FarmerGPS – Laptop based GPS
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1. GPS The program stores your positioning information on a per field bases Please enter as many fields as you want to track separately This could be as simple as Area_1 or include full legal descriptions Use whatever description you use in your operation The Area entry is the total area This data may be set by exporting a shape file or by a manual entry If area values exist it can be displayed in the main screen when the correct display options are checked see Setup Display Field operations are stored with this name used as the filename For this reason some characters are not allowed These include dots back slashes and some others When you click Start in the main area of the program all data will be stored in the selected field file Use New to add a new field entry Use Save to save any changes you have made to a field entry Register General Equipment GPS Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Valley South Side Bonar DW HE 14 3225 5 17 South Yard Demo Hof Ost Dienstag 29 Ma 2007 544 Gloria Hot st Hof west Strasse Bac Ingel Seizinger Home Spady Mitte Air Condition H20 sins H21 moore Joe Doe Field 1 basler barhead hms little Farm Hew field New field entry Use Remove to delete field entries Changes in this list will appear in the main screen on the field selection drop down after you click c2. Test Raven integration selected Interlace Micro Trak Micro Trak cowo OOOO O a ee Change color ratechange 8 Show Boom ON OFF bar Test Micto Trak integration selected The Micro Trak integration also requires a COM port connection to the serial port of the Micro Trak controller Since the Micro Trak controller does NOT send individual boom sizes a one time configuration must be performed e Select the appropriate com port which is connected to your Micro Trak controller e Click connect and check data connectivity by clicking Test D100 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ian rate 10 Leef Actual rate 0 i Speed DA A valid connection to your Micro Trak controller shows the data communication sentence in the title bar see 1 Until you have completed the initial configuration boom sizes will show as 0 see 2 Important Ensure that all your active booms show the correct width before you ext the equipment configuration With zeros in the boom size the program will not show any coverage In this example our speed was 8 4 km h but our booms were off Actual rate 0 e Set your controller to the Run position with all boom sections turned OFF e Turn only boom 1 ON D 100 0 84 0 0 741 1 0 0 Boor 1 ON Size 24 Boom O OFF Size Boom 3 C OFF Size Boom 4 Note The boom size for Boom 1 changed to 241 e Turn only boom 2 ON and do this for each of t
3. deletes the selected data file from your laptop This is permanent so please be careful when using this feature Import Shapefile The program supports the import of ESRI Shapefiles These Shapefiles may contain X Y polygons in either WGS84 or UMT format For Shapefiles in UMT a zone and hemisphere must be defined When a shapefile 1s imported without a GPS device connected the program screen is positioned at the latitude and longitude values of the shapefile and it will display the shapefiles you may have to adjust resolution to 200 or even 2000 When a GPS device is active and your shapefile data is not near your current position you may not be able to see the shapefile Import Shapefile E Browse Options See Zone Je Hemi m Import Shapefile dialog Print The application will send the current map to the printer It will send whatever portion is viewable on the main screen so you may zoom into portion of the map or zoom out for an overview Export Several options are available in the Export menu Image The application will save a JPEG file of the map It will save whatever portion is currently on the main screen Shape file polygon Please ensure you have the COMPLETE map viewable on the main screen The program will analyze the viewable map and create a shape file automatically It is recommended to store the file in the shape file directory as it will automatically be loaded the next time you click start wi
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5. have Microsoft Excel 2003 or 2007 installed It will take the current data and fill in an Excel template The template chosen is derived by the equipment Operation setting So for a Sprayer whose operation setting is Spraying the Excel field report will look for an Excel template in the c gpslog Records folder called Spraying xls This allows you to create different templates for different operations As an example you may choose to have Herbicides used on a Spraying xls template The template syntax for the program values looks like GPS Fieldname If such an entry exists in your Excel file it will be replaced with the fieldname of the field file you have currently loaded A sample excel file is part of your installation Check the gpslog folder for xls files See Appendix A for a list of GPS syntax Create OpenOffice report This export option is basically the same as the Excel field report feature However it uses the free OpenOffice package instead of Microsoft Excel You must have OpenOffice 3 2 installed As with the Excel option a template file must be saved in the records folder default c gpslog records The extension must be ODS instead of XLS The ODS extension is used by OpenOffice Calc Backup A backup of all data files created since the last backup will be copied to a backup location The program provides a progress bar and allows you to navigate to the backup location RM Path D backup Br
6. return back to the starting point When you start the other side of the creek no new total area counts are being calculated During shape file creation however these areas will be correctly added When you load a shape file created by the program Import Shape file the total area counter will be set The automatic calculation will not override this setting Navigation The navigation screen allows you to manage your AB points create new AB points or go back to contour mode Navigation Mode Contour Co AB Line AB Line ot 4 Lat b4 0265344999995 PointB Lat Lon Existing ThE selected AB line will be the active AB line after Ok Navigation dialog By selecting AB Line you automatically switch your current navigation mode from contour to AB line You can manually create A and B points by entering latitude and longitude values An A point is automatically created from your current position unless you had created an A point by clicking A on the main screen The B point may also be generated by clicking NS EW NW or NE or by entering a degree manually Whichever AB line is selected will become active once you click OK on the navigation screen Degrees are entered with compass values 0 is north and 180 is south GPS Info A screen with some low level NMEA information is displayed on the right side of the screen This panel is meant for troubleshooting only Log raw
7. s Also the accuracy of these devices are only 3 m with WAAS and as much as 10 m without WAAS Receivers from companies such as Outback Trimble Novatel Midtech etc are designed for agricultural use and provide NMEA output via a serial or usb port as required by this program If any of these GPS receivers are to be configured to work with this program RMC and GGA must be configured as NMEA inputs If RMC is unavailable GGA will only work as well This program provides a birds eye view of the area being treated as well as providing a guidance bar left right arrows to direct the driver A laptop is used for this purpose for a number of reasons e A laptop provides great processing power at a very reasonable cost e Laptops can be used for many other tasks e GPS guidance is used only during the application season and the laptop is available for other uses during the rest of the year e Software updates are simple New features and functionality are being added frequently and the software is installed just as any other Windows software e Since this Program stores all the positioning information on the computer s hard drive the data may be used for other purposes or simply reviewed at any time using the program e Free software tools such as Google Earth are available for Windows and can easily be used with any laptop This program also gives you the option to integrate with the sprayer control The integration consists of
