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1. Menu Navigation Diagram 4 conditions 9 Tape Measure is ON 9 Headlands control is Separate SEP 9 Headlands A B marks and DlRection are set enter Configuration Mode D Swath Number D RGL Clear a TPO ACR 2 SAV CLR ALL CLR HDL wy Set Advance Save Headlands BRT Swath Decrement CLR A B Clear Brightness Swath A B Operational Mode Skipped if Clear 9 no Position CLR SAV gt Saved Menu Navigation Diagram 4 is Saved Position O press and hold Main Screen eeecoooo 0 4 H icd m Mode We are 184 feet from the I or Tape Reference point B u um Tape which is left and behind 4 00000880000000000 O OOOOO 9 O Area defined by marked Headlands is 1 55 acres We are 2 feet right and parallel to the swath line Approaching Headlands Swath Navigation I gt J e Q 1 SELECT advances Headland boundary T 2 DOWN decrements is 12 fi ahead C o0cco o LJ jm swan JI d Save E q Q F F1 E press iti SELECT t Current Position V e 11 J current Ti p
2. This product has been tested to comply with FCC Standards The EUT has been evaluated and found compliant with the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 sections 15 203 15 205 15 209 and 15 231 NOTICE voil authority to operate this device CABLE OPTIONS continued TO LIGHTBAR Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Raven Industries would TO RECEIVER CABLE 36 LIGHTBAR TO INVICTA 210 cm RAVEN P N 115 0171 394 L NOTE FOR USE WITH REMOTE WIRELESS SWITCHBOX ONLY TO LIGHTBAR TO RECEIVER CABLE 36 LIGHTBAR TO INVICTA 110 EA AVEN P N 115 0171 401 NOTE FOR USE WITH REMOTE WIRELESS SWITCHBOX ONLY 62 CABLE WIRING DIAGRAMS J1 12 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 594 J1 12 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 594 GND DC INPUT CND SEL MENU DOWN GND VEC N C GND m N C I N C I m I GND I RGL 600 MAIN 28 CABLE RAVEN P N 115 0174 137 CABLE GREEN 22 GA CABLE
3. CABLE2 SHIELD O T CABLE2 BROWN CABLE2 BLUE 1123 90 CABLE2 BLACK 10A 10 ind CABLE2 ORANGE 9A RCL 600 9 CABLE2 RED 8A BUTTON BOX J3 063 0171 954 14 PIN 8 CABLE2 WHITE 7A CONNECTOR 408 4001 058 7 SAR CABLE2 CREEN 6A 6 END CABLE1 CLEAR 5A 5 M 5 Rx CABLET RED 4A gt 2 9 PIN CONNECTOR 4 x CABLE1 BLACK gt 3 408 4001 221 we CABLE1 SHIELD e 2 BLACK 16 GA 2A 1 LENT RED 16 GA 14 64 CABLE WIRING DIAGRAMS continued J1 12 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 594 CABLE 36 LIGHTBAR TO INVICTA 110 RAVEN P N 115 0171 401 RX CABLE GREEN 22 GA 1A GND CABLE ORANGE 22 GA 2A HH CABLE BLUE 22 GA 3A 65 A 9 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 221 SMARTBAR SPECIFICATIONS MOUNTING 5 40 a BRACKET Specification Description 10 32 VDC 650 milli amps at max brightness 100 milli amps at min brightness 12 VDC 4 5 lbs 40 degrees to 70 degrees C 95 non condensing 66 APPENDIX A DRIVING YOUR MACHINE USING THE SMARTBAR 20 feet
4. m N A oooooooo oooooooo i LI OOOOO O 00000 O A B 2 J N HR oooooooo oooooooo H 7 ooooo a LJ pP p HR H OOOOO O O LI Li 5 8 p M LI L O O O Receiver Position Status definitions NPS G 2 G 3 no position 2D navigation no differential correction 3D navigation no differential correction D3X 3D navigation with differential correction 17 Receiver Serial Receiver Firmware WAAS PRN Allows setting PRN on RPR 110 and RPR 115 Tracking Status Synchronized Tracking Status Searching Signal to Noise Ratio Parity Pass Ratio Correction per Minute THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued SWA Swath Configuration parameters SWT Swath Type Press SELECT button to select Swath Type Back and Forth BF Snap To Swath SNP Row Swathing ROW Pivot swath pattern PVT Contour Swathing CON Seed Swathing SED Squeeze pattern SQ Racetrack pattern RT or One Button ONE Swath Type Description Function SELECT button is used in the Operational Mode to advance or decrease the swath number as required The swath number is set automatically to the swath Snap To Swath M nearest the curent position ROW PVT Back and Forth Sequences to mark and follow a c
5. sop eph 20 HDL Headlands 21 ATO Along Track Offset 21 ATO Cross Track Offset Distance 21 SYS System Configuration includes BAUD 22 BPS BAUD Rate Setting 22 UTS Feet Feet Fine or Metric Units 22 MSG Outgoing Transmit Message 22 TAP Measurement Control 22 DSP 22 GPS GPS Settings xxx Ey ri nee Ki bese bie en eee Ee xU EP E Ro week ee 23 DSP Display Settings 64 seeks 23 GPS Optional DGPS Status Configuration Format 23 GUI Guidance 23 OFF Offset Error Display 23 SAV Save Position Wm E efe duri 24 APR Headlands Approach 24 SPL Special Angle and Offset Error 24 CON Contour 25 SWW Swath Width Contir EXER ee bee ae be 25 LSC
6. offset LED s OOOOOOOOQSOOOOO OOO d4angle LED s There are many different driving techniques and various conditions encountered when following parallel swath lines to cover a field No single technique or method is likely to be suitable for all conditions The Smartbar s guidance display gives the operator indications to help follow the swath line accurately The operator can see both offset and angle LED indicators In the diagram shown to the left the machine is exactly on swath i e no offset error but is mov ing along a line which points 39 left of the swath line being followed The Smartbar is configured with SCL set to NRM first LED is 1 ft and ANG set to ON first LED is 19 If the offset LED s alone were used for guidance the machine must move 20 feet forward from the position shown before an offset LED guidance indication is given By using both the offset and angle LED s the operator knows that the machine is on swath and needs to turn gradually to the right Two angle LED s showing on the right side indicate a 39 correc tion is needed to the right Using this method an operator can drive a very straight line that has minimal offset error from the swath line ft 2 offset LED s OOOOO lt LED s Aft In the diagram shown to the left the machine is 2
7. p Li L 00000 0 00000 DOWN for temp B iL o n T R SELECT Set Direction L _ 00000 qp J 3 to Set Direction 1 9 o Q fa 71 SELECT marks Li L OOOOO Q OOOOO A C HDL points Mark E Drive and press Select to mark Headland points 03 07 Headlands DOWN marks Q Q 11 H Li L 0000000000 uin last lt O 906090 O HDL point e J s j L E Area defined by H eeeerenes 5 marked Headlands H 9 Qa LI 5 is 2 45 acres IL We are 8 feet right of Swath 2 an 11 left of it SELECT ad yam 9 E H E gt DOWN decrements Navigation OOOOO 6 LJ 1 swath ir S SELECT C H p C Saves Current Position O OOOOO 2 Current Position ir DOWN goes to Clear SELECT Saved Position r l p H l l m GDE md sub menu lt O ooooo OOOOO Saved Position n if there isa ru Position E LED s indicate we a Outside of the T Zone SELECT Clears 5 H iH L L O 00000 0 00000 P 11 Separate Headlands with Tape Measure Menu Navigation Diagram
8. 3 SMARTBAR DISPLAY supa bad ALEE CD DER obe doe x ee busua 4 SMARTBAR BUTTON BOX doe dnte om oboe beh ew gu kus w RE ee S pakpa ees 5 GENERAL DIRECTION TO TARGET INDICATOR La owes e ne RR RD Ede 6 DGPS RECEIVER SETUP nne pico eR CS Que AUR theese RON ds 6 NOTATIONS USED FOR DISPLAY FIGURES AND MENU NAVIGATION DIAGRAMS 7 SMARTBAR OPERATIONAL MODE MENU NAVIGATION 8 Basic Swathing Menu Navigation Diagrams 9 Combined Headlands Menu Navigation 11 Separate Headlands With Tape Measure Menu Navigation Diagram 12 ENTERING AND LEAVING THE CONFIGURATION MODE 13 IHE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE 44 9 5 ek he ede 044846 14 GPS GPS Receiver Status Monitoring 16 SWA Swath Configuration 18 SWT Swath ERR EE oh Oo Rees amis 18 PMR Pivot Minimum Radiu E 18 CON Goniour Type 18 SWW Swath Width SOR OD Ro RON 19 DIR Swath Direction u ERR RR RAE EE ces AGE ERE 19 SCL Guidance Offset Scale Sensitivity 20 ANG Angle
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10. o H S000000006000000006 3 o ococo LI O Hi He 5000000006 000000006 l 00000 O 00000 6 TI p Q Q cl 6oooooooo oooooooo H 500006 o cooco o D aA UJ 771 T Q 1 mro C b 5 J LI LJ S ooooo ooooo o nis Q Q 9 A 4 L LI LI o ooocoo o coocoo o I LJ UJ Alarms G GPS A Accuracy D Differential Shows dashes when no alarms present 7 GPS Satellites being used HDOP Accuracy should be less than 2 1 or bottom 2 GPS Status LED s come ON Differential Age of Data is 3 seconds Speed Over Ground Meters Km Hr English Statute miles Hr Course Over Ground in degrees When using a Raven receiver and SYS GPS is set to INV the GPS Main Menu will display the following screens im 5 Nt 000000008000000008 IN LJ OOOOO m r m HR LI I B L 00000 00000 76 H R C oooooooo oooooooo c 1 ooooo 00000 O L Q R H oooooooo oooooooo N 00000 OR T Q o D D A 9090900000000000009 1 ooooo
11. acarprac ct de 25 ILT Tilt Configuration paw RR ER 25 DIA Diagnostic Built In 25 DSP 600 Built in Display Tests uito ebore Rhet 25 CKS Program Memory 26 SET DEF Reset Smartbar Configuration Settings to Default Values 26 SER NUM Smartbar 6 digit Unit Serial 26 BASIC SWATHING vn Rr ERR cheetah eng S REO ERG ERE REG GC Ra 27 BACK AND FORTH SWATHING 28 SNAP TO SWATH SWATHING SNP TERRE RReRC ER RREG 28 TO BEGIN YOUR FIRST SWATH a E Re d 29 CLEARING THE hawa RR E SER ERES 30 SAVING YOUR PRESENT POSITION casnica ota hc Ee bm tobe PER ice 31 SWATHING WITH HEADLAINDS 239 15 9 09 6 542406 p Sg 32 Separate Headlands ren ud exse ERE EDAM Ran E ui ed E Ra 33 Combined Headlands pede 34 Double Headlands C IPalleffi c leds Meade teenies EE RR 35 Headland Approach Display LEERTE a 38 PIVOTSWATHING ea ed RS 39 Pivot Pattern Configuration ix reper RR Ra DR ERR Y
12. A B Line I Setup T6 o gt Pres SELECT 9000000006000000000 2 im to mark N I O OOOOO OOOOO O 2 Down for temp B I k Temp Turn Left Right toward field T rn toward e Swath 2 H oooooooo ooooooooc a X m Direction will O 00000 E0000 O set Automatically Menu Navigation Diagram 2 conditions Tape Measure is OFF Headlands control is OFF A B Marks and Direction are set enter Configuration Mode from Menu Navigation Diagram 1 Skipped if a Position Swath Number is Saved n RGL 600 2 SAV CLR ALL Clear 1 BRT um rain CLR SAV M osition J Skipped if no Position is Saved Decrement p Decrease ERST Operational Mode rightness N Menu Navigation Diagram 2 Main Screen L 119 e 7 H RGL 600 e ooooo o C D Swath We are 4 feet left of Swath 2 pointing 4 to the right SELECT advances Navigation J ooooooooooeeecooooo J LI DOWN Swath number is S oocowew ococo o LJ Displayed Steer in direction of red LED s swath press SELECT to H H oooooooo oeeeocoooo D C Save current Current Position O OOOQQ
13. RGL 600 SMARTBAR XS i SWATH PATH GUIDANCE SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL Powered STARLINK GPS Use with firmware version 2 8 MANUFACTURER S DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We declare under our sole responsibility that Raven Industries to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents Federal Communications Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Frequency Notice DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We Raven Industries declare our sole responsibility that the RGL 600 Smartbar complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The Devices Device relating to this Compliance Notice RGL 600 Smartbar comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interf
14. Basic Swathing Menu Navigat Menu Navigation Diagram 1 Tape Measure is OFF Direction is Auto 494 49 4 ion Diagrams conditions Headlands control is OFF A B Marks have not been set enter Configuration Mode RGL 600 BRT gt Increase Brightness lt Decrease Brightness Operational Mode if Ais not set SET Set the Set the A Mark B Mark Automatic no button press mem press SELECT Button press MENU Button m press DOWN Button SET B if Ais set if A B are set 7 ES 3 AUT DIR turn toward to Menu Navigation Diagram 2 i Navigation Diagram 1 press and hold MENU Button Firmware Version 2 8 Main Screen B e e D Hold 3 sec LJ LJ o coocoo MENS Display I SELECT increases o brightness Brightness lj H ooooeeeeoeeeeccoo 1 OWN decreases Adjust d J V Screen 2 SELECT increases I O O O Swath Width G W WN OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OWN decreases q OOOOO O 49 Swath Width Q Q 1 ELECT Y 9000000000000000000 H m Press SELEC L O OOOOO O J tomakaA
15. 0 OOOOO O lt position A B instead of ALL is displayed if there is No Saved Position r O I I SELECT Clears 1 i H L L Em A B marks O O00 OOOOO and Saved Position I if there is a Saved Position C L a L 2 V Clears OOO O Saved Position 10 Combined Headlands Menu Navigation Diagram Menu Navigation Diagram 3 conditions 9 Tape Measure is OFF Headlands control is Combined CMB DIR is MAN 9 Headlands and A B marks are clear nter Configuration Mode ON RGL Skipped if a Position N X Swath Number is Saved SETA HDL 02 SAV r CLR ALL ET B HDL Clear Save 4 Position CLR SAV ma SE T DIR HDL XX Skipped if no X is Saved ACR Operational Mode Menu Navigation Diagram 3 ress and hold E Q 71 DOWN to enter Main Screen G rr Y JU Lj o ooooo o iL Cc 9 Q H SELECT QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO J L 00000 6 o 1 to mark A U Q Q Q SELECT to mark B Mark A B C T
16. ORANGE 22 GA 2A CABLE BLUE 22 GA 3A CABLE RED 22 GA 4A CABLE BLACK 22 GA 5A CABLE BROWN 22 GA 6A CABLE YELLOW 22 GA 7A CABLE VIOLET 22 GA BA CABLE WHITE 22 GA 9A CABLE GRAY 22 GA 10A CABLE 36 LIGHTBAR INVICTA 210 RAVEN P N 115 0171 394 CABLE GREEN 22 GA 1 CABLE ORANGE 22 CA 2A CABLE BLUE 22 CA 34 CABLE WHITE 22 GA 4A CABLE GRAY 22 GA 5A 63 J2 14 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 055 J2 7 PIN CONNECTOR 408 4001 560 CABLE WIRING DIAGRAMS continued RGL 600 TO INVICTA BUTTON BOX RAVEN P N 063 0171 953 CABLE2 SHIELD CABLE2 BROWN CABLE2 BLUE 11 CABLE2 BLACK 10 10 CABLE2 ORANGE 9A 5b voi RGL 600 9 CABLE2 RED BUTTON BOX J3 063 0171 953 14 PIN 8 CABLE2 WHITE 7A CONNECTOR 408 4001 058 7 gt REA CABLE2 GREEN 6 gt H CABLE1 GREEN 5A 3 5 RX CABLE1 RED 4A 1 J4 mx 7 PIN 4 CABLE1 BLACK 2 CONNECTOR 408 4001 560 CABLE1 BLUE 5 CABLE 1 BROWN 4 2 GND CABLE1 ORANGE 2A 7 1 INPUT CABLE1 WHITE 1A 6 5e CABLE1 SHELD e RGL 600 UNIVERSAL BUTTON BOX RAVEN P N 063 0171 954
17. SET B Press the DOWN button for straight line guidance as required This is called a temp B mark Drive along the A B line to the B reference point Press the SELECT button to set the B mark This display indicates SET DH3 36 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position the machine for the desired beginnng of the DH3 4 line segment This may be a fence line or field boundary in many cases Press the SELECT buttonto set the DH3 mark This display will indicate SET DH4 Press the DOWN button for straight line guidance as required This is called a temp DHA At the end of the DH3 4 line press the SELECT button and turn the applicator OFF This marks DH4 Turn toward the field and guidance is given for entering the field along the DH3 4 inside headland area Turn the applicator ON as required when entering the field Notice the top and bottom green LED s will turn ON when the machine passes the DH4 point Drive along the DH3 4 inside headland path When the machine is aligned with the end of the DH3 4 line the center top and bottom LED s will go OFF This completes the A B line and headlands marking Press the SELECT button to calculate the acreage and begin swath guidance along the first swath parallel to the A B line Press the MENU button to see the swath guidance screen swath offset error is shown on the right Proceed with swathing and turn the applicator OFF and ON when turning between swaths 37 Headland
