PF3000 Pro Operators Manual

Precision Farming System

PF3000 Pro

Operators Manual

PF3000 Pro

Ag Leader Technology

General

Welcome

Welcome to the Ag Leader Technology family. Ag Leader Technology is dedicated to the development of advanced, yet practical and cost-effective tools for grain production. Above all, however, we are dedicated to meeting your needs for support of existing products and development of product improvements.

We want to hear from you! Feel free to call any time to discuss:

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Operational problems with your system

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Features you don’t like about your system

•

Features you would like added to your system

We will do our best to ensure that you are happy with your current system and that it is upgraded in the future to better meet your needs.

System Upgrades

Ag Leader Technology will periodically provide free operating program upgrades that will improve the performance of your PF3000 Pro.

To receive free upgrades and new product news, you must send in or fax

(515-232-3595) the Registration Form that is at the beginning of the

operator’s manual. Our mailing address is:


2202 South Riverside Drive

P.O. Box 2348

Ames, IA 50010

Internet http://www.agleader.com

Limited Warranty

Ag Leader Technology will repair or replace at no charge any component of the PF3000 Pro system that fails during normal service on the equipment model that the system was intended for use within two years from the date of first use.

Warranty is not provided for damage resulting from abuse, neglect, accidents, vandalism, acts of nature, or any other causes that are outside the normal, intended use of the PF3000 Pro system.

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Ag Leader Technology shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages to the dealer, end user, or third parties arising from the sale, installation, or use of the PF3000 Pro system.

Service

If you have a problem with your system, call your Ag Leader Technology dealer or call us directly at the phone number below. If we determine you have a hardware failure, we will ship replacement hardware immediately.

Our mailing address and phone numbers are:


2202 South Riverside Drive

P.O. Box 2348

Ames, IA 50010

Phone: 515-232-5363

Fax: 515-232-3595

Note: Return failed hardware to us by UPS (preferred) or US mail.

Copyright Notice

Ag Leader Technology has copyrighted (



1998) the contents of this manual and the operating program for the PF3000 Pro system. No reproductions of this material may be made without first obtaining the consent of Ag Leader Technology.

Proprietary

Technology Notice

The PF3000 Pro system has patents on its design and operational features.

Copying features of this system relating to measurement and calculation of grain flow and weight, or organization of field and load data may result in patent infringement.

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General

General

Description

The PF3000 Pro with internal GPS is a universal monitor/controller for crop production. It can be transferred from a combine to a tractor or other vehicles easily. In the combine it functions as a yield monitor and accurately measures and records acres, moisture, grain weight, bushels, and yield on-the-go. In the tractor or sprayer it connects to a sprayer or planter controller and monitors and controls the application rate. The PF3000 Pro also can record data for field boundaries, tile lines or where a hybrid is planted.

The PF3000 Pro has its own internal memory for recording field and load data. GPS data, however, is not recorded in the internal memory, but

must be logged to a memory card.

The PF3000 Pro must be setup and calibrated to record accurate information.

NOTE: The Grass Seed version of the PF3000 Pro is setup and calibrated using the same procedures as for grain harvest. Where there are differences between the harvest of grain verses grass seed they will be noted.

Fields and Loads

All the information recorded by the PF3000 Pro must be recorded in a field and load. The operator must manually select or change the field and load on the PF3000 Pro during field operation. A load is used to subdivide a field into smaller sections. The monitor load is not associated with the combine tank, wagon, or truck load. It is recommended to use different loads for different hybrids or varieties or field conditions (like a wet hole).

Keypad

The monitor has “soft” keys which do not have labels on the keys to identify the function of the key. The labels for the keys will appear on the display screen next to the key. However, there are four major groups of the keys: arrow keys, display selection keys, menu key, menu selection keys.

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General

Power

Switch

Display

Selection

Keys

PF3000 Pro


Memory Card Slot

(On side of PF3000 Pro)

Menu

Key

Arrow Keys

Arrow

Keys

Area

Count

Switch

Menu

Selection

Keys

Figure 1: Front panel of the PF3000 Pro

The UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys on the right side of the keypad are used to select and change a setting. The bottom LEFT and

RIGHT ARROW keys are only used to view more menu or display items.

They are never used to select or change a setting.

On the main operating screen, you will see an up and down arrow symbol that will either be beside the field or load or to the right of one of the display lines. This symbol indicates what item the UP or DOWN ARROW keys will change if pressed.

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Display and

Display Selection

Keys

General

The PF3000 Pro has four display lines for viewing items on the main operating screen. You can choose which items you see on the display and the position that the items appear on the display.

To change a display item on a display line you must select the line. The four display selection keys to the right of the display each select a display line. A rectangular box surrounds the display line to show that it is selected.

When the display line is selected the four menu items on the bottom change and show items you can select for display. Press a key below one of the four display items to put a different display item in place of the selected display item. There are more than four display items to choose for viewing.

Press the bottom LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to scroll to the right or left and view other display items on the bottom.

Card

Symbol

Selection

Box

When Arrows present, press bottom arrow keys to display additional menu or display items

Figure 2: Main operating screen

NOTE: Grass seed is measured in pounds per acre.

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Down

Arrow

Symbol

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Menu Key

When some display items (like swath) are selected, an up and down arrow symbol will appear on the right of the display line. This indicates you can change the setting of the item with the UP or DOWN ARROW keys. After you have made the change you must press the key to the right of the display line to deselect the line.

The MENU key switches the menus on the bottom of the display. There are two main menus that you can view by pressing the MENU key. They are shown below.

It is recommended to display the FIELD, LOAD, MAP, and MARKS menu during normal operation of the monitor, unless you are marking and therefore need to display marks on the bottom.

Main Menus:

FIELD

LOAD

SHOW

MAP

OPTIONS

Menu Selection

Keys

CAL SETUP

DIAG

The name above the four menu selection keys on the bottom of the display will change depending on what you are doing on the monitor.

The bottom RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys are used to view additional menu or display items. If you see a right and left arrow symbol on the display above the bottom RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys, this indicates you can press the bottom RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys to view more menu or display items. Refer to Figure 2.

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General

Area Count Switch

The area count switch manually turns on and off area counting. When the switch is in the up position area is counting. When the switch is in the down position, area is not counting. The monitor will display either “AREA

ON” or “AREA OFF” on the bottom right corner of the display to indicate the status of area counting.

Connectors

The PF3000 Pro has seven connectors on the bottom side of the console.

The large 25-pin connector is for power and sensor connections. The four

9-pin ports (Port 1, Port 2, Port 3 and Port 4) are for connecting to a GPS receiver, planter or fertilizer or sprayer controller or any other GPS compatible device.

Antenna

Connector

AUX Port 2

AUX Port 1

Port 4 Port 3 Port 2 Port 1

Figure 3 Rear of PF3000 Pro

25-Pin

Connector

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Grain Flow Sensor

Below is an example of a grain flow sensor. Your grain flow sensor may look different, depending on which combine model you have. On all combines, the grain flow sensor installs on top of the clean grain elevator.

The grain flow sensor measures the grain weight in pounds as you harvest.

The clean grain paddles throw the grain, as the paddles rotate around the top sprocket, toward the grain flow sensor. The flow sensor measures the grain weight when the grain strikes the flow sensor impact plate.

NOTE: The flow sensor for grass seed harvest functions in the same manner as the grain flow sensor. The grass seed flow sensor differs only in appearance.

Grain Flow

Sensor

Figure 4: Grain flow sensor

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General

Moisture Sensor

Below is an example of the moisture sensor mounted on the side of a clean grain elevator. The moisture sensor is installed in the elevator mount kit.

Moisture Sensor

Elevator

Mount Kit

Figure 5: Moisture sensor

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Header Height

Sensor

PF3000 Pro


Below is an example of a header height sensor installed underneath a combine cab. The header height sensor tells the monitor the position of the combine head so that when the head is raised on the end rows, the monitor stops counting area.

Header Sensor

Figure 6: Header height sensor

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Setup Overview

Important Notices

The PF3000 Pro must be set up before field operation, but before you begin the setup procedures, read the following notices:

•

The PF3000 Pro is a software upgradeable monitor. Ag Leader

Technology will periodically offer free operating program upgrades to increase the capabilities of the PF3000 Pro. To receive the program

upgrade, you must send in the registration form found at the beginning of the operator’s manual.

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If you plan to make yield maps on your own computer, you will need to use a mapping program that can process files created by the PF3000 Pro.

Section Contents

This setup section contains instructions for the following items. The operating modes that the instructions pertain to are also listed.

Item Operating Mode Page

Console Setup All 2-6

Card Setup All 2-8

Creating, Naming Fields and Loads

Marker Setup

All

All

2-12

2-17

GPS Setup All 2-19

Vehicle Setup

Grain Setup

Swath Setup

Swath Setup

Vehicle

Controller Setup

Raven Controller ( with Serial Ports)

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Site Verification

Site Verification

Application Rate

Application Rate

2-30

2-34

2-39

2-41

2-42

2-44

2-44

Mid-Tech Controller

DICKEY-john Land Manager

DICKEY-john Seed Manager

Rawson Accu-Rate/Accu-Plant

New Leader Mark III/Mark IV

Flexicoil Flexcontrol

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

2-49

2-55

2-61

2-65

2-73

2-79

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Using Power

Supply

Item

Hiniker 8605

Teejet 844

Flowmeter Controller

Direct Drive Controller for Rawson

Accu-Rate model controllers

Direct Drive Controller for New

Leader Mark III, Mark IV, Mark

IV.2 and Mark IV.4 model controllers

PF3000 Pro


Operating Mode Page

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

Application Rate

2-85

2-90

2-95

2-100

Application Rate

2-110

The PF3000 Pro console does not need to be in the vehicle to set it up. You can use the provided power supply (plugs into 120v outlet) to power up the console inside your home or shop.

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Order of Keys

(Harvest Mode)

Press the MENU key the display.

SUMMARY

CAL


All Modes

until you see the following keys on

Press the SETUP key to view the following setup menu items.

SETUP DIAG

SETUP

OPTIONS

PRESS TO EXIT

SWATH

LOAD

GPS

MARKS

VEHICLE

MAP

GRAIN

CONSOLE

CARD

MEMORY

Press the bottom LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to switch between and view the setup menu items shown above.

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All Modes

Order of Keys

(Site Verification

Mode)

Press MENU key the display.

CAL SETUP

PF3000 Pro


Until you see the following keys on the

DIAG

Press the SETUP key to view the following setup menu items.

SETUP

OPTIONS

PRESS TO EXIT

SWATH

VEHICLE

MAP

MARKS CARD

CONSOLE MEMORY

LOAD

GPS


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Order of Keys

(Application Rate

Mode)

Press the MENU key the display.

CAL

SETUP until you see on the following keys on

Press the SETUP key to view the

following setup menu items.

SETUP

OPTIONS

PRESS TO EXIT

DIAG


All Modes

APP.RATE

CONFIG

CONSOLE

MARKS

MEMORY

CARD

GPS

LOAD

MAP


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Console Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

The console settings are general settings that apply to all operating modes and uses of the PF3000 Pro.

Console Setup

Screen

To view the console setup screen press the:

MENU key

SETUP key bottom RIGHT ARROW key

CONSOLE key

Example of console setup screen:

CONSOLE SETUP

Operating Mode

Month/Day/Year

Time

Serial Number

Box Cal

Voltage Cal

GPS Check Sum

Field Marker Input

Display brightness

EDIT

GRAIN HARVEST

08/15/1998

1:15 PM

980034

770

490

ON

INTERNAL

80%

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL

Changing a Setting

Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the item you want to change. The item is selected when a black filled rectangular box surrounds the entire line.

2 Press the EDIT key and then use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the number or setting.

3 Once you have changed a setting press the ACCEPT key. Press the EXIT key once you have made all the settings.

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Adjust Display

Brightness

Console Setup

All Modes

To adjust the display back lighting, scroll down to "Display brightness" and press EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to adjust the screen brightness and press the ACCEPT key.

Operating mode

The PF3000 Pro has the following operating modes: Grain Harvest, Grass

Seed Harvest, Cotton Harvest, HarvestMaster™, Application Rate and Site

Verification. Upon changing the operating mode you should make sure all setup items for that operating mode are correct.

Operating Program

Firmware

To switch modes, you must install that modes operating firmware. The exception is Site Verification Mode. Site Verification is available with all other modes. See "Updating Operating Program" instructions in the

Operation Section of this manual to load different firmware. All firmware versions are on the CD that that came with the monitor or on the web at www.agleader.com.

Serial number,

Box calibration,

Voltage calibration

GPS Check Sum

The serial number, box calibration number and voltage calibration number can be found on the bottom side of the monitor. These numbers should be set correctly from the factory.

GPS Check Sum setting is used to enable or disable data string error checking. Normally set to ON.

Field Marker

Select

INTERNAL

If you are...

Marking field points with the PF3000 Pro’s internal marker selection keys.

Marking field points with an external Ag Leader

Field Marker.

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EXTERNAL

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Card Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

If you are using the GPS receiver, all the GPS data must be logged to a memory card. If you are not using a GPS receiver, you do not need a card.

The memory card must be formatted with a DOS format. Cards rarely need to be formatted since they are usually DOS formatted before they are shipped. If formatting is required, format the card in your PC before using.

IMPORTANT:

You must copy memory to every log file you create and log to before

you read the card into your computer.

Card Setup Screen

To view the card setup screen press the:

MENU key

SETUP key

CARD key

Example of card setup screens:

CARD SETUP

Logging Device

Logging Interval

Log file

EDIT

MEMORY CARD

1 second

98081501.YLD

COPY TO SHOW ALL

CARD FILES

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL

FILES ON CARD

FILE NAME SIZE LAST MODIFIED

98081502.YLD 130 KB 08/15/1998

98081501.YLD 128 KB 08/15/1998

98073001.YLD 130 KB 07/30/1998

FILE ERASE

EXIT

OPTIONS ALL

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Card Setup

All Modes

FILES OPTIONS

File Name 98081501.YLD

File Size 132640 bytes

Last Modified 13:42

Date 08/15/1998

COPY TO RESTORE ERASE

FILE FILE FILE

3 mph

4.4 8.8

EXIT


Step Action




Logging Device

If you are using the GPS receiver with the PF3000 Pro you must use a memory card to save the instantaneous GPS data.