8. started operation Navigation bar step size represents what size is used per block on the navigation bar The lower the number the more blocks are being colored when the equipment ts off track Forward looking time indicates the time the program looks ahead to calculate guidance Arrow size determines the length of the arrow pointing in driving direction Backup If checked the user will be prompted for a backup at the end of the program Program Start The program will try to connect to your GPS receiver automatically Should you not have a GPS receiver connected or for other reasons you would like to interrupt the search for the GPS receiver please select Cancel or GPS Disconnect from the main menu As soon as the program receives valid positioning information from your GPS receiver it will draw your current position in the center of your screen Any movement will immediately be drawn to your screen The cross indicates your current position the line indicates the path you traveled Note You must click Start for the positioning information to be stored permanently unless the Auto start has been enabled by checking the Start data logging on Equipment ON box in the General section of Setup If the above noted box has not been checked a warning will be displayed if you have not clicked Start but your equipment indicates ON We recommend that you start the program while warming up the equipme
9. the tile line By repeating this process over the field you are creating a tile map F7 and F8 start and stop trace lines and create marked points indicating the start and end of a tile By selecting this option again the program will go back to its normal mode of operation Create Shape file POLYGON This menu allows you to create a polygon shape file as you go around the field This is typically done to get area counts and to create a boundary loaded at the beginning of an operation The following will show up on the right side of your main screen Shapetile POLYGON O Outside P a Make sure you select Outside or Inside depending on the polygon you are going to create The outside boundaries of a Start field would be Outside sloughs lakes and bushes within the field would be Inside polygons Inside area are counted as negative areas In order to create valid shape files also follow the Go O CL AU GH clockwise on outside versus counterclockwise on inside Cancel polygons You may interrupt the collection of points by clicking save Interrupt You must click Save to complete the creation of te clockwise the shape file Create Shapefile POINTS This allows you to create a POINT type shape file It is typically used to mark important points such as field samples taken or permanent points in the field Shapetile POINTS Create Point Save Identification SE Hello Hello When clicking Create P
10. the position where the equipment is turned ON first As soon as you leave the area and come back to within a distance of your approximate equipment width an automated end of area calculation is made The resulting area may not correctly present the exact area however if you always start going around your field as the first pass it will semi automate the area calculation Review the area counters section for more details Manual F7 F8 activation overrides any automatic settings F9 and F10 Will draw a guidance line from your current position Let s say you wanted to cut yout field in half and you are at a fence post on the side of your field the fence posts marks the halfway line You may now use F9 or F10 to draw a straight line either east west or north south This is for your visual guidance only and the arrow indicators will not show corrections relative to this line That allows you to also use this guidance to simply straighten out a not so straight last pass F11 Toggles resolution between your current selection and 200m This provides a quick overview of the field with single click F12 Simply redraws the screen Arrow keys Typically used when you have no active GPS signal and after reading existing data from a file You may move the drawing up down left or right I Zoom In O Zoom Out Q Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current position W Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starti
11. 1 running counter 2 Typical use Counter 1 as a running area count counter 2 is reset at every fill of the equipment 2 Counterl Total Displays the running counter 1 and if available the total area count 3 Counter Counter2 Total Displays the running counter 1 running counter 2 and if available the total area count 4 Counterl Manual Displays the running counter 1 and the running manual counter The manual counter is never reset by the program only by the user 5 Counterl Counter2 Manual Displays the running counter 1 running counter 2 and the manual counter You may change the font size on the main information bar Please check the most appropriate size and keep in mind that you may run out of the screen real estate on larger font sizes and all display options such as average speed coverage counter 1 2 total enabled Advanced Advanced Equipment drop down gt Keep equipment selection available 5 08 inch 2 0 5 30 0 00 5 E Prompt for backup at program end The Equipment drop down option may be checked if you wish to switch equipment on the go within one field By default this should not be checked since most operations will have only one implement in operation at one time however if you had a front mounted sprayer for ditches and a back mounted sprayer for broad areas and you were going to switch often between both this option allows you to keep the equipment drop down available within a
12. GPS data to file This is for troubleshooting only Should you have difficulties with yout GPS receiver this menu item allows you to store the raw NMEA data delivered by your GPS receiver to a file by default in c GPSlog GPS log Check position accuracy This menu item allows you to collect some data on your GPS receiver s accuracy This is a simple test but can be used to compare different receivers You must not move the antenna while this test is running It collects all position points and in theory they should all be the same since you are not moving Many factors influence GPS accutacy so it is normal to see some drift The program will derive an average of all points collected and will use this calculated latitude longitude position to report points outside 0 5m 1m 2m and 3m If you compare 2 receivers you should run this test on 2 computers at the same time simply to remove any differences caused by the movement of the satellites A log file called accuracy log is created in your data directory Tile mode After selecting this option the program operates in Tile mode This mode allows you to create a map of your tile lines In this mode your travel is NOT recorded instead you use the F7 and F8 keys to start and stop recording When traveling to a tile line nothing is recorded Once you are over the tile line press F7 and now follow the tile line The path is being recorded and you need to press F8 stop recording before you leave
13. Volume User manual FarmerGPS Laptop based GPS Guidance Table of Contents EI E 2 Main advantages Of GPS oudance 2 What we consider essential for GPS oudance 3 Hardware IMSTANATION ssia S 4 SEKR 5 Advanced Equipment ConfigurationError Bookmark not defined Bit elel gon e E 22 Introduction overcome some of the limitations in other guidance packages It is a software package designed to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system Win98 Win2000 WinXP Windows Vista 32 bit and Windows Vista 64 bit Windows 7 32 or 64 bit l his Program has been created to provide a cost efficient GPS guidance system and to The program works on standard GPS positioning data Almost every GPS receiver available can provide GPS positioning information through the NMEA protocol All that is required is a GPS receiver providing NMEA based positioning information over a RS232 standard serial or usb interface GPS receivers differ greatly in their capabilities and not all are well suited for GPS guidance Entry level GPS receivers typically provide 1 Hz once every second updates and are accurate to only a few meters For more accurate guidance we recommend a sub meter receiver with a 5 Hz update rate latitude longitude values are updated 5 times per second For tests a simple GPS receiver with a serial or usb cable may be used however the 1 Hz update rate will result in jumps especially at faster speeds Going 20 km h equals 5 5 m
