Ag Leader PFadvantage Advanced Light Bar Operators Manual
Product Bulletin
Release Date: April 2002
Instructions for Initial Startup of Ag Leader Lightbar
Beginning April 1, 2002, the instructions for initial startup of the Ag Leader Lightbar
have changed slightly. These changes apply to all Lightbars with the model number of
21A that are used in conjunction with an PF Series monitor (PF3000, PF3000 PRO and
PFavantage) running version 4.20 and lower. This model number can be found on the
serial number tag on the bottom the Lightbar and should read AgGPS 21A Lightbar.
If the Ag Leader Lightbar does not have this model number, this product bulletin can be
disregarded and the instructions detailed in the Lightbar Manual should be followed as
usual.
1. Before hooking the Lightbar to the GPS unit, the Lightbar Status setting must be
turned ON in the PF monitor. To turn on the Lightbar, press the MENU button until
you see SETUP on the bottom of the screen and press this button. Locate and press
the GPS button (may need to scroll left or right) on the bottom of the screen. A
screen similar to the one pictured below should now be displayed.
GPS/LIGHTBAR
Lightbar Status ON
Mounting Position Dash
Brightness (1-5) 5
Text Mode PASS # & ERROR
Proximity Sensitivity 25 ft
LED Spacing Mode LINEAR
LED Spacing 1.0 ft
End Distance --- ft
2. Lightbar status should now be highlighted. Press the EDIT button and use the up or
down arrow to change this setting to ON (Do Not
time).
3. Now plug the Lightbar into the GPS connection.
4. After plugging in the Lightbar, press ACCEPT on the PF monitor. The Lightbar
should now be ready for operation. Refer to the Lightbar Manual for additional setup
and operational instructions.
If you see EZ-Guide displayed on the Lightbar or it prompts you for a swath width, the
process was not completed correctly and should be tried again. It is important to plug the
Lightbar in first, before you press the Accept button. If you still encounter problems,
please contact your local Ag Leader dealer or our Tech Support department at (515) 2325363 ext. 1.
EDIT
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press the ACCEPT button at this
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INSTALLATION
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Important Notices
Before beginning installation of your Light Bar, please take the time to
thoroughly read these instructions. Signal words (CAUTION,
IMPORTANT, and NOTE) are provided to draw attention to
information that is important for the safe/correct installation and
operation of this product.
• CAUTION--will alert you to situations that will impact the physical
safety of you or others.
• IMPORTANT—will alert you to the potential for damage to the
product or loss of data.
• NOTE--will provide you with additional information to simplify a
procedure or clarify a process.
After completing installation of the Light Bar we recommend that you
place these instructions in the Options Section of your PF monitor
Operator’s Manual to prevent their loss.
To receive upgrade/update information of this product you must send
in or fax the Registration Form. Refer to the Registration Form for
address and fax number.
Installing Light Bar 2
General Information 5
Explanation of GPS/Light Bar Screen 5
Explanation of GPS/Guidance Screen 8
General Operation 13
Following a Curved Line 13
Using Headlands 13
Using Light Bar with PF Series monitors 13
PF monitor Setup for Light Bar 31
PF monitor Pro Setup for Guidance 40
Parts List 51
Contents
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IMPORTANT: The Light Bar must be mounted inside the cab
of your vehicle. The Light Bar is not resistant to weather
elements on the outside of the vehicle and could be damaged if
mounted outside of the cab.
1. Determine a location on the dash or ceiling to mount the Light Bar.
The Light Bar should be positioned within your peripheral vision.
2. Use an upright position for dash mounting and inverted for ceiling
mounting.
NOTE: Mounting the Light Bar on the ceiling inverts the Light Bar
text and requires a SETUP change.
3. Mounting the Light Bar bracket may be done by using three
methods: Dual-Lock strips, mounting hardware or the Optional
Suction cup. Select one of the methods below to mount the
bracket.
a. Bracket mounting with Dual-Lock strips:
(1) Clean the surface of the mounting location with
provided alcohol swabs.