If you...

Do not have a GPS receiver.

Do have a GPS receiver.

Select

NONE

MEMORY CARD

Logging Interval

NOTE: In Application Rate mode, if the PF3000 Pro is controlling

application rate, but you don’t want to log actual rate to card set to NONE.

This setting determines how often the GPS information is saved to the memory card. It also affects how large an area each GPS record will represent on a map and how many logging hours are available before the memory card becomes full.

There are three possible settings for the logging interval.

1, 2 or 3 Seconds

.

The recommended setting is either two or three seconds.

Distance Traveled (ft)

1 sec 2 sec 3 sec

13.2

5 mph

7.3 14.6 21.9

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Card Setup

All Modes

Log File

PF3000 Pro


Logging Hours Available/Logging Interval


Ag Leader 32MB ATA

Flash Card

400 800 1200

NOTE: The logging hours available can vary from the numbers shown above due to the number of separate files that can be stored on the card.

The PF3000 Pro requires a log file to store data on a memory card. The log file will always have a “.yld” extension and be named with the date the file was created. Example: 98081502.yld, second file created on 08/15/98.

IMPORTANT: You must copy memory to every log file you create and log to before you read the card into your computer. The monitor automatically copies data to the log file every time it is shut off.

Using the Ag Leader ATA FLASH card a new log file must be created for each day. You can not add to an old log file after a new file has been created but you can store multiple log files on one card.

In order to log instantaneous GPS data or copy field and load data to a memory card, a log file must be selected. Every time you turn on the monitor, the monitor will prompt you to select or create a log file. Refer to the steps below to select or create a log file after the monitor has been turned on.

Step Action

1 Select Log File and press the EDIT key.

2 Select a log file or press CREATE FILE key to create a new log file.

3 With the desired file selected, press the ACCEPT key.

NOTE: After you read all the log files on your card into your computer (and make backup copies of files), it is recommended to erase the log file(s) on the card.

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Copying Data to

Log File

Restoring from

File

Erasing File

Card Setup

All Modes

To copy memory to log files that are not set as the current log file, press the

SHOW FILES key and select one of the log files. Press the FILE OPTIONS key and press the COPY TO FILE key. At the card setup screen, press the

COPY TO CARD key to copy memory to the file set as the log file (this is the same copy to card function that automatically occurs when monitor is shut off).

You can restore field and load data into the monitor’s memory from a log file on a memory card.

IMPORTANT: It is dangerous to restore memory from a card because

the current data in the monitor will be replaced with the data on card.

Step Action

1 Press the SHOW ALL FILES key. Select the log file and press the

FILE OPTIONS key. Press the RESTORE FILE key.

2 Press the RESTORE key again if you really want to restore the data.

3 Press the EXIT key once you are finished.

You can erase individual log files from a memory card

Step Action

1 Press the SHOW ALL FILES key. Select the log file and press the

FILE OPTIONS key. Press ERASE FILE key.

2 Press the ERASE key again if you really want to erase the file.

3 Press the EXIT key once you are finished.

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Creating, Naming Fields, Loads

All Modes except App Rate

Recommendations

PF3000 Pro


NOTE: If using Application Rate Mode, refer to the Controller

Setup instructions on how to create and change fields. Refer to this section for how to name fields and loads.

All the information recorded by the PF3000 Pro must be recorded in a field and load. The field and load that the monitor is set on is located on the top line of the display on the main operating screen.

Fields

You should at least create all the fields and name them before you begin to use the PF3000 Pro. The monitor will use the same set of fields you create for each operating mode (harvest mode, application rate mode, site verification) of the monitor. You can create and name your fields using any operating mode. You should choose field names that you can use year after year.

Loads

It also recommended to create and name loads within fields before you use the PF3000 Pro. Each operating mode of the PF3000 Pro will have its

own set of loads for each field.

Definition:

Load: A load is used to subdivide a field into smaller sections. The monitor load is not associated with the combine tank, wagon, or truck load.

Load

Field

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Creating and

Naming Fields

Step

1

Press the MENU key



Action

until the following is displayed on the bottom of the display.

FIELD LOAD

SHOW

MAP

2 Press the FIELD key twice to view the screen below.

OPTIONS

F1: DG

ACTIVE FIELD

F1:

PRESS TO EDIT NAME

SELECT GRAIN

ACCEPT

SOYBEANS

CANCEL

Step Action

3 Naming Field

With the line displaying the field number selected (rectangular box surrounds line), press the RIGHT ARROW key to move the cursor to the right to enter a name. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through letters, numbers and other characters. After you have set the character, move the cursor to the right by pressing the RIGHT ARROW key and set a new character. You can enter up to an 8-character name.

Press the ACCEPT key once you have entered a name.

4

Setting Grain (harvest mode) or Site Type (Site Verification Mode)

To set the grain or site type for the field you must select the line displaying the grain or site type. Press the key to the right of the line displaying the grain or sit type to select the line. Use the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys to set the setting. Press the ACCEPT key twice, once to accept the grain or site type, once to accept the field.

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Step Action

5

Creating Fields

Press the UP ARROW key to scroll through all the fields. Once you scroll past the last field, “Create New Field” will be displayed. Name the field and set the grain or site type, then with “Create New Field” displayed above the field number press the ACCEPT key to create the new field.

6 Repeat Step 5 and create and name all your fields.

NOTE: You can have more than one grain or site type in a field.

To enter more than one grain or site type, press the FIELD key twice so that the field is displayed in large text. Select the line displaying grain or site type and change the setting. Press the ACCEPT key twice, once to accept the new grain or site type and once to accept the field. The monitor will create a separate set of loads (which are renumbered beginning with load one) for each grain or site type in a field.

Example of load organization when two grain types are in one field in harvest mode:

Corn Soybeans

F10 L1

L2

F10 L1

L2

Grass Seed types

ANNUAL RYE

PERENNIAL RYE

FESCUE

ORCHARD GRASS

CRIMSON CLOVER

MEADOW FOAM

WHITE CLOVER

BENT GRASS

L3

Harvest grain types

SOYBEANS

CORN

WHEAT

OATS

RYE

BARLEY

SORGHUM

POPCORN

EDIBLE BEANS

CORN 2

CANOLA

RICE

SUNFLOWERS

CORN 3

CORN 4

OPT GRAIN 1

L3

Site Verification types

PLANTING 1

PLANTING 2

PLANTING 3

SPRAYING 1

SPRAYING 2

SPRAYING 3

FERTILIZER 1

FERTILIZER 2

FERTILIZER 3

OPT SITE 1

OPT SITE 2

OPT SITE 3

OPT SITE 4

OPT SITE 5

OPT SITE 6

OPT SITE 7

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Creating and

Naming Loads

Step

1

Press the MENU key



Action

until the following is displayed on the bottom of the display.

FIELD LOAD

SHOW

MAP

2 Press the LOAD key twice to view the screen below.

OPTIONS

F1: L1:

DG

ACTIVE LOAD

L1:

PRESS TO EDIT NAME

SELECT GRAIN

ACCEPT

SOYBEANS

CANCEL

Step Action

3 Naming Load

With the line displaying the load number selected (rectangular box surrounds line), press the RIGHT ARROW key to move the cursor to the right to enter a name. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through letters, numbers and other characters. After you have set the character, move the cursor to the right by pressing the RIGHT

ARROW key and set a new character. You can enter up to an 8character name. Press the ACCEPT key once you have entered a name.

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Changing Fields and Loads

PF3000 Pro


Step Action

4

Creating Loads

Press the UP ARROW key to scroll through all the loads in the field for the grain type. Once you scroll past the last load, “Create New

Load” will be displayed above the load number and name. Name the load and set the grain type, then with “Create New Load” displayed above the load number press the ACCEPT key to create the new load.

5 Repeat step 4 and create and name all your loads.

Note: Refer to Load Setup to change grain, product or site type for an existing load.

Changing Field

Press the FIELD key to display current field. Press the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys to scroll through the fields. Press the ACCEPT key to change to the different field.

Changing Load

Press the LOAD key to display the current load. Press the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys to scroll through the loads. Press the ACCEPT key to change to the different load.

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Introduction

Marker Setup

Screen

Marker Setup

All Modes

If you are using an external Field Marker ignore the instructions below. The marker setup screen is only used for making settings for the Internal marker selection keys.

IMPORTANT:

If you are using the external field marker, make sure that under the

CONSOLE key you set Field Marker to EXTERNAL.

To view the marker setup screen press the:

MENU key

SETUP key

OPTIONS key

MARKS key

Example of marker setup screen:

MARKER SETUP

MARK

MARK 1

MARK 2

MARK 3

MARK 4

EDIT

NAME

ACCEPT

NAME

WEEDS

ROCKS

TILE

WET SPOT

EDIT

TYPE

TYPE

CONTINUOUS

SPOT

CONTINUOUS

SPOT

EXIT

CANCEL

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Marker Setup

All Modes

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Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the mark. The mark is selected when a black filled rectangular box surrounds the entire line.

2 Press the EDIT NAME key to rename an existing mark. Use the

UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change a character in the name.

Use the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to move the cursor over another character within the name. Press the ACCEPT key after you have changed the name.

3 Press the EDIT TYPE key to set the mark for continuous or spot marking. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the setting. Press the ACCEPT key after you have changed the setting.

4 Press the EXIT key once you have made all the settings.

Continuous marking

Set the marking type to continuous if the item in the field you are marking requires you to make several marks in a row (for example: marking large weed patches or tile lines).

When you press a mark key that is set for continuous marking, the mark will remain on until you press the mark key again to turn off the mark.

Spot marking

Set the marking type to spot if the item in the field you are marking requires just one mark (for example: marking a rock or tile hole).

When you press a mark key that is set for spot marking, the mark will remain on only for a few seconds and then will automatically go off.

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Introduction

GPS Setup

All Modes

The GPS 4100 or integrated GPS of the PF3000 Pro require no initial setup to begin fieldwork. The PF3000 Pro will display a “D” or “G” on the top right hand corner of the display to indicate a GPS signal. A “D” indicates that you have a differential signal. A “G” indicates that you have a GPS signal and you GPS receiver are tracking four or more satellites. A lower case “g” indicates that you have a GPS signal but your

GPS receiver is tracking only three satellites. Your GPS receiver must track four or more satellites to get an elevation reading. You may wish to use the GPS to show your ground speed, which requires changing the ground speed sensor settings. Refer to Primary and Secondary Speed

Sensor under Vehicle Setup in the PF3000 Pro Operator’s manual for instructions.

The following provides information to change factory settings on the integrated GPS:

Beacon Selection

The settings for beacon selection are Auto range, Auto Power and

Manual.

•

Auto Range: This is the default setting. In this setting the receiver keeps a record of the closest three beacons within the receivers range.

It then selects a beacon based on the ranking of the beacon in memory.

•

Auto Power: The receiver keeps a record of the three strongest beacons in its range. It then selects a beacon based on the ranking of the available beacons.

•

Manual: Allows you to input frequencies for two beacons.

To change Beacon Selection complete the following steps:

Step

1

2

Action

Press Menu key on PF3000 Pro until SETUP is displayed and press SETUP.

Press bottom left or right arrow key until GPS is displayed and press GPS key.

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GPS Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


GPS SETUP

NMEA MESSAGE

GPS INPUT/OUTPUT

BEACON DIFFERNTIAL

SATELLITE DIFFERNTIAL

LIGHTBAR

GUIDANCE

EDIT EXIT

Step

3

4

Action

From the GPS SETUP screen scroll down to BEACON

DIFFERNTIAL and press EDIT key. Use up or down arrow keys to set mode.

After setting Auto Power mode, push ACCEPT key and then EXIT.

BEACON SETUP

Mode:

Channel 0 Frequency


ACCEPT

Auto Power

AUTO

AUTO

EXIT

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GPS Setup

All Modes

BEACON SETUP

Mode:



ACCEPT

Step

5

6

Manual

300.0

300.0

EXIT

Action

If you are setting to Manual push ACCEPT key then use down arrow key to scroll to Channel 0 Frequency and press EDIT key. Use the up or down arrow key to set desired frequency and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to Channel 1 Frequency and press EDIT key. Use up or down arrow keys to set desired frequency and press

ACCEPT key.

Press the EXIT key two times to return to operating screen.

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GPS Setup

All Modes

Satellite Selection

PF3000 Pro


If you will be using the satellite differential option then do the following depending on which service provider you select.

Step

1

2

3

Action

Press Menu key on PF3000 Pro until SETUP is displayed, press SETUP key.

Press bottom left or right arrow key until GPS is displayed and press GPS key.

At the GPS SETUP screen scroll down to Satellite

Differential with down arrow key and press EDIT.

GPS SETUP

EDIT

NMEA MESSAGE

GPS INPUT/OUTPUT

BEACON DIFFERNTIAL

SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL

LIGHTBAR

GUIDANCE

EXIT

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GPS Setup

All Modes

SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL SETUP

Differential Source

Differential Provider

Satellite Frequency

Satellite

Omnistar

0000.0000

Satellite Baud Rate

Provider User Code

0000

0

OMNISTAR Code 00000000000000000000000000

ACCEPT CANCEL

WAAS Selection

If you are going to use the WAAS option complete the following:

Step Action

1 Press Menu key on PF3000 Pro until SETUP is displayed, press SETUP key.

2 Press bottom left or right arrow key until GPS is displayed and press GPS key. You should now see the screen shown below.

GPS SETUP

NMEA MESSAGE

GPS/PORT CONFIGURATION

BEACON DIFFERENTIAL

SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL

LIGHTBAR

GUIDANCE

EDIT EXIT

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GPS Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


Step Action

3 At the GPS SETUP screen scroll down to Satellite Differential

Mode with down arrow key and press EDIT. You should now see the screen shown below.





WAAS

0000.0000



0000

0

OMNISTAR Code 000000000000000000000000

Subscription Expiration

EDIT

00/00/0000

EXIT

Step Action

4 At the SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL SETUP screen

Differential Source will be highlighted, press EDIT key and use UP or DOWN ARROW key until WAAS is displayed and press ACCEPT key.

5 Now press EXIT key to return to GPS SETUP screen, press

EXIT key again to return to the main operating screen.