18. SWA Swath Configuration parameters SYS System Configuration includes BAUD rate MSG Output Messages control present only if SYS MSG ON DSP Display Settings present only if SYS DSP CFG TLT Tilt Configuration for optional tilt compensation DIA Diagnostic Built In Testing Pressing the MENU button at a Configuration Mode main menu will view the next Configura tion Mode main menu Pressing the MENU button at last main menu will view the first main menu GPS The SELECT button is not funtional for Configuration Mode main menus Press the DOWN button to go down from a main menu into its sub menus Then press the MENU button to go through the sub menus After the MENU button has been pressed for all of the sub menus the same main menu is displayed again This provides a quick return to a sub menu that may have been passed unintentionally The DOWN button will reenter the same main menu s sub menus or the MENU button will proceed to the next main menu The Output Messages control MSG main menu is present only if SYS MSG is set on ON The Display Settings DSP main menu is present only if SYS DSP is set to configure CFG The Tilt Configuration main menu is present only if optional tilt compensation is installed 14 amunu d u011224407 9 ANAW Ploy 29 55014 ea Ndo NAOG 55911 em TT 5 1 2 ssd 9 uonng LOTTAS 55514 emm 001 019 DY 5124 Add
19. a menu list DOWN button The DOWN button is used to enter a sub menu and in the Configuration Mode to decrease data values Sometimes actions are executed when the DOWN button is pressed For example the DOWN button is used instead of the SELECT button to mark the last headlands point Navigating Menus and Sub menus The current menu name shows in the alphanumeric display see Configuration Mode Menu Navigation Diagram Menus that have menus under them are main menus Menus that are under main menus are sub menus Pressing the MENU button displays main menu and sub menu items in sequence When showing a main menu i e it has a sub menu under it pressing the DOWN button will display the first item in that sub menu Then pressing the MENU button displays this sub menu s items in sequence Pressing the MENU button at the last sub menu item displays this sub menu s main menu item again The DOWN button may now be pressed again to re enter this sub menu in case the desired sub menu item was skipped inadvertently or press the MENU button to sequence to the next main menu item Changing data values Some menus are data items such as swath width SWW For these menus a data value or setting is displayed in the right alphanumeric display There are basically two types of data items numeric such as swath width and select from list such as headlands OFF SEP CMP DHC If the data item is nume
20. advantage of making it easy to find the first swath the A B line Separate requires you to use a visual queue such as a fence line to locate the A B line For most jobs Combined Headlands is the preferred method Use the Separate Headlands to swath fields where the A B line does not correspond to one of the headland sections an ir regular shape or other special conditions Use the Double Headlands C pattern when a larger end row turning radius is required Examples below show Separate and Combined headlands applied to the same field H05 H06 H07 Separate Combined Shaded Area Headland areas Solid Line Path of antenna within Headland Areas 32 Separate Headlands 1 If HDL configuration is not already to SEP enter the Configuration Mode go to SWA main menu HDL sub menu and set HDL to SEP Exit the Configuration Mode Use the MENU button to advance to the HDL guidance screen Use the SELECT button to mark headlands points as you drive the headlands area In the diagram on the previous page you would press the SELECT button at each of H01 through H11 At any point in marking headlands you could press the MENU button and then go mark the A B line and direction You can then use the MENU button to cycle back around to the HDL guidance screen As you are marking headlands the guidance LED s will keep you headed along a straight line You need at least 2 points to be guided
21. dips in the field the steering LED s change rapidly This is because the GPS antenna is moving from side to side and with 10 updates per second the receiver sees this as a change in position This problem shows up more at lower speeds For better accuracy do not chase the LED s but try to center them across the display Clearing the A B line From the CLR A B menu screen press the SELECT button to clear the A B line You will have to enter new A and B marks to begin your next swathing operation Clearing the A B line also clears the Save Position SAV POS 30 SAVING YOUR PRESENT POSITION Arrive Zone 30ft wide x 20ft long f begins 5 ft saved Saved Position point Point Save Lights ON STEADY after reaching this zone Outside Leave Zone described areas d xen mE Save Lights centere pa point FLASH TOGETHER FLASH ALTERNATELY when leaving Approach Zone 10ft from swath line of Saved Position Save Lights Zones used GO OUT to describe when returning normal return path Leaving and Returning toa Saved Position COG line Using the Smartbar SAV POS function you can leave your current swathing position and return to it later to continue the present swathing operation To save your current position locate the SAV POS screen on the menu and press the SELECT button A
22. documentation configure it to output GPGGA messages and GPVTG messages Alternatively you could configure your GPS receiver to output only GPRMC messages Note that your GPS receiver documentation may drop GP from the message names and refer to them as GGA VTG and RMC Set the GPS receiver communications BAUD rate and message output rate as high as possible The Smartbar works with standard BAUD rates from 4800 to 38400 and message output rates up to 10 position solutions per second hertz The Smartbar responds best when the GPS receiver communications is at 38400 BAUD and the message output rate is at 10 hertz If the message output rate is 10 hertz the GPS receiver BAUD rate must be at least 19200 If the message output rate is 5 hertz the GPS receiver BAUD rate must be at least 9600 A BAUD rate of 4800 is only practical if the message output rate is 1 hertz See Appendix B for Invicta DGPS Receiver setup Notations used for display figures and menu navigation diagrams The following notations are used to describe the Smartbar LED indicators and alphanumeric displays LED is OFF LED is ON LED is flashing ON OFF This example shows a multiple sequence alphanumeric display In this example 1 55 acres is displayed by alternating the right alphanumeric display between 1 and 55 The Smart bar display alternates between a and b In some Configuration Mode displays up to 5 sequences are used
23. inside headland swath is controlled similarly The exact shape of the field will determine if and how these indicators are used Marking of the A B line is independent of DH1 and DH3 marks although the A mark is close to DH1 and the B mark is close to DH3 This allows some flexibility in the corners of the field along the A B line The A B line should be marked carefully as it controls the position and direction of all subsequent swaths between the headland areas The area covered by the Double Headlands C pattern and swathing is calculated and displayed at the end of guidance along the DH3 4 inside headland 35 Once the Double Headlands C pattern is defined the field is sprayed using parallel swathing BF or SNP swath types can be used as configured As the machine crosses headland boundaries in either direction the center top and bottom green LED indicate the presence and status of a headland boundary approach The Head land Approach Display shows the distance to near headlands that are in front of the ma chine Note that the line between DH2 and DH4 might not be parallel to the A B line Applicator ON OFF signals and Headland Approach Displays are shown when swaths at the end of field cross this boundary where there is no headland area The following steps outline Double Headlands C pattern swathing 1 If HDL configuration is not already set to DHC enter the Configuration Mode go to SWA main menu HDL sub menu and set HDL to D
24. the Tilt Sensor inclinometer A Smartbar with the Tilt Sensor Upgrade installed can use Smartbar firmware updates to the TLT as they become available 52 TLT Configuration m DIA Configuration Diagnostics press SELECT Button TLT press MENU Button Tilt Mode EF SUDUNRMOEST press DOWN Button Automatic no button press AHT 1 0 40 0 feet Antenna Height 0 10 9 99 meters degrees indication 179 to 0 to 180 ANG Calibrate lefi level right Angle degrees Tilt Sensor NC TILT Configuration Menu E When a Smartbar has a Tilt Sensor Upgrade Option installed a new top level config uration menu TLT is added just prior to the DIA top level configuration menu Press the DOWN button at the TLT top level menu to enter the TLT configuration sub menus TLT configuration sub menus are used to setup the tilt correction calculation para meters and to calibrate the tilt sensor TLT Tilt Control Mode Press SELECT button to select between Tilt Control Modes Tilt Control Description Function Mode OFF Smarrtbar tilt sensors have no effect on swath guidance The tilt angle filter has the greatest effect The effective tilt angle Slow will change slowly This mode is used for rough fields with gradually changing slopes SLO The tilt angle filter will have a medium effect The effective tilt angle Normal will change normally This se
25. 0 7 Power ON M circular guidance UN no guidance to current Swath Number guidance Reference Circle amp Offset distance RGL Position N 600 PI P4 15 OR SAV POS CLR PVT BELLI j I I VES 1 1 Save Clear BRT P2 14 P5 17 Position Pivot Increase I I D Brightnes P3 3 1 P 6 5 Clear CLR ALL ALL Decrease Brightness f T7T Automatic no button press I 99 Clear Mode CLR SAV SELECT B Saved Positio Pres Midi Pivot Pattern press MENU Button gm press DOWN Button N avigation D tagram Marking the Pivot Reference Circle When the Smartbar is configured for Pivot Pattern and the Pivot Pattern has been cleared press the MENU button until the left alohanumeric display reads P1 and the right display is blank This display prompts the operator to mark the first point on the Pivot Reference Circle While driving the Pivot Reference Circle mark the first point by pressing the SELECT button The display will initially indicate P2 0 prompting for the second point While marking points on the Pivot Heference Circle the right display indicates difference in degrees be tween the current Course Over Ground COG and the previous point s COG As you drive around the Pivot Reference Circle away
26. Approach Display The Headland Approach Display shows the distance to upcoming headland boundaries in stead of the swath number in the left alphanumeric display A symbol is also displayed which indicates entering or leaving the headland area When the machine is in a headland ap proaching a boundary to the spray ON area the approach display comes on one quarter swath width from the boundary When the machine is in the field approaching a boundary to the headlands the approach display comes ON one swath width from the boundary See the configuration DSP APR which provides ON FLA or OFF Approach Display control settings The default setting is ON as described here When DSP APR is set to FLA the Headland Approach Display and Swath Number will show alternately i e FLAsh When DSP APR is set to OFF the center top green LED still flashes to indicate an approaching headland boundary distance to headland approaching target direction boundary is 12 feet headland boundary is to the right A Lo cooce indicates approach to spray area current position is outside swath offset of field from headland spray area of field is 3 feet Headland Approach to Spray ON Display When operator is leaving a headland area and approaching the parallel swath area the center top green LED will flash center bottom green LED is OFF The Headland Approach Display shows the distance to the headland boundary instead of
27. B Custome Scale names can also be assigned by the SCB If custom scale names are present in the SCB those names will replace FIN NRM CRS or AUT as Guidance Offset Scale identifiers When the SCB control Enable Scales Display is turned ON the DOWN button is used to display the Offset distance for each LED of the Offset Guidance display Press the DOWN button to sequence through 8 Offset settings Corresponding Offset LED s illuminate indicating which Offset value is displayed When Enable Scales Display is ON only the SELECT button may be used for selecting Swath Scales This is be cause the DOWN button is used to display the Scale settings Angle Indicators Press SELECT button to turn Angle Indicator LEDs OFF ON or FIN The angle LED s indicate the difference between your Course Over Ground COG and the swath line you are following LED swath angle error degrees for ON and FINe as follows of LED s NOTE A special angle display indicates that COG is not valid and therefore the angle error can not be displayed This indication is all angle LED s off except the far left angle LED and the far right angle LED This condition is usually caused by low Speed Over Ground SOG 20 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued Note Note HDL Headlands Mode HDL configuration is not present if Swath Type SWT is set to ROW PVT CON SQ RT or ONE SELECT button selects between OFF SEP Separate CMB Co
28. CT to Calibrate Swath SELECT Q 5 H mh to Calibrate 6 Swath Line Q e om 8000000000000000008 00000 e oooco o EJ Operational Steps 1 While moving in the direction of the reference swath press the SELECT button the ONE SET menu This sets the Start mark to the current position and the End mark ahead by four swath widths in the direction of the present COG Course Over Ground Guidance and offset indicators are shown immediately with ONE showing in the left alphanumeric display Continue driving the reference swath If offset erros are showing press the SELECT button to reset the End mark At the end of the reference swath turn toward the second swath and continue Snap To Swath The swath number now shows in the left alphanumeric display To calibrate the reference swath position press the DOWN button The promp CAL SWA will be shown immediately To calibrate the reference swath press the SELECT button To abort press the MENU or DOWN button 51 SMARTBAR TILT UPGRADE OPTION The Smartbar Tilt Upgrade Option provides straight parallel swath guidance on fields that are not level This option corrects position errors that occur when an applicator machine moves over an uneven field For accurate DGPS signal reception the GPS antenna is usually placed on the highest part of the applicator machine This may b
29. For example in the diagrams on the previous page you need at least H01 and H02 before you get guidance Note that the even numbered headlands points H02 H04 HO6 in the diagrams are used to establish a new line along which you wish guidance You can store up to 100 head lands points Press the DOWN button to complete headlands This will cause the total acres in cluding headlands to be calculated and displayed on the ACR screen The ACR screen will show whole acres and fractional acres alternately The fractional part of acreage is identified by a decimal point in the first display place If you are using metric units ACR is replaced by HET for Hectares Press the MENU button to go mark the A B line and direction if you haven t already done so As you drive each of swaths S1 through S4 the top and bottom Guidance Status LED s will be on when you are not in the headlands area and will be off when you are in the headlands area the shaded area in the diagram When the LED s go off it is time to turn off the spray and make the turn As you approach the headlands area within half a swath width the top Guidance Status LED will flash When you arrive at the headlands area the top and bottom LED s will go out The center LED stays on to indicate that you are still on the swath Spraying can resume when the LED s turn on again Angle and offset distance LED s guide you as they would in a BF swath pattern wi