14. a small hardware device and a cable to your ON OFF master switch If you use the installed integration the program will be able to detect ON OFF settings and display coverage accordingly You may also integrate your boom switches in the same way GPS The Global Positioning System usually called GPS the US military refers to it as NAVSTAR GPS is a satellite navigation system used for determining one s precise location and providing a highly accurate time reference almost anywhere on Earth or in Earth orbit It uses an intermediate circular orbit ICO satellite constellation of at least 24 satellites http en wikipedia ore wiki GPS Main advantages of GPS guidance Reducing overlap and minimizing application gaps Lowering chemical costs by reducing overlaps Minimizing environmental impact Verifying complete coverage at the time of application Maintaining reports on all application activity What we consider essential for GPS guidance 1 Ability to see a map Light bars are not an option They can tell you only 3 things whether you re off course to the left off course to the right or on course as you make parallel passes across a field This program does tell you Where you are in the field What parts you covered Overlaps Misses Where you marked a spot e g weed patch stone etc Exact speed Keep records of completed work Ability to zoom in and out so you can adjust the display to your
15. ation bar appears Top aligned will display the navigation bar above the birds eye view and bottom aligned will display the navigation bar below the birds eye view If Coverage is checked you will get a theoretical coverage hour displayed on the main screen This is calculated with the current speed and equipment width In addition you can display average which is the performance since start and completion are an estimated time for the completion of the current operation field Completion can only be calculated if a total area value is available for the current field The Auto display turn guide is used only in contour mode When checked and the equipment goes from ON Run to OFF Hold a straight line is drawn from your current position to a position several meters behind you In addition parallel lines are drawn which will help you to line up your equipment perfectly for the next pass If you don t have an interface box the area calculation cannot be accurate therefore you may want to turn Calc area off The running acre calculation is determined by the equipment size and the equipment ON OFF indicator Without the interface box the ON OFF information can only be done manually by the F2 key Since this is a manual process it is likely incorrect thus the acre calculation will likely be inaccurate You have the choice of five area displays 1 Counterl Counter2 Displays the running counter
16. do not have the integration device the F2 key on your laptop will toggle your equipment ON OFF also see Keys You may choose a different resolution to either see a field overview or simply the current coverage Zooming In and Out Navigation bar The navigation bar works similar to the light bar option you may be familiar with from other GPS guidance systems Depending on your preferences and resolution settings you may use the bird eye view on top and the navigation bar simultaneously Navigation bar This image indicates that you should drive further to your right Every box represents 20 cm so in this case we appear to have either an overlap or a gap of 1 m The exact measurement is shown in the top information bar colored red for a miss or blue for an overlap The navigation bar stepsize can be changed in the Setup Advanced tab Stop recording When you complete a field operation or when you have to go back for a refill you should stop recording Simply click Stop This will end the recording of data Should you have interrupted your field operation due to weather refilling etc you can always continue by clicking Start and selecting YES to Add data to the same file Note After you clicked Stop the program will continue to draw your position however nothing is recorded for later use Navigation mode By default the program uses contour mode for your navigation Contour mode is simple and w
17. e as F5 but with the option to type in notes Note 1 Helo F6 Will add the note2 jpg image to the current location Again you may mark a location with this image F7 Marks the start point for area calculation The area calculation feature calculates the area inside a polygon but takes the width of your machine into account When you start the outside round simply click F7 at the bottom of the screen you will get a confirmation that the area calculation has started The calculation also uses the equipment width so that you get the true area even though you are driving 20 inside your fields on 40 equipment If you do drive with your pickup please make sure you add and select the size of your pickup e g 10 The calculation continues regardless if your equipment is ON or OFF In Tilt mode the F7 key marks a point and starts the tracing of a line F8 Marks the end point for area calculation The end point is connected with the start point so if you are in a reasonable straight line to your start point you may click F8 sooner If F7 was not pressed the area calculation will assume the start point to be initiated when you started recording when you clicked the start button Total amount of acres is displayed on the upper right In Tile mode the F8 key marks a point and ends the tracing of a line F7 and F8 functionality is semi automated by the program After Start the default start point for area calculation is
18. ea counter color Area counter color Area counter color Area counter color Area counter color Numeric area counter in ac or ha Numeric aArea counter 2 in ac or ha Numeric area counter color Q Numeric area counter color W ac or ha in a or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha i gr oe El Se SC in ac or ha GPS NAreacounterE GPS NAreacounterR GPS NAreacounterV GPS Breaks GPS DistanceON GPS DistanceALL GPS Operators GPS OperatorsAndDate GPS Target GPS Moisture GPS MoistureAndDate by the operator GPS Notes GPS Percipitation GPS PercipitationAndDate the operator GPS Temperature GPS TemperatureAndDate GPS Wind GPS WindAndDate GPS Humidity GPS HumidityAndDate GPS Weathernotes GPS Productl GPS ProductlAndDate GPS Product2 GPS Product2AndDate GPS Product3 GPS Product3AndDate GPS ProductlRate GPS Product1lRateAndDate GPS Product2Rate GPS Product2RateAndDate GPS Product3Rate GPS Product3RateAndDate GPS Target Controller specific data RAVEN only GPS RavenFieldAreal GPS RavenFieldArea2 GPS RavenFieldVolumel GPS RavenFieldVolume2 GPS RavenTankVolumel GPS RavenTankVolume2 GPS RavenRatel_ cal GPS RavenRate2_ cal GPS RavenRate Numeric area counter color E Numeric area counter color R Numeric area counter color V Find break ti
19. eration Spraying Equamert 103 Sprayer Stat 6 18 2006 950 AM Stop 6 18 2006 11 50 4M Duration 2h yea JE ac Sprayed 5 gal ac of roudup at a rate of ac Field SE 15 52 01 5 Operation Spraying Equipment 103 Sprayer Stat 619 200 250 PM Stop 6 19 2007 amp 45 PM Duration 2 55 Area 152 ac Sprayed 5 gal ac of roudup at a rate of 0 8 lac Field records The sample picture shows 2 different operations at 2 fields Custom entries can be made at any time In the sample the operator added extra information Sprayed 5 gal ac Clicking Save will ensure all of your edits are saved to the file records txt Load field specific records allows you to save an extra file for the current field A new entry screen is displayed and entries only for this field should be made This entry is based on a template The first time you select this button a sample file will be generated and placed into your data directory Again a save will ensure all edits are saved to the field specific file You can customize the file for your operation and create an entry form very specific for your operation If your equipment had Spraying in its operation a file called Sprayine txt will be created the first time you use Load field specific records Open this file with a text editor notepad and modify as required This template file must be a normal text file and cannot be formatted do not use Word to edit thi
