PGPS Manual 3D-1 - PRO
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1. Mouse problems Store the shape files in the shape subdirectory 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 Some Windows 2000 XP 2003 users have reported that if a GPS is plugged in to 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 is 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 Device 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 mou2. 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 enabled controllers only GPS ControllerFieldArealf Field area 1 setting of controller GPS ControllerFieldArea2 Field area 2 setting GPS ControllerFieldArea3 Field area 3 setting GPS ControllerFieldVolumel Field volume 1 GPS ControllerFieldVolume2 Field volume 2 GPS ControllerTankVolumel Tank volume 1 GPS ControllerTankVolume2 Tank volume 2 GPS ControllerRatel calf Rate 1 setting GPS ControllerRate2 calf Rate 2 setting GPS ControllerRatet Last used rate Index Ted To ccetaaccccetaenascnstecdecetnenescnteaie 1 Add data to the SAME file iese esse sesse 26 Area CouNtEF ee ee AR Re 36 area CISPIAYS EE Ee ED ee NEG Ee rna 20 AUTO start ER Es ER ating RE Se tases 7 color 45 drawing COlOF e ee ee ee ee 45 eduipment EE eaters EE REELE Seg Ee Ge GER DE 7 elle ul RR EE IE 5 equipment drop dOWN ee RR Re 8 eaguipment DA sees ke ee ee ee ee 10 ESRI Shapefile S esse sesse eek ee ee ke 2
3. Interface Micro Trak Micro Trak COM port J C Change color ratechange GT C Show Boom ON OFF bar Micro Trak integration selected The Micro Trak integration also requires a COM port connection to the serial port of the Micro Trak controller Since the Micto Trak controller does NOT send individual boom sizes a one time configuration must be performed 12 e Select the appropriate com port which is connected to your Micro Trak controller e Click connect and check data connectivity by clicking Test D 100 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 T arget rate 10 Actual rate 0 Speed 8 4 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 0 241 1 0 0 Boom 1 ON Size 241 Boom 2 OFF Size 0 Boom 3 OFF Size 0 Boom 4 Note The boom size for Boom 1 changed to 241 e Turn only boom 2 ON and do this for each of the active booms only one boom can be
4. 38 Setup This menu allows you to make configuration changes You may change miles h to km h etc Please see Initial Setup softwate Area counters Sets you area counters Area Counter 1 Ed oo 0000 Area Counter 2 0 00 0000 Total counter 0 00 0000 Manual 1 1 85 0000 Distance 232 78lm 0000 Distance ON 0 00m 0000 Ci update at 1 Hz Area counters The program provides a total of 9 counters Area Counter 1 Area Counter 2 a Total counter a manual counter and counters for different colors 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 a 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 meant to give you a manual counter for things like ref
5. Fields and your equipment see Equipment settings You may leave all other settings at their default values Field records Setup Area counters Navigation GPS Info Log raw GPS dat Select Setup to configure program General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Data directory amp gpslog Shapefile directory C Agpslag Shape Records directory C gpslog F ecards Area O Acte Hectare Keep records Create records txt Language English v Auto start C Start data logging on Equipment ON Sound C Play sound for left right Application Data C Prompt for operator product etc at start 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 wi
6. GPS Breaks GPS DistanceON GPS DistanceALL GPS Operatorst GPS OperatorsAndDate GPS Target GPS Moisture GPS MoistureAndDate entered by the operator GPS Notest GPS Percipitation application data GPS PercipitationAndDatet entered by the operator GPS Temperature GPS TemperatureAndDatet GPS Wind GPS WindAndDate GPS Humidity GPS HumidityAndDate GPS Weathernotes GPS Productl GPS Product1lAndDate GPS Product2 GPS Product2AndDate GPS Product3 GPS Product3AndDate GPS ProductlRate GPS Product1RateAndDate GPS Product2Rate GPS Product2RateAndDate GPS Product3Rate GPS Product3RateAndDate GPS Target Controller specific data area counter 1 in ac or ha aArea counter 2 in ac or ha area counter color area counter color area counter color Numeric area counter color Numeric area counter color Find break times 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 Numeric Numeric Numeric Numeric Numeric sd es lt a Notes entered in application data Percipitation data provided by Percipitation and date time when it was Temperature added by application data Temperature plus date time
7. controls C Start recording C Stop recording C 8 Color 1 C W Color 2 C E Color 3 C R Color 4 C AB line C B AB line C CorAB C F2 Equipment ON OFF C Move AB line C Night mode C Zoom In C Zoom Out C F5 Note 1 C Note 1 text _ FE Note 2 C F7 Area calc start point C F8 Area calc stop point C F9 Guidance E w C F10 Guidance N S C F11 Toggle resolution C Boom control C Delete points 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 18 Touch screen buttons enabled Display RR RR NE mg Ee General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Weather Keyboard Qutput Speed km h O mith C Average Display squares in msq O vd sg Navigation bar Top aligned Bottom aligned O disabled Show Bearing Heading bar Coverage area h C Theoretical C Average C Completion Contour Guide Auto display turn guide 50 m ON OFF Guide path Draw guide path contour mode only Calc area Display area counters Reset counters at