30. HC Exit the Configuration Mode Enter the field in the direction of the DH1 2 line segment Determine the best position and direction for the DH1 2 segment This may be a fence line or field boundary in many cases Clear any previous swath setting and press the MENU button until the RGL 600 display reads SET DH1 Press the SELECT button to set the DH1 mark Drive along the intended DH1 2 line segment with the applicator ON The display will indicate SET DH2 Press the DOWN button for straight line guidance as required This is called a temp DH2 At the end of the DH1 2 line press the SELECT button and turn the applicator OFF The display will read AUT DIR or SET DIR depending on the direction config uration DIR Turn in the desired direction for the field layout For manual direction press the SELECT button For automatic direction just drive in the desired direction The display will read D12 offset and the LED s show guid ance along the inside of the DH1 2 line segment Notice the top and bottom green LED s will go on when the machine passes the DH2 point Drive along the DH1 2 inside headland path When the machine is aligned with the end of the DH1 point the center top and bottom LED s will go OFF When reaching the position for the A mark press the SELECT button and the display will read SET A Turn and position the machine for the A mark Press the SELECT button to set the A mark The display indicates
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32. NUI uogpandifuo 5I0 OL G uong pioy 55244 15 The Smartbar Configuration Mode continued GPS GPS Receiver Status monitoring GPS D3X HDP AOD SOG GPS Status Indication display only GPS Mode and Number of Satellites display only Horizontal Dilution Of Precision HDOP display only Age Of Data display only Speed Over Ground display only When using a Raven receiver and SYS GPS is set to INV the GPS Main Menu will display the following screens SNO VER WAS TRK SNR PPR CPM Receiver Serial display only Receiver Firmware display only Waas Satellite PRN allows setting PRN on RPR 110W and RPR 115 Invicta Receivers Press SELECT button SET PRN screen will be displayed Press SELECT button to select PRN 5 between 120 to 138 or OFF Press MENU to send changes to Invicta Receiver Tracking Status SYN Synchronized or SRH Searching display only Signal to Noise Ratio display only Parity Pass Ratio display only Corrections Per Minute display only 16 First GPS sub menu Receiver Position Status NPS G 2 G 3 D2X D3X D
33. Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Special Committee 104 RTCM SC104 These differential corrections are then applied to the GPS calculations thus re moving most of the satellite signal error and improving accuracy The level of accuracy obtained is a function of the GPS receiver Sophisticated receivers like the Invicta 210 series can achieve accuracy on the order of 1 meter or less Differential GPS Broadcast Site Eg Reference Station DGPS Radiobeacon Antenna 70
34. S mode At least four 4 usable satellites five b or more is preferable must be commun icating with the receiver along with a valid correction signal in order to operate in 3 dimensional DGPS mode The Horizontal Dilution of Precision HDOP is greater than two 2 0 HDOP is a fancy term for approximating the error in your position solution caused by poor satellite geometry Simply stated it usually means that you do not have enough satellites in view should have a minimum of 5 or the antenna s view of the sky is partially blocked You can see the number of staellites being used by going to the DGPS status screen Configuration Mode and pressing the DOWN button The age of satellite differential correction data has exceeded 120 seconds Your GPS receiver is not receiving the correction signal It may be tuned to the wrong frequency the service provider may be out of range or unavailable or there may be some electrical noise interfering with the signal The system should not be used when alarms are present Many times the alarm conditions are only temporary and will clear up by themselves Should alarm conditions remain refer to the Troubleshooting section in this manual and the User s Manual supplied with your GPS receiver 58 GPS RECEIVER SMARTBAR COMMUNICATIONS The Smartbar receives communication messages from the GPS receiver Using the BPS screen Configuration Mode SYS you can select a BAUD rate for communicating wit
35. SP Config uration Menu set SPL to OFF 56 Gare Display Region 4 45 5 70 8 Swath 3 An Ideal Turn UTS FT SWT SNP SWW 100ft SCL NRM Edge of field spray area Swath 4 0 38 9 m 231 0 L 3 900900000 000000009 LI k JJ lt 0 22 0 3 099999908 LJ 1 N 33 10 4 800000000 000000008 H H OoO0000 ooooo o K J 4 45 3 000000008 rng C E J 00000 ooooo o LJ e 38 5 70 3 Qoooeeeoo wi 3 J f gt 80 1 I 6 80 L 3 000998008 LI 9 9 m 7 85 Jj 900800000 0000989809 LI b X 90 mC fa 8 90 L 3 000009908 gt kl Q m zi 9 95 000089809 LI E 2 N gt 1 10 100 900999000 099990008 ie J Ed Q Q 11 110 L LJ 900099900 0090990009 E J 7 of Q IC 12 135 L 000000000 000000009 iJ i _ o 1 1 13 170 LI 900000000 000000008 E j PN o m 14 180 300000000 000000008 Li 57 Approaching end of Swath 3 prepare to turn off spray nozzles Turn off spray nozzles begin turning rig
36. The GPRMC message contains position GPS status course and speed information Note The 3 center green LED s are used to diagnose communication problems especially during installation The top green LED monitors the receive data signal directly It will come on momentarily whenever there is any activity on the receive data signal The middle green LED indicates a properly formatted message has been received The bottom green LED indicates multiple properly formatted messages are being received The top green LED will flash when the GPS position solution rate is less than 5 hertz This is not an error condition f using a Raven receiver the RGL 600 may be used to auto configure the receiver In the SYS configuration menu set GPS to INV The default setting is GEN Generic When SYS GPS is set to INV and MENU button is pressed INV SEL TO INI will appear Pressing the SELECT button will automatically set up the port of the invicta receiver that the RGL 600 is connected Baud rate will be set at 19200 GGA ON at 10 Hz VTG ON at 10 Hz 39 CARE AND CLEANING The Smartbar is designed for all weather outdoor operation You can clean the dirt off of the Smartbar by spraying it with a garden hose IMPORTANT DO NOT USE PRESSURIZED WATER TO CLEAN THE SMARTBAR TROUBLESHOOTING No Power Ensure the Smarbar power cable is securely fastened and wired properly in your vehicle No GPS Position 1 The Smartbar interface cables should be secur
37. The top and bottom center LED s are usually on when you are swathing the A B line has been established but change states when you are either ap proaching or within a headlands area When the LED s are on it is okay to spray When the LED s are off you have entered a headland area which has already been sprayed The top and bottom LED s are also used when saving and returning to a position See Headlands and Saving Your Present Position 21 Back and Forth Swathing BF Back and Forth swathing is used as the name applies to swath the field in first one direction and then the other using swaths that are parallel to the A B line Below are the steps required for BF swathing The straight line defined by marks A and B must be parallel to the remaining swaths Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the Smartbar shows NO alarm condi tions If DIR is set to Automatic AUT the Direction is set automatically when the machine turns past 759 alignment to the A B line If DIR is set to Manual MAN press the SELECT button after marking B and turning to set the direction The SELECT button and DOWN button are then used to choose the next swath you want to run Swaths are numbered in order but you can run any swath you want at any time and in any direction E If DIRZMAN press SELECT button to set direction E k press SET B button to Mark the B point Swath 1 Sw
38. arenheit T D FE P F 5 OO 08 oe s 1 LJ J TPC Internal Board Temperature in C Celsius Q T 8000000008000000008 C 1 I LL 00000 00000 6 LJ Temperature display menu only available in RGL600 with Tilt option installed 26 BASIC SWATHING The Smartbar has two basic parallel swath types Back and Forth BF and Snap to Swath SNP With each pattern you must first mark point A and then point B This defines the A B line which is swath number 1 Swath number 2 will be in the direction from the A B line you will work the field If Direction DIR is configured for Auto AUT the direction to work the field is established when the machine turns past 759 after marking point B If Direction DIR is configured for Manual MAN the operator presses the SELECT button after turning from marking the B point to set the direction to work the field DIR may be AUT or MAN for both BF and SNP The DIR default setting is AUT for both BF and SNP Once the A B line is marked and the direction to work the field is established then the light bar knows where the swaths are for that field based on the swath width you specified when configuring the Smartbar The swaths are numbered 1 2 3 with the A B line being swath 1 Swaths on the opposite side of the A B line than you are working are numbered 1 2 3 For example if you are using BF and your current swath number is 1 pressing the Down but
39. ath 2 Swath 3 Swath 4 Swath 5 press SET A button to Mark the A point Enter E y 9 Exit Field 3 Field Here Here Important The A and B marks form a straight line that must be parallel to the remaining swath paths Ensure that no alarms are present while setting the A and B marks Snap to Swath Swathing SNP When using SNP the Smartbar will find the swath nearest to the current position and set the swath number accordingly Swath lines are numbered as in BF swath type The SELECT UP button and DOWN button do not control the swath number as in Back and Forth Swathing With the SNP pattern you can work the field with the least need for pressing Smartbar but tons First mark the A B line as you would with BF and then make your turn If DIR is set to Auto matic AUT the Direction is set automatically when the machine turns past 759 alignment to the A B line The following section leads you through a step by step description of swathing using either BF or SNP swath patterns 28 To Begin Your First Swath T Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the system is operating with NO alarm conditions Using a visible site as a point of reference steer a straight line parallel to your intended swath paths as you mark your reference points A and B Important The Smartbar will establish all subsequent swaths as paral
40. d use the diagram above to navigate to the Saved Position point 31 Swathing with Headlands The area defined by the boom width as you drive around a field perimeter is known as the headlands of the field This is the area that cannot be reached by normal swathing if the field is confined The Smartbar allows you to spray the headlands and then spray the rest of the field using normal swathing While swathing the part of the field that is inside of the headlands the operator is given indicators showing that the machine is approaching and or crossing a head land boundary As the machine approaches each headland boundary the distance to the boundary is shown to aid in accurate spray nozzle control See the section Headland Approach Display for details of these indicators The effective point where the machine crosses the headland boundary can be adjusted from the antenna to the boom position using the Swath Along Track Offset configuration see Smartbar Configuration Mode SWA ATO Swath Along Track Offset for antenna to boom adjustments You can select either of three headland modes Separate SEP Combined CMB or Double Headlands C pattern DHC When using the Separate Headlands mode mark the A B line and direction separately from the headland points When using the Combined Headlands mode the first few headland points and the A B line are marked together i e when A is marked H01 is automatically marked Combined has the
41. distance is an along track distance indication The offset LED s usually indicate across track distance The along track display pattern is different from the across track display to prevent confusion Along track distance intervals for this special offset display pattern are percentages of the swath width SWW as shown in the table below Along Track Offset distance z of Swath Width 20 10 0000 00000 5 00000 e 2 00000 0 00000 During turn maneuvers at the end of each swath the machine operator can use these special angle and offset distance displays to determine the approximate location and orientation of the previous and or next swath line This aids in smoothly setting up for alignment at the beginning the new swath When returning from a Saved Position and driving down the side of the field two elements of the along track offset pattern will begin to move toward each other one half of the swath width distance away from the return swath line This aids in locating the entrance line back into the field The Special Offset and Angle Display may be turned OFF In the SYS Configuration Menu set DSP to CFG i e Light Bar Display options can be configured Then in the D
42. e aeoe j UR T a press SELECT button 3 to Mark the 4 H r PD i int get ousted SS do d o Y 3 o3 dq X p d press SELECT button H H U H fo Mark the d OD 4 1 B point S od d 1 f D Y 1 b 1 3 1 f od B u J LJ Li H H H H H H H H H 1 1 H r press SELECT buttons E E H Li J i P P odo PP i WEG d i d A point H T 01 5 d FO H E 1 sessy gt Field j do ci ee Po d E NE NE NE NM fof Enter 2 99 Field 5 00 H Here H x NEC d NON TU U A 1 1 C llay H uo MES MEME LEN RI e D a Steps used to cover a field using the Squeeze Swathing pattern 1 Mark A and B
43. e Configuration Menu under SWA Swath When CFG is selected the SWW Swath Width menu will appear only in the Config uration Menu under SWA Swath LSC Limit Swath Cal Press SELECT button to set Settings LSC Limit Swath Calibration to ON or OFF The default setting is ON When LSC ON is selected the Swath Calibration is limited to 1 4 of the current swath width setting When LSC OFF is selected the Swath Calibration limit is bypassed See the section Swath Calibration for more details TLT Tilt Configuration This TLT configuration main menu will be present if your Smartbar has the optional Tilt Sensor upgrade installed The four sub menus under TLT are TLT Tilt Mode AHT Antenna Height and ANG Angle Display and Calibration See the section Smartbar Tilt Upgrade Option TLT Configuration for configuration details DIA Diagnostic Built In Testing DSP RGL 600 Built In Display Test Press the SELECT button to execute the Display Test sequence The SELECT button is pressed two times in the sequence to proceed past display inspection points The MENU button may be pressed at any time to abort the Display Test 0 Seeceeeceoeooooeeco T T 2 o l 1 Shown with Boom Switch 1 2 3 and 5 closed LUN 25 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued DSP Diagnostic Built In Testing continued CKS Program Memory Checksum Press the SELECT button to e
