Ag Leader EZ-Guide Quick Reference Card

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1 g Leader EZ-Guide Step 1: GPS antenna a. Mount the antenna on the highest part of the vehicle. Ensure that there are no obstructions in the way of the GPS antenna. b. Mount the antenna along the boom centerline as shown below. Note Ensure that the vehicle with the GPS antenna on top can safety fit through the door of the machine shed! Step 2: Lightbar and remote keypad INSTLLTION a. ttach the suction cup to the lightbar. Mount the lightbar for comfortable viewing inside the cab. Note The lightbar can be mounted upside down.to flip the text, change the MOUNT setting to CEILING. b. Mount the remote keypad for comfortable access. Step 3: Cables a. ttach the cables as shown below. b. Place the cigarette lighter plug into the vehicle s cigarette lighter adaptor. c. Optionally, connect the Sonalert alarm. Step 4: Test your installation a. Drive outside and turn on the unit. The lightbar display should illuminate. Note GPS does not work indoors. b. Press /+ to change the swath width, then press Enter to accept. c. Wait for the SET message on the lightbar. EZ-Guide is ready to use. Mounting the antenna Boom centerline ttaching the cables Lightbar To power GPS antenna GPS4050 EZ-Guide cable To yield monitor or computer White + pplication boom Remote keypad Black Sonalert alarm

2 g Leader EZ-Guide SWTH PTTERN OPTIONS The following table lists the swath pattern options and describes the approach LED colors and operation. Pattern Tips on using this pattern Diagram NEW -B To set a straight guidance line, set new and B points. If you have set area points, this area is used for headland approach LED color. B Red = Outside Green = Inside pproach LED color Red = Outside NEW + NEWCURVE Use + pattern for irregular gaps in your field, or for adjacent parallel fields. Just reset Point to generate a new reference line that is perfectly parallel to the last -B line. With this pattern, if you have set area points, this area is used for headland approach LED color. If you do not have any area points, then you do not get any approach LED indication. This option is only available if there is a valid -B Line still in memory. To set a curved guidance line, set new and B points. The approach LED does not indicate the start and end of the curve swaths. However, when you are approaching a turn, end LEDs appear as a turn signal. Snap to Swath is not available with the Curve pattern. You must manually increment the swath. Before beginning your turn, you must press /+. This diagram assumes that snap to swath is ON. Direction of last -B line This diagram assumes that snap to swath is ON. B For straight parallel swaths inside the headland, map at least one headland pass around the outside of the field and then set and B points. B Red NEWHLND Before you can set the and B points, you must complete the headland. When you approach the headland, the approach LED indicates your distance to the end of the swath. Note EZ-Guide only calculates field area based on area points, not headlands. Green Red pproach LED color

3 g Leader EZ-Guide GUIDNCE To obtain guidance in a field, define a reference swath by mapping and B points. The lightbar then provides guidance at swath-width intervals. To get guidance: Step 1: Clear guidance a. t the start of the new field, clear old guidance points by pressing: b. To select the desired pattern option, + c. When the lightbar displays the desired option, Step 2: Map the guidance line Diagrams in the SWTH PTTERN OPTIONS section on the previous page show which keys to press for each pattern option. Step 3: Follow the lightbar a. Turn left or right for the next swath. If the next swath is not automatically selected or the wrong swath is selected, press /+. b. Steer your vehicle so that you center the green lights in the middle of the lightbar and drive forward down the swath. Note With a curve pattern, the lightbar LEDs and text only provide cross-track error (XTE) guidance parallel to the last swath. When you get past the end of each swath, they display the distance to the end of the swath. pproach indication The large, central LED indicates where you are in relation to the swath line: GREEN inside the spray zone. Turn the boom on when the LED turns green. RED outside the spray zone. Turn the boom off when the LED turns red. For more information, see the diagrams in the SWTH PTTERN OPTIONS section on the previous page. If the HLNDWRN value is configured to greater than 0, the approach LED turns ORNGE to indicate your approach to the spray zone boundary (from either direction). Prepare to turn the boom on or off. Pausing guidance You can pause guidance, for example, to refill chemical tanks or refuel. To pause guidance To resume guidance While in mid-swath, press. Press again.