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GPS Setup

All Modes

If you will be using…

Then…

Omnistar At SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL SETUP screen

Differential Source will be highlighted, press EDIT key and use up or down arrow key until Satellite is displayed and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to Differential Provider and press EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key until Omnistar is displayed and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to Satellite Frequency and press EDIT key. Use the

UP or DOWN ARROW key to select your region and press

ACCEPT key. If you will be using a custom frequency with this provider, scroll down to Custom (1) and push

EDIT NAME key. Use the UP or DOWN and LEFT or

RIGHT ARROW keys to name this frequency. Push EDIT

VALUE key and use the UP or DOWN and LEFT or

RIGHT ARROW keys to enter the frequency. Push

ACCEPT key. Your customized frequency should appear as the Satellite Frequency.


Oministar Satellite Beacon Frequencies:

Eastern USA

Central USA

Western USA (1)

1556.825

1554.497

1551.429

Western USA (2)

South America (1)


ACCEPT

Australia

Europe

Custom (1)

Custom (2)

1551.489

1558.510

1531.230

1541.705

1541.715

0000.0

0000.0

CANCEL

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GPS Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro



Oministar Satellite Beacon Frequencies:

Eastern USA 1556.825

Central USA

Western USA (1)

Western USA (2)

1554.497

1551.429

1551.489



Custom (1)

ACCEPT

Australia

Europe

Custom (2)

EDIT

NAME

1558.510

1531.230

1541.705

1541.705

0000.0

0000.0

EDIT

VALUE

CANCEL

If you will be using…

Then…

Omnistar Call the Omnistar subscription number (713-785-5850 in the USA) and give them the number to the right of the GPS serial number. Omnistar will then give you a 24-digit code.

Key the code into the right of Omnistar Code using UP and

DOWN ARROW keys. Once the code is entered, press

ACCEPT key to send the code to the unit. Now press

EXIT key to return to GPS SETUP screen, press EXIT key to return to operating screen. After 30 minutes, the receiver should start receiving corrections and display a

“D” in the upper right hand corner of the PF3000 Pro.

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GPS Setup

All Modes




Satellite

RACAL



1553.345000

1200

Provider User Code 8111

OMNISTAR Code 00000000000000000000000000

ACCEPT CANCEL

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GPS Setup

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


If you will be using …

RACAL

Then…

At SATELLITE DIFFERENTIAL SETUP screen

Differential Source will be highlighted press EDIT key and use UP or DOWN ARROW key until Satellite is displayed and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to

Differential Provider and press EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key until RACAL is displayed and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to Satellite Frequency and press EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select your region and press ACCEPT key. If you will be using a custom frequency with this provider, scroll down to Custom (1) and push EDIT NAME key.

Use the UP or DOWN and LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to name this frequency. Push EDIT VALUE key and use the UP or DOWN and LEFT or RIGHT

ARROW keys to enter the frequency. Push ACCEPT key. Your customized frequency should appear as the

Satellite Frequency.


RACAL Satellite Beacon Frequencies:

North American East

North American Mntn

North American West

Australia

South Africa

Custom (1)

Custom (2)

Custom (3)

Custom (4)

ACCEPT

Europe

1553.345

1554.350

1556.225

1558.525

1531.210

1552.640

0000.0

0000.0

0000.0

0000.0

CANCEL

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RACAL Satellite Beacon Frequencies:

North American East 1553.345

North American Mntn 1554.350

North American West

Australia

Europe

1556.225

1558.525

1531.210

South Africa

Custom (1)

Custom (2)

Custom (3)

Custom (4)

1552.640

0000.0

0000.0

0000.0

0000.0

ACCEPT

EDIT

NAME

EDIT

VALUE

If you will be using …

RACAL

Then…

GPS Setup

All Modes

CANCEL

Call the RACAL subscription number (713-784-4482 in the

USA) and give them the number to the right of the GPS serial number. RACAL will activate a code for the serial number that was given. After the serial number is called in, press the EXIT key to return to operating screen. Within 15 to 30 minutes the receiver should start receiving corrections from RACAL. A “D” should appear in the upper right hand corner of the PF3000 Pro.





Satellite

RACAL

1553.345000



OMNISTAR Code 00000000000000000000000000

ACCEPT

1200

8111

CANCEL

***

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Vehicle Setup

Harvest Mode

Introduction

Vehicle Setup

Screen

ACCEPT

PF3000 Pro


For each operating mode, there are different items to setup in the vehicle setting screen. Below are the setup items for the harvest mode. Refer to your Initial Calibration Sheet to make the correct settings.

To view the vehicle setup screen press the:

MENU key


VEHICLE key

Example of vehicle setup screen:

VEHICLE SETUP

Elevator pulses / revolution

Sprocket teeth

Combine scale factor

Area count stop beeps

Expand grain below dry %

1 Pulses

8 Teeth

1.0

20 Beeps

NO

1400

10

5

Sensor calibration

T1

T2

T3

Primary speed sensor

Secondary speed sensor

Speed sensor pulses / 100 ft

EDIT

8

WHEELS

---------

2000 Pulses

EXIT

CANCEL

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Vehicle Setup

Harvest Mode


Step Action




Elevator pulses/revolution

Sprocket teeth

Refer to the Initial Calibration Sheet for the correct setting for your combine.


Combine scale factor


IMPORTANT:

•

Never change the scale factor during harvest. Doing so will cause the monitor to lose calibration accuracy and you will have to set the monitor on different grain types and recalibrate every grain type.

•

All of your calibration loads and data loads must be harvested using the same scale factor setting otherwise you will have severe

calibration problems that possibly can not be corrected.

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Vehicle Setup

Harvest Mode

PF3000


Area count stop beeps

This setting is for the number of times the monitor beeps when the head is raised at the end of a pass and the monitor stops counting area.

NOTE: The recommended setting is 20. Set this number high enough so

that after the head is raised at the end of a pass, the beeps continue until the combine is completely turned around and the head is lowered to start the new pass. This gives the operator an audible signal that the head is lowered enough to begin counting area again.

Expand grain below

If you select . . .

Then . . .

Dry %

No,

Yes,

You prevent the monitor from adding bushels to grain that is dryer than the dry percent moisture by which dry bushels are calculated. This calculates all yields in terms of actual bushels available for you to sell.

(Recommended setting).

The monitor shows a yield comparison of all loads at the dry percent moisture. This increases the bushels of the grain harvested below the dry percent moisture to account for moisture lost because of excessive dryness of the grain.

NOTE: This setting applies to all loads and grains in the monitor. It can be

changed from NO to YES and vice-versa at any time.

Sensor calibration


NOTE: If you replace the flow sensor, you must change this setting to the

value of the new sensor calibration number of the new flow sensor.

T1, T2, T3

Refer to the Initial Calibration Sheet for the correct setting for your combine.

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Primary and

Secondary speed sensor

Vehicle Setup

Harvest Mode

The monitor has four different primary speed settings. They are listed below.

Ground Speed Sensor

Speed sensor on transmission

Speed sensor on tracks

Radar gun

Primary Speed Sensor

WHEEL

TRACK

RADAR

GPS receiver GPS

If you choose GPS as your primary speed sensor, you need to set the secondary speed sensor to WHEEL, TRACK, or RADAR. If the GPS signal is lost, the monitor will use the secondary speed sensor. If you do not choose GPS as your primary speed sensor you can not set the secondary speed sensor.

Speed sensor pulses

/ 100 ft.

It is not recommended that you change this setting. This number is the distance calibration number that is set when you perform a distance calibration for WHEEL, TRACK or RADAR. Refer to the calibrating distance instructions in the Calibration section. You must calibrate distance for a WHEEL, TRACK or RADAR setting for accurate ground speed.

NOTE: If you want to use a radar gun, contact an Ag Leader Technology dealer and purchase a special adapter cable for your radar gun.

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Grain Setup

Harvest Mode

Grain Setup

Screen

NOTE: Grass Seed monitors are setup using the same

procedures as Grain.

To view the grain setup screen press the:

MENU key

SETUP key

GRAIN key

Example of grain setup screen:

GRAIN SETUP

GRAIN

GRAIN 1

NAME

SOYBEANS

GRAIN 2

GRAIN 3

CORN

WHEAT

GRAIN 4 OATS

EDIT EDIT

NAME SETTINGS

TYPE

Low Flow

Hi Flow

Low Flow

Low Flow

EXIT

ACCEPT

PF3000 Pro


CANCEL

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Grain Setup

Harvest Mode


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the grain. The grain is selected when a black filled rectangular box surrounds the entire line.

2 Press the EDIT SETTINGS key to move to another screen and change the settings for the selected grain. Refer to the screen below.

3 Press the EDIT NAME key to rename an existing grain (can not rename SOYBEANS, CORN, or WHEAT). Use the UP or

DOWN ARROW keys to change a character in the name. Use the

LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to move the cursor over another character within the name. Once you have changed the grain name press the ACCEPT key.


Example of grain settings screen:

GRAIN SETTINGS: CORN

Dry lbs / bu

Dry moisture

Moisture offset

Stop height

M1

S1

EDIT

ACCEPT

56 lb / bu

13.0 %

4.7 %

54

400

50

EXIT

CANCEL

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Grain Setup

Harvest Mode

Dry lbs / bu

Dry moisture

Scale Factor

Moisture offset

Stop Height

M1

S1

Setting Initial C

Numbers

PF3000 Pro


This setting is the pounds / bushel value that the monitor uses to calculate bushels. You can change this setting for all grains except corn (56 lbs / bu), soybeans (60 lbs / bu) and wheat (60 lbs / bu).

This setting is the moisture value that the monitor uses to calculate dry bushels.

Example:

Corn – 15%

Soybeans – 13%

For grass seed the recommended setting is 1. Settings are 1, 10, 100.

Refer to the Initial Calibration Sheet for the correct setting. Do not readjust the moisture offset number after you have performed a moisture calibration.

This setting determines how high the combine head must be raised to make the monitor stop counting area. This number can be automatically set under the CAL, STOP HGT key.

Refer to the Initial Calibration Sheet for the correct setting.

Refer to the Initial Calibration Sheet for the correct setting.

The 11 C Numbers, C1 through C11 determine the pounds of grain that the monitor calculates. The C numbers initially should be set to the same values that appear on your Initial Calibration Sheet, but they will change and become more accurate after you have calibrated.

Do not change the C numbers after you have calibrated.

You only need to set the C11 number to its initial value. When you set the

C11 number, the C2-C10 numbers will automatically change to the correct value. Do not set the C1 number. It is adjusted automatically when you do a vibration calibration.

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Changing C11

Grain Setup

Harvest Mode

Step Action

1 You must display the weight calibration screen.

Press the following keys to view the weight calibration screen:

MENU key

CAL key

WEIGHT key

2 Refer to the screens on the next page and press the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys to set a grain type that you will harvest. Press the

SHOW CAL NUMBERS key.

3 Use the DOWN ARROW key to select C11 number (a line is selected when the entire line is surrounded by a black filled box).

4 Press the EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to set the correct number according to the Initial Calibration Sheet.

Press the ACCEPT key.

5 Press the EXIT key once to return to the previous screen. Repeat steps 2-4 and set C11 for all the grain types you will harvest.

6 Press the EXIT key twice to return to the main operating screen.

NOTE: You may not be able to set C11 to the exact number that is on the

Initial Calibration Sheet. C2-C10 numbers also may not exactly agree with the Initial Calibration Sheet. If this is the case, set C11 as close to the

initial number as possible.

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Grain Setup

Harvest Mode

PF3000 Pro


GRAIN CALIBRATION

SELECT GRAIN:

SOYBEANS

ENTER

WEIGHT

SHOW CAL

LOADS

SHOW CAL

NUMBERS

EXIT

GRAIN CALIBRATION: SOYBEANS

CALIBRATION NUMBERS

C6

C7

C8

C9

C10

C11

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

EDIT

CAL

ON/OFF

PERFORM

CAL

0

250

500

750

1000

1250

1500

1750

2000

2250

2500

EXIT

ACCEPT

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CANCEL

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Introduction

Swath Setup

Screen

Swath Setup

Harvest Mode

The swath setup screen is used to set the permanent, full swath of your head.

Do not adjust the swath setting on this screen when you encounter a partial swath while harvesting. Refer to the Swath Setting instructions in

Operation Section and select swath as a display item and set a partial swath.

To view the swath setup screen press the:

MENU key

SETUP key

SWATH key

Example of swath setup screen:

SWATH SETUP

GRAIN # ROWS

SOYBEANS 24

CORN

WHEAT

OATS

8

24

24

EDIT EDIT

SPACING

# ROWS SPACING

12 in

30 in

12 in

12 in

ACCEPT

FULL SWATH

24 ft 0 in

20 ft 0 in

24 ft 0 in

24 ft 0 in

EXIT

CANCEL

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Swath Setup

Harvest Mode


PF3000 Pro


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the grain. The grain is selected when a black filled rectangular box surrounds the entire line.

2 Press the EDIT # ROWS key to change the number of rows. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the number. Press the

ACCEPT key after you have changed the number.

3 Press the EDIT SPACING key to change the row spacing. Use the

UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the number. Press the

ACCEPT key after you have changed the number.


Recommendations for Row Crop Heads:

•

For row crops, set your row space to the planted row spacing and your number of rows to the number of total rows of your combine head.

Recommendations for Cutting Platform Heads:

Row Crops

•

For row crops, set your row space to the planted row spacing and your number of rows to the number of total rows your cutting platform will cut.

Non-rowed crops

•

Set the swath in the monitor to one foot less than the actual swath width of the head because you can rarely maintain a constant full swath while harvesting.

Example: If your cutting platform head is 20 actual feet, set the monitor’s swath to 19 feet by setting the row space to 12 inches and the number of rows to 19.

•

Set the monitor on a row space of 12 inches and a number of rows that adds up to the correct swath. Setting the row space to 12 inches for cutting platforms allows you to reduce the cutting swath by easier-to-see one-foot increments when you are harvesting a partial swath

Refer to the Swath Setting instructions in the Operation Section for more information about partial swath.

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Swath Setup

Site Verification Mode

Introduction

The swath setup screen is used to set the permanent, full swath of your application equipment. Do not adjust the swath setting on this screen when you encounter a partial swath in the field. Refer to the Swath Setting instructions in Operation Section and select swath as a display item and set a partial swath.