44. e on top of the operator s cab The antenna height may be from about 8 feet to about 20 feet If the surface of the field is not level this antenna position and the center of the applicator boom are not in the same place The difference be tween the antenna s position and the center of the boom is tilt error see diagram on this page If a field s surface along a swath line is not uniformly at the same tilt angle swath paths created by following the DGPS position will not be straight If the field s surface between adjacent swath s is not at the same tilt angle the swath patterns created by following the DGPS will leave gaps or overlap The Smartbar Tilt Upgrade Option measures the machine tilt using a solid state inclino meter Once the machine s tilt is determined the error can be calculated and corrected This tilt correction provides for straight parallel swathing on fields that are not level As a machine moves along a swath path various bumps in the field and the machine s vibration can cause erroneous inclinometer tilt readings The Smartbar filters these tilt read ings to eliminate most of these errors During the Smartbar Tilt configuration the user can adjust this filter for very rough fields with only gradual changes in slope or very smooth fields with abrupt changes in slope Tilt Sensor Upgrade Option Installation The Tilt Sensor Upgrade Option is installed into a new or existing Smartbar at the factory by adding
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46. eeding purposes using swaths that are parallel to the A B line SED swathing is much like BF except that whenever the Select button is pressed to advance to the next swath an auto swath calibrate occurs This makes the entry into the next swath very accurate for close alignment of the wheels to the next row The operator must be trained to press the SELECT button at the best point to setup for the next row The operator must be sure to press the SELECT button before he starts to make his turn Below are the steps required for SED swathing SED Basic Operation The straight line defined by marks A and B must be parallel to the remaining swaths Make sure the GPS antenna has a good view of the sky and the Smartbar shows NO alarm conditions If DIR is set to Automatic AUT the Direction is set automatically when the machine turns past 75 alignment to the A B line If DIR is set to Manual MAN press the SELECT button after marking B and turning to set the direction The SELECT button is then used to advance to the next swath IIDIRRMAN press SELECT button to set direction j i press SET B button to Mark the B point press SET A button to Mark the A point Swath 3 Swath 4 Swath 5 Swath 6 Enter Fi i X Exit Field 1 7 o i Field Here Here Important The A and B marks form a st
47. ellites the number on the far left side will be 4 or less If this is the case trees buildings or some other obstruction is blocking your antenna 60 RGL 600 MAIN UNIT CONNECTOR CABLE OPTIONS 10 LIGHTBAR SWITCHBOX 1 c J2 E RGL 600 MAIN 28 CABLE 9 RAVEN P N 115 0171 137 TO RGL 600 4 5 P RGL 600 TO INVICTA BUTTON BOX RAVEN P N 063 0171 955 RED DC INPUT 0 _ POWER BLK TO 5 j DGPS e RECEIVER 4 55 B EE L RGL 600 TO UNIVERSAL BUTTON BOX RAVEN P N 063 0171 954 61 WIRELESS SMARTBAR BUTTON BOX In addition to the standard Smartbar Button Box the RGL 600 also has an optional wireless button box The look feel and functionality of this button box is identical to the wired version refer to page 5 of this manual however no additional cables are necessary for operation EN SELEC SELECT D tt 4 ve ff Red EN ENU MENU 1 button w Yellow DOWN button Green jog
48. ely fastened and connected to the correct port on your GPS receiver 2 In order to operate properly the Smartbar must receive two messages from the DGPS receiver These are National Marine Electronics Association NMEA messages known as GPGGA GPS Fix Data and GPVTG Course Over Ground and Speed or GPRMC Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data GNSS is an acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System 3 Ensure the BAUD rate is configured to match the output BAUD rate of your DGPS receiver You can set the BAUD rate to AUT which causes the Smartbar to automatically synchronize its BAUD rate with the BAUD rate of the GPS receiver 4 If using a Raven receiver the RGL 600 may be used to auto configure the receiver In the SYS configuration menu set GPS to INV Erratic Swathing Patterns Make sure the straight line formed by the A and B marks is parallel to your desired swath paths Ensure that no alarms are present while establishing the A and B marks GPS Alarm Determine if the alarm is the result of loss of differential signal or a low number of satellites Go to the GPS Receiver Position Status screen This is the second sub menu under the Configuration Mode GPS main menu see page 12 and 13 Normally the GPS receiver is in 3D differential mode and the left side of the screen displays D3X If you ve lost differential no D will be present on the far left side of the screen If the alarm is due to a low number of sat
49. enter of the swath line With Combined you clear both A B line and headlands together 34 Double Headlands C pattern DH3 DH4 mark mark B mark A mark Enter Field Here DH1 DH2 mark mark The Double Headlands C pattern provides parallel swathing between two straight double headland areas Using the C pattern swathing progresses toward an open end allowing the last swath to easily align with the edge of the field This pattern can be used with Swath Types SWA Back and Forth BF or Snap To Swath SNP and uses the direction DIR control AUT MAN setting to determine the layout of the C pattern Three line segments define the Double Headlands C pattern DHC DH1 2 A B and DH3 4 see diagram on this page The DH1 2 line defines the first Double Headland area The A B line controls the orientation of all subsequent swaths between the headland areas The DH3 4 line defines the second Double Headland area These three line segments may be at any angle or orientation so long as the general shape of the letter C is formed Guidance along the inside of DH1 2 and DH3 4 includes ON OFF indicators similar to headland con trols on the center top and bottom RGL 600 green LED s These indicators direct the opera tor to turn the applicator ON or OFF so that the headland swath which is inside of DH1 2 can be the same length and alignment as the DH1 2 line if desired The DH3 4
50. erence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by on or more of the following measures Reorient or locate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Any modification to the unit unless expressly approved by Raven Industries could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 4 RAVEN INDUSTRIES LIMITED WARRANTY WHAT IS COVERED This warranty covers all defects in workmanship or materials in your Raven Flow Control Product under normal use maintenance and service HOW LONG IS THE COVERAGE PERIOD This warranty coverage runs for 12 months from the purchase date of your Raven Flow Control Product This warranty coverage applies only to the original owner and is not transferrable HOW CAN YOU GET SERVICE Bring the defective part a
51. feet right of the swath line and has the same angle alignment as previously The two offset LED s on the left are telling the operator to drive to the left The two angle LED s to the right are telling the operator to turn to the right This looks like a problem However the operator can drive left to correct the offset error but already knows a right turn correction will be needed very soon In the diagram shown to the lower left the machine is 2 feet left of the swath line and has the same angle alignment as previously The two offset LED s on the right are telling the operator to drive to the right The two angle LED s to the right are telling the operator to turn to the right The operator can simply drive right to correct the offset and angle alignment error Offset LED s OOOOO 0909000 d4angle LED s 67 APPENDIX B RAVEN INVICTA DGPS RECEIVER SETUP Refer to the Invicta front panel shown below and use the following steps to setup you Invicta DGPS Receiver to operate with the RGL 600 Smartbar Refer to the operation manual supplied with your Invicta DGPS Receiver to clarify or modify these steps RAVEN INDUSTRIES 9 From the HOME screen press the LEFT ARROW enter key once to arrive at th OUTPUT CONFIG menu screen 9 Press the DOWN ARROW key until you reach the Baud Rate Setting menu screen for your cho
52. fense capabilities GPS capabilities have expanded to provide highly accurate position and timing information for many civilian applications An in depth GPS study is required to fully understand it but not to see how it work or appreci ate what it can do for you Simply stated twenty four satellites in six orbital paths circle the earth twice each day at an inclination angle of approximately 55 to the equator This constellation of satellites continuously transmits coded positional and timing information at high frequencies in the 1500 Megahertz range GPS receivers with antennas located in a position to clearly view the satellites pick up these signals and use the coded information to calculate a position in an earth coordinate system GPS is the navigation system of choice for today and many years to come While GPS is clearly the most accurate world wide all weather navigation system yet developed it still can exhibit significant errors GPS receivers determine position by calculating the time it takes for the radio signals transmitted from each satellite to reach earth It s that old Distance Rate x Time equation Radio waves travel at the speed of light Rate Time is determined and the fact that the satellite s position is reported in each coded navigation message by using a little trigonometry the receiver can determine its location on earth Position accuracy depends on the receiver s ability to accurately calculate the time it ta
53. from the P1 mark the right display will increase your COG changes Continue around the Pivot Reference Circle and mark P3 When three points are marked the Smartbar can calculate a center and radius for the Pivot Reference Circle After P3 is marked the Smartbar offset LED s and angle LED s will display guidance indica tions as you drive around the Pivot Reference Circle Each time a new point is marked the Smartbar recalculates the center and radius of the Pivot Reference Circle Continue marking points while driving around the Pivot Reference Circle There must be at least 17 feet 5 meters distance and 129 change in COG between each pivot reference point When the guidance indicators match the path you are driving the center and radius have been accu rately determined Press the DOWN button to complete the Pivot Reference Circle marking phase After the Pivot Reference Circle is marked the Smartbar determines the location of circular swath 1 and the swath number of the Pivot Reference Circle After the DOWN button was pressed to complete the Pivot Reference Circle marking the left display shows the swath number and the right display shows offset error as in parallel swathing When marking Pivot Reference Circle points the operator should press the SELECT button when the machine is as close as possible to the circumference line being followed Pivot Reference Circle accuracy is determined by the accuracy of marking these points 41 D
54. get See the section General Direction to Target Indicator As the offset error exceeds two digits the third digit is no longer available to display the General Direction to Target Indicator When DSP GUI is set to NRM the General Direction to Target Indicator is not displayed when the offset error is greater than two digits When DSP GUI is set to OVR the General Direction to Target Indicator is displayed alternately with the three digit swath offset error i e it is overlayed Offset Error display direction Press SELECT button to set DSP OFF to NRM or REV Normal or Reverse The swath offset guidance Red LED bars normally light up pointing in the direction you need to steer This is the DSP OFF default setting NRM To display the Red LED bars in the opposite direction the bar appears as if pointing toward the machine from the swath line set DSP OFF to REV Reverse When DSP OFF is set to REV the direction of the angle error indicator LED bars are also reversed 23 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued DSP Display Settings continued SAV APR SPL Save Position Distance Press SELECT button to set DSP OFF to or RNG Cross Track Distance or Range When swathing a field the current position can be saved by pressing the SELECT button at a menu SAV POS the DSP SAV configuration controls what the right hand alphanumeric display is showing while leaving and returning to a Saved Position The defaul
55. ght If the LED s to the left of center are on steer left The distance feet or decimeters to the selected swath is shown on the right side of the screen The Guidance Status LED s in the center of the Smartbar work as described in Basic Swathing Headland Swathing and Saving Your Present Position Offset in degrees provides an approximation of the angle at which you are approach ing the selected swath The number of LED s on the bottom row will increase as your angle of approach to the selected swath increases For example if you are approach ing the selected swath at a 509 angle the maximum number of bottom row LED s are on If however you are parallel to the selected swath these LED s will all be off and your distance to the next swath will not be changing If you turn away from the selected swath at a sharp angle the number of LED s will again increase and of course your distance to the selected swath will be increasing When used together the angle indicator and offset LED s will help you judge your approach to the selected swath This provides the best indication of when to begin your turn onto the selected path 29 10 To enter new reference marks at the end of the current field or to change reference marks Pres the MENU button to display CLR A B Clear the current reference marks by pressing the SELECT button NOTE If your GPS receiver is outputting 10 messages per second you may notice that as you move over bumps and
56. gth of a contour swath See the section Contour Swathing Contour Type Configuration Setting for details on setting the Contour Type 18 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued SWW Swath Width DIR Press SELECT button to set the Swath Width as required The boom width of your machine determines the swath width As you press the SELECT button the width increases by 5 ft FT 5 0 ft FTF or 10 decimeters MT The DOWN button decreases the width by 1 ft FT 0 1 ft FTF or 1 decimeter MT You can hold down each button to quickly change the settings The following table shows SWW setting ranges for each units setting SYS UTS units min SWW max SWW FT feet 500 ft feet fine 95 0 fi 0 1m 999 dm 99 917 Swath Direction This configuration setting is not present if the Swath Type SWT is set to ROW PVT CON SQ or RT Press SELECT button to select AUT Automatic or MAN Manual Swath Direction control The default is AUT and should be used in most applications to eliminate a button press after marking the A B line The Swath Direction determines on which side of the A B line swath numbers are positive Generally this is the direction you will work the field When DIR is set to AUT the Swath Direction is set automatically as the machine turns past 75 degrees from the Course Over Ground COG when the B point was marked After the B point is marked the Smartbar displays AUT DIR unt