8. 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 equipment and have it operate going to the field This gives 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 23 Main screen ip N144fert Just below the menu options of the main screen are a number of often used features 1 The selected field name determines the filename of the stored data A field may be selected via the4 drop down 2 or if this is a new field not already known tot he system you may simply click on Field to get an quick entry screen for a new field This new field will then become part of your drop down and will be the selected field 2 The field drop down contains all known fields to the system It is recommended to enter all fieldnames either in the setup or by cli
9. or roads The equipment size 3 can be selected by simply clicking on the different length bars Undo allows you to undo the last paint operations all the way back to your last save point Once you click save you cannot undo any painting done prior to the save At that point the data is stored with the rest of your normal field file Shape Layers This screen allows the specification of shape files to be loaded at startup Shape layers Layer sequence Properties C work maps alberta_highway shp Backward BAY color T C work maps alberta_water shp EE Blue C C gpslog Shape oregon shapefiles oregon_highway shp Forward Thickness 2 ia Fill Color None LEI Window Contrast wase4 OUTM Zone o Hemi N Remove O feet meter Display field Cancel Save The loading sequence can be changed by moving the selected shape file with the Backward and Forward buttons Only checked files are loaded so you may specify shape files in several locations but depending on your current needs may only select a few files to be loaded at program start The boundary color may be selected using the Boundary color dropdown Streams or lakes for example may have a blue boundary color If your shape files have text data you would like to be displayed in the center of the polygons use the Open File button This will examine the selected file and the Display field drop down will be f
10. the mouse and the options on the right screen you can paint areas anywhere on the screen These areas are stored with full latitude and longitude information just like all of your other spray data The equipment used is marked as Hand wanding but the storage of latitude and longitude values together with equipment size allows the same export options to shape Google Earth etc to work the same way Hand wand 1 Draw mode Spray color Hand wanding option enabled Check Draw mode 1 to draw with the mouse Left click and drag hold left mouse key down the mouse across the screen to paint with the selected color 2 Uncheck the Draw mode if you need to move the screen Keep in mind that your antenna position takes precedence This means that if you move your antenna position outside the screen the program will readjust on the next valid antenna position received Therefore we advise you to change the screen resolution which allows you to show the antenna position as well as the Hand wanding area in the same screen space Having the antenna position shown also allows you to better estimate your Hand wanding area Use the scale here 50m sq to better estimate your position You can select different colors in the top line of the color bar for sprayed areas These colors match the colors used during normal boom spraying operation The bottom line colors are meant to draw obstacles like buildings
11. 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 or the Novatel Smart AG 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 14 Fields The Find USB RS232 button checks for USB RS232 cables and provides information on the assigned com ports i Found more than 1 USB RS232 converter Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COM27 Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port COM30 2 USb RS232 ports were found Note the assigned comports here 27 and 30 General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Serial port COMH x Find USB RS232 Baudrate 18200 v GPS device Novatel Smartantenna v At startup auto connect to GPS Setup GPS The program stores your positioning information on a pe
12. 345 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 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 information 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 28 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 Read EED fi eld ia Save as Shape file ESRI Google Earth KML KMZ Marked points file MS Excel report OpenOffice Calc repo
13. 8 Find USBE Ed EA E T 48 Google Earthi iiser Eens eed seg cette 31 GPS 2 Grid 20 Mig lit e RR EA RA IE 3 Midtech 1 naVvigatiON sees esse ees ee ee 25 38 navigation Dar sees ese ee Re ee 24 NMEA 1 Novatel 1 OUTDACK DE T 1 perimeter EER EERS Ne Ge Ee ea ARE EDE 37 geleide EE RE EE RE N 44 SEE ef RE EE OE 33 SNAPS MNCS AE ER 6 lie AE RE OE EE EE 32 Start 23 Stop 25 Straight AB line iese ee ee 25 Tle mode EE ee ea 41 Tilt 44 touei ies EE ER Ne 18 Trimble 1 USB adapter RE SR EER Ge ee WE ees 48
14. N path is created as an individual polyline The individual polygons contain information about date time swath width etc Point This option exports all points further than 1m apart as a ESRI shape file of type points It also contains a lot of extra information such as weather product etc provided this information was entered during the operation 32 Export Google Earth Google Earth KML KMZ Type Boundaries Path POLYGON Path POINTS Offsets North South m East West m Boundaries 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 Field data with black outline indicating the generated shape 33 A D vereer Mortars ET KML file created by Program displayed by Google Earth Path Point and Polygon KML file Also creates a file for Google Earth Instead of creating a shape it creates a path of your operational data Line file 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 Polygon file Will create a polygon for each ON pass showing overlaps misses etc on Google Earth Export notes file Points marked with F5 F6 and color changes are all numbered sequentially This menu exports all marked points into a file and saves the corresponding latitude longitude values along with some addion
