintained stored and operated in accordance with Hemisphere GPS s relevant User s Manual and Specifications AND the Product is not modified or misused The Product is provided AS IS and the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE and ALL OTHER WARRANTIES express implied or arising by statute by course of dealing or by trade usage in connection with the design sale installation service or use of any products or any component thereof are EXCLUDED from this transaction and shall not apply to the Product The LIMITED WARRANTY is IN LIEU OF any other warranty express or implied including but not limited to any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE title and non infringement LIMITATION OF REMEDIES The purchaser s EXCLUSIVE REMEDY against Hemisphere GPS shall be at Hemisphere GPS s option the repair or replacement of any defective Product or components thereof The purchaser shall notify Hemisphere GPS or a Hemisphere GPS s approved service center immediately of any defect Repairs shall be made through a Hemisphere GPS approved service center only Repair modification or service of Hemisphere GPS products by any party other than a Hemisphere GPS approved service center shall re
84. nd routes enable you to add waypoints and routes during flight or beforehand by manually entering coordinate values or using a mapping program You can then navigate to the waypoints or along routes e JOBs enable you to save pattern information type direction swath width A and B points offset and field width and multiple polygons Polygons let you set the polygon points of any field or spray area and save them Like waypoints you can add them during flight or beforehand by manually entering coordinate values or using a mapping program e Missions created in MapStar and moved to AirTrac are a useful feature especially for night flying You can pre establish the mission including the flight path and A B line by flying the mission or by entering the coordinate values The mission then provides guidance cues based on the pre established path AirTrac supports through MapStar the most popular GIS file formats for import and export GIS files can include new polygons or other graphics You can also convert an existing job to a GIS file format for use in a third party software package Understanding Waypoints and Routes A waypoint is the GPS coordinate latitude and longitude of a significant location Examples of waypoints you might set are the beginning or end of your spray job or a marker along a route at which you will stop or change course A route is made up of individual waypoints Each waypoint is automatically assi
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86. ng Setup screen appears Edge Warning Edge Warning Setup Edge Distance v Warning Type Start 0 00 Ft Trigger 0 Ft End Trigger Go Back Return To Map AirTrac User Guide 76 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization 2 Set the edge warning type to Time or Distance 3 Set the start trigger and end trigger values The start trigger value must be a greater distance or a greater number of seconds than the end trigger value Setting Up the Lightbar Advanced Press SETUP in the Light Bar Setup screen to display the Lightbar Setup Advanced screen Lightbar Setup Advanced Upper Bar Lower Bar Solid MER Solid TES Non Swath Desensitize Desensitize 50 Factor On Virtual Lightbar Off Go Back Default Return To Map Figure 6 3 Lightbar Setup Advanced screen Setting the Upper and Lower LEDs Display You can set the upper and lower LEDs display as a solid bar or a single LED Press Upper Bar Solid to toggle between Yes and No default is Yes Press Lower Bar Solid to toggle between Yes and No default is No Desensitizing the LEDs Desensitizing the LEDs relates to when you navigate to a mark or waypoint If you turn this on you will need to set a desensitize factor Setting the Non Swath Desensitize field allows you to navigate to from a mark or waypoint with less sensitive LED distance warnings The distance each lightbar LED repr
87. ng patents U S Patents 6111549 6397147 6469663 6501346 6539303 6549091 6711501 6744404 6865465 6876920 7142956 7162348 7277792 7292185 7292186 7373231 7388539 7400294 7400956 7429952 7437230 7460942 7689354 7808428 7835832 7885745 7948769 8000381 8018376 8085196 8102325 8138970 8140223 8174437 8184050 8190337 Other U S and foreign patents pending Notice to Customers Contact your local dealer for technical assistance Satloc 2207 lowa Street Hiawatha KS 66434 Phone 785 742 2976 Fax 785 742 4584 air agjunction com www satloc com Technical Support If you need to contact Satloc Technical Support Satloc 2207 lowa Street Hiawatha KS 66434 Phone 785 742 2976 Fax 785 742 4584 satlocsupport agjunction com Australia Patents 2002244539 2002325645 2004320401 8214111 8217833 8265826 8271194 8307535 8311696 8334804 RE41358 To find the authorized dealer near you Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 AirTrac User Guide Introduction x 9308 Xx he ee Se ERES 1 Product Feglutres ad nex stem pe ERE RES REGES EU RE 2 Satloc Bantam DGPS Receiver Advantage 2 How AirTrac Uses DGPS osea sar et eodera dira ie wed Ges EVER 2 Getting Started a a a k Row wean id De c Oe wil RR 3 Starting AIETEdG Susie veer eir ex d e EE de eben 4 Air Trac Setup amp assaaearvet hn Rota um Rar ti ae d Rer d aoe s 6 Arita DISPIAY s oni e titia
