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EZ-Guide® 500 Lightbar Guidance System

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM

Standard system

EZ-Guide

To power

Power cable

(P/N 62817)

Function buttons

These buttons perform the functions indicated by the icons.

With keypad

Ag15 antenna

500 lightbar

To power

With EZ-Steer® system

Antenna cable

(P/N 50449)

To power

LIGHTBAR LAYOUT

Offline guidance LEDs

When the vehicle is online, the center three green LEDs are lit. When it is offline, the lit LEDs move to the side.

ESC button (back of unit)

Cancels changes and moves up one level.

Swath lines

The current swath is red. Adjacent swaths are blue. Swath numbers are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Tip bar

Provides information on how to use the system.

Keep the lightbar dry. Moisture may cause electrical damage and will void the warranty.

Vehicle icon

Shows the vehicle position and heading relative to the current swath.

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Buttons:

o u D

The arrow key highlights an icon and the o button selects it.

Coverage logging and overlap

Coverage is displayed when a spray switch is on, when the coverage function button is enabled, or when an autosteering system is engaged.

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Easy mode enables you to access basic guidance more quickly. It is the default operation mode.

EASY MODE APPLICATION USE

Reset guidance Configure the implement Select the pattern Map the AB Line Guidance

Select the icon and then press o.

Note - If you select the A+ pattern, you are prompted to enter the heading of the master guidance line. If you select the Headlands pattern, you are prompted to select the number of headland circuits.

Set the implement width, the overlap/skip, and the offsets.

Built-in Help

The lightbar has a built-in help system. To view it, press the button.

Quick Start Wizard

By default, the Quick Start Wizard appears every time you turn on the EZ-Guide 500 lightbar. It enables you to confirm or change important system settings before you begin working.

To cancel the Quick Start Wizard and go directly to guidance, press

Note - On the last screen in the Quick Start Wizard, you can choose to hide the wizard during future startups.

Function (left side)

Icon Description

Display information tabs

Display built-in help

Turns on or off coverage logging

Return to map view

(Menu and wizard screens)

Return to previous menu

(Menu screens)

Cancel changes

(Edit screens)

Action (right side)

Icon Description

See GUIDANCE PATTERNS.

Reset guidance

Nudge guidance line left and right

Shift to here

(Advanced mode only)

Change zoom level

Pause, and get guidance back to the pause position

Display panning icons (Advanced Mode Only)

Drive and define the guidance line or headland.

Field definition (right side)

Icon Description

Set Point A and Point B

Start and finish headland

Pause curve logging (record a straight line segment)

Next AB Line

Recording FreeForm curve

Not recording FreeForm curve

Go back to previous screen (Wizard screens)

Go to next screen (Wizard screens)

Display Mapping icons (Advanced mode only)

Change views (Advanced mode only)

Go to configuration menu

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DISPLAY FEATURES

Status Indicators

On the main guidance screen, there are two status indicators:

Icon Satellite status (top left) Icon USB drive status (lower left)

Good signal Connected and ready

Signal outside acceptable settings Loading

No signal USB disabled

If a USB drive is not connected, the USB icon does not appear.

Information Tabs

To display field, GPS, or other system information on a transparent tab, press the button on the left of the lightbar. Press the button again to cycle to the next tab.

Views

Plan view Perspective view

MAPPING

To enter mapping mode, select the icon and press OK.

While in mapping mode, you can:

• map point, line and area features, including exclusion zones for EZ−Boom

• engage and disengage EZ−Steer

• operate EZ−Boom but no boom status indicators are

shown

Note: Mapping is disabled if you do not have good qualityGPS.

Mapped features are saved with the field. To see mapped features when you return to a field, reload the field and start a new event or continue with an existing event.

To configure mapping options, including warning zone distance, recording position, deleting features, select Configuration / Mapping.

By default, the view automatically switches to the perspective view when you enter a field. To set the view so it switches when you engage an autosteering system or for manual view control, in Advanced mode select

Configuration / System / Display / View.

To map a point feature, select following icons:

Rock Tree

Weed Generic Point

To map a line feature, select then:

Generic Line

To map an area feature, select and then one of the following icons:

Generic Area Exclusion Zone

To delete the closest feature, select the delete icon:

Delete

and then one of the

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ADVANCED MODE APPLICATION USE

Reset guidance

(Choosing Yes closes the current field

YES

and allows you to Create a new field or Open a stored field and add to it.)