15. ON at any given timel 13 GPS 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 Read IN Send OUT Interface Kit 108 x KIT 108 EE WE Serial port v C Control boom Latency Noofbooms jo jo jon jo OFF Boom O inch C Show Boom ON OFF bar 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 Example If your sprayer requires 2seconds to fully open the valves and pressurize the booms set the ON value to 2 seconds If it takes about 1 second to shut all booms OFF set the OFF value to 1 second Select the GPS tab Enter
16. Send QUT Interface Micro Tiak v Micro Trak Serial port COM38 Get B size No of booms 5 s xX C Change color ratechange 0 A Show Boom ON OFF bar Test C Create log 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 5 Sprayer This name becomes an option in the equipment drop down of the main screen S1 Sprayer 7 51 Sprayer Out Equip Equipment selection main screen The Operation text is stored in field records but its text is not critical This 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 draw the correct equipment width when the Master switch is ON you must input your correc
17. Volume User manual PROTEC GPS PC based GPS Guidance Table of Contents DESIGN CUSTOMIZATION Introduction system and to overcome some of the limitations in other guidance packages It is a software package designed to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system Win2000 WinXP Windows Vista 32 bit and Windows Vista 64 bit l l N his Program has been created to provide a cost efficient GPS guidance 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 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 provid
18. al information such as notes MS Excel field report This option is only available if you have Microsoft Excel installed It will take the current data and fill in an Excel template The template suggestion 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 34 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
19. bar and allows you to navigate to the backup location Backup x Path D backup2 Browse u mos JE Checking files against temp folder Exit The application will close GPS menu File GPS Resolution st 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 are 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 receiver 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 atrow You may change speed with the PgUp and PgDn buttons on your keyboard 35 Resolution menu 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 sguare The 50 m item will set the program main display screen to a 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 th
20. ck 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 Optons 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 loaded GPS Fieldname GPS Fieldlegal GPS Startdatet GPS Stopdate GPS Duration GPS Operationt GPS Totalareat GPS NTotalarea GPS AvgSpeed GPS NAvgSpeed GPS AvgCoverage GPS Equipmentname0 GPS Equipmentnamel GPS Equipmentsize0 GPS Equipmentsizel GPS NEquipmentco
21. cking on Field 3 The draw polygon option allows a quick measurement of area and distance Once you clicked on the polygon symbol your mouse is in polygon drawing mode ae Rotate if Cle 43 29 m A left mouse click with create a new polygon point connecting it to the last polygon point and showing the distance either in meter or feet depending on area selection for ha or acre Once the polygon is closed by clicking on the startpoint an area calculation is done and shown 24 PRO TEC gps JD Area 9 498 ac This feature allows for quick area and distance measurements once a few reference points have been established e g first round in field Click on the polygon icon again to return to normal mouse functions 4 If you are not connected to a GPS receiver you may rotate your map using the Rotate icon 5 The clear clears all data in memory It is not available if you have already started a field 6 The equipment selection shows the current equipment choice and allows you to quickly select another existing equipment configuration The equipment is configured is the setup menu By default the equipment selection disappears once you started an operation 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 i
22. d a Get button allows you to fill in weather information from the configured weather source 37 f Spraying xml Notepad File Edit Format view Help lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt metadata gt lt Operator gt lt Name gt Doug Unger lt Name gt lt Name gt Trina Marcinkow lt Name gt lt Name gt Jerry Longmuir lt Name gt lt Operator gt lt Product1 gt lt Name gt Par3 PCP 27884 lt Name gt lt Name gt Tordon 101 PCP 9007 lt Name gt lt Name gt Milestone PCP 28517 lt Name gt lt Name gt Vantage PCP 26172 lt Name gt lt Name gt Vantage Plus Max PCP 27615 lt Name gt lt Name gt Arsenal PCP 23713 lt Name gt lt Name gt Escort PCP 23005 lt Name gt lt Name gt Mecoprop PCP 10915 lt Name gt lt Name gt Oracle PCP 26722 lt Name gt lt Name gt Li700 PCP 23026 lt Name gt lt Product1 gt lt Product 2 gt lt Name gt Par3 PCP 27884 lt Name gt lt Name gt Tordon 101 PCP 900 lt Name gt lt Name gt Milestone PCP 28517 lt Name gt lt Name gt Vantage PCP 26172 lt Name gt lt Name gt Vantage Plus Max PCP 27615 lt Name gt lt Name gt Arsenal PCP 23713 lt Name gt lt Name gt Escort PCP 23005 lt Name gt lt Name gt Mecoprop PCP 10915 lt Name gt lt Name gt Oracle PCP 26722 lt Name gt lt Name gt Li 700 PCP 23026 lt Name gt lt Product 2 gt By modifying the spraying xml the drop down choices for the next program start will be changed