NOTE: If you do not want to count area, you do not need to set the

swath.

Swath Setup

Screen

Refer to the swath setup instructions for harvest mode for instructions on viewing the swath setup screen and setting the swath.

Recommendations

To enter a swath setting, you must enter a number of rows setting and a row spacing setting for the product you are applying.

Application equipment that uses row units

If your application equipment is applying the product with row units, then enter the number of rows and row spacing of the application equipment.

Application equipment that uses boom sections

If your application equipment is applying the product using boom sections enter the width of the boom section in inches for the row spacing setting.

Enter the total number of booms for the number of rows setting. If your boom sections are not all the same width, enter twelve inches for the row spacing setting and a number rows setting that makes the total swath equal the full swath of the application equipment.

Application equipment that uses a spreader mechanism

If your application equipment is applying the product using a spreading mechanism enter twelve inches for the row spacing setting and a number rows setting that makes the total swath equal the full swath of the application equipment.

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Vehicle Setup


Introduction

Vehicle Setup

Screen

PF3000 Pro


For each operating mode, there are different items to setup in the vehicle setting screen. Below are the setup items for the site verification mode.

To view the vehicle setup screen, press the MENU key, SETUP key and

VEHICLE key to view the following:

VEHICLE SETUP

TRACTOR

TRUCK

ATV

OPTIONAL 1

OPTIONAL 2

OPTIONAL 3

OPTIONAL 4

ACCEPT EDIT EDIT

VEHICLE NAME SETTINGS

CANCEL

Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key select a vehicle type. Press EDIT

NAME key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to name the vehicle type and press SAVE NAME key.

To edit vehicle settings press EDIT SETTINGS key to view the following:

VEHICLE SETUP

Primary speed sensor

Secondary speed sensor

Speed sensor pulses / 100 ft

Area count stop beeps

Area Count

Stop height

EDIT

ACCEPT

WHEELS

---------

2000 Pulses

20 Beeps

STANDARD

8

EXIT

CANCEL

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Vehicle Setup


Press the UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll down to highlight a setting and press the EDIT key to change a setting, then press ACCEPT key. After making changes, press EXIT key.

Choose the vehicle you want to use and press ACCEPT VEHICLE key.

Area count stop beeps

This setting is for the number of times the monitor beeps when the monitor stops counting area at the end of a pass.

Primary and

Secondary speed sensor

The monitor has four different primary speed settings. They are listed below.




Radar gun

GPS receiver

***


WHEEL

TRACK

RADAR

GPS

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Raven Controller (with Serial Port)

Application Rate Mode

Cable attachment for Raven controllers with serial ports

PF3000 Pro


NOTE: If your Raven console has a serial port, it will be on the back of the console. It is a nine-pin rectangular computer port. The Raven 750 and

760 serial port is built-in the main wiring harness.

Not all Ravens consoles have a serial port.

PF3000 Pro

ATV Battery Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Port 3

Raven Serial Cable (p.n. 2000944)

Raven Console

Cable attachment from Raven console to monitor

Setup for Raven controllers with serial ports

The Raven Serial Cable enables the PF3000 Pro to control the rate. It also provides swath width (based on the number of booms on), actual rate and area count status (based on Master Switch) information to the

PF.

Complete the following steps to set up for Raven – Sidekick, 440, 450,

460, 660, 700, 710, 750, 760 controllers with serial ports.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for a Raven 440.

1.

Press SETUP key. Press APP RATE CONFIG key. A screen similar to the one below should appear.

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APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Treflan

Roundup

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

440

440

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

Rate 1

Rate 1

EXIT

Press CREATE NEW key to set up a new configuration or select an existing configuration and press the EDIT

SETTINGS key. A new screen appears with the following settings. Select each setting and press EDIT key to change the settings.

Controller Make: Set to RAVEN. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Controller Model: Set to the Raven model you have. For example: 440 or 460 etc. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Product: Press EDIT key. You can select an existing product and press ACCEPT key or create a new product by pressing

CREATE NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character.

Use Up or Down Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or

DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

Units: Usually set to GALLONS. Set to Units/Acre of application.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set primary speed sensor to GPS.

SERIAL is not recommended. RADAR is an option but you will need additional cabling to connect the radar to your monitor. All Ag Leader GPS except GPS 1000 will work for ground speed.

Note: This setting affects all configurations.

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App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between where product exits applicator and position of GPS antenna on vehicle. Example: If spray boom is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 feet back. Press DOWN ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of Raven. The swath on the PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or OFF.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.

Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, Raven applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan / 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000. The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the Raven console as the rate to be applied.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys. Choices are 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0,

500.0, 1000.0, 5000.0 or 10000.0.

Actual Rate Scale Factor: This setting is required to prevent data loss in the log file (YLD file) when the units/sec of application get above 3. Use the chart below for setting. The rate actually applied and rate displayed on PF is unaffected by this setting. When the log file is mapped in Ag Leader's SMS mapping program, the mapped actual rate will be 1/10 th

of the real rate if the Actual Rate Scale Factor is 0.100. If it is

0.010, the mapped actual rate will be 1/100 th

the real rate.

The mapped actual rate can be scaled back up in SMS. The summary actual rate in SMS is unaffected by this setting.

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Avg. Speed

0-25 mph

Swath Application Rate between Scale Factor

0-80 ft 0-10 units/ac

1.000

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

1.000

1.000

0.100

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

101-500 units/ac

0.100

0.100

0-10 mph

11-15 mph

0-25 mph

0-80 ft

0-50 ft

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-80 ft

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

0.100

0.100

0.010

0.010

0.010

2.

If you have a 440, 450, or 460 ignore this step, otherwise press

CONTRLER SETTINGS key. Set the following:

Controller Channel: Set to channel of Raven to record or control rate.

Controller Operating Mode: Set to liquid or granular, whichever type the Raven console is controlling.

3.

Press EXIT key to return to screen with ADVANCED

SETTINGS key on bottom. Press the ADVANCED

SETTINGS key.

Target Rate Outside Field: This only pertains to using a

.tgt prescription file.

Set to ZERO if want rate outside field to be zero.

Set to USE LAST if want rate to be the last rate used at

the time the vehicle is detected outside the field. This is

useful when the vehicle is being falsely detected outside

of the field during the outside pass.

Set to TGT DEFAULT if want rate outside field to be the

default rate stored in the .tgt prescription file.

Controller Time Delay: Set to 3 seconds. This is delay of controller to change application equipment to new rate + 2 seconds.

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Actual Rate Units: Ignore this setting.

Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to No, otherwise.

4.

This completes all the settings for one configuration. Press

EXIT key twice to return to screen showing all configurations or press EXIT key 3 times and menu key to return to main operating system.

Activating

Configuration and

Setting .tgt

Prescription File

5.

Exit back to main screen. a) Press FIELD key twice. b) Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c) Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active. (All other configs must be unchecked first). d) If you will be using a .tgt prescription file. Press EDIT

TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e) Select .tgt file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting view info screen, press

ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key.

Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings for Raven.

Under Data Menu key, set Baud = 9600, Trig = 1, Unit = sec,

Dlog = ON. To turn the rate change alarm OFF set Rate = OFF.

On some Ravens the Dlog setting has to be reset when the console is turned ON.

Additional

Instructions

For more information on setting Target Rate, display items, creating and using .tgt prescription files and logging actual rate see the

Operation Section in this manual.

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Cable attachment for Mid-Tech controllers that are connected to

Data-Link consoles

PF3000

ATV Battery

Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Mid-Tech Controller


Port 3

Data-Link

Cable attachment from Mid-Tech console to monitor

The Mid-Tech Data-Link console provides a serial cable connection between the PF and Ag Logix or the TASC controller. The serial cable enables the PF3000 Pro to control and record the rate. It also provides swath width (based on the number of booms on), ground speed, actual rate and area count status (based on Master Switch) information to the

PF3000 Pro.

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Setup for Mid-

Tech controllers that are connected to Data-Link

consoles

PF3000 Pro


Complete the following steps to set up for Ag Logic, TASC 6000,

6100, 6200, 6300, 6500, 6600 with Data Link.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for a

Mid-Tech.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Treflan

Roundup

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

TASC 6100

TASC 6100

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

Carrier

Carrier

EXIT

Press CREATE NEW key to set up a new configuration or select an existing configuration and press the EDIT SETTINGS key. A new screen appears with the following settings. Select each setting and press EDIT key to change the settings.

Controller Make: Set to MIDTECH. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Controller Model: Set to the MIDTECH model you have. For example: TASC 6100 etc. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Product: Press EDIT key. You can select an existing product and press ACCEPT key or create a new product by pressing CREATE

NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product.

Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or

Down Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

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Units: Set to Units/Acre of application. Set to GALLONS if applying liquid. Set to POUNDS if applying granular product.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set primary speed sensor to

SERIAL. The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the Mid-Tech. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.



Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of Mid-Tech. The swath on the PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or

OFF.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: This only pertains to using a

.tgt prescription file. Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.

Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, Mid-Tech applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan / 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000.

The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the .tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the Mid-Tech console as the rate to be applied.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys. Choices are 0.1, 1.0,

10.0, 100.0, 500.0, 1000.0, 5000.0 or 10000.0.

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the real rate.


Avg. Speed Swath Application Rate between

0-25 mph 0-80 ft 0-10 units/ac

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

101-500 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

Scale Factor

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.100

0.100

0.100

0.100

0.100

0.010

0.010

0.010

2.

Press CONTRLER SETTINGS key. Set the following:

Controller Channel: Set to channel of Mid-Tech to record or control rate.

NOTE: This setting will not appear for Ag Logix, TASC

6000 or TASC 6100 controllers.

Controller Operating Mode: Set to liquid or granular, whichever type the Mid-Tech console is controlling.

NOTE: This setting will not appear for TASC 6000 or TASC

6600 controllers.

3.



SETTINGS key.



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Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to No, otherwise.



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Activating

Configuration and

Setting .tgt

Prescription File

PF3000 Pro


4.



ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key. f) Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings on Data-

Link

Move the switch to "External Enable" position. The lights on the

Data-Link will flash back and forth when communication is established with the PF. The Channel switch on Mid-Tech, must be in the "Alt-Rate" position for PF to send target rate to controller. If you do not want PF to control target rate, but want it to record the actual rate from a channel, set the channel switch on

Mid-Tech to "ON" or "Standard" (exception: on Ag Logix, PF can not receive actual rate without controlling target rate).

Additional

Instructions



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DICKEY-john Land Manager


Cable attachment for DICKEY-john

Land Manager or

Land Manager II controller

PF3000 Pro

ATV Battery

Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Port 3

Dickey-john Serial Cable (p.n. 2000991)

Land Manager

Cable attachment for DICKEY-john Land Manager console

The DICKEY-john Serial Cable enables the PF3000 Pro to control and record the rate. It also provides swath width (based on the number of booms on), ground speed, actual rate and area count status (based on

Master Switch) information to the PF3000 Pro.

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Setup for a

DICKEY-john

Land Manager or

Land Manager II

controller

PF3000 Pro


Complete the following steps to set up for Land Manager or Land

Manager II controllers.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for a DICKEY-john.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Treflan

Roundup

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Land Manager

Land Manager

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

NA

NA

EXIT


Controller Make: Set to DICKEY-JOHN. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Controller Model: Set to LAND MANAGER. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

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Product: Press EDIT key. You can select an existing product and press ACCEPT key or create a new product by pressing CREATE NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

Units: Set to GALLONS if applying liquid. Set to

POUNDS if applying granular product. Set to Units/Acre of application.


SERIAL. The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the Land Manager. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.



Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of the DICKEY-john. The swath on the

PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or OFF.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000.

This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.

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Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, Land Manager applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan /

10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000. The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the .tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the Land Manager console as the rate to be applied.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys. Choices are 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0,

500.0, 1000.0, 5000.0 or 10000.0.




the real rate.


Avg. Speed Swath Application Rate between Scale Factor


1.000

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

1.000

1.000

0.100

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

101-500 units/ac

0.100

0.100

0-10 mph

11-15 mph

0-25 mph

0-80 ft

0-50 ft

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-80 ft

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

0.100

0.100

0.010

0.010

0.010

2.


Controller Operating Mode: Set to liquid, granular or NH

3 whichever type the Land Manager console is controlling.

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3.



SETTINGS key.












Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to NO, otherwise.



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Activating

Configuration and

Setting .tgt

Prescription File

PF3000 Pro


4.




Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings on Land

Manager Console

On Land Manager console, press the SYSTEM key. Select

Configuration and press Enter. Select Serial Port and press Enter.

Verify that “Active Config” is set to GPS. If it is not, select GPS and press Enter. Verify that the GPS selection is 9600-N-8. If it is not, select Modify Active and set Baud Rate=9600, Parity=None,

Data Bits=8 and Connect=Direct.

Additional

Instructions



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Cable attachment for DICKEY-john

Seed Manager or

Vanguard VM-

2500 (PIC)

PF3000 Pro

ATV Battery

Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

DICKEY-john Seed Manager

Port 3


Dickey-john Serial Cable (p.n. 2000947)

Vanguard PIC or

Dickey-john Seed

Manager Console

The DICKEY-john serial cable enables the PF3000 Pro to record the population rate. It also provides swath width (based on the number of non-failed rows), ground speed, actual rate and area count status information to the PF3000 Pro.

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Setup for

DICKEY-john

Seed Manager or

Vanguard VM-

2500 (PIC)

PF3000 Pro


Complete the following steps to set up for Seed Manager or

Vanguard VM-2500 PIC planter monitor.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for a DICKEY-john.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Corn

Soybeans

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Seed Manager

Seed Manager

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

Channel 1

Channel 1

EXIT


Controller Make: Set to DICKEY-JOHN. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

Controller Model: Set to SEED MANAGER. This setting can not be changed once the configuration is used by one or more fields.

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Product: Press EDIT key. You can select an existing product and press ACCEPT key or create a new product by pressing CREATE NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

Units: Set to SEEDS.


SERIAL. The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the Seed Manager. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.


App Distance From GPS: Ignore setting. This setting pertains to using a .tgt prescription file.

Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of the DICKEY-john.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: Ignore setting. This setting pertains to using a .tgt prescription file.

Target Rate Increment: Ignore setting.