Create New Field

• Confirm pattern & implement setup

• Confirm or change field name

• Enter event information (Record keeping)

Select a Field

• Select a field from a map (FieldFinder) or list of names (Select field by name)

• Choose to start a new event (& name it) or continue old event

• Confirm implement setup (width)

• Enter event information (Record keeping)

Select the press o.

icon and then

Add AB Line

• Select AB Line from

• Confirm implement

(Choosing No leaves the current field open and allows you to Add an AB line or switch AB lines.)

amap

setup (width)

Select AB Line

• Confirm the pattern & the implement setup (width)

Get guidance

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ADDITIONAL ADVANCED MODE FEATURES

Change the EZ-Guide 500 lightbar to Advanced mode to use any of the following functions, not provided in Easy mode. To change to Advanced mode,select Configuration / User mode.

• Enter custom Client, Farm, Field, and Event names and record detailed event information for each operation

• Add additional AB Lines to the field

• Select existing fields to go back for subsequent

applications

• Shift swaths to correct for position drive or to offset swaths in following years. For more information, see Nudge or Shift to Here.

• Configure GPS settings. Select Configuration / System / GPS.

• Configure display settings and view options. Select

Configuration / System / Display.

• Configure implement settings, including implement offsets and draft

• Use the AgGPS refer to the Autopilot documentation.

Autopilot™ system. For more information,

• View GPS and satellite information and system faults. Select Configuration / Status.

• Save and load configurations so you can:

• use exactly the same settings on multiple lightbars

• change settings when you move the lightbar between

vehicles for different applications

Select Configuration / Data Management / Save/Load Configurations.

• Send data to a USB so you can use field data in other lightbars

• Delete old data to clear space in internal memory

• Load prescriptions for use with the AgGPS EZ-Boom

system when the optional VRA upgrade has been purchased.

Nudge

Use the and nudge buttons to correct for position drift caused by GPS satellite constellation changes while driving in the field. Nudge is always applied to the guidance line relative to the vehicle heading. The total current nudge distance appears on the tip bar at the bottom of the screen.

To configure the nudge options, in Advanced mode, select Configuration / System / Guidance.

Summary report

A summary report is automatically created for each field. The summary report is a multi-page RTF document that shows field information including coverage, event data, and field information.

The summary report is automatically saved to the lightbar memory. To copy this report to the USB drive, select Configuration / Data Management / Manage Fields / Summary Reports / Send Summary reports to USB. The summary report is saved to the /AgGPS/Summaries/ directory on the USB drive.

To view the summary report on an officecomputer:

1. Insert the USB drive into an office computer.

2. Select the /AgGPS/Summaries/ folder.

3. Double-click the appropriate RTF file.

4. If you want to save the summary report, copy it to a folder on the office computer.

Note: To view the graphics in the file, you may need to install the Microsoft

Shift to Here

In Advanced mode, you can use Shift to Here to:

• Correct for GPS position drift when returning to the field for guidance, for example after pausing

• Offset all swaths for applications in subsequent years

You can save the shifted swaths, which nudge does notallow.

Word Viewer utility from the documentation CD.

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GUIDANCE PATTERNS

AB Line / A+ Line FreeForm

Map a straight line for guidance.

For an AB line, set the A point at the start of the line and the B point at the end.

For an A+ line, specify the heading direction of the line (it defaults to the heading of the previous AB line).

Center-pivot Headland

Set the A point, drive the pivot, and then set the B point.

For best results, follow the outermost wheeltrack of the pivot arm.

Note - To work from the center of the field outwards, the initial pivot must have a radius of at least two swath widths and an arc length of at least four swath widths.

Identical curve Adaptive curve

Guidance is based on the initial curve. Any deviations are ignored.

Set the A point, drive the curve, and then set the B point.

Creates curved and straight lines for guidance in fields of any shape by recording the exact path you have driven, to generate the next pass. Ensure that you keep recording your path, to continue receiving guidance.

You can record your path manually or let the system record it automatically (when coverage is enabled).

When more than one path is in the area, use the Next AB icon between them.

Straight swaths automatically fill the headland boundary.

Enter the number of headland circuits you want before you start defining the field.

Start the headland, define the guidance line, and then return to the start circle or press the headland.

Note - Additional headlands are based on the first headland circuit.

Guidance is always based on the last pass.

Auto U-turn detection = On

Each new swath is automatically generated when you turn.

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to complete

Single headland

to toggle

Multiple headland

Auto U-turn detection = Off

Set the B point at the end of each pass to create the next swath.

For more information on how to use this product, refer to the EZ-Guide 500 Lightbar Documentation CD.

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