TeeJet Technologies RADION 8140 User Manual
USER GUIDE
RADION 8140
Automatic sprayer control
Software version 1.05
Safety information
TeeJet Technologies is not responsible for damage or physical harm caused by failure to adhere to the following safety
requirements. As the operator of the vehicle, you are responsible for its safe operation. The Radion 8140 in combination with any
assisted/auto steering device is not designed to replace the vehicle’s operator. Do not leave a vehicle while the Radion 8140 is engaged.
Ensure the area around the vehicle is clear of people and obstacles before and during engagement. The Radion 8140 is designed to support
and improve efciency while working in the eld. The driver has full responsibility for the quality and work related results. Disengage or
remove any assisted/auto steering device before operating on public roads.
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Table of Contents
NO.1 POWER ON, SWITCHES 1
Boom sections & Switches ........................................................................................................................................1
NO.2 OPERATION SCREEN 2
Operation menu ..............................................................................................................................................................................................2
Information bar ...............................................................................................................................................................................................3
Regulation modes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3
Manual regulation mode ............................................................................................................................................3
NO. 3 GO TO HOME 4
1 SET UP THE LOCAL CULTURAL SETTINGS 4
2 SET UP THE JOB PARAMETERS 4
Establish preset target application rates ....................................................................................................................4
3 SET UP THE MACHINE 5
Operation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Implement parameters .................................................................................................................................................................................6
Section configuration .................................................................................................................................................6
Nozzle preset setup ..................................................................................................................................................6
Establish nozzle presets ............................................................................................................................................7
Calibrations .......................................................................................................................................................................................................7
NO. 4 START NEW JOB OR CONTINUE JOB 9
Jobs ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
SENSOR CALIBRATIONS 10
Implement speed sensor .........................................................................................................................................10
Flow sensor.............................................................................................................................................................10
Liquid pressure sensor ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Fill flow sensor ........................................................................................................................................................13
Tank level sensor ....................................................................................................................................................14
OPERATION SCREEN 17
INFORMATION BAR 17
Selectable information .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Application rate ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Select target application rate ...................................................................................................................................18
Target rate percentage increase/decrease ...............................................................................................................19
Change application rate step ...................................................................................................................................19
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NOZZLE SELECTION 20
Selecting the current nozzle ....................................................................................................................................20
Presetting nozzles ...................................................................................................................................................20
TANK 21
ALARM WARNING 21
PRESSURE GAUGE 22
BOOM SECTIONS & SWITCHES 22
ALARM CONFIGURATIONS 23
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NO.1 POWER ON, SWITCHES
Integrated RAM mount
(assembly required)
Power button
USB port with rubber cover
Speed cable connection
Main cable connection
Serial connection
Master switch
Bright touch screen
CAN connection
Boom section controls
(switches 1 to 5 or 1 to 7 or 1 to 9,
depends on console)
Power On/Off Button
On – Press the POWER button to power on the console. Upon
power up, the Radion will begin its start up sequence. Once start up
is complete, the Operation screen appears.
Off – Press the POWER button . On the conrmation screen to
acknowledge shut down mode, press Yes to power off the console.
WARNING! Wait 10 seconds before restarting the console.
Boom sections & Switches
The console operates with nine (9), seven (7) or ve (5) section
switches (depending on console model) and one (1) Master switch.
Each section switch is associated with one of up to the same number
of sections on the boom and illustrated on the Operation screen.
►Switches – control individual boom sections
◄On – Flip the switch up
◄Off – Flip the switch down
►Master switch – opens/closes the main product valves and
enables/disables power to individual boom section on/off
switches
Figure 1: System diagram
Radion 8140 sprayer controller
(available in 5 sections,
7 sections or 9 sections)
98ET05-S13-4
Extension for
main cable, 4 m
Spray cable -
flow/pressure/speed
199-315: 5 section, 8 m
199-311: 7 section, 8 m
199-319: 9 section, 8 m
* Unlock code necessary to activate
the BoomPilot function, contact TeeJet Technologies.
** Only one speed source at the same time.
Flow meter
Pressure sensor
570-001: 10 bar ¼ NPT
570-002: 25 bar ¼ NPT
96ET10-8D **
Speed sensor
proximity, 8 m
96ET14 Cable,
battery to COBO,
4 m
98-50139
USB stick
99ET017-6** Speed sensor proximity, 6 m
90-02371 GPS speed sensor
198-669 ** GPS speed adapter cable
Matrix Pro console
Cable, BoomPilot adapter cable,
Radion to Matrix Pro
197-100*: Direct
197-101*: CAN/power/data cable
Radion
Matrix Pro & BoomPilot
Optional Accessory
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NO.2 OPERATION SCREEN
Boom sections
Spray status
Pressure gauge
Current nozzle
Information bar
Current droplet size
Tank contents / lling options
Alarm warning
Options tab
Application rate change
►Information bar – displays application rates and selectable
information
►Current nozzle – displays current nozzle and accesses ve (5)
preset nozzle types
►Application rate change – displays rate changes (if in
Automatic regulation mode)
►Tank – displays remaining tank contents and accesses lling
options
◄Filling – establishes actual/desired tank material/density
►Alarm warning – displays active alarm conditions
►Options tab – accesses the Operation menu
◄Displays Home button , Close Menu button ,
regulation modes and target rate options
►Pressure gauge – displays current pressure range compared
with recommended pressure range
◄Droplet size – displays selected droplet size
►Boom sections – displays congured boom sections
◄Spray status – displays active/inactive for section
Operation menu
The Options tab is always available on the Operation screen. This
tab accesses the Operation menu where the Home button, regulation
modes and target rate options display.
