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1. Insert Clicking on the Insert button performs the same function as selecting the Insert item in the Action menu When it is a line feature that Is being inserted clicking on the screen will create lines until IS clicked or the right mouse button is clicked then the line will be finished at the last point that was clicked on the map screen When it is an area feature that is being created clicking on the screen will create lines until hv IS clicked or the right mouse button is clicked Then PlaniT draws a line connecting the last point that was created with the first point and the area Is enclosed Clicking the Zoom In button will zoom in on the map Zoom Out Clicking the Zoom Out button will zoom out of the map Zoom All Q Clicking the Zoom All button will display the entire map Next Page Clicking on the Next page button will display the next page of the farm map in the main view window If pages have been created 18 Click Cancel to cancel a partly drawn feature Click Accept to complete and accept a partly drawn feature PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 149 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 10 7roubleshooting Mapping Importing ESRI shapefiles fails to An ESRI shapefile SHP is actually a group of create map feature files all with same name but differing extensions which must all be in the same folder Consult the supplier of your shapefile Loading MAP bitmap files fails The image BMP file must have a correspondin
2. 1 2 The main Screen l PlanIT Planning Jones B Jonesland File Edit Vien Tools Lists Help e DH SLA Skates Scoss Mur s y YR Jones p1 seed 2006 Seeding Add Pr oduct Total Amount F68 paddock F69 paddock F70 paddock F71 paddock STATUS BAR J STATUS BAR Plan 4 Fields MUM Figure 7 1 The Planning main screen Overview The main screen contains access to the Menu and Tool Bar and allows editing of a plan If in Plan view or Cost view display mode File The File item in the top menu allows selecting a farm and printing the current plan See section 7 3 for more details Edit The Edit item in the menu contains access to functions that allow editing of a plan See section 7 4 for more details View The View item in the menu allows changing of the current view mode See section 7 5 for more details List The List item in the menu allows access to the lists of products fields and targets that are used by the program See section 7 6 for more details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 92 RevA P n 1 1249 Help The Help item in the menu allows access to version information See section 7 7 for more details Tool Bar The Tool bar contains shortcuts to commonly used menu Items See section 7 8 for more details Status Bar The Status Bar will display the number of fields in the plan out of the total number o
3. Ge Type the name of a program folder document or lerret menne sd araea 3 When the PlanlT software Register PlanIT Is run It will report a E Computer ID and will PlanlT has detected that you have not registered remind you that the this software on this computer yet software must be registered for full usage Report this Computer ID to RINEX to obtain a registration code PlanlT may be used on this computer for another 30 days before it must be registered Computer 1D CF MADSHE Register Now Remind Me Later Cancel You can continue to use PlanlT while waiting for the registration code click Remind me later when you see the reminder screen When you receive the Registration code click Register Now on the above reminder window and you will be able to enter your code PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 8 RevA P n 1 1249 2 1 2 Back Up Your Data Keep a note of the registration code In case you have to re install the software on this PC Once you begin using PlanlT you are accumulating valuable data related to the farm treatments applied crops and costs so you should periodically backup your data To do this use Windows Explorer or another suitable utility to locate the folder C Rinex Data and copy this complete folder including any sub folders to a CD or other safe location If you need to re install PlanIT to this or another PC please refer to Appendix 1
4. 3 4 Displaying Information 3 4 1 Cost or Amount Information PlanlT updates and displays costs and quantities as you plan You can switch between viewing Costs of operations and products used OR Total areas treated and quantities of products needed Weed_control_autum Clicking the AMOUNT COST cell below n the Plan information box will toggle Spraying between Amount and Cost 100 LIHA information Cos 2213 39 7026 62 In COST mode the total cost of the Er whole plan is displayed in the COST S ge cell arable area operation cost in the plan is displayed in each cost field cell m Ha 00 imazine 900 First knockdov Cost The purchase cost for each product used is displayed in each cost product cell Weed control autum 3 In TOTAL AMOUNT mode the total n 3 F area being treated in the plan is EE q z displayed in the AREA HA column 100 LIHA 3 EE 8 vis lt DFR u 2S The area for each field in the plan is Total Amoun displayed in each area field cell gt 175 61 245 93 1756 7 A West paddock an 1 4000 10 000 East saddock 46 922 1 4000 10 000 The total amount volume or weight of each product used in the plan is displayed in each amount product cell PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 30 Rev A P n 1 1249 3 4 2 Scrolling Through A Large Plan If the plan is so large that it does not all fit on the screen at once th
5. 12 Click on OK 13 Repeat this process until all required seed types have been entered then click on Close to close the Seed List dialogue Dox PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 20 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 3 Adding Fertilisers 1 Click on Lists gt Products 2 The Product List window appears click the Fertiliser tab then if the fertiliser you want Is not shown click New and a New Fertiliser window will open New Fertiliser Product Name Units the In Tank Tonne ae Default Rake i T Ha Default Cost per T withholding Period days 3 Type in details in the same manner as for Seeds The withholding period is optional 4 Note that in this example you could alternately select Kilogram as the units In that case the default rate should be entered as 700 kg Ha and the Default Cost as 4 cents 0 04 per kg 5 Click OK when all details of one fertiliser are entered 6 Repeat this process until all fertilisers have been entered then click Close to close the Product List box PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 21 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 4 Adding Chemicals 1 Click on Lists gt Products The Product List window appears click the Chemicals tab then click New and a New Chemical window will open 2 Type in details in the same manner as for Seeds and Fertilisers 3 In Mix Order select the category of chemical the code which Is shown in bra
6. 76 52 151 27 88 96 Page 28 Rev A 3 3 3 Spray Plans l Follow the steps in 3 3 2 above to create spray plans but choose Spray from the New Operation drop down list instead of Spread Type in the total rate at i l i Name First Knockdown which the mixture will be eg applied if you are using Qperational Cost 3 00 PHA medium other than water for Revision 0 spraying you still type the Water Rate 100 00 overall rate in here e g for Targets Radish diesel at 1 L Ha type in 1 Capeweed Rye Grass Volunteer Remove Click Add to select targets from the drop down Target List Cancel 6 Click OK in the New SE Spray Plan dialogue Brome Grass Select a target then click OK to add that target from the drop down Target List box when all information IS Each target must be addec complete one ata time Cancel Use the same processes described in Section 3 3 1 above to select chemicals and fields to be included in the plan 3 3 4 Adding Notes Notes can be added to any plan at any time after It has been created Click on the Plan Information box top left of Plan to open the Plan Properties window and type the relevant information into the Notes box Notes will be included in printed plans and can be viewed with plan information when imported into GuideTRAX PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 29 Rev A P n 1 1249
7. METSU LSPray TRICLO TRICLO OPTAR OPTAR svetspr Product Batch Cyperi Metlaco ee eee eee Figure 5 6 Table view mode Start Date Area i 20084 0 30 26 11 2003 09 30 24 56 2003 09 30 24 56 20060220 21 24 2006 03 26 7 32 20060220 21 24 2Q0B 0326 7 32 2006 03 26 7 32 20060220 21 24 20060326 7 32 20060326 7 32 206220 21 24 2006 0326 7 352 2006 0220 21 24 20060326 7 32 2Q0B 0326 7 32 Start Date Area f 2005 0804 90 75 2003 0604 90 75 um AT ATT MT MTT Stabilo Bros Home Farm 2005 Click on tab at top of column to sort the table view based on that property AEA Amount Rate Start Durati 29 26 112 LHa 25 43180 57 2r 51 1 11 LHa 4 25 08 0 52 0 28 0 01 kg Ha 44 23 08 0 52 11 86 0 56 LHa 13 32450 53 553 0 76 Lida 54416 0 11 23 71 112 LHa 13 32450 59 14 74 2 01 LHa 54416 0 11 0 00 0 00 g Ha 5 44 16 0 11 0 53 0 03 kq Ha 13 32 45 0 53 0 00 0 00 gHa 5 44 16 0 11 2 95 0 40 Lia 54416 0 11 1 50 0 09 Leda 13 32450 59 0 00 0 00 MLA 54416 0 11 9 46 0 45 LHa 13 32450 53 0 00 0 00 tmLeH 5 44 16 0 11 0 59 0 08 L 54416 0 11 Amount Rate Start Durati 9 97 0 11 LHa 503 30 1 70 149 60 1 65 kg Ha 5 03 30 1 70 dd iT i AT sam A Va TN TT The table view can be sorted based on these properties e Product e Treatment plan name e Field name e Driver name e Vehicle name PlanlT 3 2 User Ma
8. Tools Lists H Lawers zoom w Pan Select Insert Figure 8 10 The Tools menu Overview The Tools menu gives access to the Layer manager and allows the user to select the current action mode Note Only one action mode can be selected at a time Zoom PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 When Layers Is selected the Layers window opens See section 8 5 1 When Zoom is selected clicking anywhere on the map screen with the left mouse button will cause the program to zoom in on the selected point The selected point will become the centre point Clicking on the map screen with the right mouse button will cause the program to zoom out of the map The centre point of the map will not change When Pan Is selected the left mouse Dutton can be clicked and held down to drag the map around the view screen This allows viewing of areas of the map that cannot be displayed on the screen due to the current zoom level Pan can also be temporarily selected when another tool Is in use by holding down the spacebar key When Select is clicked feature map objects can be selected using the left mouse button for deleting or editing Only feature objects that are in the current top layer can be selected The current top layer is displayed in the tool bar See section 8 9 for more details When a feature has been selected the colour of the feature changes such that it can be distinguished from other features Page 136 Re
9. PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 9 RevA P n 1 1249 2 2 What To Do First To use PlanlT the software needs at least minimum data about the client farm s and field s for which you wish to plan There are two initial ways to load this basic data depending whether you have already been using GuideTRAX e Start from scratch and enter initial data this would include users who have installed the field system but used it only to drive the perimeter of fields to map them OR e Have already used GuideTRAX in the field and have data from that to use New user Previous GuideTRAX user have field data Start at Start at section 2 3 Entering Initial Data Through section 6 1 2 Importing Data From Planning Vehicle To PlanlT Then Then to review field work section 3 1 Starting Planning 5 1 History Concept OR to plan a new season 3 1 1 Naming A New Plan PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 10 RevA P n 1 1249 2 3 En tering Initial Data Through Planning Farm maps created in Mapping module can be used in Planning as an easy way to see what crops are planted in which fields and which fields are to be included in spread or spray plans Farm maps make it easy to select fields to be included in a plan However If maps have not yet been created fields can still be included in a plan by choosing them from a list Inputting a list Is discussed in section 3 2 1 2 3 1 Selecting Client And Farm To start Planning double click on the Pla
10. arnananernrnrnanernrnnnanenannrnenanenannenene 34 TABLE of CONTENTS PEN 35 3 6 Exporting Plans To GuldeTRAX ararnrnavavarnrnanenannrnenanenernenananernrnnnanennenen 36 ENE vr 37 8060 EEE EEE 39 2 TENNENE 40 4 2 1 Create Clients Farms rrrarnnrnannarnannnnnnannnnnarnennernernaenennuennannsnne 40 4 2 2 Create Field Names rararnnnnnnnnnnrnanennnnnnenannnnrnnnananennsnnnennnnnnenannner 41 4 2 3 Create Field BOundarles arnrnannnnnarnrnnnovarnrnnnennnnnnenannnnnnrnannnee 42 4 2 3 1 Method 1 Draw Boundaries Over Aerial Photo rnamenn 43 4 2 3 2 Method 2 Create Boundaries From Treatment Files 46 4 2 3 3 Method 3 Load ASx Boundary Flles rrarararnanavararnenavennr 48 M 4 2 3 4 Method 4 Import RINEX XML Files erarnararernrnanaverarnenavener 48 4 3 Adding More To Maps Layers cccccececeeeececeeeeeeeeeeceeeeaeeeeeeeeaeseeeeeeanes 50 AG Feature Types SLN 52 4 4 1 Draw Arable Landi rrererarnenanavernrnrnanennrnananennnnrnenanennnnsnanennnnsnene 54 4 4 2 Creating Exclusion Zones For AUtOSPRAY cccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeees 55 4 4 3 Add A New Feature ccccccccecececeeeeeececeeaeaesesecueaeeesesueaeeeseseseas 56 4 4 4 Moving Information Between LayerS ararannananannnnannnannrnnnanennnnrn 58 4 4 4 1 Moving Non Boundary Information To New Field Name 58 4 4 4 2 Overlapping Non Boundary Type Layers cecceeeeeeees 59 4 4 4 3 Moving Featu
11. gt Treatment or Multi Treatment Treatments in the menu at the top left of the screen Multi Treatments Selecting Treatment displays all selected files in the MAP Bitmap AB Points same colour blue whereas Multi Treatments draws each treatment in one of four colours red blue vellow purple 45x Boundary Files 2 Click on the down arrow next to the Look eN ru in box to find the location of the GH SR NONARABLE ARP treatment file to be loaded treatment files have names ending in RNX Load File Treatment Look in O Jonesland EG k EJ res gu Desktop 98128 20030728112338 RP EJ My Documents El F68 5 1 My Computer bp 98128 20030904130831 F 3 Select the file s to be loaded Hold lai F69 H 3 Floppy 4 r 98128 20030916150132 F EPO sg Local Disk C EN 0030611 HUSE F down the Ctrl key to select more than Er an 198125 2030908104016 one file lt eer gt File name 3 DVD Dive E Note several files can be loaded at any one Heg My Network Places time The number which can be loaded depends on how much available memory Is left on your computer p TN 4 A drawing will appear on the screen i at representing the swaths treated in see this field Click on Yes when this message appears to create a boundary around the treatment 2 This treatment is able to create a field boundary For field F68 S Do you wish to add this field to the farm map 5 Select the appropriate
12. 1 1249 3 5 Prin ting Plans Each plan can be printed in either Rates View Costs View or Map View In Rates view or Costs view PLAN Wees conta DATE 857008 11 51 CLIENT Smith 7 z ARM Smithnille 1 Click on File gt Print preview A E vii alig TARGETS x The information printed from Plan View is the same as that displayed on the screen in Play View except that additional information such as the farm and client names season targets and Notes are also included If the preview shows what you intended click the button Map View PLAN Waed control autumn Rev 2 Date 86200 11 51 West paddock 138 7 HA Simazing S00 1 400 kaa Fart Erotik dere 10 000 ka H 1 Click on View gt Map then File gt Print Preview East panhdock 146 IHA Simazine 900 1 400 k Ha roe EEE I Each page of the plan displays each page of the map as divided up in Mapping see Mapping Section 4 4 Product and rate information for each field included in the plan is also displayed i DX ng NORTH CLIEHT Sirih FARM Srruttrall The information printed from Map PLAN Wasd Canto ann i i LOW TD ULHA View also shows information such as TARGETS Oxalis the farm and client names season targets and Notes When the view Is as intended press PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 35 RevA P n 1 1249 3 6 Exporting Plans T
13. 2 DATA EE EE 80 NNN 82 Usine Transiter DIB xinandecranacasancnnsicneussaucenewncnasautewelnneninanereeuseiincaweenicneduescavien 83 6 1 Transfer FUNRCUOMS Lusserremree eee deras 85 6 1 1 Exporting Data From PlanlT To Vehicle rarnerararnanerarnrnanevevarnnnn 86 6 1 1 1 MED 86 6 1 2 Importing Data From Vehicle To PlanIT arararannanannrnrnanavarnnnnnn 87 6 1 2 1 Wnatis TTD 0 ao JE ENE 87 Reference PN 89 7 1 Planning ere 91 Ta VAN NaN SOCO Neie E 92 7 3 The File Nene 94 7 3 1 The Open Client Farm Window arnannannnnnnnnnnrnernernernuenernnnnnsnnnn 96 7 3 2 The Plan Properties Window rnrnanarararnananarnrnnnanenannnnanenannnnenene 97 7 3 3 The Plans List Window kan cncnececnc sscnnscccystetzaeasenaasnsecececactueaconpenaee 98 7 3 4 The Save As MIN 100 JA TEEN 101 Ja TEN 102 7 5 1 MERE 104 7 5 1 1 Tne Feld List WINGO sextant acest tansenestsaenccsneeascossacsseenceds 106 7 5 1 2 The Product List Window arerarnrnanevnrnrnanevannnnanenennnnenanener 107 TBA ENN 108 7 5 3 The Map WG EE EE NE 110 FG TEN 112 7 6 1 The Target List window ecctaceectaccededarsceasseccsn essed eateuessiaeeehaecass 113 7 6 1 1 The New Edit Target Window cccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 114 7 7 TENNE 115 7 7 1 The About Message BOX rrrranarnrnannvnrarnnnannrnrnnnanenannrnenannnnnnenenn 115 BO TEEN 116 7 9 Troubleshooting Planning rrrrararnrnanavarnrnrnanernrnnnnrerannenananennenananennsnen 118 Reference Map
14. File menu see section 7 3 1 b a Farm When the New Plan button is pressed the Plan Properties window is opened If a plan is currently open there will be a prompt message asking whether changes Should be saved This performs the same function as New Plan selecting the New Plan in the File menu section 7 3 2 Save When the Save button is pressed any changes that have been made to the plan that Is open will be saved If the name of the plan has been changed the plan will be saved as the new name This performs the same function as selecting the Save item in the File menu Print When the Print button Is pressed a standard print settings window Is displayed This allows printing of the current plan according to the Page Setup and print properties This performs the same function as selecting the Print item in the File menu Print Clicking on the Print Preview button will display a preview Preview of the printed Plan page by page This performs the same action as selecting the Print Preview item in the File menu Rates Click the Rates button to change the Plan screen to Rates ils Rates view Click the Costs button to view the Plan in Costs View Click the Map button to view the Plan in Map View PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 116 Rev A P n 1 1249 a In Map view Click this button to Zoom In to a closer view In Map view click this button to Zoom Out View All In Map View click this button to zoom to a view of
15. Product or part or refund the purchase price paid for the Product Leica Geosystems warrants any repaired or replaced Product or part for a period of ninety 90 days from shipment or through the end of the original warranty whichever is longer All Products or parts that are replaced become the property of Leica Geosystems This express warranty does neither cover consumables such as reflectors bulbs and fuses nor third party products EXPRESS WARRANTY FOR SOFTWARE For System Software defined as operating software and or firmware necessary for switching on and running the Product all provisions contained in this International Limited Warranty shall apply as for hardware With respect to Application Software defined as pre installed or loadable on board software and or office or PC based software for particular operations of the Product and or data the warranty provisions contained herein shall expressly not apply For further information on the scope of the warranty coverage for Application Software please refer to the correspondent Software License Agreement OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE Customer must contact the authorized distributor of Leica Geosystems or with the exception of DISTO products Leica Geosystems Service Center indicated by Leica Geosystems within the applicable warranty period to obtain warranty service authorization Dated proof of original purchase from Leica Geosystems or its authorized distributor and a