20. g utf o 7 gt metadata lt perator gt Name Doug Unger Hane t Hane Trina Marcinkow lt Name NamezJerry Longmuir Hame lt A Uperator gt Product lz Name Pars PLP 27004 Hane Name Tordon 101 PCFP 9007 Hame gt Name Milestone PCP 48517 lt Name gt Name Vantage PLP 2617 2 Name gt NamezVantage Plus Maz PCP 2 615 Name gt lt Hane rsenal PCP 43713 lt Nane gt Name zRscort PCP 23005 Name gt Name Mecoprop PCP 10915 lt Hame gt NamerOracle PCP 26 22 lt HName gt Name gt Lif00 PCP 230264 Name Productl gt Product z gt lt Hamne Par3 PCP 27004 Hane gt Name Tordon 101 PCP YO0 lt Name gt Name Milestone PCP 48517 lt Name gt NamezVantage PLP 2617 2 Name gt NamerVantage Plus Maz PCP 27615 lt Hame gt NamerArsenal PCP 23713 lt Name gt Name rRscort PCP 23005 lt Name gt Name Mecoprop PCP 10915 lt Hame gt lt Hane 0racle PCP 2672247 Hame Hames LZ PCP 23026 Name Product 2 gt By modifying the spraying xml the drop down choices for the next program start will be changed Field records By default the following entry screen shows you all automatically created field information Depending on your information in the Equipment and selected options in setup menus some data may or may not be sent to the file gt Auto records c ppsloe records txt Field John Smith home Op
21. he active booms only one boom can be ON at any given timel e You can check the success of this process by closing the Test screen and clicking it again Boom sizes and ON OFF status should report correctly after a successful configuration e This configuration is stored in the equipment file and does not have to be done again unless you change boom size in your Micro Trak controller ead II Send QUT Interface ARE EIT 108 Serial port Control boom Latency Noofbooms jo 0 DND OFF Boom E inch Show Boom ON OFF bar Km Send OUT equipment configuration The Send Out configuration is only available if you have purchased a Section control option The Kit108 allows the control of up to 8 sections with standard relays Connectivity is done via a standard serial port and the program automatically turns sections ON and OFF based on coverage The Control boom option must be checked and the auto control system must be engaged by clicking the space key Latency for ON and OFF can be set so that the equipment turns ON ahead of an uncovered area or turns OFF ahead of a covered area The values in the program are expressed in seconds GPS Example If your sprayer requires 2s to fully open the valves and pressurize the booms set the ON value to 2 seconds If it takes about 1 s to shut all booms OFF set the OFF value to 1 s Select the GPS tab En
22. ice Manager in the Windows Control Panel by selecting Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager 4 Click on the next to Mice and other pointing devices 5 Click on Microsoft Serial Mouse or Microsoft Serial Ball Point This is what Windows thinks that your GPS receiver is Note If you happen to also be using an actual serial mouse on your computer verify that the COM port listed is the same used for the program application 6 Choose Do not use this device disable under Device Usage or Select Actions and then disable 7 Click OK to close each window 8 Reboot the computer with the GPS power attached The computer should react normally now The next time you boot the computer the serial mouse on that COM port will be disabled If you boot the machine without the GPS attached it shouldn t list the disabled device USB RS232 convert rer cabte TTT 4 Problem I can t transfer any data or the program doesn t see the USB adapter The most common issue when installing the USB adapter and driver is selecting the correct port for the program to recognize You must make sure the software looks at the correct port for the transfer of any data GPs Said pai com Find USB RS232 GPS device Novaia amai AE E At startup auto connect to GPS Find USB In the Options Setup GPS tab you may use the Find USB to automate the search for a USB adapter shipped with the p
23. ines the look of the pulling vehicle TP Supe Pie Equipment i h 107 Auto Sprayer AT Airdrill Spraying feet meter Cost 0 00 102 90 Offset 10 00 Offset Side 0 00 Read IN 3301 3101 box i no Ga Bo F Wired for Main ON OFF F Main 12 Volt is OFF No of booms 5 zl ET Boome 12 Volt is OFF G T 8 5 lt lt Boom sizes Show Boom ON OFF bar Equipment setup Please enter the details of all your equipment here Click new to enter a new piece of equipment and make sure you click Save when you are done Equipment entered here will be available in the drop down option on the main screen All detailed values you are providing here will be used by a simple drop down selection in the main screen later Provide a meaningful name e g 51 Sprayer This name becomes an option in the equipment drop down of the main screen S GI Sprayer ii 51 Sprayer Equipment selection main screen The Operation text is used in Field records and as a template name for files A full explanation follows later for now please provide meaningful operation names such as Spraying etc We recommend you use a single word without special characters The name you choose here will be referenced with the Excel spreadsheets discussed later in this manual In fact this name will reference the Excel template so spraying will load the Excel template spraying xls In order for the program to d
24. loaded GPS Fieldname GPS Fieldlegal GPS Startdate GPS Stopdate GPS Duration GPS Operation GPS Totalarea GPS NTotalarea GPS AvgSpeed GPS NAvgSpeed GPS AvgCoverage GPS Equipmentname0 GPS Equipmentnamel GPS Equipmentsize0 GPS Equipmentsizel GPS NEguipmentcost0 GPS NEquipmentcost1l GPS Equipmentarea0 GPS NEquipmentarea0 GPS Equipmentareal GPS NEquipmentareal GPS NEquipmentdurationl GPS Areacounterl1 GPS Areacounter2 GPS AreaManl1 GPS AreacounterQ GPS AreacounterW GPS AreacounterE GPS AreacounterR GPS AreacounterV GPS NAreacounter1l GPS NAreacounter2 GPS NAreacounterQ GPS NAreacounterW Fieldname of the current data file Legal entry of the field Start date time of operation Stop date time of operation Duration of operation Operation name Total area of the field in ac or ha Numeric total area of the field Average speed in km h or mi h Numeric Average Name of Name of Size of Size of Numeric Numeric average speed performance coverage the first equipment used the second equipment used the first equipment used the second equipment used cost value of first equip cost value of second equip Area covered ac or ha Numeric value for area Area covered of 2nd equip Numeric value for area Numeric value for duration in hours Area counter 1 in ac or ha Area counter 2 in ac or ha Area counter manual Ar
25. lose All field information is stored in a file called field txt in your specified data directory e g c GPSlog You may edit this file manually A program restart will update the program information automatically Please keep in mind that the names are used as file names therefore some characters are not allowed The Register tab is only used for the license information Hardware ID HD ZUR eEIE Register The Program license is issued specifically for your laptop and your name In order to get the correct license key please contact the provider of this program The screen shot above shows a Hardware ID of HD207B7F1E Once the license key information is entered most of these fields will not be editable until Delete key is clicked The license information is stored in the registry and is not removed when uninstalling and upgrading to a new version Touch screen If your laptop has a touch screen or if you simply want to enable large clickable buttons for function keys on the main screen use the following screen E Enable controls for touchscreen ae 17 of screen width used for button witdh 12 default E 2 columns E Start recording ICT Zoom In ICT Stop recording ICT Zoom Out F G Color 1 F F5 Note 1 F W Color 2 F Note 1 text F E Color 3 F F6 Note 2 E R Color 4 E F7 Area calc start point E A ABine E F8 Area calc sto