(2) Remove the peel off strip from the Dual-Lock strip
on the back of the Light Bar bracket.
Do not touch the adhesive surface of the strip.
(3) Press the Light Bar bracket to the mounting location
determined in Step 1. Press the bracket firmly or
gently pound on the bracket to bond the adhesive
strip.
NOTE: The two additional Dual-Lock strips are for
replacement of the bracket strip or to add additional
mounting locations in the cab.
b. Bracket mounting with hardware:
(1) Using the mounting bracket as a template, mark the
three bracket holes for the position you determined
in Step 1.
(2) Use a 3/16-in. drill bit to drill the holes.
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NOTE: Use the screws, nuts and washers for plastic or
soft materials or self-tapping screws for sheet metal.
Refer to diagram in hardware bag.
4. Attach Light Bar to bracket.
5. Attach cable to Light Bar and run to the AUX port of the Add-On
GPS3050 or 3100.
NOTE: If you are attaching the Light Bar to a PF3000 Pro or PFadvantage, attach the Light Bar cable to the AUX 1 port.
Figure 1. Light Bar cable connections to PF3000 with Add-On GPS
Installation
(3) Attach bracket with screws, nuts and washers
provided.
c. Bracket Mounting with optional suction cup:
NOTE: The Optional Suction cup is ordered
separately from the Lightbar Kit.
(1) Attach suction cup to bracket with 1/4 inch nut
(NOT provided).
(2) Refer to suction cup instructions to mount.
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Figure 3. Light Bar cable connections to PF3000 Pro or PFadvantage with “all-
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Figure 2. Light Bar cable connections to PF3000 Pro with integrated GPS
in-the-antenna” GPS 4100
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General
Information
Explanation of
GPS/Lightbar
Screen
Use the following information to determine your requirements to setup the PF Series monitor for your Light Bar.
NOTE: The Add-On GPS3050/3100, or GPS 4100 are the only
receivers that can operate the Ag Leader Light Bar.
GPS/LIGHTBAR
Lightbar Status ON
Mounting Position Dash
Brightness (1-5) 5
Text Mode PASS # & ERROR
Proximity Sensitivity 25 ft
LED Spacing Mode LINEAR
LED Spacing 1.0 ft
End Distance --- ft
EDIT
Use Figure 4 to note the location of items on the screen.
NOTE: The Light Bar may be used in GRAIN HARVEST,
APPLICATION RATE or SITE VERIFICATION modes. Refer to
Console Setup in the Setup Section of the PF monitor Operators
Manual.
Lightbar Status: ON signifies that power is being sent to the light
bar.
Mounting Position: Ceiling mounting of the lightbar requires that it
be inverted. This setting will allow the text to be inverted also.
Brightness (1-5): This setting (1 = dim, 5 = bright) allows you to
determine the brightness of the LED on the lightbar.
Figure 4
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Text Mode: Provides the following selection to monitor (See
Figure 2 for location of text items)
Pass # & Error - Provides the pass number and error
from the center of the swath.
No Text – No text is displayed on the screen
Demo – Used for demonstration only, cycles power on
and off
Pass & Speed – Provides pass number and ground speed
Ground Speed – Displays ground speed only
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Approach LED
Text Display Area
Guidance LED
Figure 5
Heading Error – Displays the degree error for the
heading from the center of the swath
Cross – TRK Error – Displays the error between current
position and swath
True Heading – Displays the actual degree heading from True
North
End Line Dist(ance) – Displays the distance from the
end of a pass (decreasing)
Start Line Dist(ance) – Displays the distance from the
start of a pass (increasing)
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and magnitude of the correction, more
arrows indicate a sharper turn. For
curved modes only.
Sensitivity: This setting sets the sensitivity for the PAUSE function.
It only affects the large center LED of the Light Bar.