16. Using PlanlT Sections 7 9 amp Appendix e Reference Please read Sections 1 2 before using the software this will explain how to install the software and how to begin Sections 3 6 explain how to use the four PlanIT modules Planning Mapping History and Transfer and explain how to carry out normal operations with each module If you need further information you will find more details in the reference sections PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 3 RevA P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 4 Rev A P n 1 1249 2 Getting Started 2 1 Installing PlanIT PlanIT software Is supplied on a CD and you should follow these steps to install the software package on a PC running the Windows operating system 1 Close all other software 2 Insert the RINEX PlanIT CD into the CD drive of the PC 3 The software now Welcome begins to automatically install The Welcome screen shown right will appear click on Next When installation is complete a similar screen will appear where you click on Finish 4 When the PlanlT software IS run it will report a Computer ID and will remind you that the software must be registered for full usage Report this Computer ID to RINEX to obtain a registration code Welcome to the Aines PlanlT Software Setup program This program will install Hines PlarlT Software om Your Computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup prog
17. a MAP file contact RINEX It is suggested that you store these files under the C RINEX DATA directory to facilitate locating them and also Dacking up Click on File gt Load Load MAP Bitmap file gt MAP Bitmap Look in Aerial Images vi G r Er which will REN the 34748 1 map Load MAP bitmap 8 34748 2 map Window B 34748 3 map E loc6 142 map El 0c6144 map Select the file and B 0oc6784 map click Open File name 39748 1 map Files oftype MAP files MAP vi pen as read only Select the Boundary Area Layer El PlaniT Mapping Smith Smithville from the drop down layer list at Fie Edit View Tools Lists Help the top of the screen ARABLE AREA _ BOUNDARY AREA AIR PHOTO GUIDELINES NONARABLE AREA Use the Pan tool while holding down left mouse button to move the map around on the screen and zoom in out Position the map so that you can see the boundary of the first field clearly Use the Zoom tool amp to zoom in on the point where you want to start drawing the boundary Zoom in close enough so that you can draw accurately but still see the whole field Use the Insert tool to start drawing the boundary Click at your starting point each subsequent left mouse click will insert a straight boundary line If you make a mistake click on Edit gt Undo to go back one step If you need to pan while using the Insert tool hold down the spacebar key and drag the map using th
18. adjusted fields or chemicals added or removed from the plan New plans can be added to address unexpected problems e g spraying for an unexpected pest or disease and some plans may not be carried out at all depending on how the season progresses PlanIT enables tracking of costs operating costs and costs of products used from the planning stage Costs can then be reviewed after the work is done While PlanlT allows for entry of cost data this Is not compulsory and the user can make operation plans without cost data if preferred PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 1 Rev A P n 1 1249 The PlanlT 3 2 software package for the office PC consists of four interlinked modules Planning Mapping History Transfer 1 2 Mapping Visualize The Plan Farm maps produced by Mapping module form the basis for plans produced by the Planning process and both maps and plans are imported In to GuideTRAX The maps produced by the Mapping module are also used by the field recognition feature In GuideTRAX However it is not necessary to have maps before producing plans from PlanlT Plans are based on fields which can be selected either from a list or from maps A plan Is created for each specific operation and includes the products and the rates at which the products are to be applied Plans can include information about what pest disease or weed Is being targeted mix order for cocktails withholding periods and additional instructions can be
19. ane sn somone Note several files can be loaded at any one i time The number which can be loaded ag enone gt depends on how much available memory is EEE left on your computer The AS boundary file is then displayed on the screen and the layer list at the top of the screen now shows the ASx Boundary as the top layer Select Boundary Area from the drop down layer list at the top of the screen The ASx boundary will still be displayed on the screen but it Is in fact underneath the Boundary Area layer Follow instructions in 4 3 4 3 to move the boundary to the Boundary Area layer to create a field boundary OR Follow instructions from Step 4 in Method 1 Draw Boundaries Over Aerial Photo to draw the boundary over the top of the loaded ASx Boundary 4 1 3 4 Method 4 Import RINEX XML Files If a map has been created in the vehicle using GuideTRAX then it can be imported from the data exported in the vehicle PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 48 Rev A P n 1 1249 This is not done automatically by the Transfer Data process If you are also importing Client Farm and other data from the vehicle use Transfer Data first 1 Ensure that the relevant Client i PlaniT Mapping Stabilo Bros Home Farm and Farm are selected the farm SE Edit view Tools Lists Help map is specific to each farm Open Client Farm Save 2 From the main menu select File gt Import Map File gt RINEX Load File XML Import Map F
20. click OK PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 12 Rev A P n 1 1249 3 Using Planning 3 15 tarting Planning The PlanlT system is based on the principle that an overall plan for a season consists of several individual plans for different purposes e g seeding spraying and fertilising Farm maps created in the Mapping module can be used in Planning as an easy way to see what crops are planted in which fields and which fields are to be included in spread or spray plans Farm maps make It easy to select fields to be included in a plan However if maps have not yet been created fields can still be included in a plan by choosing them from a list 3 1 1 Naming A New Plan To start Planning double click on the PlanIT icon on the Windows desktop When the introductory screen appears select Planning and the Planning module will open appearance of the table page may vary depending on what plans have previously been worked on Check If the intended Client and T PlanIT Planning Jones B Jonesland Farm name are displayed at top File Feit ical Tone lirke Hele left of screen If so go to section 3 1 1 1 below If not click on Open Client Farm File gt Open Client Farm and select from the dropdown lists Jones B Smith 3 1 1 1 Selecting Farm Season And Operation Click on File gt New Plan The Plan Properties window will open PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 15 Rev A P n 1 1249 Check that Cli
21. delete a selected target Type in any notes relevant to this plan OK When OK is selected the plan for the selected client and farm will be displayed in the main screen window Cancel When Cancel is selected the display reverts to the main screen and remains unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 98 RevA P n 1 1249 7 3 3 The Plans List Window Plans List Plan List Plan Operation Season eee 2006 Figure 7 5 The Plans List window Overview The Plans List window allows opening of previously created plans Season Select the Season from drop down list only plans for that season will then be available in the Plans list Plan List The Plan List displays a list of plans for the current selected farm and season Click on a plan name to select It Click on Delete to delete the currently selected Plan When Open is pressed the selected plan will be opened Cancel When Cancel is pressed the window will close and the current plan will remain unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 99 RevA P n 1 1249 7 3 4 The Save As Window Name Jones pi seed 2006 rev Figure 7 6 The Save As window Overview The Save As window allows to save the current plan under a different name so that variations can be made The Name entry allows entering of a new name that the current plan will be saved as When OK is pressed the plan will be saved as the new n
22. field name from the Field Properties drop down list Field Name FES paddock Field test Lo came PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 46 Rev A P n 1 1249 6 Now that the boundary is complete check that the boundary represents the full shape and size of the paddock If you are not happy with the automatic generated boundary delete the boundary by using the Select Tool to select the boundary then select Delete from the Edit menu Then follow the steps in Method 1 to create the boundary manually 7 Repeat this for each field required PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 47 RevA P n 1 1249 4 1 3 3 Method 3 Load ASx Boundary Files Boundary files created when using an autonomous AutoSPRAY system such as the AS4080 or AS6100 can be used to create field boundaries and arable land areas If the whole arable area of the paddock was treated then you can assume this to also be the arable area Start the PlanIT Mapping module and check that your desired client and farm name are shown across top of screen If not use the top left menu to select them File gt Open client farm 1 Click on File gt Load file gt AS Boundary Files in the menu at the top left of the screen Plan Mapping Jones B Jonesiand 000S 2 Click on the down arrow next to the Loa in box to find the location of the ASx boundary file to be loaded treatment files have names ending in RNX Jre ED n es mae 3 Select the file s to be loaded amd
23. have been selected as shown in the example It will take several seconds to display the information PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 32 Select Plans To Print Budworm Lupins wf Crops Seed wf EPE Lupins wf EPE Wheat wf EFE wWild ats W Fert Lupins wf Fert wheat wf First Knockdown wf Late Radish Wheat wf Lime wf Lupins Grass Selective wf PS Knockdown Wheat wf PS Lupins Knockdown Cancel Rev A 5 The Plan Summary Is now displayed in Print Preview The farm name and season are displayed in the top left hand corner along with the time and date the Plan Summary was selected from the File menu Farm Smithville Season 2006 09 05 2006 14 08 Plan Summary Product Amount simazine 900 175 7 245 9 ko Weed control autumn 175 7 245 9 kg First knockdown 175 7 1756 7 kg Weed control autumn 175 7 1756 7 kg Wheat Calingiri 175 7 0703 K smith seeding 2006 1 175 7 0 03 3 kg Each product used is listed with the plan in which it is used the area covered and the amount of that product used 6 To print the Plan Summary click on the button at the top of the Print Preview screen PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 33 Rev A P n 1 1249 3 4 5 Units of Measurement Units of measurement can be switched between imperial and metric It Is recommended that the appropriate units be selected before any products are added to the data base 1 Click on View gt Units 2 Sel
24. mode can be selected at a time Layers In Map view when Layers is selected the Layers window opens See section 9 6 1 In Table view when Filter is selected the Load Filter window opens See 5 4 1 map will not change Pan In Map view when Pan Is selected the left mouse button can be clicked and held down to drag the map around the view screen This allows viewing of areas of the map that cannot be displayed on the screen due to the current zoom level 9 6 1 The Layers Window Zoom In Map view when Zoom Is selected clicking anywhere on the map screen with the left mouse button will cause the program to zoom in on the selected point The selected point will become the centre point Clicking on the map screen with the right mouse button will cause the program to zoom out of the map The centre point of the PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 162 RevA P n 1 1249 Layers AE CLUSION ZONES wf NONARABLE AREA wf GUIDELINES Select Al y BOUNDARY AREA wf ARABLE AREA Deselect All Cancel Figure 9 8 The Layers window Overview The Layers window allows selection of the layers that are displayed in the farm map view and the order in which these layers are displayed Layers The Layers list displays all available layers for the current farm map Individual layers can be selected and deselected by using a left mouse button click Selected layers are shown with a red tick Select All When the Selec
25. need to contact Rinex for a new registration code To continue using all your accumulated data on the new PC then after installing PlaniT but before using it copy your previously saved Data sub directory and use it to overwrite the Data subdirectory which PlanlT has created on the new PC PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 174 RevA P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 175 RevA P n 1 1249 APPENDIX 3 TERMINOLOGY AutoFIELD AutoFIELD is a standard feature of the Saturn R system which detects which field is currently being treated and issues warnings and alarms if actions are being attempted in the wrong field AutoFIELD also ensures that treatment information Is recorded in the correct field Boom Settings Boom details such as the number of boom sections and the width of each section Button A symbol representing a function shown on the screen which allows the input of data or performs a function when clicked DGPS Differential Global Positioning System Provides more accurate positioning information where corrections are applied to the basic GPS position GPS Global Positioning System Provides basic position information to the system GuideTRAX The software program produced by RINEX which runs on the Saturn system in a vehicle PC Personal Computer device running the Microsoft Windows operating system on which PlanlT is installed Saturn Hardware The hardware system installed in a vehicle cabin which ts used to run GuideTRA
26. new name to be typed in The Delete buttons allow deleting farms or clients OK When OK is selected the farm map for the selected combination of client and farm will be displayed Cancel When Cancel is selected the main screen window will display and remain unchanged 8 4 The Edit Menu PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 126 RevA P n 1 1249 view Tools Lists Ff Unda Delete Cancel Esc Paste CtrlHv Properties Figure 8 4 The Edit menu Overview The Edit menu allows undoing of certain actions that have been performed It also allows editing of fields and label names Undo When Undo is selected the last action that was performed Is undone Note The Undo function only works when picking points for line and area features or when making cut and paste operations on features For example when drawing a line feature selecting undo will remove the most recent point in the feature Subsequent selection of undo will continue to remove points for that feature from the farm map Delete The Delete option is only available when a feature is selected If a feature is selected and Delete is clicked a standard confirmation window will be displayed confirming that selected feature will be deleted If OK Is selected the feature is deleted Cancel The Cancel option is available when the process of creating an area or line feature has been started Once the process has started and cancel Is selected all points that have been
27. of 2 10 Click OK Repeat steps 6 10 until the whole farm has been divided into appropriate pages 11 Use the Next Page button 5 on the toolbar to scroll through all the pages PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 62 Rev A P n 1 1249 Using History 5 1 History Concept GuideTRAX and PlanlT form a complete system for field operation management with continuous feedback and improvement Prepare plans using PlanlT Import plans to the GuideTRAX vehicle system and carry out the operations variations from the plan being recorded as done Export data back to PlanlT in the office and review for next season The History module allows viewing and analysis of treatment data recorded with the GuideTRAX system Various data characteristics are recorded during treatment in the field and this data can be exported onto an external USB device and imported into PlaniT History for viewing The data recorded in the field can be easily managed using PlanIT Records can be filtered to pick out information for planning the next season to review the operator s performance or to quickly summarise activities and product used Costs can be monitored or for a contractor clear records of work done can be presented with invoices 5 1 1 Importing Data From Work Done You can import data related to work carried out by the vehicle system For instructions on importing and exporting data see the transfer module in section 6 1 PlanlT 3 2 User Ma
28. provided in the form of notes Plans can be printed and given to the driver or exported from PlanlT via a USB thumb drive or compact flash card and then imported into GuideTRAX In GuideTRAX imported plans can be viewed and amended Plan information IS also used by GuideTRAX to specify the quantity of each product required to fill a tank or bin to apply the rate specified in the plan for each field and the order in which chemicals are to be added to the tank If maps have been created then GuideTRAX can use the maps to determine whether the vehicle is in the field specified in the selected plan and will display warnings if not PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 2 RevA P n 1 1249 1 3 After The Field Work Using History Recorded treatment data can be exported from a GuideTRAX system and imported to be viewed in a structured tabled format in History which allows easy analysis of work completed This module also allows the user to setup filters and view treatment data ina customised format Treatments can also be viewed in map mode exactly as they appeared in the field when originally recorded with GuideTRAX This review facilitates accounting for the work done and improves the accuracy of planning for the next season 1 4 This User Manual This manual is designed to enable use of PlanlT version 3 2 office software There are three main sections e Introduction concepts installation Sections 1 2 and how to start Sections 3 6 e
29. will be displayed to confirm whether to save any changes that have been made PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 94 RevA P n 1 1249 Print Summary Close Plan PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 When the Print Preview item is selected a print preview of the current plan will be displayed When the Print item Is selected a standard print screen IS displayed This allows printing of the current plan with choice of Printer and pages Print Summary allows you to print a summary for selected plans in a tabulated format showing how much of each product will be required This information is useful for budgeting and ordering products Note When the Select Plans to Print window is displayed with a list of plans left click on the plan name to select deselect it with a tick All ticked plans will display in the print summary When Close Plan is selected the program will exit If changes have been made to the current plan but not yet saved a Save confirmation window is displayed first Page 95 Rev A 7 3 1 The Open Client Farm Window Open Client Farm Jones B Smith Figure 7 3 The open Client Farm window Overview The open Client Farm window allows selecting and loading previously created clients and farms and creation of new clients and farms Client The Client drop down list allows previously saved clients to be selected Farm The Farm drop down list allows previously saved farms for a particular clie