26. meant to give you a manual counter for things like refills Example You are spraying and your tank provides a capacity to complete 30 ac At every fill you reset area counter 2 to zero and you can easily see when the next fill up is coming A work interruption due to start stop assumes you are also refilling thus area counter 2 is not set to the field value of the completed area The Total counter is the total area of the field This counter may be set manually however it is designed to be calculated It can be set several ways but the most convenient way is the semi automated setting of the total area counter The program will mark a start point when you start a new field and your equipment is turned ON When your equipment remains ON and you move 3 away from this start point the program constantly checks this current distance to the start point When you get close to the original start point a polygon calculation of the area within your pass provides the total area count Typical use Make a first pass around the outside perimeter of your field The automated area calculation has some weaknesses in that it cannot detect if your first pass only goes around the first slough and then comes back to the start position In that scenario your total area count would be that of the slough area and obviously wrong You can also override the start and end points for the area calculation by using the F7 and F8 key F7 will manually create your start p
27. mes in your data Shows distance travelled ON Shows distance travelled Operators added by application data Operators plus date time Target specified in application data Moisture specified in application data Provides moisture and the date time it was entered Notes entered in application data Percipitation data provided by application data Percipitation and date time when it was entered by Temperature added by application data Temperature plus date time Wind data Wind plus date time Humidity Humidity plus date time Weathernotes Product 1 specified in application data Product 1 plus date time when entered Product 2 specified in application data Product 2 plus date time when entered Product 3 specified in application data Product 3 plus date time when entered Rate for product 1 Rate plus date time Rate for product 2 Rate plus date time Rate for product 3 Rate plus date time Target specified in application data Field area 1 setting of controller Field area 2 setting Field volume 1 Field volume 2 Tank volume 1 Tank volume 2 Rate 1 setting Rate 2 setting Last used rate Appendix B Integration to Trimble Light bars Example shown on AgGPS110 however others should be very similar Since a menu is not available on these light bars a program from Trimble called Ag Remote must be installed on a PC laptop and then be connected to the free serial port At start up the Ag Remote software shows ApRe
28. mote 1 Agi10 When connecting you must enter the correct serial COM port If you use a USB RS232 converter cable check the Control Panel for the assigned COM port Use CanBus Link Lan Port sore bance Bus Speed 050 Ep Connectioan Connect at start up Enable Options Prefix f F Director 7 Browse clogging Use the lt key to select Configuration lt AgRemote 1 Ag110 Seles Use v to Enter Now find the Port A configuration Note Port B is used for your light bar do NOT modify The default shows TSIP and a port setting of 801 This default only works with other trimble equipment however you will need to set port B to NMEA 8N1 for other SE party software to work This includes FarmerGPS Use the gt and v keys to select f AgRemote 1 Ag110 File Help This configuration will send NMEA data on port A with 8 data bits No parity and one stop bit index AC CUTACY EN 1 Add data to the SAME file 08 29 Area CGounter 42 area displays wiascsrcnsatntstandivddziniisrwcereceake 23 AUO Sa dE 7 color 49 drawing Keele 49 SOUNDING ntcetncisaeduvanmarnarteratentetsanaivansicens 8 EGUMEN EE 5 equipment ArOP COWN cccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 SOUIPIMEM UT EE 11 ESRI Shapefiles a EN Pind US EE 52 Goole E arasan i 34 GPS 2 Grid 23 Blalvug e 3 Midtech 1 DAV E
29. nal for example on other equipment which does not have sections simply Wired for main ON OFF and leave booms at 0 Checking the Show Boom ON OFF bar will add a boom display bar on the main screen This bar indicates the status of your booms equipment Interface USB lnterhace bos Ke USB Interhace box _ wired for Main ON OFF Main 12 Volt is OFF No of boorns D mi Cl Booms 12 Volt is OFF gt gt Boom sizes Test Show Boom OM OFF bar Test The interface box supports up to 3 booms or just ON OFF depending on the model The usb interface box supports up to 10 booms If you have connected your booms make sure the size for each boom is set Use the Boom sizes button to open the overview for boom sizes Note Boom sizes are entered in inches or centimeters not feet or meters If you have a Raven spray controller you may integrate using the Raven selections You require a serial connection between your Raven controller 9 pin serial on back of unit and your laptop You must also configure your Raven to output information on the serial port Please check the Raven manual on the configuration steps Please specify the port used on your laptop and click Connect The Data button allows you to check if valid data is received by your laptop Also see the Raven integration document Interface Raven LOM port l E E Change color ratechange GEN E Show Boom ON OFF bar Create log
30. new allow the continuation of a field which was left unfinished for more than 30 days The Background checkbox allows the loading of an old field file for background purposes only This background shows in a lighter color and is not used for guidance Usage examples include running FarmerGPS in a combine and having the seeding map loaded as a background This menu item is typically used when reviewing existing log data so a GPS device should NOT be connected at the time If a GPS device is connected the received positional information from the GPS device has preference to the read file That means that if you load a file from a different location than what your GPS receiver is reporting you may not be able to see the data simply because it is outside the current viewing area Save as You may store operational data with this option however your normal procedure by using start and stop should make the save as a rarely used option This option exists so you can save two files which you appended to a new operational file Example You have two operators operating sprayers in the same field By using the Read existing field data option you load data from one laptop and by using it again this time with the append option checked you add field data from the second unit The joined files are now displayed and can be viewed To store this data into a new joined file you would use the save as option Delete data file This menu option
31. nformation Depending on the amount of data and your processing speed this may take a moment As soon as this process is completed the program will add your current positioning information If you had a high resolution e g 10m and you are far away from the recorded field data you may not immediately see the old data You should choose a resolution setting which allows you to easily navigate to the last spot e g 200 m ideally even before the program starts reading old data Menu items File menu File GPS Resolution Options Help Read existing field data Clear In Out nave as Mm Prt et ee i Import Shapefile amp Print Image Backup Shape file polygon Exit Shape file points Shape to KML file Google Earth Path to KML file Google Earth Marked points file Excel field report Create OpenOffice report First menu item Read existing field data A browse dialog allows you to select any program created log file Read data File Options O Read marked points only Read all data _ Append to existing data Background Read data dialog As soon as you click Read the selected file will be read and displayed on screen You may use append if you work with two or more units in the same field The log files of both units are combined if you use the append option If you only need the marked areas to do spot sptaying as an example you select the Read marked points only option Read and append
32. ng at the current position ge H H D E Togeles the drawing color of the ON area startine at the current position ge H H D R Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current position ge H i 2 D Q W E and R are often used to mark section of your field for a different use of products Some customers who operate several units in a single field have the Operators use a different color to indicate the different operators are the section of the field covered by them Tips Prepare Program for next season After a completed season we recommend the following practices You may choose to do some of these activities after every completed seasonal operation such as seeding 1 Make a backup of your data Many methods and programs exist for data backups so this is just one example Use a USB stick and connect it to your laptop Start Windows Explorer and create a new folder on your USB stick For 2007 data you may call it GPS 2007 Copy all data from your data directory default is c GPSlog to this directory You may want to burn a CD from the content of your USB stick 2 Create shape files and exact area counts for the next season By creating shape polygon files from your operational data Program stores the exact acre count and will load the shapefile automatically once you start the field again The program will also store the latitude and longitude from the operation start This data can later be used