88. ng the A B Line Open Patterns 32 Understanding the A B Line Closed Patterns 32 Erning Patterns utatur voee Ghent Eds rat oes dd Late odd cog e ots 33 Hi PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Contents Flying a Basic Pattern sss ARS REM 33 Common Pattern Flying Tasks 35 Troubleshooting uk x Ex E em XR Re ESSE GS 36 Available Pattern Types Overview lees 37 Flying the Available Pattern Types 39 Back to Back Patterns BK BK 00000005 39 Multi Back to Back Patterns MB2BK 40 Back to Back Skip Patterns BKBKS 41 Racetrack Patterns RCTRK a 42 Quick Racetrack Patterns OKRTK 43 Reverse Racetrack Patterns RVTRK 44 QuickTrack X Patterns QuickTrac X 45 Squeeze Patterns SQUEZ 352a oes DARANGAN wed 46 Expand Patterns EXPND 0000 cee e 47 Understanding Marks Return Points 48 Creating Numbering Marks llli 48 Retuming to a Mark uus prn pee eee eee 48 Clearing a Mark aeie Ame Sacr o GB a 48 Managing Data and Log Files 0 000 cece eee es 49 About Log Data Files and Job Data Files 49 Viewing Log Datars nsa cde gd ave bare dedu du a 49 Clearing Log Data s csce ate dui ena ua ig x Eu eae EPIO ORC Re 50 Transferring Data Files c
89. nsfer Logs When copying is complete AirTrac asks if you want to delete the transferred files from the hard drive 3 Press NO to keep the files on the Bantam hard drive DELETE ALL Transferred LOG Files from Hard Drive Or Press YES to delete the files from the Bantam hard drive Transferring Logs to a PC On startup if you selected the Bantam hard drive as the logging read write device you will need to transfer the data from the hard drive to the USB flash drive before you can transfer it to your PC See step 1 below 1 If necessary transfer the logs to your USB flash drive see Transferring Data Files on page 52 or Transferring Only Log Files on page 54 Remove the USB drive from the Bantam controller Insert the flash drive into a USB port on your PC Open MapStar to view the log data AirTrac User Guide 54 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 AirTrac User Guide X Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Understanding Waypoints and Routes Saving and Recalling JOBs Understanding Polygons Understanding Patterns 55 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Advanced navigation features enable you to easily manage multiple jobs and pilots Using AirTrac with MapStar you can plan and program an entire spray job from start to finish Advanced navigation features in AirTrac include waypoints and routes JOBs using saved polygons and patterns missions and GIS files Waypoints a
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91. pattern similar to the Racetrack but set work from Swath 2 to the middle and your C point in the middle of the field from the middle toward the other end of the field This pattern is useful for flying wide smooth turns AirTrac User Guide 37 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Reverse Racetrack RVTRK Fly a pattern similar to the Racetrack This is called the Reverse Racetrack because you are flying in one direction but swaths are incrementing in the opposite direction In this pattern you set your A B line in the center of the field This pattern is useful for flying circular fields or other fields where the center line is clearly visible A Squeeze SQUEZ Fly loops of decreasing size from the outside of the field to the middle of the field This pattern allows you to make wide turns at the beginning of a job when carrying a heavy load and narrower turns as your load becomes lighter AirTrac User Guide QuickTrack X QuickTrac X Fly a pattern similar to the Quick Racetrack You specify the C point for Quicktrack X patterns by the number of swaths or the distance from A B to the furthermost swath in the pattern After you have set the A and B points fly the pattern like a Quick Racetrack the second swath is in the middle of the field the third is swath 2 and so on Expand EXPND Fly successive swaths outward from the center of the field This pattern is useful for fie