Actual Rate Scale Factor: Set to 1.000.

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Activating

Configuration

PF3000 Pro


2.

Exit back to main screen. a) Press FIELD key twice. b) Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c) Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active. (All other configs must be unchecked first). d) Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings on Seed

Manager Console

Additional

Instructions

There are no settings required on the Seed Manager to establish communication.



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Rawson Accu-Rate/Accu-Plant


Cable attachment for Rawson Accu-

Rate Controller

PF3000 Pro

Tractor Cab Cable

(p.n. 2000493)

Port 3

Drive A

Connection

Rawson Wiring Harness--

Drive Speed Connection.

Com A

Rawson Serial

Cable (p.n.

2000952)

(Same as PC Cable)

Rawson Accu-Rate Console

Drive B Connection

Rawson Accu-Rate Tee Cable

(p.n. 2000890)

Rawson Wiring Harness--Power,

Ground Speed, and Area Count

Connections.

The Rawson serial cable (p.n. 2000952) enables the PF3000 Pro to control the rate of the Rawson processor. The Rawson Accu-Rate Tee

Cable (p.n. 2000890) provides power, radar ground speed and actual rate

(based on drive rpm) signals to the PF.

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Rate and Seed

Manager

PF3000

ATV Battery

Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Port 2

Port 3

Rawson Serial Cable (p.n. 2000952)

(Same as PC cable)

Dickey-john Serial

Cable (p.n. 2000947)

Vanguard PIC or

Dickey-john Seed

Manager Console

Com A

Rawson

Console

The diagram above shows connections required for the PF to control the population of the Accu-Rate and record the actual population as measured by the Seed Manager or Vanguard VM 2500 (PIC). The ground speed, swath width and area count status come from the Seed

Manager.

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Plant Controller

PF3000 Pro

Tractor Cab Cable

(p.n. 2000493)

Rawson Accu-Plant/Mark III

Tee Cable (p.n. 2000499)

Serial Cable

(p.n. 2000952)

Rawson Accu-Plant or New

Leader Mark III Console

Rawson or New Leader main wiring harness.

Cable attachment for Rawson Accu-Plant Controller.

The Rawson serial cable (p.n. 2000952) enables the PF3000 Pro to control the rate of the Rawson processor. The Rawson Accu-Plant Tee

Cable (p.n. 2000499) provides power, radar ground speed and actual rate

(based on drive rpm) signals to the PF.

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Setup for

Rawson Accu-

Rate or Accu-

Plant Controller

PF3000 Pro


Complete the following steps to setup for Rawson Accu-Rate or

Accu-Plant.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations for a

Accu-Rate controller.

1.

Press SETUP key. Press APP RATE CONFIG key. A screen similar to the one below should appear:

APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Corn

Hybrid B

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

ACCU-RATE

ACCU-RATE

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

N/A

N/A

EXIT


Controller Make: Set to RAWSON.

Controller Model: Set to ACCU-RATE or ACCU-PLANT.


NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use

Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down

Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

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Units: Set to Units/Acre of application. Set to SEEDS if planting.

Set to TONS if applying lime. Set to POUNDS if applying fertilizer. Set to GALLONS if applying liquid.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set to RADAR or GPS. All Ag Leader

GPS except GPS 1000 will work for ground speed. If getting actual rate from Seed Manger Planter monitor set to SERIAL.

Note: This setting affects all configurations

App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between where product exits applicator and position of GPS antenna on vehicle. Example:

If the planter is 20 feet behid GPS antenna set to 20 feet back.

Press DOWN ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Set to full swath of applicator.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application. Example: Tgt file in pounds/ac of lime, Rawson applies lime in tons/ac. Set to 1:0.0005 to convert pounds/acre to tons/ac. The PF will read the rate from the .tgt prescription file and multiply it by 0.0005 and send that rate to the Rawson processor.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys. Choices are 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0, 500.0, 1000.0,

5000.0 or 10000.0. Suggested setting when planting corn is 500.0 or 1000.0. For planting beans use 1000.0 or 5000.0 or 10000.0.

For applying lime use 0.1. For applying fertilizer or liquid use 1.0 or 10.0.



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Nominal Rate: If the PF is not controlling the rate, ignore this setting. If the PF is controlling the rate, this setting must equal the nominal rate setting in the Rawson processor.

Press the MODE key on the Rawson processor until the nominal rate appears. The nominal rate should appear as follows for the different modes of the Rawson processor.

“Sds/A=x,xxx,xxx” – Rawson plant mode

“Rate=xxxx.x Lb/A” – Rawson dry fertilizer mode

“Rate=xx.x Gal/A” – Rawson liquid fertilizer mode

Percent rate change: If the PF is not controlling the rate, ignore this setting. If the PF is controlling the rate, this setting must equal the “Steps” setting in the Rawson processor.

The “Steps” setting is not changeable or viewable in the Accu-Plant processor. The settings are…

4.00% for plant mode of Accu-Plant processor

6.66% for fertilizer mode of Accu-Plant processor

The “Steps” setting is changeable in the Accu-Rate processor. Press the

MODE key on the Accu-Rate processor until “Steps x.x%” appears. The default settings for each mode are below.

4.00% for plant mode of Accu-Rate processor

6.66% for fertilizer mode of Accu-Rate processor

Cal. number for act. rate: Use the formula below for the appropriate mode to determine this setting.

Planting mode - Press MODE key on processor to view the “# of seeds=xxx.x” and “No. of Rows=xx” setting.

# of seeds

5

x No. of rows x 10 = Cal. number for act. rate

Liquid fertilizer mode - Press MODE key on processor to view

“Pump Disp x.xxxx”, “RateSetting xx.x” and “Ratio=xx.xx:1” setting.

Pump Disp x Rate Setting x 10000

Ratio

= Cal. number for act. rate

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Dry fertilizer mode - Press MODE key on processor to view

“Del. Rate=xxx.xx”, “Mat’l=xxx.x Lb”, “Rate Setting xx.xx” and “Ratio=xx.xx:1” setting.

Del. Rate x Mat'l x Rate Setting x .5787

Ratio

= cal. number

NOTE: Actual rate will be 1/10 th

of real actual rate

(except for lime). If cal. number is over 6400, divide cal. number by 10. Ex. 7000/10=700 (act. rate will be 1/100 th of real actual rate). If gate setting changes, switch

configurations and enter new cal. number.

Actual Rate Source: Set to DRIVE RPM. Actual Rate will be determined based on rpm of hydraulic drive. If you are planting and have a Dickey-john Seed Manager monitor and you want to get the actual rate from it, set this to SEED MANGR.

2.

Press EXIT key to return to screen with ADVANCED SETTINGS key on bottom. Press the ADVANCED SETTINGS key.

Target Rate Outside Field: This only pertains to using a target file.

Set to ZERO if want rate outside field to be zero.

Set to USE LAST if want rate to be the last rate used at the time the vehicle is detected outside the field. This is useful when experiencing problems with the vehicle being falsely detected outside of the field during the outside pass.

Set to TGT DEFAULT if want rate outside field to be the default rate stored in the target rate file.



Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to

NO, otherwise.

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3.

Exit back to main screen. a)Press FIELD key twice. b)Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c)Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press

ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked first). d)If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e)Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting view info screen, press ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key. f)Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings on

Rawson processor

If the PF is controlling the rate, the Rawson processor must be set to

"GPS Mode" under the mode key. Otherwise, no settings need to be made on the Rawson processor.

Additional

Instructions

For more information on setting Target Rate, display items, creating and using .tgt prescription files and logging actual rate see the Operation

Section in this manual.

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Cable attachment for New Leader

Mark III or Mark

IV processors

PF3000 Pro

Tractor Cab Cable

(p.n. 2000493)

If Mark III processor use Tee

Cable p.n. 2000499

If Mark IV processor use Tee

Cable p.n. 2000945

New Leader Controller


Rawson Serial Cable (p.n. 2000952)

New Leader Mark III Console or

New Leader Mark IV Console

New Leader Mark IV main wiring harness.

The New Leader tee cable (p.n. 2000945) provides power, radar ground speed and actual rate (based on drive rpm) signals to the PF. The

Rawson Serial Cable (p.n. 2000952) enables the PF to control the rate of the New Leader processor.

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Setup for New

Leader Mark III or Mark IV controllers

PF3000 Pro


Complete the following steps to setup for New Leader Mark III or Mark

IV.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for a Mark IV.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Lime

Fertilizer

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Mark IV

Mark IV

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

N/A

N/A

EXIT


Controller Make: Set to NEW LEADER.

Controller Model: Set to MARK III or MARK IV


NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use

Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down

Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.

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Units: Set to Units/Acre of application. Set to TONS if applying lime.

Set to POUNDS if applying fertilizer.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set to RADAR or GPS. All Ag Leader GPS except GPS 1000 will work for ground speed.


App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between where product exits applicator and position of GPS antenna on vehicle. Example: If the spinner is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 feet back. Press DOWN

ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Set to spread width of applicator.


Example: Tgt file in pounds/ac of lime, New Leader Mark processor applies lime in tons/ac. Set to 1:0.0005 to convert pounds/acre to tons/ac.

The PF will read the rate from the .tgt prescription file and multiply it by

0.0005 and send that rate to the Mark processor.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys.

Choices are 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0, 500.0, 1000.0, 5000.0 or 10000.0.

Suggested setting for applying lime is 0.1. For applying fertilizer use 1.0 or 10.0.

Actual Rate Scale Factor: Set to 1.000 if applying lime. Set to 0.100 if applying fertilizer. This setting is required to prevent data loss in the log file (YLD file) when the units/sec of application get above 3. The rate actually applied and rate displayed on PF is unaffected by this setting.

When the log file is mapped in Ag Leader SMS mapping program, the mapped actual rate will be 1/10 th

of the real rate if the Actual Rate Scale

Factor is 0.100. If it is 0.010, the mapped actual rate will be 1/100 th

the real rate. The mapped actual rate can be scaled back up in SMS. The summary actual rate in SMS is unaffected by this setting.


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Nominal Rate: If the PF is not controlling the rate, ignore this setting. If the PF is controlling the rate, this setting must equal the nominal rate setting in the Mark processor.

Press the MODE key on the Mark processor until the nominal rate appears. The nominal rate should appear as follows for the different modes of the Mark processor.

"Yield = xxxx Lb/A" – Fert Mode

"Yield = xx.x T/A" – Lime Mode

Percent rate change: If the PF is not controlling the rate, ignore this setting. If the PF is controlling the rate, this setting must equal

6.66%.

Cal. number for act. Rate: Use the formula below to dtermine this setting.

New Leader – Press Mode key on controller to view

“FeedGate=xx.xx”, “Mat’l=xxx.x Lb”, and “Conv. Rate=x.xxx” settings. Use formula to determine cal. number.

Feed Gate x Mat'l x Conv. Rate x 1000 (5 if lime)

6.1

= cal. number

NOTE: When As Applied data is mapped in mapping program, actual rate will be 1/10 th

of real actual rate (except for lime). If cal. number is over 6400, divide cal. number by 10. Ex.

7000/10=700 (mapped actual rate will be 1/100 th

of real actual rate). If feed gate setting changes, switch configurations and

enter new cal. number.

2.

Press EXIT key to return to screen with ADVANCED SETTINGS key on bottom. Press the ADVANCED SETTINGS key

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NO, otherwise.

3.


ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked first). d)If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e)Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting view info screen, press ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key.





Controller Time Delay: Set to 2 seconds. This is delay of controller to change application equipment to new rate + 2 seconds. f)Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

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Settings on New

Leader processor

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If the PF is controlling the rate, the New Leader processor must be set to

"GPS Mode" under the mode key. Otherwise, no settings need to be made on the New Leader processor.

Additional

Instructions

For more information on setting Target Rate, display items, creating and using .tgt prescription files and logging actual rate see the Operation Section of this manual.

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Cable attachment for Flexcontrol controller

ATV Battery Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Flexicoil Flexcontrol


PF3000 Pro

Flexicoil Cable part number 14927SU1

Flexcontrol

The Serial cable connecting between the PF and Flexcontrol enables the

PF to control the rate. It also provides ground speed, swath width (based on number of boom sections on ) and actual rate information to the PF.

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Setup for

Flexcontrol controller

PF3000 Pro


A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for the Flexcontrol controller.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Fertilizer 1

Fertilizer 2

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Flexcontrol

Flexcontrol

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

Air Tank 1

Air Tank 2

EXIT

1.


Controller Make: Set to FLEXICOIL.

Controller Model: Set to FLEXCONTROL





Units: Set to Units/Acre of application. Set to POUNDS if applying fertilizer. Set to GALLONS if applying liquid.

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Ground Speed Sensor: Set primary speed sensor to SERIAL. The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the Flexcontrol. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.



If the boom is 20 feet behid GPS antenna set to 20 feet back. Press

DOWN ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of Flexcontrol. The swath on the PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or OFF.

Tgt Units: Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to convert the units in a .tgt prescription file to the units of application.

Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, Flexcontrol applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan

/ 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000. The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the .tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the

Flexcontrol console as the rate to be applied.

Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or

Down arrow keys. Choices are 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0, 500.0, 1000.0,

5000.0 or 10000.0. For applying fertilizer or liquid use 1.0 or 10.0.

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of the real rate if the Actual Rate

Scale Factor is 0100. If it is 0.010, the mapped actual rate will be

1/100 th

the real rate. The mapped actual rate can be scaled back up in SMS. The summary actual rate in SMS is unaffected by this setting.



1.000

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

1.000

1.000

0.100

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

101-500 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

0.100

0.100

0.100

0.100

0.010

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

0.010

0.010

2.


Controller Channel: This is the channel the PF will use to record the actual rate and control the rate if desired. Set to either:

Air Tank 1

Air Tank 2

Air Tank 3

Sprayer 1

Sprayer 2

NOTE: The PF will not work with channels used for planting.

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3.









NO, otherwise.

4.


ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked first).

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d)If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e)Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting view info screen, press ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key. f)Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Settings on

Flexcontrol

Additional

Instructions

Not settings need to be made on the Flexcontrol to enable communication.

For more information on setting Target Rate, display items, creating and using .tgt prescription and logging actual rate see the Operation Section of this manual.