30. 005 Treatment Treatment Treatment G Cottage MT 2005 EE Treatment Figure 5 1 Tree view mode PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 StarDate 1922006 Area 105 89Ha Plan SUMMER SPRAY StartDate 31102005 Area 95 61Ha Plan RADISH TRACE StartDate 4 0 2005 Area 95 16Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray startDate 3 10 2005 Area 50 15Ha Plan RADISH TRACE StartDate 5 6 2005 Area 19 62Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray StartDate 5 6 2005 Area 30 99Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray StatDate 2 2 2006 Area O 00Ha Plan aaa Page 67 Rev A 5 2 1 Viewing Treatment Details You can select a treatment file from the list by double clicking on it or clicking on it and then click on Edit gt Properties to view its data properties You can use the tabs in this window to view different properties See Figure 5 2 Treatment Properties window Treatment Properties Mame Section Tank Flow Controller Flow Controller On Latency Off Latency Details j Product enic e j Driver Weather Motes ATOR BEELINE of 1 GATOR_BEELINE of 5 4 50m of 1 2900 000 MANUAL WITH TOLE 2 00 Seconds 0 00 Seconds Figure 5 2 Treatment Properties window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 68 Rev A 5 2 2 Grouping Treatments Individual treatments up to a maximum of 4 in a particular field can be groupe
31. 49 27 11 LHa Treatment Report Farm Home Farm Drivers PETE 4 Field Loading Paddock Distance 58 38km 4 Plan SEEDING Durations 38h 4 Date 16th July 2005 Ave Speed 1634km h gt 4 Area 10835Ha Awe Rates RER S Product Ci Batch Amount Area Ha Rate PMAPTRACE f gO gH BAUDIN BARLEY Og 82 kg Ha CALLINGAR eg Ha eg 852 OD gH Rex Tech hob 19 Gal St Sorti Perth UN 8 St 4771 K RIM Ex GOT 31 Figure 5 4 Treatment Report PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 74 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 3 The Map View The map view allows you to view the farm map if available and its features Once data is Imported from an external USB device treatment data will also be displayed To enter map view mode click View gt Map Changing the farm map view Is made simple by the tool bar which contains shortcuts to commonly used functions See the toolbar onscreen or refer to section 9 2 for more details 5 3 1 Viewing Map Layers Since farm maps contain layers it Is possible to view all layers or only a number of selected layers To do this use the Layers window by clicking Tools gt Layers Or clicking You must be in map view mode to do this Layer Selection Layers Fi l ft 21 lw 20 Select All w PLANINFO iw BUSH W JOHNS CAVE LAND Deselect All W GUIDELINES Move Down W LINE of NONARABLE AREA y BOUNDARY AREA Figure 5 5 The Layers window Select all m
32. 9 8 4 2 The Field Properties Window Field Properties Figure 8 6 The Field Properties screen Overview The Field Properties screen allows changing of the assigned field name to a particular boundary area Field Name The Field Name drop down list contains the names of available fields that can be assigned to a boundary area Field List When Field List is selected the Field List window is displayed where field names can be created edited or deleted See section 8 7 3 OK When OK is selected the selected field is assigned to the boundary area Cancel When Cancel is selected the window will close and the boundary area will remain unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 130 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 5 The View Menu Hie Tools Lists Help Units Map Grid Figure 8 7 The View menu Overview The View menu allows access to map view related functions such as zooming and panning Pages Two options may be selected Next When Next Page is selected the next print page will be displayed if it exists Setup When Setup is selected the page setup window is displayed where new print pages can be created viewed and deleted See section 4 5 Zoom Three options may be selected e In Zooms in and re centres the map e Out Zooms out e All Zooms to show all the map at once Four options may be selected e Left Shifts the map view to the left e Right Shifts the map view to the right e Up Shift
33. Edit Menu Sele View Tools Lists Help Delete Group Treatments Ungroup Treatments Properties Figure 9 4 The Edit menu Overview The Edit menu allows deleting of certain items and display of Properties Delete The Delete option is only available in Tree view when a treatment Is selected If Delete Is clicked a standard confirmation window will be displayed confirming that selected treatment will be deleted If OK is selected the treatment is deleted Group The Group Treatments option Is only available in Tree view When Treatments a treatment is selected and Group Treatments is clicked the Group Treatments window will open displaying all treatments in the selected field to allow selection of treatments to be grouped See section 9 4 1 for details Ungroup The Ungroup Treatments option IS only available in Tree view Treatments When Ungroup Treatments Is clicked the selected group of treatments will be ungrouped and the individual treatments displayed Properties The Properties option is only available in Tree view and when a treatment is selected If Properties is clicked the Treatment Properties window will open to show properties of that treatment See section 5 2 and Figure 5 2 Treatment Properties window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 158 RevA P n 1 1249 9 4 1 The Group Treatments Window Group Treatments Select Treatments to Group Treatment StartDate 02 08 2005 Grea 112 53
34. Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray Treatment StartDate 03 10 2005 Area 107 66Ha Plan RADISH TRACE Treatment StartDate 20 02 2006 Area 72 44H3 Plan SUMMER SPRAY Treatment StartDate 20 02 2006 Area 51 48Ha Plan SUMMER SPRAY Figure 9 5 The Group Treatments window Overview The Group Treatments window allows selection of treatments applied in a field so that they can be grouped together Select The Select Treatments to Group selection box allows up to four Treatments individual treatments to be selected Clicking on or to the left of the to Group treatment will cause a red tick to appear Indicating the treatment has been selected Clicking on the treatment again will cause the red tick to disappear Indicating that it Is no longer selected When OK is clicked the group is created and displayed in the list of treatments for the field in Tree view The group can be expanded to display the individual treatments in the group Cancel When Cancel is pressed the window will close and the group is not created PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 159 RevA P n 1 1249 9 5 The View Menu me Tools L E Table w Map Pages d Zoom Fan Units Map Grid P Figure 9 6 The View menu Overview The View menu provides a choice of 3 views of the data and allows access to the map view related functions zoom pan and map grid It also allows metric or imperial units of measurement to be s
35. NN ra 10 2 3 Entering Initial Data Through Planning ccc cee cece cece eee eceeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeaes 11 2 3 1 Selecting Cllent ANd FarM sat cescecn sr reden EL RER ERNE 11 3 Using Planning 13 SNP 15 3 1 1 Naming A New Pee 15 3 1 1 1 Selecting Farm Season And OperatIon ararnananannrnavennnnr 15 3 2 Creating Data Base Information r arenararnanenannrnenanenernrnnnnnennnnenananennenen 17 3 2 1 Adding Fields If Maps Not Yet Used J rrarrarnernernannnnnavnenernennen 18 3 2 2 PINS CCS EE EN NE 19 3 23 Adding Fertilisers PENE 21 3 2 4 Adding Chemicals EE EN 22 a 2 25 Aeg S R FE EEE EE 23 Be eane EEE 24 331 CAE PI EE EEE 24 3 3 1 1 Adding Fields To The Plan rarannanenannnnanevannrnanenanannenanennnnen 25 3 3 1 2 Adding More Seeds And Fields To Plan cceceeeeeeeeeeees 27 3 3 2 Fertiliser ved 28 3 3 3 Ora FINS BE sep E EE EE AE A A 29 3 3 4 Adding NOTES p 29 3 4 Displaying Information ararannanenarnrnanavevnrnrnanerannnnenananannenananenurnsnanennnne 30 3 4 1 Cost or Amount Information enszeeshsbesescandhdeacasecseshecasnasesccesasaasnae 30 3 4 2 Scrolling Through A Large Plan r ararnnnananannnnanevavnnnenanenennnnanener 31 3 4 3 Changing Field Display Order cccccececeeeecececeeeeecececeeeeeeeesaes 31 3 4 4 Plan Summary erarnrnanevernrnanavenannenananernrnsnanenannsnenenannenenanennnnsnsne 32 3 4 5 Units OT MESEN 34 3 4 6 Display Map Grid and Labels
36. P n 1 1249 7 5 1 1 The Field List Window Field List Field List Field Arable rea Total rea EFES paddock 4 70 Ha F69 paddock F70 paddock F71 paddock Figure 7 10 The Field List window Overview The Field List window allows adding of a new field to a plan and also editing of an existing field in a plan Delete Click Delete to delete the field which you have highlighted in the Field list OK When OK is selected the window is closed and the field is added to the plan or changes are saved Cancel If Cancel is selected the window is closed and the field is not added to the plan and the plan remains unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 106 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 5 1 2 The Product List Window Product List Chemical Fertiliser Seed Product Unit Default Rate Wheat Calingiri kg 50 00 kg Ha Figure 7 11 The Product List window Overview The Product List window allows adding a new product to a plan and also editing of an existing product in a plan First select one of the 3 tabs Chemical Fertiliser or Seed Product The Product list allows selecting of the product to be added in the plan Click New to add a new product to the list Note Ensure you have selected the appropriate Tab first Click Edit to edit the properties of a product already listed Click Delete to delete the highlighted product When OK is selected the window is closed and the product is added to the pla
37. PlanlT User Manual ple Smart guidance made SIM e R NEX when it has to be right Jeica Geosystems PlaniT 3 2 User Manual Written for use with PlanlT 3 2 and GuideTRAX 3 2 Software version 3 2 Part number 1 1249 Revision A Publication Date March 2007 Copyright 2009 by Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd All rights reserved Acknowledgements Windows XP is registered to Microsoft Corp Other products and trademarks mentioned In this manual are the property of their registered owners WARRANTY Leica Geosystems International Limited Warranty EXPRESS WARRANTY FOR HARDWARE Leica Geosystems AG Leica Geosystems warrants to the original end user Customer that this Product will be free from defects in workmanship and materials under normal use for generally one 1 year except for i DISTO products for which two 2 years shall apply and ii batteries for which ninety 90 days shall apply unless such warranty period has been extended by Leica Geosystems and provided any and all operating and maintenance instructions are strictly respected in particular in case of extreme and or continuous applications use of the Product The warranty period begins on the proved purchase date or if applicable date of delivery or date of acceptance report Leica Geosystems sole obligation under this express warranty shall be at Leica Geosystems sole option and expense to replace or repair the
38. Typically the farm map will be too big to allow all the fields to be viewed clearly on the one screen or to allow the field names to be read To assist with finding and viewing field information the farm map can be broken up Into pages The farm can have several pages with a different group of paddocks on each page and or a different paddock on each page and or a whole farm on each page Too many pages however will be just as hard to use as too few so its recommended that the whole farm be on one page and then break the farm up into groups of fields so that the name of each field can be read on the screen Ke tant Mapping font A fnteveitte 1 U s Hd sume anta TQHLS RAQA i Se View gt Zoom gt All to position the map on the screen so that the whole farm N can be seen Wed peddel paemus 2 Click on Page Setup View gt Pages gt Setup to open the Page Setup meter window 3 Click on New 4 No Pages will change to Page 1 of 1 meaning that page 1 Is the whole farm 5 Click OK PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 61 RevA P n 1 1249 6 Using the Pan and Zoom X g eame erasreaaan tools position the map on the screen so that the field names of each field in the first group can be read If part of a field is cut off it can be picked up in the next f page if necessary 7 Click View gt Pages gt Setup 8 Click on New 9 Page 1 of 1 will change to Page 2
39. X It includes the Interface Box GPS antennae and can Include any connected device cables connectors and the touch screen Swath Width The total width of the boom implement Treatment Data The position information stored in a field when treatment Is on The treatment data is represented on the screen as a blue shaded area The measurement unit used to evaluate mass volume area distance etc E g Kilogram Tonne and Litre USB Storage Device A device that is connected to the USB port on the PC or Saturn system that is used to transfer files to and from the system PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 176 RevA P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 177 RevA P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 1 Rev A P n 1 1249
40. al Page 23 RevA P n 1 1249 3 3 Gea ting Plans When the Planning module was first opened see section 3 1 a seeding plan was created when that operation was selected and a name was entered however because there was no product information tn the data base the plan could not progress A seeding plan should be created first as fertiliser and spraying plans can then be linked to the fields according to their crop types However a field which Is not going to be seeded can also be included in spray and fertiliser plans Once the Seeding plan has been created for the season fertiliser and spray plans can be created in any order 3 3 1 Seeding Plan 1 Click on the Plan Information box to open the scsws5 Plan Properties window _ 2 If you have not already done so STE Seeley enter the operational cost per Water Rate 100 hectare of running the seeding Grerational cast E equipment not including cost of seed fertiliser and other bes products Plan Notes Seed wheat Calingiri 3 Click on the New column at the top of the plan to add a seed type to the plan SEEDING 2005 VI VV SEEDING BARLEY KG HA 0 20 NEV 4 Select the first product from the drop down list and click OK SS Product EEE TOTAL AMOUNT a 0 20 Cost 5 The selected seed is now displayed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 24 RevA P n 1 1249 3 3 1 1 Adding Fields To The Plan There
41. ame If Cancel is pressed the window will close without saving PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 100 RevA P n 1 1249 7 4 The Edit Menu PlaniT Planning Jones Suis View Tools Lists He Delete Del Figure 7 7 The Edit menu Overview The Edit menu contains access to functions that allow editing of a plan Delete When the Delete item is selected the current highlighted product or field will be removed from the plan PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 101 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 5 The View Menu Li Plani Planning Stabilo Bros Home Far File Edit MENE Tools Lists Help Ul Hd Rates Scosts B map osts Map Seed Alphabetically gt 2 Alphabetically 7 34 Seedil Seed Type w Entry Order Units Figure 7 8 The View menu Overview The View menu allows changing the current view mode and toggling through farm map pages when in map view mode It also allows sorting of the fields in a plan alphabetically based on seed type or by order of entry and allows the units of measurement to be changed between metric and imperial When in Map view display of the map grid and labels can be turned on and off Rates When the Rates item is selected the current plan will be displayed in rates view mode See section 7 5 1 for more details Costs When the Costs item Is selected the current plan will be displayed In cost view mode See section 7 5 2 for more details When the Map item is sele
42. an settings File Edit View Tools Lists Help New field button Plan 4 Fields NUM Figure 7 9 The Rates view Overview The Rates view displays the rate for every paddock and product in a table form It also displays total information for each paddock and product Plan When the Plan Settings cell is clicked the Plan Properties window will Settings be displayed where selected Plan properties can be edited See section 7 3 2 for more details Total The Total Amount cells display the total amount for each product Amount that is needed in the plan It is the sum of the arable areas for each paddock multiplied by the rate value for the product Add Field When Add Field is clicked the Field List window will be displayed allowing inserting of a new field into the plan See section 7 5 1 1 for more details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 104 RevA P n 1 1249 Add When Add Product is clicked or if it is highlighted and Enter is Product pressed on the keyboard the Add Product select edit window will be displayed allowing inserting of a new product into the plan See section 7 5 1 2 for more details Rates When a Rate cell is clicked the cell will become editable and an Enter Rate box will open initially showing the default rate entered for that product Click OK to use the default rate or enter another rate and then click OK PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 105 Rev A
43. anennnnenenr EE EEE EEE 9 6 The Tools Menu ararararararnrnananananevenananananannnnensnanananananenenanunnnnnnnnnnenen 9 6 1 EE SES ae EEE OT VN LISTS MTU mai re 9 7 1 Batch USt NNN 9 7 1 1 New Batch WInNdow arararnananananananannnnnnnnenenananananenenennnenne 9 7 2 Product List Window s racsusasaeesnsueneinsoncsnenanmostesesnapeseedsnemeaontsandes 9 7 3 FATTE ETEN NN 9 8 1 The About Message BOX EE EE APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 PlaniT 3 2 Minimum System Requirements APPENDIX 2 PlanIT Back up amp Re installation APPENDIX 3 Terminology l Introduction 1 1 Concept Of PlanIT PlanlT is an integral part of the GuideTRAX system for increasing agricultural productivity PlanlT completes the link between pre planning in the office doing the application in the field and reviewing and learning from the field data collected OFFIGE Compare Create PlaniT Plan actual Plans Record Use Plan in actual field FIELD Guide TRAX PlaniT software is based on the principle that an overall plan for a season consists of several individual plans for different purposes e g seeding spraying fertilising Different plans are created at the beginning of the season to cover all the operations that it is envisaged may be required during the season Itis then possible to view the projected costs for the whole season for budgeting purposes Plans would be reviewed a day or so before they are carried out and rates may be