57. h the GPS receiver and monitor certain data communication and message conditions If the top center green LED is on or flashing but the middle center and bottom center green LED s are off data is being received from the GPS receiver but is not at the same BAUD rate as the GPS receiver You can set the Baud rate to AUT and the Smartbar will automatically match its BAUD rate to that of the GPS receiver Alternatively you can select the specific BAUD rate that matches that of the GPS receiver The bottom yellow LED s will sequence when the BAUD rate selection is AUT and the Smart bar is trying to match its BAUD rate with that of the GPS receiver The bottom yellow LED s will stop sequencing when a BAUD rate match is found The number of yellow LED s on for each side indicates teh BAUD rate Yellow LED s on each side BAUD rate 4800 9600 If all center green LED s are on but the left red LED s are not sequencing you are receiving messages at the correct BAUD rate but they are not the correct messages You need both GPGGA and GPVTG messages or the single GPRMC message If the left red LED s are sequencing then GPGGA messages are being received The GPGGA message contains position and GPS status information If the right red LED s are sequencing then GPVTG messages are being received The GPVTG message contains course and speed information If the Smartbar is receiving GPRMC messages the left and right LED s will sequence
58. headed along a straight line You need at least 2 points to be guided For example in the diagrams on page 32 you need at least A 1 and temporary B 2 before you get guidance Note that the even numbered headlands points H02 H04 in the diagrams were used to establish guide lines for new headland segments when the direction changes You can store up to 100 headlands points Press the DOWN button to complete headlands This will cause the total acres in cluding headlands to be displayed on the ACR screen The ACR screen will show whole acres and fractional acres alternately see Separate Headlands Operation step 5 Press the MENU button to advance to the swathing screen As you drive each of swaths S2 through S5 the top and bottom Guidance Status LED s will be on when you are not in the headlands area and will be off when you are in the headlands area the shaded area in the diagram When the LED s go off it is time to turn off the spray and make the turn As you approach the headlands area within half a swath width the top Guidance Status LED will flash When you arrive at the headlands area the top and bottom LED s will go out The center LED s turn on to indicate that you are still on the swath Spraying can resume when the LED s turn on again Angle and offset distance LED s guide you as they would in a BF swath pattern without headlands IMPORTANT Headlands along track indicator LED s are based upon the c
59. hown guidance to the best circle which is calculated from points marked on the Pivot Reference Circle The operator continues marking points while comparing this circular guidance to the reference path being followed When guidance indications match the refer ence path the operator pushes the DOWN button to accept the current Pivot Reference Circle At this time the resultant circular swath number is displayed along with circular guidance The operator finishes the initial swath and then traverses the field in any order similar to the Snap To Swath procedure in parallel swathing Care should be taken not to re spray the swath number that is the Pivot Reference Circle Note the swath coverage sequence shown on the diagram on the previous page Pivot Pattern Configuration To use the Pivot Pattern enter the Configuration Mode and navigate to the Swath SWA menu Set the Swath Type SWT to PVT Set the Pivot Minimum Radius PMR to the length from the center of the field to a point on a circle where circular swathing may begin Set the Swath Width SWW to the dimension across each swath The Swath Direction Control DIR is not used for the Pivot Pattern Set the Offset Guidance Scale SCL and Angle display ANG as for parallel swathing to control guidance indication displays The Headlands Type HDL is not used for the Pivot Pattern swathing Set Along Track antenna Offset ATO and Across Track Antenna Offset XTO as for parallel swathing 4
60. ht Angle LED s show 10 angle to Swath 3 Entering Special Display Area Angle LED s show perpendicular to Swath 3 Past half way to Swath 4 SNP switches to Swath 4 Leaving Special Display Area Angle LED s show 10 angle to swath 4 prepare to turn spray nozzles On Turn spray nozzles On and continue on straight line of swath 4 ALARMS System performance can be adversely affected under certain operating conditions Loss of differential signal and or poor satellite geometry can cause the accuracy of the system to fall below that required for precision guidance Should conditions exist which cause the accuracy to lessen the user is notified with one of three possible alarm conditions GPS Accuracy or Differential GPS These alarms G A D are displayed on the far right side of the DGPS Status Display Screen Configuration Mode GPS All other screens display these alarm conditions as yellow LED s along the far end of both sides of the Smartbar refer to diagram items B and F on page 4 Alarms are represented as follows Description All 3 LED s on each side Less than 4 satellites or receiver G GPS Alarm mode less than D3X A Accuracy Alarm Bottom 2 LED s on each side HDOP greater than 2 0 D Differential Alarm Bottom LED on each side Age of Data greater than 120 No LED s on each side No Alarms GPS Accuracy Differential The system is not operating in three dimensional Differential GP
61. il the 75 degree turn is completed Then the Swath Direction is set and Swath 2 guidance is displayed The Swath Direction may be set prior to completing the 75 degree turn by pressing the SELECT button if desired When DIR is set to MAN the Swath Direction is set by pressing the SELECT button after marking the B point and turning in the desired direction to work the field After the B point is marked the Smartbar displays SET DIR until the SELECT button is pressed to set the direction Then Swath 2 guidance is displayed 19 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued SCL ANG Guidance Offset Scale sensitivity Press SELECT button to select between Swath Scales Fine FIN Normal NRM Coarse CRS or Automatic AUT There are 8 offset LED s on each side of center LED swath offset error distances for English units in feet FT or FTF as follows of LED s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Normal 10 20 40 100 120 140 Coarse 40 120 180 240 300 360 420 LED swath offset error distances for Metric units in meters MT as follows of LED s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 Normal 0 3 0 6 1 2 18 24 3 0 3 6 4 2 Coarse 12 18 36 54 72 90 108 126 LED swath offset error distances for Auto SCL in percentage of Swath Width as follows of LED s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Custom Guidance Scales can be installed via the Raven Configuration Block SC
62. ind the current position The operator will be using the row as a primary path Smartbar guidance will aid in following these row patterns Note When using Row Swathing Swath numbers shown in the left display are swath sequence numbers and do not necessarily represent a position on the field Top and Bottom Top and Bottom Top and Bottom Center Green LED s Center Green LED s Center Green LED s are ON are OFF are ON BEG ROWIS 1 2 2 ass POS CLR ROW bros ifa Position Save is Saved Position mmm press SELECT Button press MENU Button 4 CLR ALL 9 cise press DOWN Button 7 Automatic no button press Clear CLR SAV Saved x Men Navigation Diagram for Row Swathing Position Configuration Steps for Row Swathing To use Row Swathing enter the Configuration Mode and navigate to the Swath SWA menu Set the Swath Type SWT to ROW Set the Swath Width SWW to the dimension across each swath The Swath Direction Control DIR is not used for Row Swathing Set the Offset Guidance Scale SCL and Angle display ANG as for parallel swathing to control guidance indication displays The Headlands Type HDL is not used for the Row Swathing Set Along Track antenna Offset ATO and Across Track Antenna Offset XTO as for parallel swathi
63. ircular pattern are used Row Swathing Special guidance is shown for driving down crop rows Pivot pattern Used for seeding much like BF except that whenever Seed Swathing the SELECT button is pressed to advance to the next swath an auto swath calibrate occurs sa Squeeze pattern A special swath number sequence is used for aviation crop applications Racetrack pattern A special swath number sequence is used for aviation crop applications One button setting is the same as Snap To Swath Oni operation with no need to set point A and B PMR Pivot Minimum Radius This configuration setting will only be present if SWT PVT Pivot Swathing The PMR setting controls the smallest circle to be sprayed Press SELECT button to set the Pivot Minimum Radius as required As you press the SELECT button the PMR increases by 10 ft FT FTF or 1 0 meter MT The DOWN button decreases the PMR by 1 ft FT FTF or 0 1 meter MT You can hold down each button to quickly change the settings The maximum PMR setting is 999 feet or 99 9 meters CON Contour Type This configuration setting will only be present is SWT CON Contour Swathing Press SELECT button to select between Contour Types CRS Course NRM Normal FIN Fine VFN Very Fine The default setting is and may be used in most applications The FIN and VFN settings reduce the maximum length of a contour swath The CRS setting increases the maximum len
64. kes for each satellite signal to travel to earth This is where the problem lies There are primarily seven sources of errors that can affect the receiver s calculation These errors consist of 1 lonosphere troposhere delays the radio signal 2 Signal multi path 3 Receiver clock biases 4 Orbital satellite ephemeris position errors 5 GPS Satellite errors 6 Tracking biases position shifts when satellites are lost and re aquired T GPS Receiver performance and cost The combination of these errors and poor satellite geometry can limit GPS accuracy of a high performance GPS Receiver to approximately 5 meters RMS and a low cost GPS Receiver to 10 15 meters RMS Many of these errors can be reduced or eliminated through a technique known as Differential 69 APPENDIX D DIFFERENTIAL GPS DGPS BEACON DGPS works by placing a high performance GPS receiver reference station at a known location Since the receiver knows its exact location it can determine the errors in the satellite signals It does this by measuring the ranges to each satellite using the signals received and comparing these measured ranges to the actual ranges calculated from its known position The difference between the measured and calculated range is the total error The error data for each tracked satellite is formatted into a correction message and transmitted to GPS users The correction message format follows the standard established by the
65. l activate the Display Settings DSP configuration main menu Go to the Contour Control DSP CON sub menu and select 2BT 1BT or OBT 46 Align w prev start to begin SELECT Button swath 2 to begin swath 2 RGL 600 offset error SAV CON i9 lt offset 2 error A mum press SELECT Button press MENU Button press DOWN Button T press amp hold MENU Button Automatic no button press N Menu Navigation Diagram for Contour Swathing if a Position is Saved Save Position CLR ALL Clear CLR SAV m Saved Position 2 Using Contour Swathing T Note Set the Swath Type SWT to CON Set the Contour type CON to NRM FIN VFN or CRS Normal Fine Very Fine or Course These settings control the fineness of contour recording For NRM swaths up to 3 miles in length can be recorded For FIN swaths up to 1 5 miles in length can be recorded For VFN swaths up to 0 5 miles in length can be recorded For CRS swaths up to 4 miles in length can be recorded The VFN setting is mostly for testing The NRM setting is used in most agriculture swathing applications Contour Operational Mode starts with BEG CON Press the SELECT button to start the first swath and drive as required The left display will show 1 and
66. lel to the AB line so make sure no GPS alarms are present while establishing the A B line Press the MENU button until you see the SET A display When you are lined up on the first swath press the SELECT button to enter the A mark SET B is displayed Continue to the end of the first swath path and press the SELECT button to enter the B mark You can also use a temporary mark B to cause the Smartbar to guide you along the A B line After marking A you can press the DOWN button to set a tempo rary B The Smartbar will guide you along the new A B line until you press the DOWN button to create a new temporary A B line or you press the SELECT button to set the final A B line Turn toward the next swath path Press the SELECT button to set the direction if DIR is set to MAN If DIR is set to AUT the direction is set automatically as the machine turns past 750 The display will indicate swath 2 Once you reach the end of swath 2 you may press the SELECT button to advance to the next swath for BF You can also select a lower numbered swath by using the DOWN button With the SNP swath type selected the swath number is automatically advanced or decreased as you become closer to a given swath than any other swath The red offset distance LED s indicate the direction you must steer to reach the swath number you have selected Simply steer in the direction of the LED s That is if the LED s to the right of the center are on steer ri
67. mbined or DHC Double Headlands C pattern When OFF is selected no headlands control features are active When CMB is selected A B line marking and headland marking are combined The first two points will be A B line swath marks After the A B line is marked and the swath direction is set the display will show HDL left side and 03 right side The operator drives to the next headland position and presses the SELECT button Each point is defined in this way Pressing the DOWN button at the last display will show ACR Acreage and the right display will alternate between whole acres and decimal part of acres If the units are metric then ACR is replaced by HET Hectares When SEP is selected headlands and A B line marking are separate When DHC is selected the Double Headlands C pattern is used See the section Double Headlands C pattern for details ATO Along Track Offset distance The Along Track Offset distance adjusts the antenna position along the direction of machine movement COG This adjustment moves the DGPS antenna position rela tive to the desired Along Track guidance point Positive settings move the antenna ahead of the guidance point for example ATO set to 10 ft sets the guidance point at the boom if the antenna is mounted 10 ft ahead of the boom Negative settings move the antenna behind the guidance point Press SELECT button to set the Along Track Offset distance XTO Cross Track Offset distance The Cro