The large LED changes color as you approach headlands,
or the Pause/Resume point.
NOTE: LED sensitivity should be set larger as
ground speed increases
LED Spacing Mode: Use the Linear or Scaled settings to set the
spacing interval of the lightbar LED’s.
line. i.e. a setting of one foot off line from the
center of the swath will be represented by one
LED. The second LED will represent two feet
etc.
Scaled – Sets the first 10 LED’s each side of the
lightbar on a linear scale. The outer 7 LED’s on
each side are scaled to represent an end value
setting.
LED Spacing: This setting establishes LED spacing distance. If the
setting is 3 feet, the LED slides one unit to the left or
right for every 3 feet off line.
NOTE: The smaller the LED spacing the more precise
guidance the lightbar will provide.
End Distance: This setting is used when in Scaled for LED Spacing
Mode. You cannot set an end value smaller than the
LED spacing multiplied by 17 (there are 17 LEDs on
each side of the lightbar.
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Pass # - Displays the current pass number for that field
Curve Arrows – Displays arrows indicating the direction
GPS Status – Displays GPS and Differential information on the text screen
Linear - Set the light bar to show off-line distance on a
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Explanation of
GPS/Guidance
Screen
Use Figure 6 to note the location of items on the screen.
NOTE: The Light Bar may be used in GRAIN HARVEST,
APPLICATION RATE or SITE VERIFICATION modes. Refer to
Console Setup in the Setup Section of the PF monitor Operator’s
Manual.
Pattern: Determines which guidance pattern is driven.
None: Configures straight line guidance parallel to the
beginning and end of the first swath driven.
Curve Spiral: Use this curve setting to drive spirals or
closed rings.
Curve: Activates last curve following. Positions are
logged during current swath. The next swath is
parallel to the previous swath driven.
Skip Pass: Provides parallel guidance in a racetrack pattern
with a user specified swath skip. This setting is
for equipment with a large turn radius.
A+ Heading: Allows establishing a reference line from True North
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GPS/GUIDANCE
Pattern NONE
Headland Type CURVED
Look – Ahead 3 SEC
Display Mode SHOW CORRECTION
Swath Direction Auto
Swath Width 60.0 ft
Antenna Offset +20.0 ft
Pass Skips 2
Units Displayed English
Contour Log Interval SWATH CHANGE
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Headland Type: Determines the type of headland used.
None: In this mode, swath lengths are
infinite. The center LED remains one color,
never changing to indicate end of swath.
C-Clamp: Field ends are sprayed as headlands so
parallel passes may be used with minimal
overlap.
Curved: Logs irregular boundary shapes for
guidance.
Closed: Defines headlands with a series of user
entered points. The last point connects to
the first point to form a closed loop.
A-B End Zones: A & B points mark the center of
the boundary swath. (See Figure
Look-Ahead: The value that allows the system to predict future error.
This accounts for system delays, including operator
response time. 3 seconds is the default setting.
Display Mode: Determines which direction from the center of the
light bar the LEDs light indicate off-line error.
Show Error: Displays the extent and direction of the
error between current position and
swath line. Steer vehicle to "pull"
lights back to center of the lightbar.
Show Correction: Displays the extent and direction
of the necessary correction to
match the swath line. Steer
vehicle by "chasing" lights left or
right.
Swath Direction: This setting determines whether the swath is
manually or automatically incremented.
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4) When the system is inside the
boundary area the center LED
illuminates green. The center
LED glows red when beyond the
boundary area.
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Auto: Automatically increments in the direction
turned after the first swath. The swath
increments when the vehicle turns more than
110 degrees.
Right: Swaths are manually incremented to the
right of the A-B line.
Left: Swaths are manually incremented to the left
of the A-B line.
Snap: Automatically increments swath
number to the closest swath. (Not availabe
with Pass Skip and Curve following.) This is
the default setting.