44. anual Page 118 Rev A P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 119 RevA P n 1 1249 8 Reference Mapping 8 1 Mapping The Mapping module works together with GuideTRAX software Mapping is used to create maps for a farm using an office PC Treatments for each farm will be displayed and these treatments can be used as a guide for creating features The maps can be exported from the office PC and imported to GuideTRAX for use in the field 8 2 The main Screen Status bar Figure 8 1 The Main screen window Overview The Main screen displays the farm map status bar toolbar and top menu PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 122 Rev A P n 1 1249 File Selecting the File item in the menu allows access to functions such as opening farm maps and loading treatments See section 8 3 for more details Edit Selecting the Edit item in the menu allows undoing of actions that have been performed See section 8 4 for more details View Selecting the View item in the menu allows access to related functions such as zooming and panning See section 8 5 for more details Tools Selecting the Tools item in the menu gives access to the layer manager and sets the current tool See section 8 6 for more details List Selecting the List item in the menu allows creating features and layers See section 8 7 for more details Help Selecting the Help item in the menu shows program version information See section 8 8 for more details Tool Bar Th
45. are 2 ways to add a field to a plan If maps are not yet being used then use Method 2 Method 1 1 Click on View gt Map 2 Click on all the fields that you want to be planted with this seed The field boundaries of each field will be highlighted with a thick black line to show that it has been selected A t ig TALM STREET field can be de selected by clicking on it again Sma A24 FL 3 Right mouse click anywhere on the screen 4 A message asking if you want to add the field to the plan will be displayed click Yes 5 Each field which was selected will now be overlaid with diagonal black lines to show that it has been added to the plan and in filled with N ud FP SHEA the colour chosen for that seed type when EE creating the seed in the data base Section po Me ies 3 2 2 E 96 7Ha 6 Click View gt Plan PERON 7 You will now see the selected fields SEE BNG listed on the left side of the screen TOTAL AMOUNT 577 56 highlighted in the same seed colour gen The default sowing rate for that gt ii seed has also been added 50 00 76 52 50 00 EE 88 96 50 00 8 Click View gt Map again to add the rest of the fields to be seeded with this seed type PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 25 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 Click once on each field on the map to be seeded with this seed type each paddock should then be highlighted with the thick black line as shown in step 2 as It s sele
46. area feature that Is being created The Line Thickness drop down list allows selecting from various line thicknesses Line Pattern The Line Pattern option is only available when it Is a line or area feature that Is being created and allows selecting from various line patterns Line Colour The Line Colour option is only available when it Is a line or area feature that is being created and allows selecting from various colours to be used for the line Area Pattern The Area Pattern option Is only available when it Is an area feature that is being created The Area Pattern drop down list allows selecting from various area patterns to be used for the area Area Colour The Area Colour option is only available when It is an area feature that Is being created and allows selecting from colours to be used for the area Show Area If the Show Area box Is ticked the size of the area feature will be displayed on the farm map OK When OK is selected the feature type Is created and the window closes Cancel When Cancel is selected the window will close and the feature type will not be created 8 7 2 The Layer Types Window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 142 RevA P n 1 1249 Layer lypes Lavers List ARABLE AREA BOUNDARY AREA EXCLUSION ZONES new GUIDELINES MONARABLE AREA Figure 8 14 The Layer Types window Overview The Layer Types window allows creating editing and deleting of layers Layers List Th
47. button displays the Open Client Farm window It performs the same function as selecting File gt Open Client Farm in the File menu See section 8 3 1 for more details Save Clicking on the Save button saves changes that have been made to the current farm map It performs the same function as selecting File gt Save in the menu Print Clicking the Print button displays a standard print window that allows printing of the current farm map view and adjusting of print properties It performs the same function as selecting File gt Print in the menu Print Preview Provides a preview of the printed page from the Farm map with current settings Current Layer Selecting a layer from the Current Layer drop down list allows changing the top layer that is displayed in 7 __ the main map view Features in this layer can be NONARABLE AREA inserted selected and edited or deleted Layers Click on the Layers button to open the Layers window see section 8 5 1 Zoom Clicking on the Zoom button performs the same function as selecting Tools gt Zoom in the menu Left click to zoom in and Right click to zoom out Pan Clicking on the Pan button performs the same function as selecting Tools gt Pan in the menu Left click and hold to move the map around In any direction Select Clicking on the Select button performs the same function as clicking Tools gt Select in the menu PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 148 Rev A P n 1 1249
48. ch may be typed into this box Abbreviation An abbreviation can be typed here to facilitate selecting and identifying the batch in the field No units Enter the number of bags drums etc e g if the product was purchased in 20 bags of 10kg each enter 20 here Unit Volume Enter the weight or volume of each Unit in the example above enter 10 here Select OK when all details are entered Select Cancel to close the window without saving new data 9 7 2 Product List Window See section 7 5 1 2 for details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 167 RevA P n 1 1249 9 7 3 Field List Window See section 7 5 1 1 for details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 168 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 8 The Help Menu gt About Overview The Help menu gives access to version information When the About item is selected the About message box IS displayed See section 9 8 1 9 8 1 The About Message Box PlanIT RINEX Office Management Software History 3 2 Release 1 Rinex Technology Copyright 01 2007 Overview The About window contains version and copyright information for the software which may be needed if you call RINEX support Click on OK to close the window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 169 Rev A P n 1 1249 Appendix APPENDIX I MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS e 1 6GHz Processor e Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2 e 256MB of RAM 512MB recommended for displaying large o
49. ckets should be available on the chemical container s label This information is used in GuideTRAX when filling the tank New Chemical Product Name Simazine 900 Units Kilogram In Tank Kilogram Default Rate 1 40 kg Ha Default Cost E per Unit MixGrder 3 Wel Sciidry Flow DF viwater disp gran WDG v withholding Period J days Group Type Herbicide Groups 4 Note that the Mix Order Is intended as a guide only 5 Inthe Witholding Period box you can enter a period as a reminder to yourself or operator 6 Select Group Type from the dropdown list 7 Type in the Group e g A B etc that the product belongs to 8 Click OK 9 Repeat the process until all chemicals have been entered then click Close to close the Chemical List dialogue box PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 22 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 5 Adding Targets 1 Click on Lists gt Targets to open the Target List window 2 To add a new target click New which will open the New Target window Target List Target Target Oxalis New Target Target 3 In the Target box type in the name of the target 4 Select the Target Type from the drop down list Click OK Repeat steps 2 5 until all targets have been entered then click Close to close the Target List dialogue Dox PlanlT 3 2 User Manu
50. cle used driver distance travelled duration of treatment average speed and application rate products used together with total amount of each area treated with each product and application rate of each product The report also displays a map of the field showing the treated area In the case of a treatment group the Plan name and the date printed on the report are those of the earliest treatment in the group Only as many vehicle and driver names as can fit in the Vehicle and Driver fields of the report will be listed The Distance and Duration figures are the sum of all the treatments while average speed and rate figures are averaged across all treatments To print a Treatment Report while in Tree view 1 Click on the treatment to print 2 Click on the Print icon at the top of the IT History Stabilo Bros Home Farm ei a ETe Mibe imap 3 The print dialogue box will then be displayed 4 Select the appropriate details and a madame TJ properties for your printer then click OK 5 As an alternative to Step 2 the Print A Print Next Page Prev Page Preview icon L at the top of the History screen can be used first to check the Treatment Report cient Stbllobs ehee JOHN DE appearance of the report then the repor ET 154 J hy 2005 I can be printed by clicking the Print butt at the top of the Print Preview screen PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 73 RevA P n 1 12
51. court of jurisdiction not allow the entire exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or the limitation of incidental or consequential damages for certain products supplied to consumers or the limitation of liability for personal injury such implied warranties and such liabilities will be limited to the duration of the applicable express warranty GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION This Limited Warranty shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland excluding all conflict of laws principles and excluding the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods dated 11 April 1980 The ordinary courts at the Leica Geosystems registered office in Balgach Switzerland shall be competent Leica Geosystems shall at its sole discretion also be entitled to take legal action in the competent courts at the Customer s place of business or domicile With this Limited Warranty Leica Geosystems grants Customer specific legal rights which do not restrict any statutory consumer rights Heerbrugg July 1 2002 TABLE of CONTENTS PlaniT 3 2 Office Management Software l Introduction 1 LL CONDO PIIN seriectstecsenti athenceue sacs rede 1 12 Map pine Vist all Ze NNN 2 1 3 After The Field Work USING HIStOry ararararnanananannenananernrnnnanenannenenannnnen 3 TEEN UNE 3 2 Getting Started 5 PN 7 2 1 1 Manual Installation Option ccccceeeeeeceeeeceeseeeeeeeeeceeaeeseaeeees 8 2 1 2 Pack UD YOU Date ES EE 9 AA VE
52. created in the feature will be removed A new feature can now be created again Cancel can also be used to deselect a selected feature Cut The Cut option can be used together with the Paste option to transfer a feature from one layer to another layer of the same type See section 4 3 4 3 Paste The Paste option Is only available when a feature has been Cut See explanation for the Cut option above and section 4 3 4 3 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 127 Rev A P n 1 1249 Properties The Properties option is only available when a feature Is selected If a field boundary Is selected and Properties is clicked the Field Properties window will open to show properties of that field See section 8 4 2 If another feature is selected and Properties is clicked the Edit Label window will open to show the name of that feature which may then be edited See section 8 4 1 for more details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 128 RevA P n 1 1249 8 4 1 The Edit Label Window Edit Label Figure 8 5 The Edit Label screen Overview The Edit Label screen allows editing of the label name for a selected feature Label The Label entry box allows naming a feature with text from the keyboard OK When OK is selected the entered text will become the label for the selected feature Cancel When Cancel is selected the window will close and the label for the selected feature will remain unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 129 RevA P n 1 124
53. cted 10 When all the fields to be seeded with this seed type have been selected right mouse Click 11 Click Yes to add them all to the seeding plan 12 Click View gt Plan Note that the default rate for that seed is listed for each field in the plan Method 2 1 Gick on the Add Field row 2 The Field List window will open Select the name of the field from the drok down list to be added to the plan 3 Cick OK to close the window and save the extra field in the Plan PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 LT PlanlT Planning Smith Smithville File Edit View Tools Lists Help e D A amp Grates Scots ve SY QUAS aa Smith seeding 2006 H Seeding Total Amount DA Nea paddock Rast paddock Add Field Calingiri kg Ha 0 23 Wheat 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 128 74 Ab 922 A p Page 26 RevA 3 3 1 2 Adding More Seeds And Fields To Plan 1 Adda new seed to the plan by repeating steps In section 3 3 1 Seeding Plan 2 Now add another field to the plan by repeating steps in Methods 1 or 2 above ne SEEDING 2005 3 The field will be added but it will show as being gt for the previous seed SEEDING J g org 4 Click on the rate cell for the new field and the TOTAL AMOUNT 27599 50 previous seed 140 21 B13 HILL 6 Change it to 0 and click OK O 7 Click on the rate box for the new seed 5 A dialogu
54. cted the current plan will be displayed in map view mode See section 7 5 3 for more details Pages When Pages is selected the next page of the map will be displayed if pages have been created Note the Pages item Is only available when in map view mode Sort A sub menu will appear when the Sort item Is selected Four types of field sort are available e Alphabetically A to Z Z to A e Crop type e Order of entry The order of the fields on the left hand side column of the plan view will depend on the different sort type PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 102 Rev A P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 A sub menu will appear when the Units item Is selected Metric or Imperial units of measurement can be selected The area will be displayed in the selected unit of measurement Hectares Ha or Acres Ac Products which were added to the database before the change of units will still be displayed in the units in which the product was created See Section 3 4 5 Units of Measurement for more information In Map View only a sub menu will appear when the Map Grid item is selected The map grid can be turned on by selecting the appropriate grid size or turned off and grid reference labels displaying Northings and Eastings turned on or off Possible selections are 100m x 100m lkm x 1km None Show labels Page 103 Rev A 7 5 1 The Rates View New product Rate cell LilPlanlT Planning Jones B I Sele Pl
55. d 2 Select the appropriate location to export the file to 3 Type in a name for the export file T File name Glyphosate 450 c3v i ECEE Comma Delimited CSV Cancel 4 Click Save DP bt el ECS PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 80 Rev A P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 81 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 5 The Database To add various elements to the database click on Lists and select the required name from the list See Figure 5 10 below The following items are available Batches Chemicals Fertilisers Seeds Products Chemicals Fertilisers Seeds Fields Lists Help Batches Products Fields Figure 5 10 The Lists menu Clicking on an item will display a window that lists the contents of the database for that item Here you can create edit and delete items Figure 5 11 shows an example of a Product List window in this case the Chemical tab is selected Product List Chernical Fertiliser Seed Product Unit Default Rate Simazine 900 kg 1 40 kg Ha hen Figure 5 11 The Product List window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 82 Rev A P n 1 1249 6 Using Transfer Data 6 1 Transfer Functions GuideTRAX and PlanlT form a complete system for farm operation management This requires efficient transfer of information from the office to the vehicle and Dack again The Transfer Data module facilitates this To ac
56. d together as follows 1 Locate the treatments which you want to group together f Conells 2005 Treatment StartDate 05 06 2005 Area 19 62Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Sp Treatment StartDate 05 08 2008 Area 30 99Ra Plan Barley Pre Seeding Sp Treatment StartDate 0310 2006 Area 50 15Ha Plan RADISH TRACE Cottage 2 Click on one of the treatments which Area 19 62Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray you Wa nt to Treatment StartDate 08 08 2005 Area 50 99Ha Plan Barley Pre Seeding Spray group Treatment StartDate 0310 2005 Area 50 15Ha Plan RADISH TRACE 3 Click on Edit gt Group The Group Treatments window will be displayed 4 Click on each treatment to be Gran Treatments grouped Select Treatments to Group Testment StartDate 05 08 2005 Area 19 62Ha Plan Barley Pre 5 wf Treatment StartDate 05 08 2005 Area 38 99Ha Plan Barley Pre 5 Treatment StartDate 03 10 2005 Area 58 15Ha Plan RADISH TR 5 Click OK once all treatments to be grouped have been selected Grouped treatments will now appear as a single entry BA Conells PP 2005 Treatment StartDate 0310 2005 Area 56 75Ha Plan RAD HH Group Treatment StartDate 05 08 2005 Area 50 61Ha PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 69 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 2 2 1 Viewing Grouped Treatment Data To view individual treatments in a group Click on the to the left of the grou
57. description of the defect will be required Leica Geosystems is not responsible for Products or parts received without a warranty service authorization Repaired or replacement Products will be shipped to Customer at Leica Geosystems expense The repaired product or part will be shipped as soon as reasonably possible Leica Geosystems shall not be responsible for any damages occurring during such shipment Leica Geosystems shall at its sole discretion decide on the place of performance for work under warranty For Products forming part of a fixed installation such place of performance shall be the site of such installation and Leica Geosystems shall have the right to charge for additional costs for such services under warranty if the site of the Product is other than where the Product was originally installed or shipped WARRANTY EXCLUSIVE Customer s sole remedy for breach of the warranty shall be the express warranty The foregoing warranty is exclusive and is in lieu of all other warranties terms or conditions express or implied either in fact or by operation of law statutory or otherwise including warranties terms or conditions of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose satisfactory quality and non infringement all of which are expressly disclaimed Leica Geosystems shall not be liable if the alleged defect or malfunction was caused by Customer s or any other person s misuse neglect improper installation unauthorized attemp
58. e W lkm x Lim None Grid Labels can also be turned on or off y Show Labels PlanIT 3 2 User Manual Page 76 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 4 The Table View Click the table icon FY Table or select View gt Table to display in Table view mode Once treatment data has been imported the properties of the treatment will be displayed in a tabulated format that is easily sorted and filtered All records are sorted by the left most column E g Sort on the product in Figure 5 6 below ve PlanlT History Stabilo Bros Home farn File Edit View 90 Acre Treat BARLEY IN CRO IM CRO SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME SUMME Back 4 Treat Barley Barley Pe ede Tools Serial ko Fs FT 97807 97877 gros 97857 97857 grad 37857 37857 gros gros grad gros gros gros 37857 Serial grar garr eT Sort column Fields in this example Lists Driver PETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR FETE GATOR Driver Vehicle JEFF GATOR JEFF GATOR Client Farm Season Vehicle Product Batch GLYPH 6677D TRIAD TRIASU Ester 8 Ester 5 GLYPH GLY FH Lontral LONMTE