92. play as a solid bar of lights Use the outermost LED only that represents your current cross track distance or heading angle Changing the LED cross track distance and heading angle values e Setting a guidance delay the delay in milliseconds between the time the lightbar shows a guidance cue and when you need to react Lightbar setup consists of basic settings and advanced settings Setting Up the Lightbar Basic To begin basic setup from the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt LIGHT BAR to display the Light Bar Setup screen Light Bar Setup Left Display aa Swath Number Right Display pines Track Distance Double Spray on Both Warning More Options LED Cross Track Display Distance Sensitivity Controller 1 Go Back Feet Default Edge Warning Return To Map Figure 6 2 Light Bar Setup screen Setting the Left and Right Displays To set the Left and Right displays EA current sv Swath Number w e On the Light Bar Setup screen in the Left Display and Right Display fields Right Display Cross Track Distance select the required option from the field s drop down list li For a list of display options for the left and right displays on the lightbar see Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options AirTrac User Guide 75 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 6 Advanced Setup and Customization Setting a Double Spray Warning Option To set a double spray w
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94. rk Options Jobs and JOBS in AirTrac Entering Basic JOB Details Quick Start Understanding Job and Log Data Spray Options 21 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options After you complete basic setup in AirTrac see Starting AirTrac on page 4 the AirTrac Setup screen appears On this screen you enter the following basic job details you need to quickly get to work Pattern Swath width Direction Left Right Logging on off Jobs and JOBS in AirTrac This User Guide uses the terms job lowercase and JOB uppercase in the following manner A job is a piece of work in AirTrac such as flying spraying a pattern A JOB is an AirTrac entity comprising one or more polygons and one or more flown patterns You can save delete add to and subtract from a JOB Note If you exit the AirTrac Setup screen and later shut down with a saved JOB loaded that JOB is still loaded when you restart AirTrac If you shut down with No Job gt active you will see JOB 000 loaded You get No Job gt active by pressing CLEAR JOB ENTER See Exiting AirTrac on page 19 for more information on exiting AirTrac AirTrac User Guide 22 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 3 Work Options Entering Basic JOB Details Quick Start The following steps provide a quick way to enter basic JOB details 1 From the Main menu press SETUP The AirTrac Setup screen appears HEMI BANTAM AirTrac Setup No Ctrl Check Cabl
95. rns In a Racetrack pattern you first fly each side of a field then alternately work from Swath 2 to the middle and from the middle toward the other end of the field m om o mom ee et U To fly a racetrack pattern 1 Set your A B line 2 Fly swaths in the following order 1 8 2 5 3 6 4 7 AirTrac User Guide 42 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Quick Racetrack Patterns QKRTK These are similar to the racetrack pattern however in a quick racetrack pattern you set your C point in the center of the field not at the end This is called a quick racetrack because you do not have to fly to the end of the field to press the C point In the quick racetrack pattern you fly a constant size loop after setting the A B and C points Point C is the swath on or after the field center line o o e ne mom U To fly a quick racetrack pattern 1 Set your A B and C points 2 Fly swaths in the following sequence 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 AirTrac User Guide 43 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Reverse Racetrack Patterns RVTRK These are also similar to the racetrack pattern They are called a reverse racetrack because you are flying one direction but swaths are incrementing in the opposite direction In this example we are flying to the left but the swaths are in
96. set the pattern this button functions as a swath advance button if not using the ADV quick key or the remote swath advance switch Display the Zoom Pan window See Zooming and Panning the Moving Map Area on page 15 for more information e Seta mark MARK gt SAVE Recall a mark MARK gt SET e Delete a mark MARK gt CLEAR Press this key after pressing an action key to e Set a waypoint WPT gt SAVE e Recall a waypoint WPT gt SET e Delete a waypoint WPT gt CLEAR Press this key to set a polygon point or press after pressing an action key to e Seta polygon POLY gt SAVE e Recall a polygon POLY gt SET e Delete a polygon POLY gt CLEAR Swath decrement if not using the DEC quick key on the Map screen or the remote decrement switch Display the Quick Marks window where you can quickly set a mark 1 9 Press this key after pressing an action key to E AirTrac User Guide 11 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Table 2 2 Keypad keys and functions continued Numeric Value Also use CLEAR gt CLEAR then YES or EXIT TO WINDOWS to N A correctly exit AirTrac before powering down For important information on exiting AirTrac see the Exit warning on page 19 Additionally make sure you understand the difference between clearing a data type from the screen or clearing deleting a data type from the database by entering its number If you delete a JOB you also delete the