68. ncreasing outward from the center To determine the center the operator marks points while driving any circular swath These points mark the Pivot Refer ence Circle The Pivot Minimum Radius SWA PMR is a configuration distance used only by the Pivot Pattern The Pivot Reference Circle the Swath Width SWW and PMR determine the position of circular swath 1 Subsequent swaths are numbered outward from swath 1 and are located at Swath Width intervals Pivot Irrigation tower tires Pivot Irrigation boom in parked position A Exit Field 4 Enter Here Field Here Guidance is OK DOWN button is pressed Pivot Reference Circle is complete Swath is 4 PVT Mark 3 guidance begins 6 Swath Numbers 39 The Pivot Minimum Radius setting defines a circular area at center of the field Circular swaths are assigned outside of this area As the radius of circular swaths become smaller and smaller the inside spray nozzle moves slower than the outside spray nozzle The PMR setting determines the smallest circle to be sprayed The PMR setting may also be used to define an unplanted area at the center of the field that is used for installed equipment or storage Use a known circular path to setup the Pivot Reference Circle An example is the tire tracks previously made by one of the pivot irrigation towers After three points are marked the operator is s
69. nd 1109 200 on either side of 900 which is perpendicular Notice the angle LED s are all on either left or right from about 159 to about 709 As the swath angle increases toward perpendicular an additional angle LED will come for each 59 until all angle LED s are ON at 900 As the swath angle continues to increase beyond 909 an angle LED will go off for each 59 until all angle LED s on the original side are off As the angle changes toward swath alignment LED s will begin to go off at about 159 referenced to the next swath line and will all be off when alignment to the next swath is reached Angle LED display patterns between 709 and 1109 are shown in the following table Machine Alignment Special Angle LED with Swath Line Display Pattern o 65 Oo one 9o 709 0090000080000 OOO O0000 00000 OO O Q 75 00000000000000000 00000 00000 00000000000000000 80 00000 0 00006 ooo 85 ooooo 900 90 00000 00000 o OOOOO 900 O00000 O ooogooooo 900 0000 8 ooogoooooc 990 Within this same nearly perpendicular angular alignment the offset LED s are displayed using a special pattern This pattern indicates the distance from or to the selected swath line Since the machine alignment is perpendicular to the swath line this
70. nd proof of date of purchase to your local dealer If your dealer agrees with the warranty claim he will send the part and proof of purchase to his distributor or to Raven for final approval WHAT WILL RAVEN INDUSTRIES DO When our inspection proves the warranty claim we will at our option repair or replace the defective part and pay for return freight WHAT DOES THIS WARRANTY NOT COVER Raven Industries will not assume any expense or liability for repairs made outside our plant without written consent We are not responsible for damage to any associated equipment or product and will not be liable for loss of profit or other special damages The obligation of this warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied and no person is authorized to assume for us any liability Damages caused by normal wear and tear mis use abuse neglect accident or improper installation and maintenance are not covered by this warranty 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 A CISION RAVEN RAVEN INDUSTRIES FLOW CONTROL DIVISION 205 East Sixth Street P O Box 5107 Sioux Falls South Dakota 57117 5107 E mail fedinfo ravenind com www ravenprecision com Toll free 800 243 5435 Fax 605 331 0426 RGL 600 Smartbar Operation Manual 016 0159 936 Rev A01 04 016 0159 936 01 04 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION due Ra sassa ee ewe eee a md cura
71. ng 43 CONTOUR SWATHING Some fields require Contour Swathing for application of fertilizer chemicals or other agricul tural maintenance If a field has contoured terraces Contour Swathing may be required for swathing to follow the contour of the terraces Some fields may have an irregular shape which requires Contour Swathing for reasonable coverage When Contour Swathing is used each swath except the first is based on the previous swath This allows any irregularities in one swath to be accounted for in the next swath For example the operator may have to drive around a tree or ground feature in the field Guidance for the next swath will follow the path taken by the operator when driving around the tree or ground feature Contour Swathing can be referred to as relative swathing This is because each swath is relative to the previous swath Other parallel swathing can be referred to as absolute swathing This is because each swath is an absolute distance swath number multiplied times the swath width from the A B reference line To provide Contour Swathing guidance the Smartbar memorizes each swath path as the operator is driving To simplify the progress through the field each memorized swath is separate from the other swaths See the Contour Swathing Diagram below Swath 1 starts at the 1A mark and ends at the 1B mark Swath 2 starts at the 2A mark and ends at the 2B mark etc The Smartbar memorize
72. occur during swathing small across track position drifts can be corrected using Swath Calibration The machine operator must be able to determine the precise corrected position of the current swath line and position the machine to that point Swath Calibration will adjust the AB line reference and all successive swaths to this adjusted point Swath Calibration is limited to 1 4 the current swath width setting From the Swath Navigation screen press and hold the MENU button for approximately 3 seconds When the CAL SWA screen shows the MENU button may be released Press the SELECT button to calibrate the swath line to the current position or press the MENU button to return to the Swath Navigation screen without changing the swath calibration The swath calibration limit may be turned off In the SYS configuration menu set DSP to CFG then in the DSP configuration menu set DSP LSC to OFF When LSC ON the Swath Calibra tion is limited to 1 4 of the current swath width setting When LSC Off the Swath Calibration limit is bypassed SPECIAL OFFSET AND ANGLE DISPLAYS Special offset and angle LED display patterns indicate that the Smartbar is nearly perpendicu lar to swath line This display pattern will usually be seen only when turning from one swath to another or when leaving and returning from a Saved Position See the diagram An Ideal Turn on page 57 for an illustration of how the angle LED s indicate swath alignment between 709 a
73. our Control settings 1BT and OBT minimize and or eliminate operator button press activities at the end of rows When the Contour Control is set to the one button mode DSP CON 1BT only one button press is required at the end of each row At the end of each row the operator presses the DOWN button to mark the end of that swath Then make the end of row turn to the next swath When the machine is aligned with the previous swath end mark position of DOWN button press and one swath width away the beginning of the next swath is automatically marked If the field shape is such that the next swath should begin before alignment to the end of the previous swath the operator can press the SELECT button to mark the next swath s beginning early When the Contour Control is set to the zero button mode DSP CON 0BT no button presses are required at the end of rows Automatic marking of swath beginnings is the same as in the one button mode The zero button mode automatically marks the end of each swath after the first swath When the machine is aligned with the previous swath begin mark and one swath width away the end swath is automatically marked If the field shape is such that the end of swath should be marked before alignment to the beginning of the previous swath the opera tor can press the DOWN button to mark the end swath mark early To use the zero button mode the beginning and end of swaths should generally align with the beginning and end of
74. ow only outside amble Angle LED s are on When the machine is stopped the low speed indication is displayed and the previous valid COG is used for ATO and XTO antenna adjustment Locating the antenna at the machine boom center is recommended rather than using XTO setting where practical 21 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued SYS System Configuration includes BAUD rate BPS UTS MSG TAP DSP BAUD rate setting The BAUD rate controls the data rate for messages received from the DGPS Receiver and outgoing transmit messages Press SELECT button to select AUT Automatic BAUD select 38400 19200 9600 or 4800 The default setting is AUT For most installations Auto BAUD should be used Auto BAUD automatically determines the DGPS Receiver transmission BAUD rate then uses that BAUD setting to receive and transmit BPS stands for Bits Per Second Below is a typical BAUD rate setting screen with Auto BAUD at 19200 Receive Data A LED GGA message LED s Signal Single Message VTG message LED s UT Or OOOOOL er DOOI Multiple Messages BAUD Rate LED s showing 19200 GPS Status Alarms Feet Feet Fine or Metric Units Press SELECT button to set the units to FT English feet FTF fee fine mode or MT Metric When set to FTF offset distance is shown in feet and swath width SWW Along Track Offset ATO and Across Track Offset XTO are shown in
75. points by pressing the SELECT button while spraying the first swath 2 Go to the last swath of the field and Mark C by pressing the SELECT button 3 Press the SELECT button when exiting the field for each swath to get guidance to the next swath 50 ONE BUTTON SWATHING ONE One Step Basic Operation A new Swath Type is added which is SWT ONE One Step operation is basically the same as Snap To Swath operation without the need to set point A and B enter Configuration Mode Snap to Nearest swath ower P Complete RGL 600 gt SWW rh A mm toward BRT Sub Wi Set the A mark pm CAL SWA Automatic no button press Em press SELECT Button Swath Line p press MENU Button Set Brightness press DOWN Button One Step Basic Operational Mode press and hold MENU Button Menu Navigation Diagram to reset end Mark Displayed Main Screen 7 NJ 5 5 ET One Step LJ IN 099900908000900008 Swath L Press SELECT to Set start End Mark Swath 1 in om mode If offset errors are Navigation E r1 showing press 8000000008000000008 Swath number is LJ OOOOO OOOOO O LJ LJ SELECT Reset End Mark Turn Swath 2 and continue snap to swath e D C I Press DOWN to Swath LH L I Press SELE
76. position may be saved after stopping How ever do not back up prior to saving a position or the saved COG will be in the wrong direction In the following description the upper and lower center green LED s are referred to as the save lights After saving your current position 9 The Save Lights will FLASH ALTERNATELY until you exit the Leave Zone 9 The Save Lights will FLASH TOGETHER after you have left the Leave Zone 9 The Save Lights will GO OUT when you enter the Approach Zone indicating a correct approach direction i e You are going in the same direction 9 The Save Lights will come ON STEADY when you reach the Arrive Zone The Smartbar is then ready to continue swathing When returning to a Saved Position Point use normal swath guidance to find the Saved Position swath For BF and SNP the swath number is ocked so all swath guidance indicators will guide you back to the correct swath line Look at the swath offset LED s and the angle LED s to find the Saved Position swath If you are perpendicular to the swath line use the Special Offset and Angle Displays see separate section to find your way back Otherwise notice if the offset distance right alphanu meric is increasing or decreasing to locate the Saved Position swath Also the General Direction to Target Indicator see separate section will point back to the saved position when there are available digits on the offset display Once the Saved Position Swath is locate
77. r The Smartbar compares this COG and position to the desired swath pattern and produces a guidance display This enables an equipment operator to accurately drive a desired swath pattern Offset error and angle error are displayed by a series of bright Light Emitting Diodes LED s which form bars on either side of the display center Offset error is displayed as a numeric distance and as the number of LED s illuminated on the offset error bar in the direction the machine should travel to reduce the offset error Angle error is displayed as the number of LED s illuminated on the angle error bar in the direction to correct the machine s swath alignment Smartbar features include i Remote button box provides operator control and selection of the Smartbar options Bright LED s ensure easy viewing even in direct sunlight Housing designed to operate outdoors in all weather conditions Data displayed on Smartbar includes DGPS receiver status display Swath Guidance Indication Ground Speed Course Over Ground User configurable options include English or Metric units to display speed and distance Swath width Swath type The Smartbar monitors the GPS receiver mode Accuracy HDOP and DGPS Age of Data Should a problem arise a warning is displayed to the operator so appropriate action can be taken When the Smartbar is mounted forward on the machine s hood the operator can optimally view guidance indications while looking ahead to dri
78. raight line that must be parallel to the remaining swath paths Ensure that no alarms are present while setting the A and B marks 48 RACETRACK SWATHING Racetrack Swathing is a special swath pattern used by aviators when crop dusting ceo e e S ee US Sp press SELECT button to Mark the C C point do 4 d f H H press SELECT button H to Mark the H B point H i H B 5 Li 5 8 Li LT X EM MEM press SELECT butto i to Mark the point Po H g 4 4 7 Po Enter H H EM Field beee P gt Here Pd H Here i H e NL Steps used to cover a field using the Racetrack Swathing pattern 1 Mark A and B points by pressing the SELECT button while spraying the first swath 2 Go to the last swath of the field and Mark C by pressing the SELECT button 3 Press the SELECT button when exiting the field for each swath to get guidance to the next swath 49 SQUEEZE SWATHING Squeeze Swathing is a special swath pattern used by aviators when crop dusting Lesesseaccecseeceecesecce cocos eno eese nece eee ne eo
79. rect 8 horizontal bright red LED s G Right alphanumeric display showing offset distance 3 bright red digits characters The left digit shown displays a General Direction to Target Indicator The display shown is pointing to the target swath line which is to the left H Left Angle error turn left to correct 5 horizontal bright amber LED s l Right Angle error turn right to correct 5 horizontal bright amber LED s The Smartbar shows guidance on all screens that do not use the guidance LED s for something else When FT feet or FTF feet fine units are selected swath offset distance is in feet When MT metric units are selected offset distance is in decimeters IMPORTANT For metric units a value of 123 is read as 123 decimeters or 12 3 meters 4 SMARTBAR BUTTON BOX SELECT UP SELECT UP button button Red The SELECT button is like an Enter or Execute button It changes or advances data values in the MENU Configuration Mode and activates actions in the H button Operational Mode This is the most used button It is located at the top of the Button Box for the Yellow operator s easy thumb access Down N DOWN MENU button button Cim Green The MENU button is used to select menu screens from a list It is also used to access an action item i from list This button does not change data or execute actions Press the MENU button to sequence through
