Ag Leader EZ-Guide User Manual

EZ-Guide™ Ag Leader Technology® EZ-Guide™

Getting Started

1. Plug in power connection. Lightbar display should

illuminate. The current swath setting will appear.

2. Press to increase or decrease swath. Use

to switch between increase/decrease. Press
to accept new swath setting.

3.

"# Sats" or "No Diff" may be displayed. It may
take 2-3 minutes to acquire a signal.

4. If "Set A" is displayed the EZ Guide is ready for

use.

5. Optional step: To set Headland warning distance

press

until CONFIG is displayed and then
press press until HLNDWARN is
display and then press . Press until the
desired warning distance is set. After the desired
distance is set press

Straight Line Guidance NEW A-B

Guidance is performed by defining an A-B line. To
establish an A-B line, drive to the field and perform
the following button presses:

Press until NEW A-B is displayed

then press . When set A is displayed on the

lightbar press at beginning of pass

and at end of pass to set A-B line. To reset
A-B line, press then

Set B

Headland

Zone

Warning

Spray

Zone

Set A

Warning

Headland

Zone

Curve Guidance – NEWCURVE

Press until NEW A-B is displayed and
then press until NEWCURVE is displayed and
press . Press at the beginning of
the pass and then press at the end. You must
manually increment your pass before beginning your
turn into a new pass, by pressing .

Note Diagram displays correct button presses

Optional – Shifting Your A-B line

If guidance starts to wonder or shift because of row
spacing differences or obstructions in your field, you
can shift the A-B line parallel from its original line to
your current position.

Drive to new location for A-B line and press
Press until "New A+" is displayed. Press
to shift A-B line to current location.
Then press . "A-B Good" should now be

on the display.

Note: AB line must be set to use this option

Guidance with Headlands - NEWHLND

For straight line swaths inside the headland, drive at
least one headland pass around the outside of the
field and then set A and B points.

When you approach the headland the approach LED
indicates your distance to the end of the swath if you
have set the HDLNWARN setting.

Getting started for NEWHLND: Press
When NEW A-B is displayed press until
NEWHLND is displayed and press .. From this
point follow the diagram button presses:

Note: Diagram displays correct button presses

Connecting EZ Guide to Ag Leader Monitor

An adapter cable available from Ag Leader
Technology is required to connect a Yield Monitor
2000,or PF monitor to the 9-pin GPS Output
connector on the EZ Guide cable.
A separate cable is also available through Ag Leader
that allows the GPS antenna to moved by itself (no
lightbar or button box conection) to another vehicle
such as a combine.

EZ-Guide™ Ag Leader Technology® EZ-Guide™

Button Functions

Press Shift Key and then function
key to perform function in yellow

Set A – Start reference pass

Set B – End reference pass

Reset reference pass

Pause or Resume Guidance

Clear Area Points

Add Area Point

Select Guidance, Area or

Configuration Mode

Accept Configuration setting

Increase pass number

Scroll through configuration

items or values when in

part or top half of key.

Decrease pass number

-or-

configuration mode.

.Calculating Area
To calculate the acreage of your field, drive the

perimeter of the field and press at each corner of
the field. To view area later, press until
"Area" is displayed. To clear Area, press
To return to guidance press twice or until

“Guide” is displayed.

Tip

Area points must be added in order as you drive the
perimeter of the field. Acreage calculations are
based on outside edge of the swath. A maximum of
99 corner points can be set. Area is displayed after
the third point is set.

Brightness of Display

Press and hold Shift Key until desired
brightness level is achieved.

Ag Leader Technology

2202 S. Riverside Dr.

Ames, IA 50010

515-232-5363 ext. 1 – Technical Support

515-232-3595 – fax

For Additional Information, Tips and Troubleshooting

visit our web site.

www.agleader.com/ez-guide.htm

1.

To configure, press the following
keys until CONFIG appears

2.

Select Configuration Option

3.

Display configuration setting

4.

5.

Change configuration setting

Accept new configuration
settings

6. Return to Step 2 or press until

"Guide" is displayed.

Configuration Options

WIDTH: Set swath width to slightly less than the

total boom width. (About 1 foot, ensures no skips)

LED MODE: Chase or Pull
SPACING: Distance represented by one LED
HLNDWARN: Distance at which Approach Led

will indicate headland
XTE WARN Distance off-swath at which the alarm
sounds

BMOFFSET Distance of boom in front or behind
LKAHEAD: Look ahead time in seconds. Default is

1 sec. 0 to 8 mph – 1sec 8 to 15 mph 2 sec

MOUNT: DASH or CEILING
TEXT: Guidance display: SWTH&XTE – swath

number and cross-track error. SWTH&SPD – swath
number and current speed. HDG&SPD – current
heading and speed. DEMO – sales demo mode.
SNAPSWTH: ON – snap to swath is on, Lightbar
automatically guides to nearest swath. OFF – snap
to swath is off, use -/+ keys to change swath

DIFF SRC: Location of differential satellite
DIFF GPS: AUTO – Guidance without differential

correction allowed, no warning.
UNITS: US – feet, miles per hour, acres. METRIC
– meters, Kilometers per hour, hectares.
Language: English Espanol Portuges

DEFAULTS: Return all configurations settings
to factory defaults.