97. swaths e Press SET gt DEC To change it back to swath advance e Press SET gt ABC Resetting the To reset the current pattern current pattern e Onthe keypad press CLEAR gt PATTERNM gt ENTER Waiting A appears on the lightbar Your current spray data remains visible in the map window Recalling a saved To recall a saved pattern pattern e Press SET gt PATTERMM n gt ENTER Clearing the aircraft To clear the aircraft swath mark display in the map window ewan matsp lay e Press CLEAR gt SWATH 2 AirTrac User Guide 35 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Troubleshooting When flying a pattern you may get a lightbar warning Warnings include spraying a previously sprayed swath double spray warning invalid or poor DGPS reception or distance time to polygons or waypoints When AirTrac generates a warning your active guidance display disappears from the lightbar In its place you see flashing LEDs and or additional error information in the left and right display screen Table 4 2 Troubleshooting lightbar warnings Lightbar Display Warning Message Swath Double Spray s Upper LED row flashes when spray on is detected on a previously sprayed swath This will flash until the swath number is changed By default this is turned on You can turn this feature off in the Double Spray Warning field press SETUP gt SETUP gt LIGHT BAR Extrapolated GPS Center yellow LEDs blink Reboo
98. t system and check for receiver and power status lights Refer to your receiver owner s manual for more information on status indicators Poor DOP Dilution of Precision 024 PAN a EERE Lower center yellow LED flashes Check status lights on receiver Reboot and wait up to 5 minutes for a better solution Increasing or decreasing your mask angle may also improve DOP To change your mask angle see your receiver owner s manual AirTrac User Guide 36 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Available Pattern Types Overview AirTrac supports nine pattern types both open and closed providing the flexibility to fly any field shape This section describes these patterns and how you fly them Although AirTrac includes nine pattern types you can store as many as a hundred flown patterns flown jobs in a JOB B a c D F s Na A CL t U A Back to Back BK BK Multi Back to Back MB2BK Fly consecutive swaths parallel to the A B Fly multiple Back to Back patterns Tell line AirTrac the number of fields you want to fly up to 9 and whether you want to full rotate 123 123 or half rotate 123 321 AirTrac automatically rotates your A B line for each field and provides guidance accordingly A Back to Back Skip BKBKS Fly the odd numbered swaths first then the even numbered swaths B E A A Racetrack RCTRK Quick Racetrack QKRTK Fly each side of a field then alternately Fly a
99. ta area s fields 1 3 see Appendix A Lightbar and Screen Display Options AirTrac User Guide 7 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Moving Map Area The Moving Map area shows a GlS generated map of the field when you create a job file or open a log The map includes an outline of the field s shape and size areas to spray and to not spray and any marks in the field The Moving Map area also shows your differential status and whether logging is on or off User defined fields SETUP N A 5 000 G ATH 3 NO CTRL SETUP SCREEN N33 557520 W111 889270 1245 Displays Left Display and 1 Right Display fields 4 Double click compass to toggle between Auto and Manual zoom Coordinates Route 0 GPS amp differential m zi status indicators j Logging is READY amp Log On Off Indicator Jp emo Feet zoom Ba ki sls aba controls position swath swath Show keypad SS pui Quick Keys Figure 2 2 Moving Map area AirTrac User Guide 8 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started Data Area The Data area shows the current date and time status information for special functions such as waypoints and missions help messages GPS status and your current job information including pattern direction swath width and number speed heading and sprayed area Header Area The Header area displays the following information along the top of the Map screen