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Cable attachment for Hiniker 8605

ATV Battery

Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-

PF3000 Pro

Hiniker Serial Cable (p.n. 2000951)

Hiniker 8605


Hiniker 8605

Controller

Hiniker Wiring Harness

The Serial cable connecting between the PF and Hiniker 8605 enables the PF to control the rate on the Hiniker 8605. It also provides ground speed, swath width (based on number of boom sections on ) and actual rate information to the PF.

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Hiniker 8605


Setup for Hiniker

8605 controller

PF3000 Pro


A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for the Hiniker 8605 controller.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

NH3

Fertilizer 1

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

8605

8605

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

N/A

N/A

EXIT

Press CREATE NEW key to set up a new configuration or select an existing configuration and press the EDIT SETTINGS key. A new screen appears with the following settings. Select each setting and press

EDIT key to change the settings.

Controller Make: Set to HINIKER

Controller Model: Set to 8605.


CREATE NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use

Up or Down Arrow key to change the character. To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or



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Hiniker 8605


Ground Speed Sensor: Set primary speed sensor to SERIAL.

The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the Hiniker 8605. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor

Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.

NOTE: If you have an older Hiniker 8605 (before 2000 model year), SERIAL will not be an option if the Hiniker

Software version is before 2.03 version. If so, set to GPS.


If the boom is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 feet back.

Press DOWN ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of the 8605 controller. The swath on the PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or OFF.


Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, 8605 applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan / 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000. The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the .tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the 8605 console as the rate to be applied.



5000.0 or 10000.0. For applying fertilizer or liquid use 1.0 or 10.0.


2.


Controller Operating Mode: Set to LIQUID or NH

3,

whichever the Hiniker 8605 is controlling.

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3.









NO, otherwise.

4.



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Settings on Hiniker

8605

Additional

Instructions

Hiniker 8605


Not settings need to be made on the Hiniker 8605 to establish communication.

For more information on setting Target Rate, display items, creating and using .tgt prescription files and logging actual rate see the Operations

Section of this manual.

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Teejet 844


PF3000 Pro


Cable attachment for Teejet 844 controller

PF3000 Pro

ATV Power Cable

(p.n. 2000497-2)

Serial Cable

(p.n. 2000952)

TeeJet 844 Controller

The Serial cable connection between the PF and TeeJet 844 enables the

PF to control the rate on the TeeJet 844. It also provides swath width

(based on the number of booms on), ground speed, actual rate and area count status (based on Master Switch) information to the PF.

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Setup for Teejet

844 controller

Teejet 844


A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for the Flexcontrol controller.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

PRODUCT 1

PRODUCT 2

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

TEEJET 844

TEEJET 844

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

CARRIER

CARRIER

EXIT


Controller Make: Set to SPRAY SYS.

Controller Model: Set to TEEJET 844.






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Ground Speed Sensor: Set primary speed sensor to SERIAL. The monitor will get ground speed from the serial cable connection to the TeeJet 844. Leave the secondary speed sensor set to WHEEL and do not change the Speed Sensor Pulses/100 ft. Also do not perform a distance calibration using wheel selection. No calibration is needed when primary speed is set to SERIAL.



If the boom is 20 feet behid GPS antenna set to 20 feet back. Press

DOWN ARROW key to set feet back, UP ARROW key to set feet forward.

Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath automatically comes from serial port of the 844 controller. The swath on the PF automatically changes as boom sections are turned ON or OFF.


Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, TeeJet 844 applies based on gallons/ac. If tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan / 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000. The PF will read the pints/acre rate out of the .tgt file, multiply it by ten to convert it to gallons/ac and send that rate to the TeeJet 844 console as the rate to be applied.



5000.0 or 10000.0. Suggested setting when planting corn is 500.0 or 1000.0. For applying fertilizer or liquid use 1.0 or 10.0.

Actual Rate Scale Factor: This setting is required to prevent data loss in the log file (YLD file) when the units/sec of application get above 3. The rate actually applied and rate displayed on PF is unaffected by this setting. Use the chart below for setting. When the log file is mapped in Ag Leader's SMS mapping program, the mapped actual rate will be 1/10 th

of the real rate if the Actual Rate

Scale Factor is 0.100. If it is 0.010, the mapped actual rate will be

1/100 th

the real rate. The mapped actual rate can be scaled back up in SMS. The summary actual rate is unaffected by this setting

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1.000

0-10 mph 0-80 ft

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

1.000

1.000

0.100

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

101-500 units/ac

0.100

0.100

0-10 mph

11-15 mph

0-25 mph

0-80 ft

0-50 ft

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-80 ft

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

0.100

0.100

0.010

0.010

0.010

2.








Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to NO, otherwise.

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3.



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Flowmeter Controller


Cable attachment for Flow Meters

Use these instructions to connect to most flow meters to record the actual rate or as-applied rate. Some common cases where this setup should be used are:

1) Raven controllers without serial ports.

2) Hiniker 8100 or 8150 controllers.

3) Sprocket and Shaft Speed Sensor on planter.

Example of connections for a liquid flow meter

PF3000 Pro

Tractor Cab Cable

(p.n. 2000493)

Tractor Distribution Cable

(p.n. 2000494)

Radar Tee Cable-Raven, Micro-Trak,

Magnavox (Deere) Case-IH available. Dickeyjohn radar connects direct to distribution cable.

Radar Extension Cable

(p.n. 2000816-1 10 ft

p.n. 2000816-2 20 ft)

Radar

Gun

Battery Power Cable

(p.n. 2000495)

Flow Meter Ext. Cable

(p.n. 2000453-2 [10 ft.])

(p.n. 2000453-3 [25 ft.])

Flow Meter Tee Cable-

Raven, Micro-Trak,

Dickey-john, Mid-Tech available

Flow Meter

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Example of connections for a sprocket and shaft speed sensor on a Planter

PF3000 Pro

Tractor Cab Cable

(p.n. 2000493)

Radar Tee Cable-Raven, Micro-Trak,

Magnavox (Deere) Case-IH available. Dickeyjohn radar connects direct to distribution cable.

Radar Extension Cable

(p.n. 2000816-1 10 ft

p.n. 2000816-2 20 ft)

Radar

Gun

Tractor Distribution Cable

(p.n. 2000494)

Battery Power Cable

(p.n. 2000495)

Shaft Speed Sensor (p.n.

2000882-3)

1/16” to 1/8” Clearance

Flow Meter Ext. Cable

(p.n. 2000453-2 [10 ft.])

(p.n. 2000453-3 [25 ft.])

30 to 45 tooth Sprocket -

#40 or larger sprocket

(not included)

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Setup for Flow

Meter



A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations set up for the Flow Meter controller.

1 Press SETUP key. Press APP RATE CONFIG key. Press

CREATE NEW key. Set the following:

APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Fertilizer

Hybrid A

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Liquid

Planting

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

N/A

N/A

EXIT

Controller Make: Set to FLOWMETER.

Controller Model: Set to LIQUID or GRANULAR or

PLANTING, whichever bests fits the type of product and field operation.





Units: Set to Units/Acre of application.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set to RADAR or GPS.

App Distance From GPS: Ignore this setting.

Tgt Units:Contrler Units: Ignore this setting.

Target Rate Increment: Ignore this setting.

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2.


Flowmtr pulses/gal or unit (LIQUID or GRANULAR): Enter the number of pulses per gallon or unit of flowmeter device.

NOTE: Most liquid flow meters have the number of pulses per gallon somewhere on the flow meter. Raven flow meters have the number of pulses per 10 gallons. For example if Raven Flow Meter has a number of 720, use 72 for setting.

Flowmeter pulses/10 revs (PLANTING): Set equal to the number of teeth of sprocket for shaft speed sensor times ten.

Example: If sprocket has 30 teeth then setting is 300 (30 x 10 =

300)

Act rate:Flowmeter ratio (LIQUID or GRANULAR): If want to record the carrier gallons/ac set to 1.000:1. This is the typical setting.

If want to record product units/ac use following formula:

# product units

1 gallon of carrier

= setting

.08 pint Treflan

Example:

1 gallon of carrier

= .080 (Setting is .080:1)

Number seeds/rev (PLANTING): Use the following formula to determine this setting:

# of seeds dispensed for 1 row

1 rev of sprocket of sensor

x Total # of rows

Example: 12 row planter, 6 seeds dispensed per row per one revolution of sprocket of shaft speed sensor. Setting is 72.

Area Count: Set to Standard if voltage from external switch goes high during operation. Set to Reversed if voltage from external switch goes low during operation. Standard is the normal setting.

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3.

Exit back to main screen. a) Press FIELD key twice. b) Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c) Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press

ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active. (All other configs must be unchecked first). d) Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

Additional

Instructions

For more information on display items and logging the actual rate see the Operations Section of this manual.

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Direct Drive – Accu-Rate


Cable attachment for Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-

Rate drives

PF3000 Pro


The diagram below illustrates the cable attachment for when the Pro

Direct Drives the Rawson Accu-Rate hydraulic drive, without the

Rawson processor.

Single Drive

Rawson Direct Drive Adapter

Cable p.n. 2000982

Rawson Module p.n. 2000987

P.n. 2000982 and p.n.

2000987 are sold in Kit p.n.

2000980

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Dual Drive

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Rawson Direct Drive

Adapter Cable p.n. 200982


P.n. 2000982 and p.n.


2000980

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Rawson Direct Drive

Adapter Cable p.n. 200982


P.n. 2000982 and p.n.


2000980

PF3000 Pro


Setup for Direct

Drive of Accu-

Rate drive



CAUTION: When hydraulics are turned on to the hydraulic drive, the planter is ready to run. To prevent serious injury to you or others KEEP CLEAR OF MOVING PARTS.

MANDATORY: You must install and use a planter monitor.

It will inform you of plugged rows or rows not planting.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations for a Accu-Rate controller.

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Hybrid A

Hybrid B

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

Raws Plant

Raws Plant

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

Drive A

Drive A

EXIT

Press CREATE NEW key. Set the following:

Controller Make: Set to DIRECT.

Controller Model: Set to RAWS PLANT if planting and RAWS

FERT if fertilizing.

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CREATE NEW key. Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of hybrid or variety. Use Left or Right Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down Arrow key to change the character.

To erase a character in the name, highlight that character and use UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set each character and press ACCEPT key twice.

Units: This is the Units/Acre of application. Set to SEEDS if planting. Set to GALLONS if applying liquid. Set to

POUNDS or TONS if applying fertilizer.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set to RADAR or GPS. GPS setting must not be used when planting. It can be used for fertilizing.

The Pro acquires speed from GPS once per second which is not adequate for planting.

App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between planter toolbar and position of GPS antenna on tractor. Example: If toolbar is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 ft back.

Full Swath: Set to full swath of applicator. When planting set to # of rows x Row Spacing in feet. Example: 12 row planter,

30 inch row spacing. 12x2.5ft=30 ft

Tgt Units:Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.

Target Rate Increment: This determines the increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys. Set to 500.0 or 1000.0 if planting corn. Set to 1000.0, 5000.0 or 10000.0 if planting beans. Set to

0.1, 1.0 or 10.0 if applying liquid or dry fertilizer.

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Actual Rate Scale Factor: This setting is required to prevent data loss in the log file (YLD file) when the units/sec of application get above 3. The rate actually applied and rate displayed on PF is unaffected by this setting. Set to 1.000 if planting. Use chart below for setting when fertilizing. When the log file is mapped in Ag Leader's SMS mapping program, the mapped actual rate will be 1/10 th

of the real rate if the

Actual Rate Scale factor is 1.100. If it is 0.010, the mapped actual rate will be 1/100 th

the real rate. The mapped actual rate can be scaled back up in SMS. The summary actual rate in

SMS is unaffected by this setting.

Avg. Speed Swath Application Rate between Scale Factor


1.000

0-10 mph

11-15 mph

0-80 ft

0-50 ft

11-15 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

11-100 units/ac

1.000

1.000

0.100

0.100

0-25 mph

0-10 mph

0-80 ft

0-80 ft

101-500 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

0.100

0.100

0.100

11-15 mph 0-50 ft

11-25 mph 51-80 ft

16-25 mph 0-80 ft

0-25 mph 0-80 ft

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

501-1000 units/ac

1001+ units/ac

0.010

0.010

0.010

2.

Press CONTRLER SETTINGS key. These settings appear when

Controller Make = Raws Plant. Set the following:

Drive: If you have a single drive system set to DRIVE A.

If you have a dual drive system set to DRIVE AB.

If you have a three drive system, set to DRIVE ABC.

# of seeds/row/5 rev:

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1) Fill seed hopper with appropriate amount of seed.

2) Place container under hopper to catch seeds.

3) Press CAL DRIVE key and press START key. (Use caution, planter will run for 5 turns of the hydraulic drive).

4) Count seeds and rerun drive to find a true average value.

Might need to ignore initial runs because hopper dispensing unit is not fully primed.

Number of rows – Drive A: Set to number of rows controlled by Drive A.

Number of rows – Drive B: Set to number of rows controlled by Drive B.

Number of rows – Drive C: Set to number of rows controlled by Drive C.

Actual Rate Source: Normally set to DRIVE RPM. Set to

SEED MANGR if want to get the rate from a Seed Manager or

Vanguard planter monitor.

Jump start speed: Suggested setting is 2 mph. When the planter is down and you take off from a stationary position, move the drive switch to the jump start position. The Pro sets the ground speed to the jump start speed setting until speed from radar gets above the jump start speed.

Maximum drive RPM: Set to 300 rpm unless otherwise advised. The Pro will not let the drive rpm get above this setting. A message “SLOW DOWN!!” will be displayed every time the maximum rpm is reached.

Manual speed: Set this to your average speed if you are using manual speed in place of your radar gun.

Manual speed: Normally this should be set to OFF. The only reason to set this to ON is if you can not get ground speed from your radar gun or you want to run the drive in a stationary position.

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These settings appear when Controller Make = Raws Fert

Fertilizer type: Set to DRY or LIQUID.

Drive: Set to Drive A.

Gate Setting (dry) or Rate Setting (liquid): If applying dry product, enter the feed gate opening in inches. If applying liquid and using a John Blue piston pump enter the stroke setting (usually between 1-10).

Material density: If applying dry product, enter the density of product in lbs/cubic feet. If applying liquid product, this number will be automatically set to 1.0 and it can not be changed.

