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.

"# 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.

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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.

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For Additional Information, Tips and Troubleshooting

visit our web site.

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To configure, press the following keys until CONFIG appears

Select Configuration Option

Display configuration setting

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.