100. tam DISCLAIMER AirTrac system The Disclaimer screen appears shown at right WARNING GPS APPROVED FOR VFR USE ONLY Press ACCEPT ACCEPT 2 Press ACCEPT The Select Additional Options Confirm Logging Device Select Additional Options Confirm Logging Device screen appears shown at Hemisphere Ka right Select LOGGING Read Write Device Hard Drive USB Drive Please wait settingup USBkey 15 Use Settings to change WAAS e Dif and Touch Keypad AirTrac User Guide 4 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 2 Getting Started 3 Press Settings The Settings Ry screen appears shown at right Select I O Port OFF 4 Make the desired Bet selections Select waas e For I O Port Service Differential Source peripheral devices such as a camera or Select Touch AIMMS weather User Input Device system and Differential Source WAAS or e Dif M Las ing NO xdi select from the appropriate drop down list For the Open Port to Simulate GPS field dealer diagnostic services only press the button to make your selection pressing the button repeatedly toggles back and forth between YES and NO and then press EXIT to return to the Select Additional Options Confirm Logging Device screen Note For User Input Device leave the value as Touch 5 Inthe Select LOGGING Read Write Device area press Hard Drive or USB Drive
101. tings 76 U USB and the ini file 83 copying from to the hard drive 83 using different flash drives 83 Ww waypoint 56 assigning to a route 58 automatic guidance to 59 deleting 58 editing 58 recalling 58 setting 56 setting coordinates 57 setting while flying 56 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 End User License Agreement IMPORTANT This is an agreement the Agreement between you the end purchaser Licensee and Hemisphere GPS Inc Hemisphere which permits Licensee to use the Hemisphere software the Software that accompanies this Agreement This Software may be licensed on a standalone basis or may be embedded in a Product Please read and ensure that you understand this Agreement before installing or using the Software Update or using a Product In this agreement any product that has Software embedded in it at the time of sale to the Licensee shall be referred to as a Product As well in this Agreement the use of a Product shall be deemed to be use of the Software which is embedded in the Product BY INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE UPDATE OR THE PRODUCT LICENSEE THEREBY AGREES TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS I DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE AND Il IF YOU ARE INSTALLING AN UPDATE TO THE SOFTWARE DO NOT INSTALL THE UPDATE AND PROMPTLY DESTROY IT HEMISPHERE PROVIDES LIMITED WARRANTIES IN RELATION TO THE SOFTWARE AS WELL THOSE WHO USE THE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE
102. ulates the remaining fields 3 Edit the desired fields Name Latitude Longitude Deleting a Waypoint Deleting a waypoint removes it from AirTrac s memory To delete a waypoint e From the Main menu press CLEAR gt WPT 5 n gt ENTER Managing Routes A route is made up of a single waypoint or a series of waypoints A waypoint or waypoints are always associated with a route that is you cannot create a waypoint without creating a route even if the route is to have only a single waypoint To set waypoints for a route other than Route 1 create Route n in the Waypoints screen SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Waypoints You can then enter the waypoint data number coordinates or you can return to the Map screen note that your route number is showing in the Data area and set the route s waypoints while flying Note If setting a single waypoint use Route 1 If defining multiple routes associate each waypoint with the appropriate route Assigning a Waypoint to a Route A waypoint is automatically assigned to the current route when you set a waypoint while flying The current route is shown in the upper left corner of the data window Recalling a Route When you recall a route all the waypoints on the route are also recalled To recall a route From the Main menu press SET gt ROUTE 8 n gt ENTER where n is the route number AirTrac User Guide 58 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation To change
103. y settings for IntelliFlow Press Test Valve s to initiate the valve test procedure To view additional setup options press SETUP The Turbine Meter Calibration Setup screen appears Turbine Meter Calibration Setup Controller 1 Meter 125 0 Calibration 7 Factor Known 0 00 Amount Gallons P Go Back 000 Ja aa Sec woe Return To Map 6 Use the buttons in the Controller 1 area to make the desired changes e Press Meter Calibration to change the Z Factor value start with the Z Factor value shown on the meter This has the same effect as changing the meter calibration via the Flow Controller Parameters windows see step 4 Press Known Amount to enter the known amount liquid in the hopper Press RESET to reset the calibration time to zero Press MODE to stop the calibration process When you press MODE the button turns gray unavailable and the START button becomes available You can then press START to begin the calibration process 7 Press EXIT to return to the Map screen AirTrac User Guide 30 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 AirTrac User Guide X Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance Open and Closed Patterns Flying Patterns Available Pattern Types Overview Flying the Available Pattern Types Understanding Marks Return Points Managing Data and Log Files 31 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 4 Pattern Guidance This chapter covers patterns the pattern types and