Delivery Rate: If applying dry product, enter the cubic feet/rev per 1 inch of gate setting of applicator (not hydraulic drive). If applying liquid product and using a John Blue piston pump, enter the gal/rev per one stroke of pump.

If pump is model LM-2450, enter 0.0047.



Jump Start Speed: Set to 2 mph.

Maximum drive RPM: Set to 500 rpm unless other wise advised. The Pro will not let the drive rpm get above this setting. A message "SLOW DOWN!!" will be displayed every time the maximum rpm is reached.

Drive Switch: Set this to EXTERNAL to turn drive ON/OFF using ON/OFF/Jump start switch or whisker switch from

Rawson. Set to INTERNAL to shut drive ON/OFF using switch on bottom right of Pro's front panel.

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Manual Speed: Set this to your average speed if you are using manual speed in place of your radar or GPS ground speed source.

Manual Speed: Normally this should be set to OFF. The only reason to set this to ON is if you can not get ground speed from your radar or GPS or you want to run the drive in a stationary position.

3.


SETTINGS key. Press the ADVANCED SETTINGS key.





Controller Time Delay: Set to seconds.


Log Actual Rate: Set to YES to log actual rate to card. Set to NO, otherwise.

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4.

Exit back to main screen. a) Press FIELD key twice. b) Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c) Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked first). d) If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e) Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting the view info screen, press


Additional

Instructions


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Direct Drive – Mark III/Mark IV


Cable attachment for Direct Drive of New Leader

Mark III and

Mark IV

PF3000 Pro


The diagrams below show the cable attachments when the PF3000 Pro

Direct Drives the New Leader Mark III, IV, IV.2, or IV.4 drive without the New Leader Processor.

Retrofitting Pro to Mark model drive that has a Mark processor. (Mark processor is disconnected and not used.)

Retrofit Cable p.n. 2000983


P.n. 2000983 and p.n. 2000987 are sold in Kit p.n. 2000981

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Connecting Pro to new Mark IV.4 drive that was ordered without a Mark processor.

Mark IV.4 Cable p.n.

2000996

Rawson module p.n.

2000987

P.n. 2000996 and p.n. 2000987 are sold in Kit p.n. 2000995

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Setup for Direct

Drive of Mark III,

IV, IV.2 and IV.4 drive

PF3000 Pro


CAUTION: When hydraulics are turned on to the hydraulic drive, the conveyor is ready to run. To prevent serious injury to you or others KEEP CLEAR OF MOVING

PARTS.

A separate configuration of settings should be created for every product applied. A maximum of 16 different configurations can be created. The screen below illustrates two configurations for a New Leader controller

1.


APP RATE CONFIG

PRODUCT

Lime

Fert #60

EDIT

SETTINGS

CONTROLLER

New Leader

New Leader

CREATE

NEW

DELETE

CHANNEL

N/A

N/A

EXIT

Press CREATE NEW key. Set the following:

Controller Make: Set to DIRECT.

Controller Model: Set to NEW LEADER.




DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the blank space between "9" and "A". Set each character and press ACCEPT key twice.

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Units: Set to the Units/Acre of application. If applying lime set to TONS. If applying fertilizer set to POUNDS.

Ground Speed Sensor: Set to RADAR or GPS.

App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between where product exits applicator and position of GPS antenna on vehicle.

Example: If spinner is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 ft back.

Full Swath: Set to full spread width of applicator in feet.

Tgt Units:Contrler Units: Normally this is set to 1:1.0000. It only pertains to using a target file. This ratio is used to convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.

Example: If your lime target file is in lbs/ac and you apply based on tons/ac your ratio will be 1:0.0005.

Target Rate Increment: This determines the increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each press of

Up or Down arrow keys. For Lime set to 0.1. For Fertilizer set to 10.0

Actual Rate Scale Factor:

Set to 1.000 when Units are Tons (Lime).

Set to 0.100 when Units are Pounds (Fertilizer).

NOTE: When reading the Fertilizer As-Applied data, the mapped rate will be 1/10 th

of the actual rate because the scale factor was set to 0.100. In Ag Leader’s SMS mapping software, the rate can be scaled back up to the actual value. The actual rate and total units shown on the PF3000 Pro screen will always be correct.

2.


Drive model: Set to model of your New Leader drive: MARKIII or MARKIV or MARKIV ver.2 or MARKIV.4

Feed gate setting: Set to the feed gate opening in inches.

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Material density: Set to product density in lbs/cubic feet of product.

Conveyor rate: Set to the cubic feet/rev of applicator. This is the

CFR value in the New Leader manual. You usually have to enter an initial value then check it or calibrate and fine-tune it for accuracy. Refer to the New Leader manual for instructions on how to do that procedure.

Maximum drive RPM: Set to 300 rpm unless otherwise advised.

This setting will be fixed at 240 rpm if you are using a MarkIII.

The Pro will not let the drive rpm get above this setting. A message “SLOW DOWN!!” will be displayed every time the maximum rpm is reached.

Drive Switch: Set this to INTERNAL to shut drive on/off using switch on bottom right of Pro’s front panel. Set this to

EXTERNAL to turn drive on/off using optional remote switch on

MarkIV ver.2 and IV.4 drives.

Manual speed: Set this to your average speed if you are using manual speed in place of your radar or GPS ground speed source.

Manual speed: Normally this should be set to OFF. The only reason to set this to ON is if you can not get ground speed from your radar or GPS or you want to run the drive in a stationary position.

Fan speed pulses/rev: Set to number of pulses outputted by spinner speed sensor per 1 revolution of fan. (New Leader’s sensor is 4 pulses/rev)

3.

Press EXIT key to return to screen with ADVANCED SETTINGS key. Press ADVANCED SETTINGS key.



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Set to USE LAST if want rate to be the last rate used at the time the vehicle is detected outside the field. This is useful when experiencing problems with the vehicle being falsely detected outside of the field during the outside pass of the field.


Controller Time Delay: Set to 2 seconds.

Actual Rate Units: Set to Units/ac of application.


NO to not log actual rate to card.

A configuration of settings must be created for each product applied. For example, create one for Lime, another for DAP and another for Potash. Repeat steps 1-3 to create a new configuration. Product Density, Swath and Feed Gate Opening and other settings are stored separately for each configuration.

4.

Exit back to main screen. a) Press FIELD key twice. b) Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key. c) Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press

ACTIVE ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked first). d) If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise press EXIT key and skip to step f. e) Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one. After exiting the view info screen, press

ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key. f) Press ACCEPT key to accept field.

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Instructions

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Introduction

Calibration Overview

You must calibrate the monitor for it to be accurate.

The calibration section contains instructions for the following items:

Item

Calibrating Distance

Calibrating Temperature

Operating Mode

All

Harvest

Calibrating for Vibration (C1)

Calibrating Moisture

Calibrating Grain Weight

Calibrating Stop Height

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Page

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Order of Keys

Press the MENU key the display. until you see on the following on

SUMMARY

CAL SETUP DIAG

Press the CAL key to view the following calibration menu items.

WEIGHT

MOISTURE AREA DISTANCE

Press the bottom LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to switch between and view the calibration menu items

VIBRAT

STOP HGT TEMP

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Calibrating Distance

(All Modes)

Introduction

Distance

Calibration

Screen

PF3000 Pro


You must calibrate distance for a primary or secondary speed setting of

WHEEL, TRACK or RADAR.

To view the distance calibration screen press the:

MENU key

CAL key

DISTANCE key

Choosing Speed

Sensor

You must choose the speed sensor you are using for ground speed before you can calibrate distance. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select either:

•

WHEEL

•

TRACK

•

RADAR

Press the ENTER DISTANCE key after you have set the ground speed sensor.

DISTANCE CALIBRATION

CHOOSE SENSOR:

WHEEL

ENTER

DISTANCE

EXIT

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Preparing to

Calibrate Distance


(All Modes)

You must accurately measure a known distance, setting flags or making a mark at each end of the path.

NOTE:

•

Use at least a 200 feet travel path to obtain an accurate calibration.

•

For maximum accuracy, calibrate on a ground surface that is similar to

field conditions.

Calibration

Procedure

Example of distance calibration screen:

DISTANCE CALIBRATION: WHEEL

ACTUAL DISTANCE:

200 ft

MEASURED DISTANCE

:

0

ft

PULSES / 100 FT:

2000

START

TRAVEL

CLEAR

DISTANCE

PERFORM

CAL

EXIT

STOP

TRAVEL

CANCEL

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(All Modes)

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Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to set the actual distance to the known length of the travel path.

NOTE: The actual distance line must be selected (rectangular box surrounds line) before you can set the actual distance. Press the key to the right of the actual distance line to select it if it is not

already selected.

2 Position the vehicle at the beginning of the travel path. Pick a spot on the vehicle and align it with the mark at the beginning of the travel path. Press the START TRAVEL key.

3 Drive the length of the path stopping at the end marker and press the STOP TRAVEL key.

4 Press the PERFORM CAL key to calibrate the distance. Press the

ACCEPT key to accept the calibration.

5 Press the CLEAR DISTANCE key and repeat steps 2-4 and drive the travel path again to double check the accuracy of the distance calibration.

6 Press the EXIT key twice after you have finished calibrating distance.

NOTE:

•

Upon pressing PERFORM CAL, the monitor automatically adjusts the

“pulses / 100 ft” number so that the “Measured Distance” is equal to the “Actual Distance”.

•

You can manually change the “pulses / 100 ft” number. Select “pulses /

100 ft” by pressing the key to the right of the line. Then use the UP or

DOWN ARROW keys to set the number. Do not change this number

after calibrating.

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Introduction

Calibrating Temperature

(Harvest Mode)

The moisture sensor contains a temperature sensor, which measures the grain temperature for use in adjusting the measured grain moisture. You must have the moisture sensor installed in the combine before you can calibrate temperature.

Temperature

Calibration

Screen

To view the temperature calibration screen press the:

MENU key

CAL key

TEMP key

Calibration

Procedure

Example of temperature calibration screen:

TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION

ACTUAL TEMPERATURE

:

68 deg F

MEASURED TEMPERATURE: 78 deg F

CAUTION: CALIBRATE BEFORE BUT

NOT DURING HARVEST SEASON

PERFORM

CAL

CAL

MOISTURE

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL

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Calibrating Temperature


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to set the actual temperature.

2 Press the PERFORM CAL key to calibrate the temperature.

3 Press the ACCEPT key to accept the calibration.

4 Press the EXIT key once you have finished.

NOTE:

•

For accurate moisture readings, it is more important that you not change the temperature calibration while harvesting than it is to have it set exactly right. Therefore, after you set it, leave it at that setting.

•

It is best to calibrate the temperature when the combine has been sitting in a constant temperature for several hours. If the combine has sat overnight, the moisture sensor may be cooler than the air temperature because the air can warm much more quickly than the sheet metal of the combine.

•


“Temperature Offset” number so that the “Measured Temperature” is

equal to the “Actual Temperature”.

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Introduction

Calibrating for Vibration (C1)


The PF3000 Pro must be calibrated to eliminate false grain flow readings that are caused by vibration forces when the combine runs empty.

Vibration

Calibration

Screen

To view the vibration calibration screen press the:

MENU key

CAL key bottom RIGHT ARROW key

VIBRAT key

Calibration

Procedure

VIBRATION CALIBRATION

CHOOSE GRAIN:

SOYBEANS

C1: 100

RUN SEPERATOR AT FULL SPEED WITH NO GRAIN FLOW,

THEN PRESS PERFROM CAL

PERFORM

CAL

CAL

C1

CAL

DISTANCE

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL

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Calibrating for Vibration (C1)


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to choose the grain type.

2 Engage the separator and run it all full engine speed with no grain flow. Press the PERFORM CAL key.

3 After the monitor counts down 60 seconds, a number for C1 is displayed. Press the ACCEPT key.

NOTE: C1 should be between 0 and 250.

4 Press the EXIT key once you have finished calibrating for vibration.

NOTE: You should have the head that you will use to harvest the grain on

the combine before you perform a vibration calibration for any grain.

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Calibrating Moisture


Important Notes

•

You must calibrate the monitor for grain moisture, for each grain type before the monitor can accurately measure grain moisture.

•

Make sure the temperature has been properly calibrated before calibrating moisture.

•

You do not have to calibrate for grain moisture at the beginning of the season to get accurate results, although it is recommended. Once calibrated, the monitor will automatically correct all grain moistures for all the loads that were previously harvested of that grain.

Actual Moisture

To calibrate moisture, you must obtain an actual moisture for only one load of the grain you want to calibrate.

Ideally the load should be one to two combine hoppers of grain that varies little in moisture content.

Use a reference moisture sensor and take readings from several grain samples from the load.

CAUTION: To prevent death or serious injury to you or others do

NOT enter the grain tank when the separator is running.

NOTE: Make sure the moisture sensor does not have a buildup of sticky material on it (this can be a problem with soybeans) when you are harvesting the moisture calibration load. You will know there is buildup if your moisture is reading 8-10 or more percentage points too high.

Moisture

To view the moisture calibration screen press the:

Calibration

Screen

MENU key

CAL key

MOISTURE key

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Calibration

Procedure

CHOOSE GRAIN:

PF3000 Pro


MOISTURE CALIBRATION

SOYBEANS

ENTER

MOISTURE

EXIT

MOISTURE CALIBRATION: SOYBEANS

F1: North 80

L1: Corner E

ACTUAL MOISTURE:

13.5 %

AVGERAGE MOISTURE: 13.0 %

MOISTURE OFFSET: 0.5 %

PERFORM

CAL

CAL

MOISTURE

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL

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Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to set the grain. Press the

ENTER MOISTURE key.

2 Refer to the next screen and change the load (and field if necessary) to the load that has an actual moisture. Use the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys to change the field or load, depending on which is selected.

You must have either the field or load line selected (rectangular box surrounds line) before you can change a field or load. To select either field or load, press the key to the right of the field or load line.

3 Press the key to right of the “Actual Moisture” line to select that line.

4 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys and enter the actual moisture for the load.

5 Press the PERFORM CAL key. Press the ACCEPT key.


NOTE:

•


“Moisture Offset” number so that the “Average Moisture” is equal to the “Actual Moisture”.

•

Every time you calibrate moisture, the monitor will adjust the moisture

for all of that grain’s loads.