33. nt and have it operate going to the field This gtves your GPS receiver time to warm up Many GPS receivers will be more accurate when warmed up For more information please consult your GPS receiver manual When you arrive at the field and click Start the information collected going to the field will be discarded Starting in the field Before you start in the field ensure that you have selected the proper field location Positioning information will be stored to the selected field Also ensure that you have selected the correct equipment currently in use File GPS Resolution Options Help Field Field 1 Legal Des Rotate f Clear In Out Equip Test3Boom Main screen Top The program will start storing positional information permanently as soon as you click Start Positioning information collected prior to Start is discarded If you are going back to a field which you worked on before the program will give you an option to either add the information or to start a new file If you have not completed the last Operation e g you had to stop due to bad weather you would want to append the new information The program will then display your old information and append the new data to the same file In case of a new operation please start a new field file If your master ON OFF switch is connected to the integration device the program will monitor your equipment ON OFF status and draw accordingly If you
34. o right offset has positive value In line offset negative and side offset is positive All equipment information is stored in a file called equipment txt in your specified data directory e g c gpslog Equipment txt is a normal text file and as such can be edited outside the application however you must ensure that the format is not changed If you have several units working with the program you may want to copy the files equipment txt and fields txt to the other units The Interface drop down allows you to specify what if any integration option is used If you have no integration for your equipment simply select no integration The integration options allow the application to collect information such as boom status ON OFF applied rates tank volumes etc If you have no integration you may use the F2 key on your laptop to turn equipment ON drawing full width or OFF drawing only travel path as single line Read IN Send QUT Interface No integration Interface b Interface bos Raven Controller wire USB Interrace box Poet PORE Le The program supports the drawing of up to 10 boom sections If you have an interface box and have wired it to your equipment please select the correct option from the drop down box In the read section the program does not control boom ON OFF but reads the sprayer boom on off switches and draws accordingly If you only use an ON OFF sig
35. of the field at the start of the operation Shape files can be generated by the program or be copied from GIS software packages Area calculations can either be calculated in Acre or Hectare The program will log field records such as start date and time or duration automatically if the Keep records option is checked The data may be viewed from the Field records menu item If you use the more advanced record creation options this does not need to be checked to get all field information into your export files Auto start If this option is checked the program will store all information as soon as your equipment is turned ON For most this option should remain off Selecting start manually allows you to select the field name and the equipment By using the start method manually your field information will be stored with the fieldname and can easily be located With auto start the data will be stored with an automated filename in the format of GPS datet time log This works well for those who need to ensure all ON operations are recorded without the operator clicking start Sound If this is checked your laptop provides sound for left right guidance Application data If this is checked the Application Data form is being displayed at every field start This serves as a reminder to enter extra data such as operator name product applied etc to your field data Vehicle model This selection determ
36. oint again a start point is set automatically after start and turning ON the equipment F8 will use the start point and define the current point as the end point and will calculate the area within that pass So if you clicked F8 much later in the work flow the total area counters will be off F8 should be used when the automatic value is incorrect due to going around a slough and coming back to the start point for example and you are coming back to your start position Area calculation 1 Start point 2 Almost finishing the first pass around the outside perimeter of the field 3 When getting close to the start point the total area of the polygon in light red will be calculated Due to the fact that the total area calculation uses the outside perimeter for its calculation it will most likely show less area than area counter 1 at the end of your operation The difference is likely due to overlap If you had large bush or slough areas inside your field the total area counter may actually be high Another way to get a more accurate total area count is offered by the shape file creation This can only be done AFTER you have complete field data The shape file creation will analyze the image and subtracts white areas from your area count It will also be able to add areas which are outside your first perimeter pass A good example is when you have a creek running through your field Your first pass may only go on one side of the creek and
37. oint the identification text is also stored to that point Points are shown as red crosses on the screen see above Save will prompt you for a file name Shape files may be imported at any time by using the File Import Shape file option User manual Application license Help menu About Displays program information such as version number User manual Access to the user manual in PDF format Application license Displays the application license The file can also be found in your application directory license txt Function Keys F2 This key will toggle between equipment ON OFF If you have installed the interface box and have selected the equipment on off in Setup you do not need this function key It will 4 indicate to the program when your equipment is ON versus when it is OFF When the equipment is ON the application will draw a Colored line the width of your equipment A A0 sprayer will draw a 40 wide colored line of course in your selected resolution If the equipment is OFF a one pixel line is drawn F3 It will move the current AB line to your current position F5 Will add the notel jpg image to the current location This allows you to mark weeds rocks or any other item You may have noticed that notel jpg and note2 jpe are external files You may change the appearance of these images Simply replace the images in the program folder with your new ones Keep image size the same SHIFT F5 Sam
38. orks similar to the foam marker concept Basically it looks for the closest point in about a 90 degree angle to your current position This is the same as the operator looking to the left or right searching for the closest foam mark from the last pass Of course the program has many marks per second of operation and can indicate overlap or misses much more accurately the concept however is the same This mode allows you to follow contours and does not require any additional input from the operator At the end of each pass indicated by turning equipment OFF you will get guidelines for lining up your equipment on the next pass The program draws a straight line over your last few meters or yards and creates parallel lines with the equipment width This feature can be turned off in setup and while it works similar to AB lines it automatically creates new lines and turns them off after you are going again on your next pass The program also allows straight AB line guidance In this mode you can create 2 points A and B and get directions based on that line This allows you to drive a perfectly straight line but does require some planning ahead While you are operating you may click A on your keyboard or use the touch screen options to create a point A The creation is indicated by an A on the bird eye view Creating the B point will draw a straight AB line between point A and B and automatically enables AB line navigation The program