80. ress DOWN to clear r R H SELECT clears i A B HDL separate items L L L L m Saved Position I e SELECT LJ H TI clears e 00000 oll JL L HDL only LJ q p m p L L 00000 00000 6 A B only if there is a Saved Position Center green LED s indicate we are Leaving the Save Position Zone r S 1 Q Q C 5 R clears O v y m ton 12 Entering and Leaving the Configuration Mode Controlled access to the Configuration Mode prevents inadvertent entrance during normal Operational Mode activity Once the Configuration Mode is entered there are several main menus that are displayed sequentially by pressing the MENU button Configuration Mode main menus are identified by the word CON FIG URE displayed sequentially in the right alphanumeric display see the GPS main menu example below The Configuration Mode can only be entered from the Operational Mode main screen RGL 600 To enter the Configu ration Mode press and hold the MENU button for approximately 3 seconds When the TO CFG screen shows see below the MENU button may be released Press the SELECT button to enter the Configuration Mode or press the MENU button to return to
81. ric display See the section Swathing with Headlands Headland Approach Display for more details Special Angle and Offset error display Press SELECT button to set DSP SPL to ON or OFF The Special Angle and Offset error display is used to indicate distance away from the swath target when the machine is nearly perpendicular to the swath line In this orien tation it is difficult to determine which way the machine is heading Therefore the left or right sense of error offset indications may be unclear See the section Special Offset and Angle Displays for more details DSP SPL provides a configuration to turn OFF this Special Angle and Offset error display 24 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued DSP Display Settings continued CON Contour Control Contour Control configuration is present only if Swath Type SWT is set to CON Press SELECT button to set DSP CON to 2BT 1BT or OBT Two Button One Button or No Buttons The Contour Control setting determines how much operator activity is required when turning between rows using Contour Swathing See the section Con tour Swathing Contour Control Configuration Setting for more details SWW Swath Width Control Press SELECT button to set Display Settings SWW Swath Width to OPR Opera tional mode or CFC Configuration Menu The default setting is OPR Operational mode When OPR is selected the SWW Swath Width menu will appear in the Operational mode and in th
82. ric pressing the SELECT UP button will increase the data value while pressing the DOWN button will decrease the data value Usually the SELECT UP button will increase by a large value and the DOWN button will decrease by a small value This provides for faster setting when the desired data value is far from the current setting The DOWN button is then used for a precise setting GENERAL DIRECTION TO TARGET INDICATOR A General Direction to Target Indication is displayed on an alphanumeric display digit to show the direction towards various targets An example is the left most digit of the guidance offset error display when the offset error is less than 100 From the perspective of the operator this FK Ne is a general pointer to the swath line or other target that is in control 4 T 1 1 I H Vi 1 1 i T su K 7 or U 7 1 m 4 i 3 LI on amp target General Direction to e current position and COG Target Indications DGPS RECEIVER SETUP The Smartbar uses position and course information provided by certain messages from your GPS receiver Referring to the GPS receiver
83. riving the Pivot Pattern No button presses are necessary after the Pivot Reference Circle is marked Use the same technique as Snap To Swath for parallel swathing except each swath is part of a circle As the operator drives the field the Smartbar will always give guidance indication to the closest swath Refer to the pivot pattern diagram at the front of this section The swath order used to cover this example pivot pattern is 4 Pivot Reference Circle 1 2 5 and 6 The Pivot Reference Circle may be any swath number and the swath order can be chosen to best suite the particular field and equipment Offset and angle indicators are much like they are for parallel swathing When using the pivot pattern a new location on the current circular swath is continously calculated Offset error indicates distance from the target circumference Angle error indicates variance from a line tangent to the circular swath at the current position Saving and Returning to a Position Refer to the section Saving Your Present Position When Pivot Pattern is in use Saving and Returning to a Position is very similar to parallel swathing Imagine a line tangent to the circular swath at the time the Save Position is done When returning to that saved position this tangent line is treated as a parallel swathing pattern swath line 42 ROW SWATHING Use Row Swathing when you are driving in plowed rows and must follow the rows precisely The SELECT button i
84. s pressed at the end of each row to advance to the next row For Row Swathing the Smartbar continuously memorizes the track just behind the current position When the SELECT button is pressed at the end of a row guidance is given to the swath in either direction to the next row Since the offset distance to the next row is calculated from the position at the end of the current row guidance into the next row will be very accurate It is important to configure the swath width setting to closely match the required multiple of the distance between each row It may be necessary to configure SYS UTS to FTF see System Configuration UTS Feet Feet Fine or Metric Units This will allow the swath width to be set in tenths of feet As rows are laid out across a field small incremental inconsistencies in the pitch distance between each row may exist This can cause a swath position calculated from an A B line reference to misalign with rows that are several swaths away from the A B line When using Row Swathing each swath position is based on the previous swath position and direction This produces a precise guidance into each new row which can minimize the time required to turn from one swath to another The primary purpose of Row Swathing is to aid in locating the target row when turning Row Swathing does not require the rows to be straight As the operator is driving along each swath guidance is given toward a straight path based on the path just beh
85. s removed from the operational menu sequence The Configuration Mode is entered only from the main RGL 600 screen Press and hold the MENU button for approximately 3 seconds A screen showing TO CFG is displayed Press the SELECT button to enter the Configuration Mode Or press the MENU button to return to the RGL 600 screen For more details see the section Entering and Leaving the Configuration Mode There are four different sets of Menu Navigation Diagrams in this section 9 Basic Swathing w Direction set to Auto 9 Back and Forth Swathing after A B line and direction are setup 9 Combined Headlands 9 Separate Headlands with Tape Measure There are five additional sets of Menu Navigation Diagrams in other sections Pivot Swathing Row Swathing Contour Swathing Seed Swathing ONE Swathing These sets are usually accompanied by a set of display figures that depict actual Light Bar displays corresponding to the Menu Navigation Diagram There are numerous combinations of configurable operating features and methods for using the Smartbar while covering a field with an applicator machine These Menu Navigation Diagrams do not show all combinations of operations For instance the Tape Measure is shown in the Separate Headlands set but it can also be used for Basic Swathing and Combined Headlands Look in all of the various sets of Menu Navigation Diagrams for solutions to your particular swathing require ments
86. s the path of the two complete swaths While driving the first swath the Smartbar memorizes the path of that swath While driving the second swath the Smartbar shows relative guidance to the first swath while memorizing the second swath While driving the third swath guidance to the second swath is shown while memoriz ing the third swath This process is repeated across the field Enter Field 7 Here Field Here Contour Swathing Diagram 44 Contour Control Configuration Setting To mark the beginning of the first swath 1A press the SELECT button at the BEG CON screen See the Menu Navigation Diagram for Contour Swathing in this section To mark the end of the first swath 1B press the DOWN button This will be done just prior to turning toward the second swath You may turn either direction i e left or right toward the second swath After making the turn press the SELECT button to mark the beginning of the second swath 2A Follow the guidance indicators to complete the second swath Press the DOWN button to mark the end of the second swath 2B Repeat this process for the third swath etc across the field This method of marking the beginning and end points of the second and successive swaths is the default Contour Control DSP CON and is called the two button 2BT mode Two button presses are required when turning at the end of each row Two additional Cont
87. sen interface port A or B If the port s baud rate is not already displayed as 19200 bps press the LEFT ARROW enter key to hightlight the field 9 Using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys set the baud rate to 19200 bps and then press the LEFT ARROW enter key again to make your selection final 9 To configure the NMEA message output for use with the RGL600 lightbar press the DOWN ARROW once to move from the Baud Rate menu screen to the MSGOUTPUT menu screen for the chosen port A or B 9 Press the RIGHT ARROW key once to enter the message type selection screen 9 Press the UP or DOWN ARROW key until GGA is displayed at the message type 9 Press the LEFT ARROW enter key to hightlight the output interval 9 Use the UP and DOWN ARROWS to select the proper output rate 0 1 see if your receiver has the 10 Hz option installed else 1 0 sec and press the LEFT ARROW enter key to finalize your selection 9 Next press the UP or DOWN ARROW key until VTG is displayed as the message type 9 Follow the same steps shown above to set the message output interval to the VTG message 9 Press the UP and DOWN ARROWS simultaneously to return to the HOME menu screen and you re ready to swath 68 APPENDIX C GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS GPS is a satellite based global navigation system created and operated by the United States Department of Defense DOD Originally intended solely to enhance military de
88. ss Track Offset distance adjusts the antenna position across the direction of machine movement COG This adjustment moves the DGPS antenna position rela tive to the desired Cross Track guidance point Positive settings move the antenna to the right of the guidance point for example XTO set to 2 ft aligns the guidance point with the boom center if the antenna is mounted 2 ft right of center Negative settings move the antenna to the eft of the guidance point Press SELECT button to set the Across Track Offset distance The following setting and range details apply to both ATO and XTO offset distance setting The SELECT button increases the offset distance by 5 ft FT 5 0 ft FTF or 10 decimeters MT The DOWN button decreases the width by 1 ft FT 0 1 ft FTF or 1 decimeter MT You can hold down each button to quickly change the settings The following table shows ATO and XTO setting ranges for each units setting SYS UTS min ATO XTO max ATO XTO FTF feet fine 19 9 ft 50 0 ft MT metric 99 dm 9 9m 99 dm 9 9m If Along Track Offset and or Cross Track Offset are not being used be sure ATO and or XTO are set to 0 When using ATO or XTO an accurate machine movement direction COG is used to adjust the antenna position COG measurement requires the machine to be moving Whenever machine speed is too slow for accurate COG measurement the Angle LED s will show a special pattern indicating the speed is l
89. t setting is XTO Cross Track Distance When DSP SAV is set to XTO off set error to the saved swath line is displayed similar to swath offset error when there is no Saved Position When DSP SAV is set to RNG Range the right hand display shows the distance from the current position to the Save Position See the section Saving Your Present Position for more details Headlands Approach Display Press SELECT button to set DSP APR to ON OFF or FLA Flash When swathing with headlands there are two approaches to headland boundaries One is from within the field You approach the boundary entering the headland area This approach requires the spray control to be turned OFF by the operator at the head land boundary The other is from the headland area into the field This happens after making an end of row turn and requires the spray control to be turned ON by the operator at the headland boundary The Headland Approach Display indicates distance to the headland boundary as the machine is approaching it This is an aid to help the operator control the spray at the proper point The Headland Approach Display is shown to the operator in place of the swath number i e in the Smartbar left alohanumeric display The default DSP APR setting is ON The DSP APR setting allows the Approach Dis play to be turned OFF or to flash FLA When DSP APR is set to FLA the swath number and the approach distance are shown alternately in the left alphanume
90. tenths of feet 0 1 feet When set to the metric mode the Smartbar shows distances in decimeters 0 1 meter A swath width of 6 5 meters would be shown as 065 Whenever UTS is changed the Along Track Offset ATO and Cross Track Offset XTO distances are set to O If the new UTS setting is MT Swath Width SWW is set to 18 3 meters 183 decimeters If the new UTS setting is FT or FTF SWW is set to 60 feet Outgoing Transmit Message Control Press SELECT button to turn outgoing Messages ON or OFF For operation without data logging or other ancillary Light Bar Data monitoring equipment Messages should be set to OFF When SYS MSG is set to ON the MSG configuration main menu is enabled for selecting which messages are used Tape Measurement Control Press SELECT button to set the Tape Measurement mode ON or OFF When Tape Measurement is enabled an additional sequence is added to the Operational Mode to provide control and monitoring of distances If Tape Measurement will not be used it should be set to OFF simplifying the operator s control sequences Display Settings Press SELECT button to set Display Settings DSP to NRM Normal or CFG Configurable The default setting is Normal When SYS DSP is set to CFG the DSP configuration main menu is enabled for configuring various Smartbar display and con trol options 22 THE SMARTBAR CONFIGURATION MODE continued GPS GPS Settings Press SELECT button to set GPS Settings GPS