23. e 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 only will work as well This program provides a 3D perspective view of the area being treated as well as providing a guidance bar left right arrows to direct the operator A laptop is used for this purpose for a number of reasons e A laptop provides great processing power at a very reasonable cost DESIGN CUSTOMIZATION e Laptops can be used for many other tasks e Simple integration to office packages available on the PC e Simple to transfer field data via e mail ftp etc 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 computers 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 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 inte
24. e Setup menu Options menu Options Help Application Data Setup Area counters Navigation GPS Info Log raw GPS data to file Check position accuracy Hand wanding Shape file layers 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 36 Spraying xml The program shows the data from spraying xml in form of drop downs and text boxes Application Data Spraying xml 1 x Operator Johannes Product Product Vantage PCP26172 Rae E5ifa Product2 sd Rae TT Produet3 sl Rate T Target od Weather Temperature 20 C Humidity Wind INW 5 Km h Notes Notes Moisture Recent Percipitation Notes penn 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 xml located in your gps mail data directory by default c gpslog with a texteditor such as notepad Since the equipment operation determines the name of this xml file other predefined values for the drop downs may co exist on the same PC A fertilizer spreader has likely different predefined values than a sprayer If weather is enable
25. e is when you have a creek running through your field Your first pass may only go on one side of the creek and 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 Shapefile the total area counter will be set The automatic calculation will not override this setting These area counters ate updated at the time of opening the menu If you need to see the counters updated on the go please check the update at 1Hz option Navigation The navigation screen allows you to manage your AB points create new AB points or go back to contour mode Navigation Mode Contour AB Line AB Line Point Lat 64 0265944999998__ Lon 145 696428666667 Deg Pang Lat ton LEED f 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 b
26. ecome 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 GPS data to file This is for troubleshooting only Should you have difficulties with your 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 accuracy 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 Hand Wanding This mode allows for manually drawing hand sprayed areas and automatically storing the added information into the current spray log Utilizing
27. er 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 step size 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 works 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
28. every field start Counter Counter2 Counterl T otal Counter Counter2 Total Counterl Manual Counterl Counter2 Manual Font size 6 v Travel path Draw travel path Guide line thickness 3 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 19 You may also configure where your navigation 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 ate 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 w
29. g curves misses what s coming ahead Visual indication for overlaps and gaps paired with left right instructions 4 Notes colors etc Mark points or write full notes to specific locations Change colors to indicate different herbicides thistle patches etc Export to data Google Earth ESR shape files MS Excel OpenOffice Jpeg txt 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 Either a RS232 cable if you have a laptop with a RS232 interface a RS232 to USB converter cable or a usb cable GPS receiver Sprayet switch Integration device Laptop Power supply D 12 V 110 V converter 12 V power supply 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 gt o 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
30. grate 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 Farth orbit It uses an intermediate circular orbit ICO satellite constellation of at least 24 satellites http en wikipedia org 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 DESIGN CUSTOMIZATION Maintaining reports on all application activity DESIGN CUSTOMIZATION What we consider essential for GPS guidance 1 3D perspective view or birds eye view 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 preferences 2 Large screen Being able to see the field overview See what s coming next 3 True Guidance Seein
31. he 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 deletes the selected data file from your laptop This is permanent so please be careful when using this feature Shape files Google polygons Waypoints Export gt Backup Import Shape files 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 is 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 SPM opslogTESTING T ara Parcels WGS84 sho Options Units WGS84 O UTM Zone e Hemi N O feet meter Color Black v Clear existing shape data Import Shapefile dialog Google polygons You may import Google polygons as a background file This will only load and display a polygon structure