104. you do spray Exclusion polygons areas you do not spray Open polygons Inclusion and exclusion polygons visually show you the borders of your spray no spray areas in the map window Table 5 1 Types of polygon Inclusion AirTrac saves any polygon with three or more points as an inclusion type polygon Inclusion polygons define spray areas and are shown with a green border on the screen AirTrac sums the areas of multiple inclusion polygons in a JOB and you can choose Total Polygon Area as an on screen or lightbar display Exclusion You convert an inclusion polygon to an exclusion polygon by changing the polygon s type SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Polygons Exclusion polygons are shown on screen with a purple border Exclusion polygon areas wholly or partially within an inclusion polygon subtract from the total polygon area see Calculating Total Polygon Area on page 64 Open polygons are multi point polylines You create them in MapStar and then transfer them to AirTrac Use them for example to mark roads or other similar ground features Multi point open polylines created in MapStar become open polygons in AirTrac Using Polygons In addition to using polygons to define the shape of your spray no spray area s you can have AirTrac automatically apply an A B line to your polygons See Managing A B Lines with Polygons on page 68 AirTrac User Guide 60 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation
105. your currently selected route press ROUTE Each press cycles through the routes you have defined the route number shows in the Data area of the Map screen When you change routes in this manner AirTrac automatically provides guidance to waypoint 01 for that route For example if you select Route 02 SET gt ROUTE 8 2 gt ENTER you will see ROUTE 02 in the Data area If you press ROUTE again you will see RT WPT 02 01 in the Data area and you will be under guidance to waypoint 1 in route 2 Once you get around waypoint 01 you are automatically guided to waypoint 02 To change the waypoint you want guidance to use SET gt WPT 5 n gt ENTER Setting up Automatic Guidance You can set automatic guidance along a route by setting a radius value When you are within the designated radius distance from the target waypoint AirTrac displays guidance to the next waypoint in your route The radius you specify shows as a dotted circle around the waypoint you are receiving guidance to When you arrive at the radius the message Advancing to next waypoint in Route appears briefly in the Moving Map area The bearing and range update in the Data area and on the lightbar To set up automatic guidance 1 From the Main menu press SETUP gt SETUP gt SETUP gt Waypoints 2 Onthe Waypoints screen in the Radius field enter the distance from the current waypoint you want to be before AirTrac switches to guidance to the next wa
106. ypoint AirTrac User Guide TJ 504FG JONES 01231931 Job 000 LIQUID BOOM ALL N A 01 23 13 19 33 49 RT WPT 01 02 B BRG 040 RNG 2 7 Mi NO CTRL 0 0A Spray 00 00 00 Log Left 311 01 LFT QKRTK SWE Wait A 65 0 Ft 145 MPH GPS Dif a NG Logging is ON SETA Guiding to Waypoint 2 HDG 40 3 Wa di Area 0 0 Ac s Miles Manual l ELE Route ES Waypoint ma Name CU kj Go Back Return To Map Latitude 35 200000 N Longitude 119 000000 W Radius mms Feet 59 PN 875 0105 001 Rev F1 Chapter 5 Advanced Navigation Saving and Recalling JOBs You can save JOBs and recall them for reuse JOBs can comprise patterns and polygons and the job functionality enables you save up to 99 patterns type direction swath width A and B points offset and field width and up to 99 polygons per JOB By default any JOB you fly in AirTrac is saved to JOB 00 or the active JOB JOB 00 will be overwritten by the next job you fly unless you save it to a new job number between 1 and 999 shown as n nnn To save a JOB e From the Main menu press SAVE gt JOB 9 n nnn gt ENTER To recall a JOB e From the Main menu press SET gt JOB 9 n nnn gt ENTER Understanding Polygons A polygon is the shape of a field or other area such as a forest plot that you define Table 5 1 describes the types of polygons Inclusion polygons areas

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