91. the RGL 600 main screen Configuration I Configuration Mode Mode Press MENU to cancel JJ Configuration Mode The Configuration Mode GPS main menu is displayed first as shown here Press and hold T r 1 Q r r a SELECT MENU to enter 01010101010101010101010101010101 010 enters LI o L 7 Pl f Dr L LI IN Display sequences between F 5 a b c and p C d O T OOOOOOOO F h b OOOOO O 4 LJ Q z b P 5 QOOOOOO660OOOOOOOO L a L O OOOOO e ooooo o K L lel Configuration Mode JEN M o Main M TOV B 900000 0 0000000009 Return to the Operational Mode from any Configuration Mode menu by pressing and holding the MENU button for approximately 3 seconds When the TO OPR screen shows see below the MENU button may be released Press the SELECT button to return to the Operational Mode or press the MENU button to stay in the Configuration Mode gt SELECT Prens anid hold P R returns to MENU to return to 1 LI OOOO Operational Mode Operational Mode Press MENU to cancel Operational Mode 13 The Smartbar Configuration Mode There are normally 7 main menus in the Configuration Mode as listed here GPS GPS Receiver Status monitoring
92. the first swath Contour Type Configuration Setting There are four settings for the Contour Type configuration 9 NRM Normal FIN Fine 9 VFN Very Fine 9 CRS Course The Contour Type controls how the Smartbar memorizes swath paths Normal NRM is the default and should be used for nearly all applications As the Contour Type is set to finer settings the length available for each swath decreases Swath length maximum distances for each Contour Type are shown below NRM 3 miles 1 5 miles VFN 0 5 miles CRS 4 miles 9 946 45 Configuration Steps for Contour Swathing To use Contour Swathing enter the Configuration Mode and navigate to the Swath SWA menu Set the Swath Type SWT to CON Set the Contour type CON to Normal NRM Fine FIN Very Fine VFN or Course CRS Set the Swath Width SWW to the dimension across each swath The Swath Direction Control DIR is not used for Contour Swathing Set the Offset Guidance Scale SCL and Angle display ANG as for parallel swathing to control guidance indication displays The Headlands Type HDL is not used for the Contour Swath ing Set Along Track antenna Offset ATO and Across Track Antenna Offset XTO as for parallel swathing Contour Control DSP CON is set to two button 2BT by default To use one button 1BT or no button OBT Contour Control first navigate to the System SYS configuration main menu Set SYS DSP to Configure CFG This wil
93. the right display will show 096 196 etc to 10096 indicating the percent of available contour swath memory remaining For NRM setting this will indicate 10096 at about 3 miles At the end of the first swath press the DOWN button Recording will stop and guid ance will be given in either the right or left direction while turning to the second swath path While making this turn note the swath number is flashing This indicates the path is not being recorded and is a prompt to press the SELECT button to begin re cording swath 2 After the turn press the SELECT button at the front of swath 2 and follow guidance indicated that is one swath width away from swath one During this time the swath 2 pattern is being recorded and stored The right display shows offset error as for paral lel swathing Press and hold the MENU button to see the percent of available contour storage on the right display At the end of contour swath 2 press the DOWN button to end that swath While making this turn note the swath number is flashing This indicates the path is not being recorded and is a prompt to press the SELECT button to begin recording the next swath Repeat steps 4 5 for each swath to complete the field Step 4 is optional if Contour Control is configured to the one button mode Step 4 and step 5 are optional if Contour Control is configured to the zero button mode 47 SEED SWATHING SED Seed swathing SED is used as the name imples for s
94. the swath number This prompts the operator to prepare to turn the applicator ON The center top and bottom green LED s will both go ON when the operator crosses the boundary into the parallel swath area distance to headland approaching target direction is boundary is 24 feet headland boundary straight ahead indicates approach to headland current position is inside swath offset error from inside the field spray area of field is 0 feet Headland Approach to Spray OFF Display When the operator is approaching an upcoming headland area the center top green LED will flash center bottom green LED is ON The Headland Approach Display shows the distance to the headland boundary instead of the swath number This prompts the operator to prepare to turn the applicator OFF The center top and bottom green LED s will both go OFF when the operator crosses the boundary into the headland area 38 PIVOT SWATHING The Pivot Pattern provides a circular swathing of fields that have a well defined center and are shaped like a circle or a section of a circle The requirement for circular swathing usually results from use of a pivot irrigation system There are two steps in using the Pivot Pattern 1 Determine the center of the circular pattern 2 Follow circular swath lines to cover the required area Once the center is determined the Smarbar lays out swath numbers starting at number one closest to the center and i
95. thout headlands IMPORTANT Headlands along track indicator LED s are based upon the center of the swath line With Separate you can clear the A B line and headlands either separately or to gether Press the MENU button until you are at the CLR ALL screen Pressing the SELECT button at this point will clear both the A B line and the headlands To clear the A B line or headlands individually press the DOWN button The DOWN button takes you to the CLR sub menu Press the MENU button until desired item is showing in the right alphanumeric display Then press the SELECT button to clear that item 33 Combined Headlands 1 If HDL configuration is not already set to CMB enter the Configuration Mode go to SWA main menu HDL sub menu and set HDL to CMB Exit the Configuration Mode Use the MENU button to advance to the HDL guidance screen Press the SELECT button to mark A To get guidance prior to marking B press the DOWN button to establish a temporary B mark As the diagram indicates mark A and temporary mark B also establish coincident headlands points H01 and H02 Press the SELECT button to mark B This point coincides with in the Combined diagram After turning in the desired swath direction press the SELECT button to set the direction If the swath direction control DIR is set to AUT direction is automatically set as the machine turns past 759 As you are marking headlands the guidance LED s will keep you
96. to GEN generic not used or INV Auto configure Raven Invicta Receiver The default setting is GEN Generic When SYS GPS is set to INV and MENU button is pressed INV SEL TO INI will appear Pressing the SELECT button will automatically set up the port of the invicta receiver that the RGL 600 is connected BAUD rate will be set at 19200 GGA ON at 10HZ VTG ON at 10HZ DSP Display Settings GPS Optional DGPS Status Configuration format GUI OFF Press SELECT button to set DSP GPS to NRM or ADV Normal or Advanced When DSP GPS is set to NRM the DGPS Status configuration main menu will display six configuration sub menus GPS D3X HDP AOD SOG and COG When DSP GPS is set to ADV the DGPS Status configuration main menu will display four configuration sub menus GPS D3x combined HDP AOD combined SOG COG combined and LAT LON combined This advanced setting allows monitoring of two GPS status elements together and adds a Latitude and Longitude display The ad vanced GPS display uses alternating display elements to show more data Guidance Display Press SELECT button to set DSP GUI to NRM or OVR Normal or Overlay The default DSP GUI setting is NRM Swath offset error distance is shown in the right hand Smartbar alphanumeric display If the offset error distance display uses less than two digits a General Direction to Target Indicator digit is shown in the third digit This indicator points toward the guidance tar
97. to display large numeric values LED is flashing OFF ON used to denotate alternating flash when shown with a F1 L ar b fy L The following notations are used for menu navigation diagrams f SWA SWT SWA l SWT Set Tape Refernce point SELECT Button pressed MENU Button pressed and released DOWN Button pressed press and hold the MENU Button for 3 seconds Automatic no button press main menu item Left alphanumeric display shows SW A sub menu item Left alphanumeric display shows SWT At the Swath SWA main menu press the DOWN button to move to the Swath Type SWT sub menu Execute an action For this example Set the Tape Reference Point Smartbar Operational Mode Menu Navigation The Smartbar separates Operational functions from Configuration functions The Smartbar operates in either the Operational Mode or the Configuration Mode A Smartbar operator uses the Operational Mode when setting up and swathing a field The Operational Mode is the primary operating mode Therefore the number and complexity of all menus and sequences is minimized as much as possible The Configuration Mode is used to setup interface and operating variables Some of the variables set in the Congiguration Mode help to minimize button presses in the Operational Mode An example is the Tape Measure feature When the Tape Measure is turned OFF the TAP menu item i
98. ton will decrement the current swath to 1 Pressing Down again will decrement the current swath to 2 The offset distance is always relative to the current swath number The offset distance from the current swath is shown on the right alohanumeric display The offset distance LED s are all off when you are on swath and come on sequentially as you leave the swath The offset angle LED s are all off when you are parallel to the current swath and come on sequentially as your angle to the current swath increases IMPORTANT When traveling perpendicular to the current swath line the direction you should turn to correct is indeterminate If the current Course Over Ground alignment to the swath line is greater than about 709 the angle and offset LED s are displayed in special manner This special display aids in determining the location and orientation of the swath line when the direction is close to perpendicular and the intended direction along the swath line is indeterminate See the section Special Offset and Angle Displays When swathing all Smartbar GPS status LED s should be out indicating the GPS receiver is operating properly If one or two of the status LED s are on the accuracy of the light bar will be impaired If all status LED s are on swathing is either unreliable or non functional The Guidance Status LED s refer to diagram item D on page 4 are used as follows The center LED is on if no offset error LED s are on 9
99. tting is usually used for the tilt control mode The tilt angle filter has only a small effect The effective tilt angle will change fast This mode is used for smooth fields with rapidly changing slopes 53 AHT Antenna Height The GPS antenna height is entered and displayed This is an important part of the tilt error correction It must match the measurement between the antenna mounted on the applicator machine to the ground The setting range is 1 0 feet to 40 0 feet or 0 10m to 9 99m Press the SELECT button to increase the Antenna Height by 1 0 feet or by 0 10 meter Press the DOWN button to decrease the Antenna Height by 0 1 feet or by 0 01 meter ANG Tilt Angle Readout and Calibration The measure tilt angle is displayed as 179 degrees tilted to the left to 180 degrees tilted to the right O degrees is displayed when level The tilt sensors must be cali brated after installation any time the Smartbar firmware is updated To calibrate the tilt sensors 1 Stop the applicator machine on known level ground 2 Press the SELECT button to calibrate the tilt sensors 3 ANG display will read approximately 0 degrees Note The ANG display will indicate inclination for all angles However tilt correction calculations are limited to 20 54 SWATH CALIBRATION The Swath Calibration feature is an aid for very accurate swathing requirements The DGPS Receiver accuracy is high for short periods of time When long time intervals
100. u b 40 Marking the Pivot Reference Circle 41 Driving ine Pivot Return ones basa sai oas at ch e ROBA Rog Rn 42 Saving and Returning to a 5 42 HOW SWATHING asua as aca PAN Petes doers tela E REX UR Eu 43 Configuration Steps Tor Row Swathing 43 CONTOURS WAITING se u u eure Pbi uror Ne Code abue p AE EROR o 44 Contour Control Configuration Setting eee 45 Contour Type Configuration Setting 45 Configuration Steps for Contour Swathing 46 Using Conto r SWwathing s 3 uuu 13 909 9 9094 h a SCR bs OCG ee hias a asua a 47 SEED SWATHING s serra dm la amas kaa eee ee 48 RACETRACK SWATHING tense ERES donee 49 SQUEEZE SWATPING RR od Rx Od ete ee ewes eee dees 50 LINE BUTTON SWATHING suo ir FR sas o HORE Rn d dr agua a i 51 SMARTBAR TILT UPGRADE OPTION 52 Tilt Sensor Upgrade Option 52 TET COMmQUICNON PET rEP c rm 53 Tilt COMO Mode sensas 6 S
101. ve The RGL 600 Smartbar transmits output messages to indicate position swathing sequences and conditions operator button switch activity and control setup and test information These output mes sages provide for data logging and other types of external controls SMARTBAR DISPLAY OOo OO 0 Y a Ho TOES Y e ES Y 5 ME Jo Qooee 120000 e 7 3 Q Left alohanumeric display showing swath number 3 bright red digits characters B F Left and right GPS Status see table under Alarms 3 vertical bright amber LED s All LED s out is good any LED on is a problem C Left Offset distance error turn left to correct 8 horizontal bright red LED s D Center Guidance Status 3 vertical bright green LED s The center green LED is on if no offset distance error LED s are on The top and bottom LED s are both on if a swath is established and the Smartbar is showing guidance except for Head lands and Saving Your Present Position When a swath has been established the Smartbar shows guidance on all but a few screens such as the BAUD rate screen In general when the top and bottom LED s are on it is okay to spray The top and bottom LED s are described in Saving Your Present Position and Headlands Right Offset distance error turn right to cor
102. xecute a program memory checksum calculation The calculated 8 Hexadecimal digit checksum is displayed in 4 display cycles see below Firmware program integrity is validated if the indicated checksum matches a known or published checksum for the current version r u Q I a h L O 00000 Display sequences between gt a b c d e b c showing the Hexadecimal number d 1234FE78 e SET DEF Reset Smartbar configuration settings to default values WARNING All existing Smartbar a settings will be erased Q r 5 ET Qoooooooo ooooooooQ Tt EF o 00000 o L Press the SELECT button to reset all Smartbar configuration settings to default values When the SELECT button is pressed the Smartbar will restart to the home screen with default values for all configuration settings SER NUM Smartbar 6 digit Unit Serial Number lt C Q Display sequences tal 5 E R N M Play seq 000 00 O 00000 uU L between and b aces showing Oo Oo b 3 u O000000006000000009 I 9 Serial Number 314159 This Serial Number matches the Model Serial Number tag on the back of your Smartbar It is important to supply this Serial Number when requesting product or technical support TPF Internal Board Temperature in F F

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