59. e Layers List displays a list of all previously created layers New When New is clicked the Layer Attributes window Is displayed allowing creation of a new layer See section 8 7 2 1 for more details Edit When Edit is clicked the Layer Attributes window Is displayed allowing editing of the selected layer Edit is only available for user entered layers such as air photos See section 8 7 2 1 for more details Delete When Delete is clicked a message window Is displayed confirming that the selected layer will be deleted Note When the layer Is deleted it will no longer be displayed on the screen All features contained within the layer will also be deleted OK When OK is clicked the window will close and the previous screen IS displayed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 143 RevA P n 1 1249 8 7 2 1 The Layer Attributes Window Layer Attributes Mj en AIR PHOTO Feature Category Feature Type Figure 8 15 The Layer Attributes window Overview The Layer Attributes window allows setup of new layers Name The Name entry box allows entering a name for a new layer using the keyboard or editing the name Feature The Feature Category drop down list allows selecting what Category category of feature a new layer will De Feature Type The features displayed in the Feature Type drop down list will depend on the Feature Category selected above The Feature Type drop down list allows selecting the feature that this par
60. e box will pop up with the default rate of the previous seed in it 8 A dialogue box will pop up with the default rate of the new seed in it SEEDING 2005 BARLEY KG HA 0 20 9 Click OK SEEDING z 22454 00 5145 50 23299 50 00 900 76 52 50 00 000 mo Ka TOTAL AMOUNT 10 The default rate for the new seed will be displayed and the field will display the new seed colour 11 Continue adding all the fields to be sown with the second seed type as described in Section 3 3 1 1 Methods 1 or 2 above 12 Repeat the above processes to complete the seeding plan for the current season PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 27 Rev A P n 1 1249 3 3 2 Fertiliser Plans Click the New Plan icon E Select Spread from the New Operation drop down list and click OK Click on the Plan Information box at the top of the plan Type in the plan name and operational cost of running your spreading machinery not including the cost of fertiliser 5 Click OK Flan Name Lime Operational Cost 4 00 HA Revision 0 6 Use the same processes described in Section 3 3 1 above to select fertilisers and fields to be included in the plan Fields which are not planned for hakka can colour coded germansk nl Je RR PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 A21 ELM STREET JEG also be a but they will not be 700 00 700 00 700 00 232 35 700 00 el
61. e mouse When you reach a point where only one more straight line will complete the boundary right mouse click to close the boundary PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 43 Rev A P n 1 1249 H TT Genie RAAD EM 7 A dialogue box will appear asking for BRET ENES the field s name Select the field name from the drop down list or type in the field name 8 When the boundary Is completed and named the area will be shaded as shown and the field name along with the area enclosed in the boundary will be displayed 9 Repeat for all fields on this image If you decide that the boundary Is wrong you can delete it With the Select tool k click on the boundary area you want to delete it will change colour then press the delete key on the keyboard PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 44 Rev A P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 45 Rev A P n 1 1249 4 1 3 2 Method 2 Create Boundaries From Treatment Files Treatment files RNX format from previous treatments can be used to create field boundaries and arable land areas The treatments must have a closed boundary lap in order to create boundaries If the whole arable area of the paddock was treated then you can assume this to also De the arable area Start the PlaniT Mapping module and check that your desired client and farm name are shown across top of screen If not use the top left menu to select them File gt Open client farm 1 Click on File gt Load file
62. e tool bar contains shortcuts to commonly used functions See section 8 9 for more details Status Bar The status bar is used to display the current east and north coordinates of the mouse on the farm map Farm Map The farm map displays all features in the current view that have been created It will display all layers that are currently turned on PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 123 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 3 The File Menu wis Edit View Tools Lists Help Open Clienti Farm BOUNDARY AREA Save Load File Treatment Import Map File k Multi Treatments MAP Bitmap Print Preview Print AB Points 453 Boundary Files Close Map Figure 8 2 The File menu showing choices available for Load File Overview The File menu allows access to functions such as opening farm maps saving them and loading treatments Open Client Farm Selecting the Open Client Farm item displays the Open client farm window where new clients and farms can be created and previously saved ones can be selected See section 8 3 1 for details Selecting the Save item saves changes that have been made to the current farm map Load File Five options may be selected each will display an Open File window that allows browsing and selection of files 1 Treatment Treatment files RNX 2 Multi Treatments Treatment files RNX See section 4 1 3 2 for more information MAP An image file Such as an aerial photograph for tracing fie
63. eans that all layers will be visible in the map view Deselect all means that the map view will be displayed blank Selected layers have a red tick next to them as in shown in Figure 5 5 You can select deselect individual layers by clicking on the name The layer at the very top of the list indicates which layer will be shown at the very top of the farm map when the map view Is displayed This is important as layers can overlap and you can use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order of layers thus allowing you to customise the map view PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 75 RevA P n 1 1249 5 3 2 Zooming And Panning Use ne lll buttor in the tool bar to zoom in and out on the map view Left click to zoom in and Right click to zoom out Also use mel button in the tool bar to pan in any direction Left click and hold the mouse button and move the map around You can click on View gt Zoom and View gt Pan to perform the same operations from the menu bar 5 3 3 Setting Up Map Pages Use the button in the tool bar to toggle through different page views In the map view Click on Edit gt Setup Pages to setup map pages See section 9 5 for more details 5 3 4 Display Map Grid and Labels When in Map view a 100 m x 100 m or 1 km x 1 km grid can be displayed Labels GPS coordinates can also be turned on or off 5 Click on View gt Map Grid 6 Select the required grid size or turn it off by selecting 100m x 100m Non
64. ect whether to display Imperial or Metric Plans will then display only the area in the new units e g kg ac If products were initially created using one unit of measurement and then the units are changed the products will need to be edited to select the appropriate units Any new products added after the change of units will be created using the newly selected units For example Products initially created while Metric was selected will use metric units If Imperial is then selected from the View gt Units menu existing products will still display metric units To display existing products In imperial units each product will need to be edited and the appropriate imperial unit selected from the Units and In Tank drop down lists in the Lists gt Product gt Edit product windows New products added after Imperial was selected in View gt Units will display imperial units for selection in the Units and In Tank drop down lists in the Lists gt Product gt Edit product windows See Sections 3 2 2 to 3 2 4 to add or edit products 3 4 6 Display Map Grid and Labels When in Map view a 100 m x 100 m or 1 km x 1 km grid can be displayed Labels field names and areas can also be turned on or off 1 Click on View gt Map Grid i i i i i 100m x 100m 2 Select the required grid size or turn it off by selecting vy km x ikm None None Grid labels can also be turned on or off gt Show Labels PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 34 RevA P n
65. ed data in other software e g Excel spreadsheets Print Preview When the Print Preview item is selected a screen will be displayed that shows what the printout will look like Print When the Print item is selected a standard print window will be opened Close History When Close History is selected the History module will close and return you to the PlanlT main screen PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 156 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 3 1 The Open Client Farm Window Open Client Farm Jones B Smith Figure 9 3 The open Client Farm window Overview The open Client Farm window allows selecting and loading previously saved clients and farms and deletion or creation of new clients and farms Client The Client drop down list allows previously saved clients to be selected Farm The Farm drop down list allows previously saved farms for a particular client to be selected The New button allows creating of clients and farms The Delete button allows deleting the currently displayed farm or client If an attempt is made to delete a client or farm that has been previously saved a warning message will be displayed first OK When OK is selected the farm map for the particular combination of client and farm for the current season will be displayed in the main screen window Cancel When Cancel is selected the display reverts to the main screen and remains unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 157 RevA P n 1 1249 9 4 The
66. elected for display Two options may be selected 1 When Next Page is selected the next print page will be displayed if it exists When Setup Is selected the page setup window Is displayed where new print pages can be created viewed and deleted See section 4 4 Three options may be selected e In Zooms in and re centres the map e Out Zooms out e All Zooms to show all the map at once PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 160 RevA P n 1 1249 Four options may be selected Left Shifts the map view to the left Right Shifts the map view to the right Up Shifts the map view up Down Shifts the map view down A sub menu will appear when the Units item Is selected Metric or Imperial units of measurement can be selected Field areas will be displayed in the selected unit of measurement Hectares Ha or Acres Ac Map Grid In Map View only a sub menu will appear when the Map Grid item is selected The map grid can be turned on by selecting the appropriate grid size or turned off and grid reference labels maximum of 5 displaying Northings and Eastings turned on or off Possible selections are 100m x 100m lkm x 1km None Show labels PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 161 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 6 The Tools Menu fine Lists He Figure 9 7 The Tools menu Overview The Tools menu gives access to Layer Selection and allows the user to select the current action mode for the cursor Note Only one action
67. en information which is not visible can be displayed by using the scroll bars at the left and the top of screen click the mouse black arrow to scroll the screen in that direction Total Amount com ra Se sor pm dd Product Spraying 100 LIHA Calingiri kg Ha Wheat seed fh Back of Bells If the yellow row Add field and or colum Add product are visible on the screen 90 Acre of om DE then you know you have reached the end Tr FE Add Field of all the information available in this plan 3 4 3 Changing Field Display Order The order in which fields are displayed in the plan Eos ui can be sorted by clicking View gt Sort Rates The fields can be sorted in ascending alphabetical dre order A Z descending alphabetical order Z A the order in which they were added to the plan Entry Pages Order or by Seed Type Map Alphabetically 4 22 zoom Alphabetically 2 gt 4 Fan Seed Type Entry Order PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 31 RevA P n 1 1249 3 4 4 Plan Summary Summary information relating to product amounts for all or selected plans can be displayed and then printed 1 Click on File gt Print Summary 2 Select the plans to be viewed printed by default they are all selected as shown Click ona plan to select de select it 3 Click OK 4 Ifa number of plans
68. ent and Farm are as intended Inthe Name box type a name for your plan z Select the Season or Plan Properties type in a new season Client Jones B EH Select the Operation Farm ee 7 E Jone piseed 2006 Revision 0 Type from the EL dropdown list i J Operation Type Seeding wt f spraying enter the a Operational Cost 5 desired water rate i LiHa iHa Targets il Enter your EE Operational Cost in S Ha i e cost of operating the equipment excluding cost of product used Plan Notes Seed wheat Calingiri To enter a target click on Add Any notes re this plan can be typed into the Notes box Click on OK Note PlaniT allows more than one season in a year to use this facility name the season 2006A etc You now need to add data regarding products to be used fields etc so that the Plan can be developed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 16 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 Cea ting Data Base Information Information relating to the products seeds chemicals and fertilisers which will be used during the season needs to be entered for planning Information relating to pests weeds and diseases to be targeted can also be entered All of this information which is used in planning can also be exported with the plans to GuideTRAX Later in PlanlT you can still access this information together with data collected during field work All of this information is common t
69. ers Information can be moved between layers In the following example an area of nonarable land has been accidentally drawn on the Arable layer To move it from the Arable layer to the NonArable layer 1 Change the top layer to the Arable Area Layer 2 Using the Select tool IR kick on the arec to be moved 3 After it has been selected the area will change colour 4 Click on Edit gt Cut 5 Change the top layer to the Nonarable Area layer 6 Click on Edit gt Paste The area will now be pasted into the Nonarable layer and will change colour to match the attributes set in the Nonarable Feature Note Any feature can be cut from one layer and pasted to another layer of the same type i e Point to Point Line to Line and Area to Area type layers PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 59 RevA P n 1 1249 4 4 Display Settings 4 4 1 Units of Measurement Units of measurement can be switched between imperial and metric 3 Click on View gt Units 4 Select whether to display Imperial or Metric 4 4 2 Display Map Grid and Labels When in Map view a 100 m x 100 m or 1 km x 1 km grid can be displayed Labels GPS coordinates can also be turned on or off 3 Click on View gt Map Grid 4 Select the required grid size or turn it off by selecting ad eas w lkmx ikm None ve Grid Labels can also be turned on or off ye y Show Labels PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 60 RevA P n 1 1249 4 5 Divide The Farm Into Pages
70. et field allows the entry of the target name using the keyboard or editing of an existing target name Target Type The Target Type dropdown list allows selecting of the type of target being created or edited from the 3 choices Weed Disease or Pest OK When OK is pressed the target is created and added to the list or changes are saved if editing a target Cancel If Cancel is pressed the window will close and the target is not created or changes are not saved if editing a target PlaniT 3 2 User Manual Page 114 Rev A P n 1 1249 1 12 The Help Menu gt About Overview The Help menu gives access to version information When the About item is selected the About message box IS displayed See section 7 7 1 PlanIT RINEX Office Management Software Planning 3 2 Release 1 Rinex Technology Copyright 01 2007 Overview The About window contains version and copyright information for the software which may be needed if you call RINEX support Click on OK to close the window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 115 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 8 The Planning Tool Bar O W A Mrstes costs Bi Map aale kV Figure 7 19 The Planning Tool bar L Overview The tool bar contains shortcuts to commonly used functions Select Client and When the Select Client and Farm button is pressed the open client farm window is displayed This performs the Same function as selecting the Open Client Farm item in the
71. f fields available Scroll bars A Scroll Bar is used to move the plan table left right or up down when some information does not fit on the screen PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 93 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 3 The File Menu Edit View Tools List Open Client Farm Have Save OS New Plan Open Plan Print Preview Print Print Summary Close Plan Figure 7 2 The File menu Overview The File menu allows creating or selecting a Farm and or a Plan and printing the current plan Open Selecting the Open Client Farm item displays the open Client Farm Client Farm window where new Clients and Farms can be created and previously saved ones can be selected See section 7 3 1 for more details Selecting the Save item will save the current Plan Save As Selecting Save As opens a Save As window to allow saving the current plan with a new name Section 7 3 4 New Plan Selecting the New Plan item opens a Plan Properties window for entry of details of a new plan See section 7 3 2 If a plan is currently open a save confirmation window will be displayed first to confirm whether to save any changes that have been made Open Plan Selecting the Open Plan item opens a Plans List window to allow choosing an existing plan to open and choosing a season See section 7 3 3 The plans available for opening will depend on the farm and season that is selected If a plan Is currently open a Save confirmation window
72. g georeference file MAP in the same directory or PlanIT will not be able to display the image Contact RINEX support for assistance Line inserted in wrong place e g while Edit gt Undo will remove the last line segment drawing boundaries drawn Boundary completed but incorrect If the boundary Is wrong you can delete it 1 Select the Boundary Area layer 2 Using the Select tool LY select the boundary area you want to delete it will change colour 3 Press the delete key on the keyboard Feature drawn on wrong layer See section 4 3 4 Moving Information Between Layers Wrong field name assigned to a Select the Boundary Area layer boundary area Using the Select tool X click on the field to be fixed Click on Edit gt Field Choose the correct field name from the drop down list Wrong label or name entered for an Select the layer on which the feature was area created Using the Select tool click on the area to be fixed Click on Edit gt Properties Type in the correct name for the feature PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 150 RevA P n 1 1249 Pages divided inappropriately Click on View gt Pages gt Setup in the menu This opens the Page Setup dialogue box Scroll through the pages by clicking on the Next button in the Page Setup dialogue box When the offending page Is displayed click on the Delete button Click on OK Using the Pan and Zoom 4 tools position the map o