39. owse m e Les Checking tiles against temp folder Exit The application will close GPS menu File Dst Resolution Options Connect Disconnect Start simulation GPS menu Connect The program will attempt to connect to your GPS device on the selected port Port selection is done in the Options Setup tab Disconnect The program will disconnect the GPS receiver No positioning information is being received You should disconnect when you ate reviewing old field data Start simulation The simulation mode will generate NMEA information based on the number keys Program functions are all available and you can do some tests without a GPS recetver Please keep in mind that this can only show some very basic movements Control steering with the left right arrow keys Drive straight by pressing the up arrow You may change speed with the PgUp and PgDn buttons on your keyboard simulation Turn left with LEFT array Turm gomt with RISH Tarrow 50 Straight with UP arrow Speed up with Lol Slow down with Fo FY tums equipment ON OFF Image was created using the simulation mode Resolution menu Resolution Options Resolution menu 10 m The checkmark indicates which resolution is currently selected The 10 m item will set the program main display screen to a resolution of 10m per square The 50 m item will set the program main display screen to a
40. p point F E AB ine F F9 Guidance EW F Cor AB F F10 Guidance N S F F2 Equipment ON OFF F Boom control F F3 Move AB line F Delete points E F11 Toggle resolution Setup Touchscreen Enable controls for touchscreen must be checked for any of the buttons to appear The width of the buttons is a percentage of overall screen width 12 is the default and may be adjusted as required Please check whichever button you want to be available on the main screen Keep in mind that the less buttons you use the larger will be the clickable area height of the buttons Touch screen buttons enabled PER Speed Gei kmh C mish Average Display squares m Gei mag O yd sq Navigation bar Top aligned Bottom aligned disabled Coverage area h Theoretical Average Completion Contour Guide Auto display tum guide 50 mi Calc area Display area counters Reset counters at every field start Counter ACounter Co Counterl Total Counter Counter2 T otal 9 Counter Manual Counter Counter2 M anual Font size 6 w Setup Display Speed may be displayed in km h or miles h Checking Average will also display a calculated average speed of all ON operations This provides the average speed without taking breaks into account The Grid display on the main screen may be either in meters square or yards square You may also configure where your navig
41. preferences 2 Large screen Being able to see the field overview See what s coming next 3 True Guidance m Seeing curves misses what s coming ahead Visual indication for overlaps and gaps paired with left right instructions Hardware installation For the setup you will need Laptop mounting bracket for your vehicle 12V 110V converter to provide 110V for your laptop GPS receiver mounted with a clear view of the sky Integration device for master ON OFF switch also called implement switch Hither a RS232 cable if you have a laptop with a RS232 interface a RS232 to USB converter cable or a usb cable 1 R GPS receiver Sprayed Seeder switch R523 or USE lt Integration device Laptop Power supply 12 V power supply 12 V F110 V converter Typical wiring diagram for hardware setup General Please mount the GPS receiver in the left right center of your equipment The receiver must have a clear view of the sky to all sites GPS receiver position Software setup configuration The program requires just a few steps to become operational Please select Options Setup from the main menu In the Setup menu you can set preferences for speed display settings etc In the beginning you should be mostly concerned about your GPS connection see GPS your fields see Fields and your equipment see Equipment settings You may leave all other settings at their default
42. raw the correct equipment width when the Master switch 1s ON you must input your correct equipment width Size is your equipment width You may choose a slightly smaller equipment width than you actually have to absolutely ensure full coverage e g use 20 for a 40 sprayer Your antenna must be mounted in the left right center EA E A E A ery rove rere rere WLLAR LEAL kG SPSS pete LPL PTL hhh T Prise ree ee Boom 2 Boom 3 Boom 1 3 boom configuration Offset is the distance from your antenna to the actual implement This offset describes the offset in line with the equipment For example the distance from the booms to the GPS receiver is IO The offset value would be set to 10 A positive value will draw the equipment bar a few feet meters whatever entered behind the receiver a negative value allows for offset entries on equipment in the front of your antenna Offset side provides an option to enter equipment values which have an offset to one side This applies to equipment which is not centered If you have a 25 boom which is to the right of the antenna please enter 12 5 offset side since the centre of the equipment is 12 5 feet to the right A positive offset goes to the right You must also add the distance from the antenna to the side of the unit to this value if the boom 1s to start spraying from the side of the unit Examples for different offsets left offset is zer
43. resolution of 50m square Finer grained resolution changes are done via the zoom in and zoom out functions The resolution values can be changed from m to yd in the Setup menu Options menu Field records Setup Area counters Navigation GPS Info Log raw GPS data to file Check position accuracy Tile mode Create Shapefile POLYGON Create Shapefile POINTS Options menu Application data Extra data can be added to the GPS log file by using the application data screen This data is based on your equipment and the operation In this screen shots a sprayed was selected The operation for the sprayer is set to Spraying The resulting application data xml file is Spraying xml The program shows the data from spraying xml in form of drop downs and text boxes Application Data Seeding xml Operator Customer Soil type Water source Product Product 1 Rate 15 5 LfHa Product Rate 100 ML Ha Product 3 Rate weather Temperature 16 C Auridity 92 Ki Wind 4 km h vw Motes Motes Moisture Fercipitation Motes Application notes Cancel Save When clicking Save all data entered will be stored along with the GPS tracking data in the same field file Please modify the xml file here spraying cml located in your gps mail data directory by default c gpslog with a texteditor such as notepad E Spraying xml Notepad File Edit Format View Help Yuml yversion 1 0 encodin
44. rogram For any other USB adapter please use the following procedure To see which port your USB adapter is connected to connect your USB adapter and follow the following instructions Go to the Start Menu Right click on My Computer Select Properties Click on the Hardware tab Click on Device Manager Click the sign next to Ports COM amp LPT One of the listed ports should indicate which port your USB adapter is connected to e g COM1 COM2 COM3 etc Go back to the program and make sure it is looking at the correct port You should be able to receive data once the correct port is selected Check in Options Setup GPS Appendix A Field report syntax When utilizing the Export Field report options a simple GPS syntax is being used The template must be stored in the records folder typically c gpslog records The template chosen is derived by the equipment Operation setting So for a Sprayer whose operation setting is Spraying the Excel field report will look for an Excel template in the c gpslog Records folder called Spraying xls This allows you to create different templates for different operations As an example you may choose to have Herbicides used on a Spraying xls template The template syntax for the program values looks like GPS Fieldname If such an entry exists in your Excel file it will be replaced with the fieldname of the field file you have currently