32. ield information is stored in a file called field txt in your specified data directory e g cNGPSlog 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 16 General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Firstname Jchanne Lastname License key HD173 Hardware ID HD207B7F1E 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 17 Touch sereen 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 oo General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Weather C Enable controls for touchscreen Layout 12 of screen width used for button witdh 12 default C 2 columns Check accessible
33. ill 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 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 Counterl Counter2 Total Displays the running counter 1 running counter 2 and if available the total area count 4 Counter 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 20 Advanced Ge
34. illed with your current choices Not every polygon may actually contain data for the selected field so depending on your shape file data the actual display may vary Help menu User manual Application license About Displays program information such as version number User manual Access to the uset 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 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 40 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 a note to the current location This allows you to mark weeds rocks or any other item SHIFT F5 Same as F5 but with the option to type in notes Note 1 Hello i gil Cancel F6 Will add a different note 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 out
35. ills 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 manual counter is never reset by the program only the user can reset this counter This allows you to keep an area counter for the week month or even season 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 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 s
36. ion 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 N Toggles night mode ON and OFF 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 d 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 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 to assist in selecting the right field from the field drop down My Computer File name Spady sto My Network Save as type shp fles she
37. ion 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 your 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 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 A Creates an A point for an AB line B Creates a B point for an AB line and shows the created AB line Also swicthes to AB line mode X Toggle between AB mode and contour mode I Zoom In O Zoom Out N Toggles night mode Q Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current position W Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current position E Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current position R Toggles the drawing color of the ON area starting at the current posit
38. l Interval Display wind Display temperature Checking Enable weather recording allows you to add weather information to your field records If you have an internet connection you can utilize www weatherbug com and its network of weather stations The program will use the GPS location to request weather information form the nearest weather station in the weatherbug com network You may also connect Davis weatherstations to your PC The recording of the weather information may be automated or be left on manual If left on manual a Get in the application data menu allows you to add the weather information together with other field data such as product used operator etc The Display wind and Display temperature checkboxes provide an option to add weather information on the main screen Please keep in mind that too much data on the main screen may cause Windows to wrap the first line and some information may no longer easily be seen 22 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
39. 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 27 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 bitd 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 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 9 Data for Field 1 Legal Description 7 12
40. ll load the shape file matching the selected field automatically at start This provides the shape outline 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 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 7 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 checked the application data screen will be displayed at every start This serves as a reminder to enter extra data such as operator name product applied etc to your field data Equipment General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Weather PRO TEC Sprayer oo Name PRO TEC Sprayer Operation Spraying Units O feet meter Cost 0 00 Size 10 00 Offset 200 OffsetSide 0 00 Read IN
41. n 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 v Interface b Interface box Raven Controller C Wire USB Interface box l see ARE 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 signal for example on other equipmen
42. n use 25 2 Boombuster 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 ate 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 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 26 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 eith