73. he Deselect All button is clicked all layers currently in the list will be deselected and no red ticks will appear next to any of the layers If all layers are unchecked a blank window will be displayed in the map view Move Up When Up is selected the highlighted layer in the Layers list is moved up one PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 133 RevA P n 1 1249 Move Down When Down Is selected the highlighted layer in the Layers list is moved down one OK When OK is selected the window Is closed and the changes will take effect and only the layers now selected will display in the farm map main window Cancel When Cancel is selected the window is closed and changes will not take effect PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 134 RevA P n 1 1249 8 5 2 The Page Setup Window Page Setup Page 2 of 2 Figure 8 9 The Page Setup window Overview The Page Setup window allows creating viewing and deleting page VIEWS When the Next button is clicked the next page view Is displayed if more than one page exists When the New button is clicked a new page view Is created from the current main screen view When the Delete button Is clicked the current page view Is deleted OK When OK is clicked the window will close and the previous screen IS displayed Cancel When Cancel ts clicked the window will close and the previous screen is displayed unchanged 8 6 The Tools Menu PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 135 RevA P n 1 1249
74. he NONARABLE AREA top layer by choosing from the drop GUIDELINES down list BOUNDARY AREA ARABLE AREA Pan Wapping hahi Eras Home arm 3 The order in which layers are displayed can be changed according to what feature you want to look at by using the Layers toolbar button 2 This example shows all layers are selected with Boundary Area at the top and Picture layer at the bottom The nonarable area which has been given a solid colour hides the picture layer below it MW SR BOUNDARY AREA DENEA HY A 4 If the Nonarable layer was moved down below the Picture layer the nonarable land area would not be visible PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 50 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 Additional layers can also be created and some layers are automatically created when certain actions occur E g a Subtreatment layer Is automatically created when a treatment file is loaded SUBTREATMENT 3 5 LI BTREATHE NT RABLE AREA AHABLE AREA PICTURE GUIDELINES a BOUNDARY AREA In this example parts of the boundary layer can be seen throug gaps in the treatment layer PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 51 Rev A P n 1 1249 4 3 Feature Types And Layers Each layer has a feature associated with it and the attributes of the layer can be edited in the Feature Types list For example in the above example the Boundary Area layer Is denoted by a cross hatch but you may prefer to make It a solid colour which
75. ile RINEX SML PAM GPa ESRI Shapes Print Preview Print 3 A warning will advise that completing this action will replace the current farm map Click YES to Close Map confirm 4 An Import box will open Navigate Puydt ilS to the location of the E em FarmMap XML file required then click Open To load a map from E FarmMap XML the vehicle system the FarmMap XML file will normally be located on the UBS drive under the boxserial chentname farmname directory File name Farm ap sML Files of type RINEX XML files XML v 5 The farm map from the vehicle is now shown and the map data is now stored by PlanlT so that the USB drive can be removed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 49 Rev A P n 1 1249 4 2 Adding More To Maps Layers Maps can consist of several layers Each layer is overlaid on top of the preceding layer and contains information about particular features When a farm map file Is first created as above the following five layers are automatically created e Boundary Area e NonArable Area e Arable Area e Guidelines e Exclusion Zones To add Information to a layer that layer must first be selected as the top layer As an example mark out the nonarable land in the first paddock from the aerial photography example in section 4 1 3 1 l Select the nonarable area from the layer NONARABLE AREA y dropdown list J IPICTURE 2 A different layer can be selected as t
76. ir Figure 7 16 List menu Overview The List menu allows access to the lists of various products fields and targets used and stored in the application database Products When Products is selected the Products List window is displayed See section 7 5 1 2 for details Fields When Fields is selected the Field List window Is displayed See section 7 5 1 1 for details Targets When Targets is selected the Target List window is displayed See section 7 6 1 for details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 112 RevA P n 1 1249 7 6 1 The Target List window Target List Figure 7 17 The Target List window Overview The Target List window shows targets already entered and allows editing them or adding new targets Shows list of targets already entered Click New to add another target to the list Edit Highlight a target in the list then click Edit to change the target name or details Delete Highlight a target in the list then click Delete to remove from list Click Close to close the Target List window and save any changes PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 113 RevA P n 1 1249 7 6 1 1 The New Edit Target Window New Target Target Target Type Weed vi PE d Disease Fest Figure 7 18 The New Edit Target window Overview The New Edit target window allows creating of a new target or editing an existing target for use in the plan Target The Targ
77. iser Seed Product Batch Total Used In Store Wheat seed Cali Bin 9 17 2 06 300 0 O 00kg 300 0 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 79 RevA P n 1 1249 Figure 5 9 The Batch List window To view edit or add batch information first select the appropriate tab in the Batch List window Chemical Fertiliser or Seed l 2 To edit batch information about a product shown select the product and click Edit The New Batch window will open and batch details can be altered or added Click OK to close the New Batch window and return to the Batch List To enter batch New Batch information about a product not already listed click New Product Tel patch 00 This will also open the A New Batch window No Units Choose the product Unit Volume from the dropdown list and enter batch details Click OK to close the New Batch window and return to the Batch List 5 4 3 Exporting Data In Table view data can be exported as a comma separated file csv suitable for import into other applications such as a spreadsheet If data Is first filtered then only filtered information will be exported To export all data then lt no filter gt must first be selected See section 5 4 1 Creating And Using Filters for more information about filters To export a csv filter in Table view 1 Click File gt Save As Save In _ Home Farm Reports v O e m The Save As window will be displaye
78. lay the total cost for each paddock in the plan This Is calculated from the arable area of that field and the rates entered for product cost and operation cost per Ha In that field When Add Product is clicked the Product List window will be displayed allowing inserting of a new product into the plan See section 7 5 1 2 When a Rate cell is clicked the cell will become editable and an Enter Rate box will open initially showing the default rate entered for that product Click OK to use the default rate or enter another rate and then click OK This cell shows the total cost of the Plan including operating and product costs for the total arable area of all fields in the plan It will equal the sum of the total costs of the fields shown below it PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 109 P n 1 1249 Rev A 7 5 3 The Map View Overview The Map view displays the farm map Fields in the current plan are overlaid with diagonal black lines Such fields will also be coloured in with the chosen seed colour of that field but only if a seeding plan exists containing the same field See figure 12 KT PlantT Planning Smith_A Smithville Fie Ect View Tools Lists Heb GE SL Ghee cox Be SCY 2E AKRG RQQAQABKY mith seeding 2006 1 LL ddd SS SSNS SS SANS SASS LS SASS SSSA SSAA SAS SASS NNN NNN NN Figure 7 13 Fields in the plan cross hatched based on seed type A field or any number of fields that are not in the current plan ca
79. layed See section 8 7 2 for more details Fields When Fields is selected the Field List window is displayed See section 8 7 3 for more details PlaniT 3 2 User Manual Page 138 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 7 1 The Feature Type Window Feature Type List Feature List Category Area ARABLE BOUNDARY EXCLUSION ZONE NOMARABLE New MON ARABLE Edit Delete Figure 8 12 The Feature Type window Overview The Feature Type window allows the user to create new feature types and to edit or delete existing feature types Category The Category dropdown list allows selecting the feature type Point Line or Area The category selected will determine the features that are listed in the Feature List below The selected category also determines the type of any new feature created Feature List The Feature List displays the features that have been created for a particular feature category New When New is clicked the Feature Attributes window Is displayed allowing the user to add a new feature See section 8 7 1 1 for more details Edit When Edit Is clicked the Feature Attributes window Is displayed allowing the user to edit the properties of the selected feature See section 8 7 1 1 for more details Delete When Delete is clicked a confirmation screen is displayed confirming that the selected feature will be deleted PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 139 RevA P n 1 1249 When OK is clicked the window will clo
80. lds AB points Any AB points that are contained within a selected treatment RNX will be extracted and shown on the farm map ASx Boundary Files Files created using autonomous AutoSPRAY systems such as AS6100 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 124 RevA P n 1 1249 Import Map File Three options may be selected 1 Rinex XML 2 PAM GPX 3 ESRI Shapes Print Preview When the Print Preview item is selected a screen will be displayed that shows what the printout will look like This depends on the current view of the farm map Print When the Print item is selected a standard print window will be opened Close map When the Close Map item Is selected the Mapping module will close and return you to the PlanIT main screen If changes have been made to the current farm map a Save confirmation window will be displayed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 125 RevA P n 1 1249 8 3 1 The Open Client Farm Window Open Chent Farm Jones B Smith Figure 8 3 The Open Client Farm window Overview The open Client Farm window allows selecting and loading previously saved farms for clients Clients and farm names can also be created or deleted The Client drop down list allows previously saved clients to be selected The Farm drop down list allows previously saved farms for a particular client to be selected The New buttons allow creating of clients or farms A separate window New Client or New Farm will open for the
81. ls of area they each covered how long it took duration and percentage treatment overlap Displays all weather records for each treatment in the group Displays all notes for each treatment in the group Map view is displayed with each treatment in the group displayed in a different colour 5 2 2 2 Ungrouping Treatments Treatments can be ungrouped as follows l Click on the treatment group to be ungrouped 2 Click Edit gt Ungroup Treatments fb Canells 2005 Treatment StartDate 03 10 2005 Area 58 15Ha Plan RAD E Group Treatment StartDate 05 08 2008 Area 50 61Ha The selected group of treatments will now be displayed as single treatments again 5 2 3 Deleting Data To delete a treatment file click Edit gt Delete and confirm that you want to delete the file by selecting YES A group treatment cannot be deleted The group must be ungrouped first and then the individual treatments can be deleted PlaniT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 71 Rev A 5 2 4 Export Treatment Data As A LOG File Data can be exported in a comma delimited text file LOG file which contains the Spatial treatment data This file can be read by any text editor or spreadsheet program and can also De imported into the FarmStar version of PAM Once data has been imported into PlanlT see Section 6 1 2 Importing Data From Vehicle To PlanIT data can be exported as follows 1 Open PlanlT 2 Click on Histor
82. n Field The Field entry box allows the entry of the field name using the keyboard Arable Area The Arable Area field allows the entry of the arable area for the field using the keyboard Total Area The Total Area field allows the entry of the total area for the field using the keyboard OK When OK is pressed the field is created and added to the list or changes are saved If editing a field Cancel When Cancel is pressed the window will close and the field Is not created or changes are not saved if editing a field PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 146 RevA P n 1 1249 8 8 The Help Menu gt About Overview The Help menu gives access to version information When the About item is selected the About message box IS displayed See section 8 8 1 8 8 1 The About Message Box PlanIT RINEX Office Management Software Mapping 3 2 Release 1 Rinex Technology Copyright 01 2007 Overview The About window contains version and copyright information for the software which may be needed if you call RINEX support Click on OK to close the window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 147 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 9 The Mapping Toolbar H amp A NONARABLE AREA v ra DE RQQR XK Figure 8 18 The Mapping Tool Bar Overview The Mapping Tool Bar contains shortcuts to commonly used functions Item Button Description Select Client and Farm Clicking the Select Client and Farm
83. n Zone is an area defined inside a Boundary area i e a field which when exported to GuideTRAX will prevent AutoSPRAY treating the area defined within the exlusion zone An Exclusion Zones layer is created by default when the farm is first created To draw an Exclusion Zone you first need to ls Lists Help make the Exclusion Zones layer the top layer P EXCLUSION ZONES by selecting it from the drop down list DELLE l Arrange the order in which layers are to be displayed by using the Layers button on the toolbar This opens the Layers window 2 Select the Exclusion Zone layer and then use the Move Up button to move it to the top of the list Move other layers to the order in which you want them displayed Layers ead EXCLUSION ZONES SPASOUNDARY AREA if NONARABLE ARES W ARABLE AREA if 6100 BOUNDARY W GUIDELINES Deselect All Make sure the layers are selected with a red tick click on it to select deselect if you want them to be displayed on the Map screen 3 Gick OK when layer order is correct 4 Use the same method for drawing exclusion zones as described In section 4 1 3 1 steps 5 and 6 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 55 RevA P n 1 1249 4 3 3 Add A New Feature New features such as areas of salt dams bush areas contour banks power lines trees sheds rocks etc can be added For each new feature type a ne
84. n be added by a left click over a field to select it the boundary is highlighted with a bold black line followed by a right click Confirm by selecting Yes to the message asking whether you want the fields to be added to the plan See Figure 7 14 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 110 RevA P n 1 1249 Lipunhi tanning Setth A Sqithvitia E OE OB free som Mue CT GANG AQQR KH mill ceealiong Din 1 wa Plen Fanning ae AASE rane ae ae am AR ER Sr ss gg gg am aan SARA ne De Pou want kn add the selected fields bo the Plan RARASARARSA a on SATA RRA R ARTA RAN Rae Nhe Se oe a KEN SA ARE HE i A AAAA Shs Sash SSS sss SSS NAT i CSc GS SSS ARSENE SSNS Figure 7 14 Adding a field to the plan using the map view window You can also left click and hold the mouse button over a field that is in the current plan When this action Is performed a small information window will appear displaying the products and rates applicable for the field Once you let go of the mouse button the window will disappear See Figure 7 15 Products NNN ON a n d rates NN HOEGRASS 10 00 KG HA y Oain AN Shed Paddock 94 3Ha Chillmup 290 6Ha Figure 7 15 Field information is shown when you left click amp hold the mouse button over a field PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 111 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 6 The Lists Menu Lists Help Products Fields Targets L 1
85. n or changes are saved Cancel If Cancel is selected the window is closed and the product IS not added to the plan or changes are not saved PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 107 RevA P n 1 1249 7 5 2 The Cost View Product LilplaniT Planning Smith Smithville cost File Edit View Tools Lists Help Rates costs Eve TR thk amp 23 68 ki Plan settings cell me Total cost A West paddock 2767 99 50 000 0 0000 per field er L_ ee No I S oO o Total cost Calingiri kg Ha Rate cell Figure 7 12 The Cost view Overview The Cost view displays the application rate for every paddock and product in a table form It also displays cost information for each paddock and product Plan When the Plan Settings cell is clicked the Plan Properties window will Settings be displayed where Plan properties can be edited See section 7 3 2 for more details Product The Product cost cells display the total cost of each product in the cost plan This is calculated from the arable area the cost entered for that product and the rates used Add Field When Add Field is clicked the Field List window will be displayed allowing inserting of a new field into the plan See section 7 5 1 1 for more details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 108 Rev A P n 1 1249 Total Cost per field Add Product Total cost of Plan The Total Cost per field cells disp
86. n the screen so that the appropriate part of the map is displayed Repeat steps 6 10 in section 4 5 Divide The Farm Into Pages PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 151 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 Reference History 9 1 History The History module enables review of work done and improved planning for following seasons 9 2 The History Toolbar ET PlaniT History Smith Smithville File Edit View Tools Lists Help S lA Etree Del wra a G Q QQ amp Figure 9 1 The History Tool Bar Overview The History Tool Bar contains shortcuts to commonly used functions Select Client Clicking the Select Client and Farm button displays and Farm the Open Client Farm window It performs the same function as selecting File gt Open client farm in the File menu See section 9 3 1 for more details Print Clicking the Print button displays a standard print window that allows printing of the current farm map view and adjusting of print properties It performs the Same function as selecting File gt Print in the menu Print Preview Provides a preview of the printed page with current settings Displays the History data in Tree View Table View m Table Displays the History data in Table View Map View Displays the History data in Map View Click on the Layer button to open the Layer Selection window see section 8 5 1 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 154 Rev A P n 1 1249 In Table view opens the Load Filter window Z