Swath Width: Adjust in .5 ft increments from 1 to 999 ft. Set the
swath width to 1 ft less than the actual swath width to
reduce skip. Set the swath width 1 ft more than the
actual swath to reduce overlap.
Antenna Offset: The distance from the antenna, ahead or behind the
spray boom so that guidance information is
referenced to the spraying boom instead of the
antenna. It is adjusted in .5 ft increments from 0 to
100 ft. The antenna must be placed along the
vehicle’s centerline. Negative numbers are used for
a boom in front of the antenna, positive numbers are
for a boom behind the antenna.
Pass Skips: Adjusted in 0 to 99.
Units Displayed: Determines whether Metric or US Standards
(English) are used. The default is Metric.
Contour Log Interval: The settings are Swath Change and Heading
Change. Heading change is the default and
recommended setting. With the Contour Log
Interval set to Heading Change a reference
point will be logged whenever the heading
changes slightly.
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Approach LED
Action
Figure 7. Headland Approach LED Action for AB ENDZONE
Green
Figures 7 through 9 show the action of the lightbar LED for different
patterns and headland types.
B
A
Figure 8. Headland Approach LED Action for Curved
RED
GREEN
RED
Green
Operator sees
Approach LED
change colors near
headland boundary
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Red
Orange
Orange
Headland: Vehicle centerline on
last headland pass
Red
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RED
Figure 9. Headland approach LED action for closed circuit
GREEN
GREEN
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RED
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General Operation
Following a Curved
Line
Using Headlands
Using Light Bar
with PF Series
monitors
The following are general operation information to aid you in the use
of the Light Bar.
When using curve following pattern, guidance is provided parallel to
the previously driven swath.
While driving a swath, the GPS receiver records the swath location.
When the swath is incremented, positions logged are offset in the turn
direction. Guidance begins down the offset positions. Meanwhile,
new positions are logged for the current swath. When the swath
increments, the new positions are offset and guidance begins down the
next swath. The cycle repeats until guidance is reset.
Because of limited memory capacity, only the positions representing
the current and next swath are stored. Positions representing previous
swaths are deleted.
To help operators anticipate upcoming turns; a turn signal has been
added to the Light Bar. As turns approach, the lightbar illuminates in
the turn direction. The more LEDs illuminated, the sharper the turn.
The turn signal indicates a swath turn at twice the look-ahead distance.
By default, the turn signal occurs six seconds before the turn is
required.
Headlands specify field zones that have specific meaning. In some
applications, it may be an area where chemical application is not
desired. In other applications, the headland can be used to turn
equipment and move to the next swath. Its most simple function might
be to indicate the end of swath.
Power up the PF monitor.
Press the MENU key until OPTIONS is displayed and press OPTIONS
key.
Under OPTIONS press the LIGHTBAR key. (See Figure 10)
The key settings perform the following functions:
SET A: Sets the beginning of the first swath.
SET B: Sets the end of the first swath.
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Screen Info Line
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headland points are cleared.
Pause: Used to leave the field in mid swath. Press once to
disable guidance. Leave the swath. The system guides
back to the pause location. Press this key again to
resume swathing.
ADD/STRT: Adds a point to the headland or starts logging
headland points.
CLR/STOP: Deletes the last point entered from the headland
or stops logging headland points.
Reset: Resets Guidance to begin a new field. Pattern and
TARGET
[auto man]
TOTAL SEEDS
Active
Display
AREA
PASS NUMBER
< left right >
Status Line
Menu Line
OPTIONS SELECTIONS
LIGHTBAR
Application: CORN 1 AREA ON
FIELD LOAD SHOW MAP OPTIONS
Application: CORN 1 AREA ON
MARKS LIGHTBAR NAV BoUNDARY
Application: CORN 1 AREA ON
SET A SET B RESET PAUSE
PRESS < > TO GET ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS
Application: CORN AREA ON
ADD/STRT CLR/STOP
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