Operation menu buttons
Home
Auto
reg
Man
reg
Change between automatic/manual regulation
modes
Automatic regulation mode
5%
Target rate boost percent increase
5%
Target rate boost percent decrease
0%
Return to target rate
Manual regulation mode
Regulation valve manual open
Regulation valve manual close
Close menu
Figure 2: Options tab – Automatic mode
0%
Man
reg
5%
5%
Regulation mode
Target rate reset
Boost/step percent increase
Boost/step percent decrease
Home
Close menu
Figure 3: Options tab – Manual mode
Auto
reg
Regulation mode
Valve open
Valve close
Home
Close menu
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Information bar
The information bar displays:
►Application rate – displays the actual application rate or target
application rate and accesses the preset target application
rates options menu.
►Selectable information – displays user-selected information
including volume applied, ow rate, ow pressure, speed, total
area applied and job number.
Figure 4: Information bar
Selectable information Selectable information
Application rate
Target application rate
Manual mode
Regulation modes
Automatic regulation mode will automatically adjust the application
rate based on the current speed in reference to the target rate. The
target rate can be adjusted using the Boost/step percent increase/
decrease buttons
5%/5%
on the Operation menu. Preset
application rates dene up to three (3) target rates for product being
applied per hectare/acre. These can be toggled using the Application
rate section on the Information bar on the Operation screen.
Manual regulation mode will retain an established regulation valve
setting regardless of speed. The regulation valve setting can be
adjusted using the Regulation valve open/close buttons on
the Operation menu.
1. From the Operation screen, press the OPTIONS tab to display
the Operation menu.
2. Select from:
► Auto reg to change from Manual regulation mode to
Automatic regulation mode:
► Man reg to change from Automatic regulation mode to
Manual regulation mode:
NOTE: The Regulation button displays the regulation mode that may
be selected not the active regulation mode.
Figure 5: Regulation options: Automatic / Manual
0%
Man
reg
5%
5%
Auto
reg
0%
Man
reg
5%
5%
Manual regulation mode
Manual regulation mode will retain an established regulation valve
setting regardless of speed.
To open/close the valve:
1. From the Operation screen, press the OPTIONS tab to display
the Operation menu.
2. Press the Regulation valve open/close buttons to
manually turn the valves on/off.
3. Press the Close menu button .
Figure 6: Manual regulation mode
Auto
reg
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NO. 3 GO TO HOME
1 SET UP THE LOCAL CULTURAL
SETTINGS
Cultural congures language, units, date and time settings.
1. From the Home screen, press the CONSOLE button .
2. Press Cultural .
3. Select from:
►Language – denes the system language
►Units – denes the system measurements
►Date – establishes the date
►Time – establishes the time
4. Press RETURN arrow to return to the main Console settings
screen.
Figure 7: Cultural options
Code Language
cs Czech
da Danish
de-DE German
en-GB English (international)
en-US English (USA)
es-ES Spanish (Europe)
es Spanish (Central/South America)
fr-FR French
hu Hungarian
it-IT Italian
nl Dutch
pl Polish
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
ru Russian
sk Slovak
NOTE: Some languages listed may not be available on the console.
2 SET UP THE JOB PARAMETERS
Job parameters congures the target application rate settings and
current nozzle. Selections are also active on the Operation screen.
1. From the Home screen, press the SETTINGS button .
2. Press Job parameters .
3. Press a setting value to adjust settings as needed.
◄ Target application rate number – species up to three (3)
target application rate presets from which to select
◄ Target application rate – denes the target rate of product to
apply for the selected number (these settings will be the same
for all active jobs)
◄ Nozzle type – selects the current nozzle type from the ve (5)
nozzle presets
4. Press the RETURN arrow to return to the main Settings
screen.
Establish preset target application rates
1. From the Home screen, press the SETTINGS button .
2. Press Job parameters .
3. Select Application rate number 1 .
4. Select an application rate to be associated with number 1.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for Application rate numbers 2 and 3.
Figure 8: Establish preset target application rate 2
225
l/ha
50
l/ha
100
l/ha
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3 SET UP THE MACHINE
Machine congures machine settings. Options include Filling,
Operation, Implement parameters, Calibrations and Alarms.
1. From the Home screen, press the SETTINGS button .
2. Press Machine .
3. Select from:
►Filling – establishes the amount of actual and desired material
in the tank and the density of that material
►Operation – establishes application rate step, speed source,
simulated speed and minimum speed
►Implement parameters
◄ Section conguration – sets the number of nozzles on
the boom which determines the spraying width during
application
◄ Nozzle preset setup – establishes options for up to ve (5)
nozzles including series, capacity, low/high pressure limits,
reference ow and reference pressure
◄ Regulation parameters – adjusts valve calibration and
nozzle spacing and selects a regulation mode
►Calibrations – establishes either manual/automatic settings
of the Implement speed sensor, Flow sensor, Liquid pressure
sensor, Fill flow sensor and Tank level sensor
►Alarms – establishes alarms on/off and sets their trigger levels
4. Press RETURN arrow to return to the main Settings screen.
Figure 9: Machine
Operation
1. From the Home screen, press the SETTINGS button .
2. Press Machine .
3. Press Operation .
4. Press setting value to adjust settings as needed:
◄Application rate step – the percent of increase/decrease boost
of the active application rate at which the product is applied
◄Speed source – selects whether to base the machine speed
on input from the CAN , an Implement or a Simulated
source
◄Simulated speed – establishes a speed for using the
Simulated speed source
◄Minimum speed – establishes the minimum forward speed at
which the system should automatically switch the main valve
off
5. Press RETURN arrow to return to the Machine screen.
Figure 10: Operation
Figure 11: Application rate step on Operation screen
0%
Man
reg
5%
5%
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