TeeJet SmartPad II Quick Start Guide

FIELDWARE for SMARTPAD II

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Quick Start Guide

COMPACTFLASH CARD 256MB

CompactFlash

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256

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BACKLIGHT DIM

BACKLIGHT BRIGHT

LIGHTBAR DIM

San Disk

SHIFT
CTRL

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ALT

CHG

LOW

CAPS

BAT

UP ARROW

DOWN ARROW

RIGHT ARROW

LEFT ARROW

LIGHTBAR BRIGHT

ENTER

CENTER SCREEN

EXIT

BACKLIGHT ON/OFF

SCREEN SELECTION

TOUCH SCREEN SELECTION

To make a selection use a stylus and single tap the screen on the desired menu.

MANUAL SELECTION

Items can only be selected when highlighted. Use the Up and Down arrows to
highlight the desired selection. Press Enter to select.

DATA ENTR Y

ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD ENTRY

Select the desired menu to be changed. Select the Keyboard icon to bring up the on
screen keyboard. This icon will appear is the upper left corner of the screen only when
text can be entered. Select the desired character using a stylus and press Enter to
accept.

MANUAL ENTRY

Select the desired menu to be changed, and use the Up and Down arrows to
change the character. Use the Lef t and Right arrows to advance to the next
character. Press Enter to accept.

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WHEN STATUS DETECT IS ON
12v+ MUST BE SUPPLIED TO
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INSTALLATION GUIDE

Lightbar

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TJ - 78-50075

Smartpad II

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Smartpad II Interface

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SMARTPAD

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RX 400p GPS Receiver

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GPS Data Cable

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GPS Receiver

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RX 360p

GPS Receiver

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. The Lightbar can be mounted inside or outside the cab. The lightbar is weather proof but not resist ant

to high water pressures.

2. The GPS antenna must be mounted with a clear view of the sky. The tallest point on the vehicle is
preferred. When using a 2-way radio the GPS antenna and cables should be mounted as far away as
possible from the 2-way antenna and cables.

3. Midwest Technologies recommends that the power source come directly from the battery.

4. When using an existing switch in the cab to signal to the SmartPad that the application has begun,

two things must be done.

A. On the SmartPad under the guidance setup menu locate Status Detect
Status Detect - This must be set to 1 Section. See Page 5 of this bulletin.

B. See diagram above. When St atus Detect is set to 1 Section 12v+

must be supplied to Input 2 when applying. Connect Input 2 (Blue Wire)
to the switched12v+ side of the master switch when the implement is applying.

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WHAT’S NEW WITH

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SMARTPAD II

General

- Touch screen

- Uses Compact Flash storage cards

- Uses existing Swath XL and Guideline interface and lightbar

- Software now called “Fieldware for the Smart Pad II”

- Pop up keyboard for touch screen entry of names and values

- View and delete files from card

- Adjust brightness and backlight with keys on keypad

- Added “Pan” feature allowing users to move around and zoom in on the map in real time with key strokes

- Touching objects in real time brings up the object’s info

- E-Dif ready

- Added a “GPS Logger” application under Tools to log raw GGA output from a receiver

Nav-2-Point

- View GMF files as background

- Show BND files as background

- Last visited sample point is “remembered” eliminating need to scroll to next sample number

Guidance

- As Applied dat a can now be viewed in Solid view or Boom Pattern view

- Curved AB now a guidance type

- Guidance T ype now selected in real time menu

- Distance to next pass information displayed on lightbar

- Verification before creating a new guideline when one already exists

- Can now collect where-applied data without lightbar connected

- Last guidance type selected now remembered on exit and for next job

- GPS T ype and GPS Data Rate are now selectable during setup

- Antenna Height for tilt sensor option

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Mapper

- Mapper now added as an application

- Allows mapping of points, hazards, lines, polygons and boundaries

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GPS Data/Power Cable

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VTG 1HZ

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12v+ Power

GPS Receiver

The illustration above shows one of the new features of the SmartPad II. This configuration makes the system
very mobile and easy to transfer for off-season mapping opportunities including field boundaries, tile lines, haz­ards, and many other items that may fit your application. It is not necessary to use the smartpad interface or the
lightbar with the mapper application. The SmartPad II can be powered using six AA batteries and the only power
needed is 12v+ to the receiver.

Power Button

when using Batteries

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GETTING STARTED

MAIN LAUNCHER

The Main Launcher is the first menu page you see after powering up the SmartPad II. This is the top menu page
and from here you can launch an application. The Fieldware for SmartPad II software is made up of three soft­ware applications (programs), Guidance, Nav2Point, and Mapper. Each application can be broken down into two
main components, Setup and Real-Time Mapping. Use the next few p ages to see the Setup structure and Real­time buttons for the application you choose to use. Review all setup settings and make changes as needed.
Remember to use the on screen help window to determine what data should be entered.

Example: Entering the Swath Width in the Guidance application: See page 5 (this is the flow chart for the guid­ance application) follow the chart to Swath Width. Notice that Guidance is selected from the main launcher
screen, then select Setup, and the final step would be to select Guidance. From this point Swath Width is one of
items that should be setup before starting guidance. This procedure is the same for all three applications (Guid-

ance, Nav2Point, and Mapper) each application has its own flow chart.

The Guidance application provides the operator with clear and intuitive steering
assistance as well as real-time application information. The operator can
select between four different guidance modes:

Parallel Curved Curved A-B Center Pivot

The Nav2Point application allows you to navigate to specific predetermined
point locations, or to more generalized areas of a field, based on various types
of background data such as yield or soil maps. Once at the desired location,
add that location as a sample point and assign a point number and location
name. The primary use of the Nav2Point application will be for soil sampling.

The Mapper application allows the operator to map field boundaries, weed
patches, insect infestation, ponds, water ways, rocks, tile lines, as well as
many other features you feel are important to your operation. Features can
be mapped as points, lines, or polygons.

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