45. s file Setup This menu allows you to make configuration changes You may change miles h to km h etc Please see Initial Setup software Area counters Sets you area counters Counters Area Counter 1 F Area Counter 2 0 0 Total counter 0 0 Area Counter Q 0 0 Area Counter W 0 0 Area Counter E 0 0 Area Counter R on S Area Counter 0 0 Area counters The program provides a total of 9 counters Area Counter 1 Area Counter 2 a Total counter and counters for different colors An extra manual counter is never reset by the program The color counters only appear if different colors have been used in the selected field Area Counter 1 and 2 are simple calculations of your equipment width multiplied with the distance driven This provides the same information as normally provided by sprayer controllers For these counters to be correct one of the integration options should be used as area is counted whenever the equipment is ON All counters may be changed manually with the area counter menu and the input options shown above While all may be changed the designed use is as follows Area counter 1 and 2 are reset by default by clicking start and the beginning of a new field operation If however you are continuing an interrupted operation and you answered yes for loading old field data area counter 1 will be set with the old accumulated value while area counter 2 remains at 0 Area counter 2 is
46. ter the COM port and baudrate values for your GPS device The program will start with the entered baudrate but will try other baudrates automatically The COM port however must be correct otherwise the program will not be able to communicate with your GPS receiver If you use the Garmin 18 PC the Novatel Smarttantenna or any other receiver which shows on the list please select the appropriate device This will ensure proper initializations strings to be sent to your GPS device If you select Generic no initialization string is being sent If you have the program installed on your home desktop and no GPS device is connected you may want to uncheck the At startup auto connect to GPS option This option automatically looks for an antenna at program start and since your desktop has no antenna the connection attempt will not be successful The Find USB RS232 button checks for USB RS232 cables and provides information on the assigned com potts i Found more than 1 USB RS23 PF converter Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COM 7 4 Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COPS 2 USb RS232 ports were found Note the assigned comports here 27 and 30 Fields General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Fees mee E E Se eet COMA we Find USB AS232 Baudrate 19200 GPS device Novatel Smartantenna At startup auto connect to GPS Setup
47. th this field selected Field name and file name must match for the automatic load feature see Picture 1 and 2 This option will also calculate the exact total area and set this value in the field information Shape file points This option exports all points further than 1m apart as a ESRI shape file of type points Shape to KML file Please ensure you have the COMPLETE map viewable on the main screen The program will analyze the viewable map and create a KML file Google earth file D A en z E Sam t SS E a TT He HHI NU Mr alal TY Ai VW Nitta RTE ETT Zoomed out so that the complete field operation is on the main screen Field data with black outline indicating the generated shape SEET Fm E eo rege Add Hein Ef DEE Meunier pm jh Google KML file created by Program displayed by Google Earth Path to KML file Also creates a file for Google Earth Instead of creating a shape it creates a path of your operational data Whenever the equipment was ON the path will be shown as red with equipment off it will be shown as blue Equipment width is not shown Marked points file Points marked with F5 F6 color changes and tile points are all numbered sequentially This menu exports all marked points into a file and saves the corresponding latitude and longitude values Excel field report This option is ONLY available if you
48. to assist in selecting the right field from the field drop down puons mep z Rotate ff Clear In Out Equip voam 5 4 mi h 0 9 363 5 311 9 ac 0 23 6 8 55PM E EE SS avein Shape 2 Dringenberg Ost shp Dringenberg West shp Gloria shp B Spady sh ocuments Spady shp shp files shp Store the shape files in the shape sub directory for automatic loading on the next start The area count in the field entry will automatically be updated Other data may be used for creating shapes files and area counts since the spraying operation often overlaps areas Troubleshooting Mouse problems Some Windows 2000 XP 2003 users have reported that if a GPS is plugged into a serial port while Windows is booting the mouse will jump all over the screen after Windows starts Analysis The program relies on NMEA data coming from the GPS receiver If this serial data 1s present at your com port when Windows starts Windows mistakenly recognizes this data as coming from a serial mouse and installs a driver for it The raw data coming from the GPS then simulates a crazed mouse The following steps should cure the problem Prevention 1 Boot the computer with the GPS receiver attached The cursor will jump around and all sorts of unwanted screen action will be happening 2 Disconnect the power from the GPS The computer will settle down 3 Open the Dev
49. values Field records Setup e Area counters Navigation GPS Info Log raw GPS data to file Check position accuracy Select Setup to configure program Data directom c gpelag Shapefile directory CM gpslog Shape 0 Records directoy agence o Area Ace Hectare Keep records Create records bi Language Engish we Auto start Start data logging on Equipment ON Sound Play sound for left right Application Data Prompt for operator product atc at start Yehicle model John Deere duals veh w General setup By default the program will create a folder called c gpslog on your hard drive and will store all information in this folder This folder is called the Data directory If you want to copy field data or any other data from the program to your desktop computer or a second laptop simply copy all files from the data directory c gpslog to the data directory of your other computer Since all program GPS data is stored in this folder you may also want to make regular backups of this folder All your field data is stored in files with the ending log or logz A field with the name of Area_1 would be stored in c GPSlog under the name Area_1 log or Area_1 logz When shape files are stored in the shape file directory the program will load the shape file matching the selected field automatically at start This provides the shape outline
50. will now direct you to the straight AB lines and no longer use contour mode You can click the B many more times to correct the B point and still have only 1 AB line however as soon as you click A a new AB line is being created You will have to follow with a B point to complete this new AB line You may go back to old AB lines or contour mode in the navigation menu see menu items Returning to the field If you have a previous recording from the field you are about to enter the program will prompt you with the following screen as soon as you click Start Read existing field data en Data for Field 1 Legal Description S 12345 exists Select YES if you have not finished work in this field Select NO if this is new work and you want to create a new file canes Returning to a field This is very useful if you did not complete the field previously or when you have had to go to fill up your sprayer Any time you want to continue the field operation you should click yes This will work even if you have completed many other fields in between an interrupted operation After 30 days the operation for a field is considered completed and you are no longer prompted with the Add data to the SAME file question If this is a new operation you should click No This will create a new file and no old tracking information is cluttering your screen The program will read the old data and draw the complete positioning i
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