43. neral Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Equipment drop down Keep equipment selection available Navigation bar stepsze 20 0 cm Forward looking time 20 o Arrow size 30 Backup C 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 options allows you to keep the equipment drop down available within a started operation Navigation bar stepsize represents what size is used per block on the navigation bar The lower the number the more blocks are being colored when the equipment is 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 in meter Backup If checked the user will be prompted for a backup at the end of the program 21 Weather m General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Weather Weatherstation Enable weather recording Station model www weatherbug com v Readinterval 1 min metric O imperial Recording Automatic Manua
44. points etc are not being imported Waypoints Waypoints may be entered manually or can be read from a csv comma separated values which must have the format Decimal latitude in WGS84 format decimal longitude in WGS84 format Name 30 Example 54 127753 114 3988427 Oilleasel 54 127732 114 399093 O0illease2 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 in to portion of the map or zoom out for an overview Export Several options are available in the Export menu Export j Backup Exit Image Shape file ESRI Google Earth KML KMZ Marked points file MS Excel field report Create OpenOffice report 31 Export Shape file Polygon Boundary 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 with 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 Polygon Each ON path is created as an individual polygon in the shape file The individual polygons contain information about date time swath width etc Polyline Each O
45. r 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 15 Register General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Advanced Valley North Side Valley South Side Bonar SW NE 14 3223 Legal S 17 South Yard Demo2a Area Hof Ost Dienstag 29 Mai 2007 544 Gloria Hof Ost Hof West Strasse 7bac Insel Seitsinger Home Spady Mitte Air Condition 20 sims 21 moore Joe Doe Field 1 basler barhead hms little farm Ee ER zal Name New 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 close All f
46. rt 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 spraying as an example you select the Read marked points only option Read and append 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 Having a background of a previous operation may provide useful in many scenarios 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 29 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 t
47. se 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 USB R 232 convert er cable 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 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 General Equipment GPS Fields Register Touchscreen Display Serial port COMI E Find USB Baudrate GPS device Novatel Smartantenna 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 program 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 Cli
48. side 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 surte 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 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 calculat
49. st0 GPS NEquipmentcost1 GPS Equipmentarea0 GPS NEquipmentarea0 GPS Equipmentareal GPS NEaguipmentareal GPS NEguipmentdurationli GPS Areacounter1 GPS Areacounter2 GPS AreaMan1 GPS AreacounterQ GPS AreacounterwWt GPS AreacounterE GPS AreacounterR GPS AreacounterV 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 speed Average performance coverage Name of the first equipment used Name of the second equipment used Size of the first equipment used Size of the second equipment used Numeric cost value of first equip Numeric 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 Area counter color Q Area counter color W Area counter color E Area counter color R Area counter color V ac or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha in ac or ha GPS NAreacounter1 GPS NAreacounter2 GPS NAreacounterQ GPS NAreacounterwW GPS NAreacounterE GPS NAreacounterRt GPS NAreacounterV
50. t 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 39 for a 40 sprayer Your antenna must be mounted in the left right center ANKER ELERA ATARU CIYIZEZT YYZ WELEER STERRRY WEL eerssiorrosiieri AYEERRS VERKRY SHES RIA TE TIGL DEAR RA YT Boom 1 Boom 2 Boom 3 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 10 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 is to start spraying from the side of the unit Examples for different offsets left offset is zero right offset has positive value 10 I
51. t 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 11 Interface EJIE ce box v USB Interface box C Wired for Main ON OFF 7 Main 12 Volt is OFF Noofbooms 0 C Booms 12 Volt is OFF Boom inch Show Boom ON OFF bar 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 up down arrows to select each boom and enter each boom s respective size 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 Controller v Raven COM port C Change color ratechange f C Show Boom ON OFF bar C Create log Test Raven integration selected
52. tart and end points for the area calculation by using the F7 and F8 key F7 will manually create your start point 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 ate 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 exampl
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