4 g Leader EZ-Guide CLCULTING CREGE You can map area points to calculate acreage. rea points can be added in both Guidance mode and rea mode. New rea Calculate rea View rea 1. To clear all area points in + preparation for a new field, at any time 2. To toggle between CONFIRM or CNCEL, 3. When the desired option is displayed, To calculate the area of your field drive to each corner of the field and Each time the key is pressed, a new area value is displayed. The area is calculated from the outside end of the application boom. Note minimum of three area points are required to calculate the field area. The maximum number of area points is 99. The following diagram shows mapped area points and the area calculated. To view the field area at + any time, press the following buttons until the area is displayed: ctual swath pass width djusted area is calculated at the outside of the swath pass Tip creage calculations take the current swath width into account, so you should drive a half-swath in from the field edge. LRMS If the alarm is connected, it sounds at various times during a swathing operation to indicate that you are: entering or leaving the spray zone (as defined by the -B end-zone, or by a defined headlands area) drifting too far off-swath (use the XTE WRN option to configure this) returning to the current swath while guidance is paused losing differential corrections (use the DIFF GPS option to configure this)

5 g Leader EZ-Guide CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 To configure EZ-Guide, press the following keys until CONFIG appears: To select an option, press the following key until the option is displayed: To display the value, To change the value, CONFIGURTION OPTIONS To accept the value, Return to step 2, or press the following keys until GUIDE is displayed: + + Option Default Values WIDTH 60' Swath width Set this to about 0.3 m (1 ft) less than your total boom width to ensure that there are no skips between swaths. LED MODE CHSE CHSE Chase the lights to stay online PULL Center the lights to stay online SPCING 1' Distance represented by one LED. HLNDWRN 0' Distance at which the pproach LED indicates your approach to the headland or end of swath line. It turns orange. XTE WRN 0' Distance off-swath at which the alarm sounds. Set to zero to disable the swath alarm. BMOFFSET 0' F<distance> Boom in front of GPS antenna R<distance> Boom to rear of GPS antenna LK HED 1 SEC Look ahead time in seconds. Predict your future guidance path by the number of seconds configured. Increase this value for larger vehicles that take longer to turn. 0 to 8 mph 1 second 15+ mph 3 seconds 8 to 15 mph 2 seconds MOUNT DSH DSH Text aligned for upright dash mount CEILING Text aligned for ceiling mount TEXT SWTH&XTE SWTH&XTE Swath number and cross-track error SWTH&SPD Swath number and current speed SNPSWTH ON ON Lightbar automatically guides to nearest swath DIFF SRC WS/EGN WS\EGN WS or EGNOS satellite O-US C OmniSTR U.S. Central satellite O-S.MER OmniSTR South merican satellite O-FRIC OmniSTR frican satellite T-US W Thales U.S. Western satellite T-US E Thales U.S. Eastern satellite T-FRIC Thales frican satellite T-USTRL Thales ustralian satellite DIFF GPS DIFFONLY UTO ccept all positions including less accurate non-differential positions DIFFONLY ccept only DGPS positions HDG&SPD Current heading and speed DEMO Sales demo mode OFF Use the /+ keys to change swath O-US W OmniSTR U.S. Western satellite O-US E OmniSTR U.S. Eastern satellite O-EUROPE OmniSTR European satellite O-USTRL OmniSTR ustralian satellite T-US C Thales U.S. Central satellite T-S.MER Thales South merican satellite T-EUROPE Thales European satellite UTOWRN ccept all positions, but warn if differential corrections are lost UNITS US US Feet, miles per hour, acres METRIC Meters, kilometers per hour, hectares LNGUGE ENGLISH ENGLISH PORTUGES ESPNOL DEFULTS DEFULTS Return all configuration settings to factory defaults.

6 g Leader EZ-Guide KEYPD Trimble Navigation Limited. ll rights reserved. EZ-Guide is a trademark of Trimble Navigation Limited licensed to g Leader Technology. Part Number ENG. Rev. (January 2003). CLER RE Clear all area points. DD RE POINTS dd an area point. The new area is displayed briefly. RESET GUIDNCE Reset the guidance in preparation for a new field. PUSE/RESUME Pause or resume guidance. SHIFT Press to access yellow functions on other keys. Press and hold to change the brightness of the lightbar display. When editing configuration values, press to toggle between increasing and decreasing the values. LIGHTBR DISPLY BRIGHTNESS To change the brightness level of the lightbar display, press and hold:. MODE Select Guidance, rea, or Configuration modes. ENTER Select a configuration option or accept a configuration value. /+ Increase or decrease swath number if SNPSWTH is off. Scroll through configuration options. Increase or decrease configuration values. SET /SET B Set the or B point for swath guidance.

MATRIX 430. Entry level guidance Software version 1.03

MATRIX 430. Entry level guidance Software version 1.03 MATRIX 430 U S E R M A N U A L Entry level guidance Software version 1.03 GETTING STARTED 1. Power on the console. Setup machine 2. On guidance screen, press NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE OPTIONS tab to display