87. nlT icon on the Windows R desktop AES The PlanIT main screen appears Note When you finish with or Close any of the PlanIT modules you will be returned to this screen To enter initial data click Planning after which PlanlT will change to the Planning screen To enter initial data in the top left menu click on File gt Open client farm PlanIT now displays a data entry Dox PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Mapping Transfer Data LIT HET Planning RINEX RINEX sey Edit Lists View Tools Help Open Client Farm Rates ScCosts B Map J 3 VE ri Save 4s New Plan Open Plan Print Preview ri Print Print Summary Close Plan Page 11 Rev P n 1 1249 Open Client Farm To enter the Client name click New and type in your details then click OK If you carry out contracts for Clent fluen multiple Clients repeat this Fam w process to enter more Client names Next enter a Farm name Make Open Client Farm sure that the correct client is selected in the upper drop down menu then click New opposite Farm type in details then press ient Smitha sw OK Repeat this process to enter Smith additional Farm names To plan for multiple farms repeat the entry of farm name making sure In each case that the correct Client name is selected After entry of all clients and farms
88. nt to be selected The New button allows creating of clients and farms The Delete button allows deleting the currently displayed farm or client If an attempt is made to delete a client or farm that has been previously saved a warning message will be displayed first OK When OK is selected the last opened plan for the selected client and farm will be displayed in the main screen window Cancel When Cancel is selected the display reverts to the main screen and remains unchanged PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 96 RevA P n 1 1249 7 3 2 The Plan Properties Window Plan Properties Name Season Operation Type Water Late Operational Cost Targets Figure 7 4 Plan Properties window Overview The Plan Properties window allows input of details for a new Plan and editing or deletion of some details Season Type the intended year into the Season box Note Normally this would be a year however any combination of up to 4 numbers and a letter may be used Operation Click on the dropdown list to select from one of the options type seeding spraying or spreading Water Rate For Spraying enter the Water Rate in litres hectare If the plan is for spreading or seeding this box is not used PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 97 RevA P n 1 1249 Operation Enter your current cost for this operation in dollars per hectare cost Targets Click Add to enter targets such as weeds pests or diseases Click Remove to
89. nual P n 1 1249 Page 77 Batch number OD Unit serial number Plan operation Treatments start date Season HER Ae Distan Ave Speed 1478 25 95 13 93 26 79 13 93 26 79 11 04 18 71 27 25 18 11 04 18 1 247 25 18 27 25 18 11 04 18 71 247 25 18 247 25 18 11 04 185 71 27 25 18 11 04 18 71 247 25 18 243 25 18 Distan Ave Speed 4542 26 72 4542 262 MUM Rev A 5 4 1 Creating And Using Filters To display data in the table view based on specific data properties you can create a filter Click on Tools gt Filter The Load Filter window is now displayed Load Filter o Filter gt Figure 5 7 Load Filter window Mew Filter Edit Filter Delete Filter ox J k Press the New Filter button to open the New Filter window New Filter Category a Season Treatment Plan Serial Driver Vehicle Product Batch Start Date Figure 5 8 The New Filter window at Filmar met eben Select All Clear All Selection wf Back of Bells wf Conells wf Cottage Ericks vi Fl wf F2 wi F3 wf Front of Bells W Hilerys wf House wf House 2 wf Jessies wf Kalahari wf Loading Paddock wf Middle Save Cancel The Category window on the left shows which column will be displayed in the table view This Is indicated by a green dot next to each property The Selection window on the right shows a contents list for a par
90. nual Page 65 RevA P n 1 1249 5 1 2 Units of Measurement Units of measurement can be changed from Metric to Imperial and vice versa All data will then be displayed in the selected unit except for Product quantities and rates which will only display in the selected units if the product data base records have been edited to update the Units and In Tank fields in Lists gt Products gt Edit Units of measurement can be switched between imperial and metric 1 Click on View gt Units 2 Select whether to display Imperial or Metric PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 66 Rev A P n 1 1249 5 2 The Tree View Click the Tree icon tree or select View gt Tree to display History in Tree view mode This mode shows an explorer like structured view of all available treatment files The folder levels from the top are Client o Farm e Field o Seasons Treatment files L PlanlT History Stabilo Bros Home Farm File Edit 5 E a Stabilo Bros A Home Farm f 50 Acre PP 2005 Treatment Treatment Treatment Jf Treatment SM Back of Bells PP 2005 View Tools Lists Help E Tree FlTble map StartDate 20 2 2006 Area 22 46Ha Plan SUMMER SPRAY StartDate 26 3 2006 Area 7 35Ha Plan SUMMER SPRAY StartDate 3010 2005 Area 27 64Ha Plan BARLEY 922005 Area 26 19Ha Plan IN CROP BARLEY otatDate 30 2005 tt al at Pa a Treatment Treatment i Treatment G Conells PPA 2
91. o GuideTRAX When a Plan is ready to use in the vehicle see section 6 1 1 Exporting Data From PlanlT To Vehicle PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 36 Rev A P n 1 1249 4 Using Mapping 4 1 Mapping Concept The PlanlT system is based on the principle that an overall plan for a season consists of several individual plans for different purposes e g seeding spraying and fertilising Farm maps produced by Mapping form the basis for plans produced by the Planning software with fields defined and information added to record boundaries arable and nonarable areas salt affectation etc Both maps and plans may be imported into GuideTRAX in the operating vehicle In GuideTRAX imported plans can be viewed and amended If maps have been created then GuideTRAX can use the maps to determine whether the vehicle is in the field specified for the selected plan and will display warnings If not Maps are an Integral part of farm planning and the Mapping module allows the user to create maps which are a powerful tool for Visualisation Explanation to crews and others Control of the vehicle in field Recording work done PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 39 RevA P n 1 1249 o Creating Maps A farm may consist of a single farm or several farms or blocks If individual farms or blocks are not too physically distant from each other e g 20 km it may be practical to include them all in the one farm map If they are physically dis
92. o all of the GuideTRAX office and vehicle software modules Note Before any data is created it Is preferable to select the units of measurement to be used first 1 Click on View gt Units 2 Select whether to display Imperial or Metric See section 3 4 5 for more information If maps are not yet used then fields must also be entered into the data base see section 3 2 1 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 17 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 1 Adding Fields If Maps Not Yet Used If maps have not yet been used then the first step Is to create a list of all your fields 1 Click on Lists gt Fields this will open the Field List window 2 To add a new field click the New button which will open a New Field window Field List Field List Field Arable rea Total rea F68 paddock 4 70 Ha 4 79 Ha F69 paddock 96 60 Ha 96 69 Ha F70 paddock 46 20 Ha 46 29 Ha F71 paddock New Field Field MGE Arable Area Total Area 3 Type in the name of the field arable area and total area and click OK This will close the New Field window and the field will be added to the list in the Field List window 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have entered all your fields then click on OK to close the Field List dialogue Dox PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 18 RevA P n 1 1249 3 2 2 Adding Seeds l 2 Click on Lists gt Products so that a Product List box appears Select the Seeds tab If the seed you Intend t
93. o sow IS not shown click New If the seed is shown but you wish to verify or alter details select the relevant seed and click Edit A new panel appears Enter details of the seed as shown Choose the unit in which you would normally purchase or handle the seed e g Tonne from the dropdown Units list Choose the unit in which you prefer to describe application rates from the In Tank dropdown list Product List Product Wheat Calingiri Default Rat 50 00 kg Ha New Seed Product Mame Barley ariety 2 row Units Tonne vi In Tank Kilogram B Default Rate 50 kg Ha Default Cost 230 l FE per T wiyhholding Period days Display Colour Enter the rate at which you wpuld normally sow the seed in the Default Rate box This rate is linked to the In Tank box above so make sure that In Tank is set to an appropriate value Enter the Default Cost based on the Units selected in step 6 above In this example 2 row Barley has a usual default sowing rate of 50 kg Ha and costs 230 per tonne PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 19 Rev A P n 1 1249 10 Optionally type a number of days into the Withholding Period box 11 To select a colour to represent this seed click on the colour bar next to Display Colour and click a colour from the palette now shown then click OK this will be displayed in the plan and on the map to show which fields will have this seed planted
94. obscures information on layers below it This can be changed 1 Click on Lists gt Feature Types Feature Type List 2 Select Area from the drop down Fed Category list Category 3 Select Boundary from the list of features PITS TRANSFORMED TO MGASD 4 Click on Edit Feature Attributes 5 Select FDiagonal from the Area Pattern drop down list Name BOUNDARY Changing the Boundary Area from a solid colour to a an pattern will allow lower layers to be seen SMALL E lack 6 Select a light colour from the Colour drop down list which will be easy to see over the top of the lower layers 7 Note the Show Area and Show Label boxes are ticked The Show Label tick box refers to the Field name and the Show Area tick box refers to the area displayed in brackets If the box is not ticked then that information will not be displayed 8 Click on OK then OK again PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 52 Rev A P n 1 1249 9 The lower picture layer Is now clearly visible through the top boundary layer Note the field name and area are displayed as discussed in step 7 above PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 53 Rev A 4 3 1 Draw Arable Land An Arable Area layer is created by default when the farm Is first created To draw an area of arable land you first need to make the Arable Area layer the top lists Help layer by selecting it from the drop down list f ARABLE AREA al l Arrange
95. oom Clicking on the Zoom button performs the same function as selecting Tools gt Zoom in the menu Left click to zoom in and Right click to zoom out Pan Clicking on the Pan button performs the same function as selecting Tools gt Pan in the menu Left click and hold to move the map around in any direction Clicking the Zoom In button will zoom in on the map Zoom Out Clicking the Zoom Out button will zoom out of the map Zoom All re Clicking the Zoom All button will display the entire map Next Page Clicking on the Next Page button will display the next page of the farm map in the main view window If pages have been created PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 155 RevA P n 1 1249 9 3 The File Menu Edit View Tools Li Open Client Farm Save 5 Print Preview Print Close History Figure 9 2 The File menu Overview The File menu allows access to functions such as opening clients and farms saving them and printing Open Client Farm Selecting the Open Client Farm item displays the Open client farm window where new clients and farms can be selected See section 9 3 1 for details Save As In Tree view select Save As to save a copy of the data in the tree as a LOG file this enables use of PlanlT recorded data in other software e g PAM FarmStar version and Excel spreadsheets In Table view select Save As to save a copy of the data in the table as a CSV file this enables use of PlanIT record
96. p treatment Individual treatments are EN ETTE now displayed a M 2005 Treatment StartDate 03102006 Area 58 15Ha Plan RADISH_TRAQ Treatment StartDate 05 08 2005 Area 19 62Ha Plan Barley Pre Treatment startDate 0808 2008 Area 30 99Ha Plan Barley Pre Double clicking on the Group Treatment window as shown in Figure 5 3 Treatment Properties will display the Treatment Properties Details Product Vehicle Driver Weather Notes Name Section Tank Flow Controller of 2 GATOR OMNISTAR of 1 GATOR OMNISTAR of 5 6 00m of 1 2900 000 Flow Controller MANUAL WITH TOGGLE On Latency 2 00 Seconds Off Latency 1 00 Seconds Figure 5 3 Group Treatment Properties window Details Tab Displays the total area duration and distance covered for all the combined treatments in the group It also lists the speed and rate averaged over all the treatment Product Tab Lists all products used In the group of treatments and total amount applied total treated area and average rate for each product PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 70 P n 1 1249 Vehicle Tab Driver Tab Weather Tab Notes Tab View Map button Displays all vehicles used in the group of treatments Clicking on the Rig number button will display link boom and tank information for each vehicle used in the treatment group Lists all drivers who treated the field in this group along with detai
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98. r multiple treatment maps e 400MB of available hard disk space recommended 30MB required for PlanlT remaining for User Data Note PlaniT 3 2 has not been tested on Windows Vista and may or may not be Supported PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 172 RevA P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 173 RevA P n 1 1249 APPENDIX 2 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE amp RE INSTALLATION For original installation of PlaniT software see section 2 Keep the registration code in case you have to re install the software on this PC Back Up Your Data Once you begin using PlanIT you are accumulating valuable data related to your farm treatments applied crops and costs so you should periodically backup your data To do this using Windows Explorer or a similar utility locate the sub directory C Rinex Data and copy this complete folder including sub folders to a CD or other safe location It is advised to always copy and store the complete DATA folder with its sub folders when backing up Re Installation To The Same PC If you need to re install PlanIT on the same PC you will be able to re enter the same registration code To continue using all your accumulated data then after installing PlanIT copy your previously saved Data folder including sub folders and use it to overwrite the C Rinex Data subdirectory which PlanlT has created in the re installation Re Installation To A New PC If you move PlanlT to a new computer you will
99. ram Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program it protected by copyright law and International treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and Will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under law Cancel Register PlaniT PlanlT has detected that you have not registered this software on this computer yet PlanlT may be used on this computer for another 30 days before It must be registered Computer ID CFMSOSH Register Now Remind Me Later Cancel You can continue to use PlanlT while waiting for the registration code click Remind me later when you see the reminder screen When you receive the Registration code click Register Now on the above reminder window and you will be able to enter your code PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 7 Rev A 2 1 1 Manual Installation Option If for any reason the Automatic installation does not start or If you do not want to use this feature you can also install PlanIT manually 1 Close all other 2 software dj a 2 Click on the Windows Start menu select Run then Browse and locate the file setup exe in the Rinex package Double click to load this file name then click OK to Start installation SETUP ERE
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101. s the map view up e Down Shifts the map view down Units A sub menu will appear when the Units item Is selected Metric or Imperial units of measurement can be selected Field areas will be displayed in the selected unit of measurement Hectares Ha or Acres Ac PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 131 RevA P n 1 1249 Map Grid A sub menu will appear when the Map Grid item Is selected The map grid can be turned on by selecting the appropriate grid size or turned off and grid reference labels displaying Northings and Eastings turned on or off Possible selections are e 100m x 100m e Ikmx ikm e None e Show labels PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 132 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 5 1 The Layers Window F EXCLUSION ZONES wf NONARABLE AREA W GUIDELINES o Select All BOUNDARY AREA wf ARABLE AREA Deselect All Move Down Figure 8 8 The Layers window Overview The Layers window allows selection of the layers that are displayed in the farm map view and the order in which these layers are displayed Layers The Layers list displays all available layers for the current farm map Individual layers can be selected and deselected by using a left mouse button click Selected layers are shown with a red tick Select All When the Select All button is clicked all layers currently in the list will be selected with a red tick and all selected layers will be displayed in the map view Deselect All When t
102. se and the previous screen IS displayed PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 140 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 7 1 1 The Feature Attributes Window Feature Attributes Mame JE WW FEATURE NAME Label Show SIE SMAL d Label Cou EE Point colour EEN Line Thickness Pattern colour Area Pattern Colour EEN Figure 8 13 The Feature Attributes window Overview The Feature Attributes window allows creating of a new feature type or editing of existing feature types Note In the example shown above data is to be entered for a NEW feature and the Type was set to POINT the dropdown lists for Line and Area options are disabled Name The Name entry field allows typing a name for the feature using the keyboard Label Size The Label Size drop down list allows selecting the text size for the feature The available text sizes are small medium and large Label Colour The Label Colour opens the colour palette to allow selecting the colour of the text to be used for the feature PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 141 RevA P n 1 1249 Show Label If the Show Label box is ticked the feature name will be displayed on the farm map Point Symbol The Point Symbol dropdown list allows choosing a point symbol for the feature Point Colour The Point Colour opens the colour palette to allow selecting a colour for the point symbol Line Thickness The Line Thickness option is only available when it Is a line or
103. several methods 1 Draw boundaries over a picture file e g an aerial photo from Department of Land Information Load a treatment file from a previous season Load an ASx Boundary file Import RINEX XML Tiles Import files from PAM oe a Import ESRI Shape files The first 4 methods are described in detail below The other methods are recommended for use by more experienced PlanlT users or by users with assistance such as from the providers of third party data Each method can be used to create boundaries for different fields in the one farm map you do not need to stick to one method You only need to create a field s boundary once whichever method you choose Note It may appear simplest to draw a boundary only around the arable area of each field as though that were the total extent of the field However PlanIT provides easy facilities to draw the boundary of the complete field and then distinguish arable from non arable areas within each field This can make maps more meaningful and easier to recognise in the field This also allows for revision of what is arable for example PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 42 RevA P n 1 1249 4 1 3 1 Method 1 Draw Boundaries Over Aerial Photo Note You need to have the aerial photo of your farm already saved as a BMP file together with a matching MAP file in the same folder The MAP file stores information on the location coordinates of the image in the BMP file If you do not have
104. t gt Layers 10 Click on New Layer Management Layers List AR ABLE AREA BOUNDARY AREA GUIDELINES NONARABLE AREA PICTURE 11 Type in the name of the new layer 12 Select the correct Feature Category in this example Layer Attributes Area from the drop down list Name 13 Select the Feature Type from the drop down list Feature Category 14 Click on OK E 15 The new layer will now appear in the list Layer Management Layers List ARABLE AREA 16 Click on OK BOUNDARY AREA M GUIDELINES NONARABLE AREA PICTURE 17 Arrange the order in which layers are to be displayed by using the Layers list button S Make the new layer the top layer 18 Draw the new feature using the same methods as described in 4 1 3 1 Draw Boundaries Over Aerial Photo steps 5 to 9 and 4 3 1 Draw Arable Land above PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 57 Rev A P n 1 1249 4 3 4 Moving Information Between Layers Features which have been drawn on one layer can be moved to another layer however features cannot be moved from one geographical location to another If a feature Is drawn in the wrong geographical location It must be deleted and redrawn in the right place As described in 4 1 3 fields are drawn on the Boundary Area layer An area drawn on an Arable Area or Nonarable Area layer must be drawn inside the perimeter of a field which has been drawn on the Boundary Area layer For this reason
105. t All Dutton is clicked all layers currently in the list will be selected with a red tick and all selected layers will be displayed in the map view Deselect All When the Deselect All button is clicked all layers currently in the list will be deselected and no red ticks will appear next to any of the layers If all layers are unchecked a blank window will be displayed in the map view Move Up When Up is selected the highlighted layer in the Layers list Is moved up one Move Down When Down is selected the highlighted layer in the Layers list is moved down one PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 163 RevA P n 1 1249 When OK is selected the window is closed and the changes will take effect and only the layers now selected will display in the farm map main window Changes to the layer order in History will not be permanently saved To make permanent changes to the layer order edit the farm map In Mapping When Cancel is selected the window is closed and changes will not take effect PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 164 RevA P n 1 1249 9 7 The Lists Menu Batches Products Fields Overview The Lists menu gives access to lists of Batches Products and Fields Batches When Batches is selected the Batch List window is displayed There are 3 tabs to choose from Chemical Fertiliser and Seed See section 9 7 1 for more details Products When Products Is selected the Product List window Is displayed There are 3
106. tabs to choose from Chemical fertiliser and Seeds See section 7 5 1 2 for more details Fields When Fields is selected the Field List window is displayed See section 7 5 1 1 for more details PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 165 RevA P n 1 1249 9 7 1 Batch List Window Batch List Chemical Fertiliser Seed Product Batch Total Used Wheat seed Cali Bin 9 17 2 06 300 0 0 00kg Figure 9 9 The Batch List window Overview The Batch list window allows review of batch and quantity details for products used Chemical Click on the appropriate tab for the batch to be reviewed Fertiliser Seed Click on New to open the New batch window Edit Select a batch tn the batch list then click Edit to revise the batch information Delete Select a batch in the batch list then click Delete to remove the batch information OK When OK Is pressed the window closes and any information added Is saved If Cancel is pressed the window will close and any changes are not saved PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 166 RevA P n 1 1249 9 7 1 1 New Batch Window New Batch Product Batch Abbreviation Mo Units Unit volume Figure 9 10 The New Batch window Select the Product from the dropdown list New To enter batch information for a product not previously used click Product New Product to open the New Product window see section 7 5 1 2 Batch Name manufacturer number or other details of the bat
107. tant from one another e g 100 km then it may be impractical to put them all in the one farm map as they would be managed differently 4 1 1 Create Clients Farms Start the Mapping module by clicking on the Mapping button on the PlanIT main screen 1 If the intended client and farm names are NOT shown at the top of screen click File gt Open client farm to choose or add the appropriate names as shown in section 2 3 1 2 Click OK to return to the main window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 40 RevA P n 1 1249 4 1 2 Create Field Names You need to create the names of all your fields paddocks before drawing or importing the fields themselves If you have not already named fields you can do this now from within the Mapping module if In the menu at the top of the screen click on List gt Fields Field List Field List In the Field List window click on New Field Bend paddock East paddock West paddock New Field In the New Field window which now appears type in the first Field name and click on OK There is no need to enter red EMEEN anything in the Arable and Total net Area fields i Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have entered in all your field names then click OK again PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 41 RevA P n 1 1249 4 1 3 Create Field Boundaries The field boundaries define the boundaries of the farm there Is no need to create a boundary around the whole farm There are
108. the whole map Next In Map view click to change to the Next Page of the map Page if pages have been set up Cancel In Map View cancels adding fields and de selects any selected fields In Map view displayed when adding fields to a map Click on Accept to add the field to the Plan in same way as a right mouse Click PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 117 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 9 Troubleshooting Planning A detail about a product e g colour This can be changed at any time default rate name etc has been 1 Click Lists gt Seeds or Chemicals or entered wrongly Fertilisers 2 Select the seed to be changed from the list 3 Click Edit Make required changes 4 Click OK gt OK The previous product is shown after Follow the steps outlined in Section 3 3 1 2 adding a new field and product to the each time you add additional products to a plan plan after the initial product and if you change your mind about what products are to be used in a particular field the product can be changed using the same method A field or product is no longer required Select highlight the unwanted field or in that plan product and press Delete on the keyboard The map displays the wrong seed colour There may be more than one seed for that for a field field in the current season The map will show each field coloured according to the seed entered most recently for that field in the current season PlanlT 3 2 User M
109. the order in which layers are to be displayed by using the Layers button on the toolbar This opens the Layers window 2 Select the Arable Area layer and then use the Move Up button to move it to the top of the list Move other layers to the order in which you want them displayed Layer Selection Lavers BOUNDARY AREA m ad ARABLE AREA Select All W GUIDELINES Make sure the layers are selected with a red pe ERE tick click on it to select deselect if you want them to be displayed on the Map screen 3 Click OK when layer order is correct 4 Use the same method for drawing arable land areas as described in section 4 1 3 1 steps 5 and 6 Notes 1 PlanlT can calculate the area of the arable section from the total boundary area and the nonarable area if that is sufficient for your situation For example if drawing boundaries from an aerial image you need only draw the boundary area and then draw around the nonarable area s in the field from which PlanlT will automatically calculate the arable area However since the Arable area will not then exist as a separate feature It will not take account of any user defined areas e g dams and you cannot control its colouring for clarity on maps 2 An Arable area can only be drawn inside the boundary area of one field PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 54 RevA P n 1 1249 4 3 2 Creating Exclusion Zones For AutoSPRAY An Exclusio
110. these layers are referred to as boundary type layers Boundary Type Layers Non Boundary Type Layers e Boundary Area e Guidelines e Arable Area e Any layer created by the user NonArable Area Picture Sub treatment Exclusion Zones 4 3 4 1 Moving Non Boundary Type Information To A New Field Name Information created on layers which are not boundary type layers can be drawn outside areas fields drawn on the Boundary Area layer For example a feature type and layer called future paddock could be created An area on this layer this can then be cut Edit gt Cut from the menu from this layer e g future paddock and pasted Edit gt Paste to the Boundary Area layer When pasted the Boundary Properties dialogue box will pop up and a field name must be selected from the list The field name must have been created before moving the area to the Boundary Area layer PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 58 RevA P n 1 1249 4 3 4 2 Overlapping Non Boundary Type Layers Non boundary type layers can overlap each other or overlap boundary type layers For example a Salt Affected area on a Salt Affected layer could overlap a field Boundary Area This area cannot be incorporated into the field boundary To change the field boundary to incorporate the salt affected area which lies outside the field boundary you would have to delete the field boundary on the Boundary Area layer and re create It 4 3 4 3 Moving Features Between lay
111. ticular layer will be for Note Only this type of feature will be able to be created on this layer OK When OK is clicked the layer will be created or the changes to the selected layer will be saved Cancel When Cancel ts clicked the layer will not be created or the layer properties will not be changed 8 7 3 The Field List Window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 144 Rev A P n 1 1249 Field List Field List Arable rea Total rea Bend paddock East paddock 46 97 Ha 46 92 Ha West paddock 125 76 Ha 147 99 Ha Figure 8 16 The Field List window Overview The Field List window allows creating editing and deleting of fields When the New button is pressed the new edit field window is displayed containing blank entry fields See section 8 7 3 1 for more details When the Edit button is pressed the new edit field window is displayed containing the properties of the current field See section 8 7 3 1 for more details When the Delete button Is pressed a confirmation screen IS displayed confirming that the selected field will be deleted When Close is pressed the window will close and any changes are saved PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 145 RevA P n 1 1249 8 7 3 1 The New Edit Field Window New Field Jeu FE Arable Area Ha Total area Ha Figure 8 17 The New Edit Field window Overview The New Edit Field window allows creating a new field or editing an existing field for use in the pla
112. ticular property For each property It displays all PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 Page 78 RevA available items for selection For example in Figure 5 8 Field has been selected and on the right all available field names are displayed Select all means that the table view will display all properties Clear all means that the table view will not display the column for that particular property The green dot will be removed in the Field Name window You can click on individual selection items to place remove the red tick thus customising the table view to suit your preference Pressing the Save button will allow you to save the filter with its specific settings A filter can be edited at any time by clicking Tools gt Filter and when the Load Filter window opens click Edit to open the Edit Filter window 5 4 2 Batch Recording PlaniT can record and track batch details such as brand manufacturer s batch number etc Batch recording can also provide estimates of quantity remaining If initial quantities available are entered using the area treated and the rate of application to calculate the quantity applied and hence the amount left To access this information select Lists gt Batches and the Batch List window will be displayed Three tabs at the upper left side allow choosing Chemical Fertiliser or Seed batch details an example for seed being shown in Figure 5 9 Batch List Chemical Fertil
113. tivate the Transfer module click Transfer Data from the PlanIT main screen PlaniT RINEX Office Management Software The Import Export window will then appear Import Export Transfer Drive Export office information and farm maps Select the Season to export 2006 Cancel Figure 6 1 Import Export window PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 85 RevA P n 1 1249 6 1 1 Exporting Data From PlanIT To Vehicle L Insert a USB drive into your PC If the USB drive contains previous RINEX data PlanlT will overwrite that data In the Import Export window choose Export from the dropdown list In the Transfer Drive box choose the drive letter for your output Note If the transfer drive letter is not available close the window and insert the USB stick before selecting Transfer Data Select the season to export from the dropdown list Click OK PlanlT will now transfer data to your USB drive This data is formatted ready for use by GuideTRAX 6 1 1 1 What Is Exported The data you have entered for plans products including batches targets field names and farm maps Is all exported to the vehicle system PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 86 RevA P n 1 1249 6 1 2 Importing Data From Vehicle To PlanlT 1 Insert the USB drive loaded with data from your vehicle into a USB port on your PC 2 In the Import Export window Figure 6 1 above choose Import from the top dropdown list 3 In the Transfer Dri
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115. vA Insert When Insert is selected clicking on the map screen with the left mouse button will cause the top feature layer to have a new feature inserted at the clicked point on the screen The feature type created will depend on the layer that is currently on top If the top layer is an area or line feature type the first mouse click on the map screen after Insert has been selected will start the area or line feature Subsequent left mouse clicks will Insert more points in the feature There are two ways to end a feature lt gt By clicking the vi accept button in the tool bar By clicking the right mouse button In the case of point features the screen can be clicked on with the left mouse button and the point feature will be created at that location When a feature is being completed an edit label screen will appear allowing the feature to be named In the case of boundary features an edit field screen will appear where a field can be assigned to the boundary PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 137 Rev A P n 1 1249 8 7 The Lists Menu Lists Help Feature Types Laver Types l Fields Figure 8 11 The Lists menu Overview The Lists menu allows the user to create edit and delete feature types layers and fields Feature When Feature Types is selected the feature type window is Types displayed See section 8 7 1 for more details Layer Types When Layer Types is selected the Layer Types window is disp
116. ve box choose the drive letter for your USB drive Note If the transfer drive letter is not available close the window and insert the USB stick before selecting Transfer Data 4 Click OK PlanlT will now import your data from the USB drive Note This process does not automatically import the farm map from the vehicle If required this data can be imported via the File gt Import Rinex XML function in the Mapping module see section 4 1 3 3 and section 8 3 reference section 6 1 2 1 What Is Imported The data you have accumulated in the vehicle for work done products including batches new plans created in the field and treatment maps are all imported into PlanlT Data on work carried out products used and areas treated are added to the database and is available in the History module The essentials for mapping Fields treated are also imported as RNX files and can be used to map those fields see section 4 1 3 2 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 87 Rev A P n 1 1249 PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 88 Rev A P n 1 1249 7 Reference Planning 7 1 Planning Planning is used to create treatment plans for a farm Plans will be imported to the system in the vehicle and the information in the plan is used to apply the correct treatment to each field This reference section provides details of all menus windows and options used in the Planning module of PlanlT PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 91 RevA P n 1 1249
117. w layer will need to be added If the intention is only to show what areas are nonarable then it would be easiest just to add all nonarable features to the Nonarable Area layer which Is created by default when the farm is created The same process as described in section 4 3 1 Draw Arable Land would need to be followed in this case To add a new feature type such as a dam l In the menu click on Lists gt Feature Types 2 Select Area from the drop down Category list 3 Click on New 4 Type in the name of the new feature 5 As this feature IS an area choose Area Pattern and Colour Note If the new feature was a single point such as a tree or a line such as a power line then you would need to edit the Point or Line attributes instead 6 If you want the area measurement of the new feature to be displayed on the Map screen tick the Show Area Dox 7 Click OK Feature Type List Feature List Category Area ARABLE BOUNDARY NONARABLE Feature Attributes Name DAM Label Se sma ov Colour Faint Symbol e Colour az Black Line Thickness 2 pixels Pattern Solid Colour KE slack Area pa E EET 772 Show Pattern EF 3 Horizontal se Area 8 The new feature should now appear in the Feature Type list Click OK again to close the Feature Type list PlanlT 3 2 User Manual Page 56 P n 1 1249 Rev A 9 Click on Lis
118. y The Tree view will be displayed 3 Locate the treatment to be exported in the Tree 4 Click on the treatment to select it 5 Click on File gt Save As This message will be displayed 6 Select the appropriate location to save the file to 7 Type in the appropriate file name 8 Click Save PlanlT 3 2 User Manual P n 1 1249 PlanIT History Stabilo Bros Home Farm File Edit wiew Tools Lists Help E S Ere Mabe Map Stabilo Bros Home Farm fe 90 Acre MR 2005 Treatment StartDate 30 09 2005 Treatment StartDate 30 10 2005 Treatment StartDate 20 02 2006 Treatment StartDate 26 03 2006 f Back of Bells d 2005 Stabilo Bros AY Home Farm Bl 90 Acre MH 2005 En Treatment StartDate 30 09 2005 Area 26 19Ha Plan IN Treatment StartDate 30 10 2005 A E Treatment StartDate 20 02 2006 EJ Treatment StartDate 26 03 2006 aa Save s Save in My Documents v Fi gt E as fea Music CJ M Pictures Recent My videos Desktop My Document My Computer v Log format LOG Cancel File name J Save as type D hy Network Page 72 RevA 5 2 5 Printing A Single Treatment Report While in Tree view a report of a single treatment or a group of treatments can be printed The report as shown in Figure 5 4 lists Client Farm Field and Plan names the date treatment started treated area vehi

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