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Calibrating Grain Weight


PF3000 Pro


Before You Begin

Calibrate the moisture before calibrating grain weight. Refer to the instructions in this section for moisture calibration.

You must calibrate the monitor for grain weight (lbs) for each grain type before the monitor will accurately measure bushels. You should be able to calibrate the PF3000 Pro for grain weight to an average error of 1 percent to

3 percent.

IMPORTANT: Before calibrating, you MUST check the clearance between the tip of the clean grain elevator paddles and the inside of the

elevator housing at the top of the clean grain elevator. There must be ½

inch or less clearance as the paddle rotates around the top sprocket.

You do not have to calibrate grain weight at the beginning of the season to get accurate results, although it is recommended. Each time you calibrate the monitor, it will automatically correct all grain weights for all the loads of that grain type that were previously harvested.

NOTE: Because the monitor measures the weight, not the volume, of the grain hitting the flow sensor, test weight and different varieties should not cause calibration inaccuracies.

Harvesting

Calibration Loads

The monitor calibrates itself on the basis of actual load weights you enter into the monitor. You obtain actual load weights by weighing the grain of a load in the monitor on accurate scales (elevator, calibrated weigh wagon).

IMPORTANT: For accurate calibration results, you must obtain at least six calibration loads (loads with actual weights) of grain. Each calibration load must be harvested under a different grain flow rate by

varying either your travel speed or your swath width.

To vary the grain flow rate you should either vary the travel speed or swath width for each calibration load.

NOTE: Varying travel speed and swath width are not necessary for grass seed harvest.

Carefully follow these directions when harvesting your calibration loads.

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Step Action

1 With the combine stopped, the combine grain tank empty, and a hauling vehicle empty, set the monitor on a load that does not have any data. Make sure the load is set on the correct grain.

2 Decide the speed at which you will drive or the swath width you will use for this load to vary the grain flow rate going through your combine. Try to keep your speed or swath width as constant as possible for the entire load.

Example of grain calibration loads (Ld) with varying speed (S)

or swath width (SW):

S (mph)

Ld 1 Ld 2 Ld 3 Ld 4 Ld 5 Ld 6

5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5

1

SW (rows)

6 5 4 3 2

3 Harvest grain into the calibration load in the monitor.

NOTE: Harvest 3,000 or more lbs for calibration loads.

4 Unload one or more times into the hauling vehicle, finishing with the following:

•

Combine grain tank again empty

•

All the grain from the calibration load on the hauling vehicle

•

No grain from any other combine on the hauling vehicle

5 Immediately change to another load that does not have any data.

6 Weigh the grain on the hauling vehicle and record the actual load weight on a log sheet in the back of this section of the manual.

NOTE: If you are using a weigh wagon to weigh the grain, make sure the wagon has been calibrated properly.

7 Repeat the above steps and harvest another calibration load. You can also enter an actual weight and calibrate as you obtain each actual weight.

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Grain Weight

Calibration

Screen

To view the weight calibration screen press the:

PF3000 Pro


MENU key

CAL key

WEIGHT key

Calibration

Procedure

GRAIN CALIBRATION

CHOOSE GRAIN:

SOYBEANS

ENTER

WEIGHT

SHOW CAL

LOADS

SHOW CAL

NUMBERS

EXIT

GRAIN CALIBRATION: SOYBEANS

F1: North 80

L1: Corner E

ACT. WEIGHT:

13325 lb

MEASURED WEIGHT 13000 lb

% ERROR 2.5 %

CLEAR

WEIGHT

EXIT

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Step Action


ENTER WEIGHT key.

2 Refer to the next screen and change the load (and field if necessary) to a load for which you want to enter an actual weight. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the field or load, depending on which is selected.

You must have the field or load line selected (rectangular box surrounds line) before you can change a field or load. To select either field or load, press the key to the right of the field or load line.

3 Press the key to right of the “Act. Weight” line to select that line.

4 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys and enter the actual weight for the load. Press the ACCEPT key.

5 Repeat steps 2-4, and enter all the actual weights for all the calibration loads.

6 Press the EXIT key once you have finished to return to the screen where you selected the grain.

7 Press the SHOW CAL LOADS key to view the screen below.

Example of calibration loads screen:

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Step Action

8 Press the PERFORM CAL key to start the calibration. The monitor will start calibrating and then it will stop and display “Fast

Calibration Complete”.

9

If the… Then…

Maximum error is more than +/- 15 %

Press the CANCEL key to stop the calibration and view the calibration loads again. Select the load with the highest error over +/- 15 % and press the CAL ON/OFF key to uncheck the load and eliminate it as a calibration load. Press the PERFORM CAL key again to restart the calibration.

Maximum error is less than

+/- 15 %

Press the ACCEPT key.

NOTE: The calibration error is the percent difference between the actual weight and the estimated weight. The maximum error is the error of the calibration load that has the highest error.

Example:

Actual weight: 10,000 Lbs.

Estimated weight: 10,100 Lbs.

Error: + 1 %

10 After pressing the ACCEPT key in step 9, the monitor will do the following:

If you have... Then...

Four or more calibration loads for grain

Less than four calibration loads for grain

The monitor will continue to calibrate reducing the calibration errors. Press the

EXIT key to view the calibration loads and the calibration errors.

The monitor is finished calibrating and will display the calibration loads and their errors again.

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Recalibrating the

Monitor



Step Action

11

Good Calibration Results:

If you have four or more calibration loads for grain, your goal after completing a calibration should be to achieve an average error of 1

percent to 3 percent and a maximum error of 3 percent to 5

percent. If you have less than four calibration loads for grain, the calibration errors may be slightly higher than if you had four or more calibration loads.

If you find loads with high calibration errors after completing a calibration, you should remove the loads as calibration loads by pressing the CAL ON/OFF key. Press the PERFORM CAL key again to restart the calibration.

Once you are satisfied with your calibration results, press the EXIT key until you return to the main operating screen.

Reasons for high calibration errors on loads

•

Grain type set incorrect for the load

•

Moisture is incorrect for the load

•

Actual pounds value is not correct

•

Grain weighed is not the same amount of grain that was harvested into the load (for example: combine or wagon tank not empty before starting load or forgot to change loads and added more grain into load after grain weighed)

•

Did not have 1/2 inch clearance between paddles and elevator housing at top of elevator

•

Installation problem with deflector plate or flow sensor

•

Elevator speed is erratic

You can add or eliminate a calibration load and recalibrate the monitor any time to improve the monitor’s calibration accuracy. If you have not achieved satisfactory calibration results after entering 10 to 15 calibration loads (with varied flow rates) for grain something is wrong. Refer to the troubleshooting section instead of adding more actual weights.

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Periodic Checks for Accuracy

PF3000 Pro


You should occasionally check the monitor for calibration accuracy throughout the season by weighing a monitor load of grain. If you find the monitor is not accurate, enter that actual weight into the monitor and calibrate the monitor again.

NOTE: If you do not vary your flow rates while harvesting your initial calibration loads, later in the season you may find the monitor is not accurate because you are harvesting at a different grain flow rate than for what you have calibrated. Entering one or two more calibration loads at that grain flow rate will improve your accuracy.

Adjusting for

Chain Slack

C Numbers

If you adjust for slack in your clean grain elevator chain during the season, make sure that you use the lower adjuster. If you move the top shaft of the grain elevator, your calibration will be inaccurate and you will have to enter all new calibration loads.

The 11 C Numbers, C1 through C11 determine the pounds that the monitor calculates. You can display the C numbers by pressing the SHOW CAL

NUMBERS key at the grain weight calibration screen where you choose the grain.

IMPORTANT: Do not change the C numbers after you have calibrated.

The C numbers initially should be set to the same values that appear on your initial calibration sheet (refer to the setup section), but they will change and become more accurate after you have calibrated.

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Introduction

Stop Height

Calibration

Screen

Calibrating Stop Height


The stop height is the height at which the head must be raised at the end of a pass to shut off area counting. The stop height number is a reference number for the monitor to determine the height of the head. It does not pertain to feet or inches of height.

The stop height number must be set for each grain type.

You must have the monitor installed in the combine to set the stop height.

To view the stop height calibration screen press the:

MENU key

CAL key bottom RIGHT ARROW key

STOP HGT key

Calibration

Procedure

STOP HEIGHT CALIBRATION:

SELECT GRAIN:

SOYBEANS

ENTER

HEIGHT

CAL

C1

CAL

DISTANCE

EXIT

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Calibrating Stop Height


PF3000 Pro


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the grain.

2 Press the ENTER HEIGHT key.

STOP HEIGHT CALIBRATION: SOYBEANS

STOP HEIGHT SETTING:

0

CURRENT STOP HEIGHT:

60

SET

HEIGHT

CAL

C1

CAL

DISTANCE

EXIT

Step Action

3 Move the combine head to the height at which you want the monitor to stop counting area.

4 Press the SET HEIGHT key. The monitor will automatically set the stop height setting equal to the current stop height. Press the

ACCEPT key.

5 Press the EXIT key twice to return to the main operating screen.

NOTE: You can manually adjust the stop height number by pressing the

UP or DOWN ARROW key when the screen above is displayed.

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Log Sheet

Field

# Name

Load

# Name Crop Variety Date

Actual

Lbs

Indicated

Lbs

%

Moist

Dry

Acres Yield

Dry

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Log Sheet

Field

# Name

Load


Actual

Lbs

Indicated

Lbs

%

Moist

Dry

Acres Yield

Dry

Bu

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Log Sheet

Field

# Name

Load


Actual

Lbs

Indicated

Lbs

%

Moist

Dry

Acres Yield

Dry

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Log Sheet

Field

# Name

Load


Actual

Lbs

Indicated

Lbs

%

Moist

Dry

Acres Yield

Dry

Bu

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PF3000 Pro


Operation Overview

Important Notices

The PF3000 Pro must be properly setup and calibrated. Carefully read and follow the directions in the setup and calibration section before using the

PF3000 Pro.


This section contains instructions for the following items. The operating modes that the instructions pertain to are also listed.

Item Operating Mode Page

Fields and Loads All 4-2

On Screen Map All 4-4

Area Counting All 4-8

Memory All 4-12

Marking All 4-14

Logging Map Data to a Card

Using a GPS Receiver

Using a Radar Gun

Diagnostic

Display Items

Summary

All

All

All

All

Harvest

Harvest

4-16

4-20

4-21

4-23

4-26

4-30

Moisture Setting Harvest 4-34

Swath Setting

Grain Type

Load Settings

Site Verification

Application Rate – Monitor and Control

Display Items

Printing Field/Load Summary

Checking Data Accuracy-End of Season

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Site Verification

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4-36

4-37

4-39

Application Rate 4-41

Application Rate 4-44

Harvest

Harvest

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4-63

Updating Operating Program All 4-66

Navigate

Boundary

Gridding

***

All

All

Site Verification

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Fields and Loads

All Modes

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Recommendations

All the information recorded by the PF3000 Pro must be recorded in a field and load. The field and load that the monitor is set on is found on the top line of the main operating screen.

Fields

You should at least create all the fields and name them before you begin to use the PF3000 Pro. The monitor will use the same set of fields you create for each operating mode (harvest mode, application rate mode, site verification mode) of the monitor. You can create and name your fields using any operating mode. You should choose field names that you can use year after year.

Loads

It also recommended to create and name loads within fields before you use the PF3000 Pro. Each operating mode of the PF3000 Pro will have its own set of loads for each field (except, currently site verification loads are the same as harvest loads).

Definition:

Load: A load is used to subdivide a field into smaller sections. The monitor load is not associated with the combine tank, wagon, or truck load.

Load

Field

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Creating/Naming

Fields and Loads

Changing Fields and Loads

Fields and Loads

All Modes

Instructions for creating and naming fields and loads are in the setup section.

A small set of up or down arrows will appear to the left of either the field or load indicating which one can be changed by pressing the UP or DOWN

ARROW keys.

Changing Field

If the small arrows are not displayed to the left of the field, press the FIELD key to display field alone on the top display line and make the small arrows appear beside the field. Press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through the fields. Press the ACCEPT key to change to a different field.

Changing Load

If the small arrows are not displayed to the left of the load, press the LOAD key to make the small arrows appear beside the load. Press the UP or

DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through the loads. Press the ACCEPT key to change to the different load.

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On Screen Map

All Modes

On Screen Map

PF3000 Pro


The PF 3000 Pro mapping screen will display a coverage map based on the swath width and path traveled by the vehicle. The monitor makes one coverage map for the GPS data logged for each field in each operating mode.

The On Screen Map can be used to identify missed passes and verify data collection. It does not have enough resolution to show small uncovered areas between passes.

Position and

Heading of vehicle

Example of Coverage Map

PF Coverage Files

(PFC files)

The PFC file is used to store each coverage map made by the

PF3000 Pro. The data is stored on a memory card that is in the monitor at the time the file is created. The PFC file will not be read or created by anything other than a PF model monitor. It will always be 20 kb in size regardless of field size.

The field and operating mode of the PFC file is identified in the file name. The format is shown below:

MMMMFNNN.pfc where Mode is abbreviated as M,

Field is abbreviated as F and field number is abbreviated as

N.

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On Screen Map

All Modes

The abbreviations for each mode and an example of file names are shown below:

Grain Harvest – Harv

Grass Harvest – Gras

HarvestMaster – Hmas

Cotton Harvest – Cotn

Application Rate – AppR

Site Verification – Site

HarvF123.pfc

GrasF123.pfc

HmasF123.pfc

CotnF123.pfc

AppRF123.pfc

SiteF123.pfc

Making and

Showing the Map

When switching memory cards, if you want to view the coverage maps of already covered fields, you must copy the PFC files to the new card. If you do a second field operation using the same operating mode in the same year, you must erase the original coverage file for that field if it is on the card.

Press the SHOW MAP key to view the map and HIDE MAP key to hide the map. If there is no pre-existing PFC file for the field for the operating mode, a new coverage map will draw in if the Coverage

Map setting is turned on and there is a GPS signal and the monitor is logging data to the card. If there is an existing PFC file on the memory card for that field, that coverage map will appear. Press

SETUP key and MAP key to view or change the Map Settings.

NOTE: When Target Map is on and a prescription file is set, all areas with prescription rates greater than zero are shown as black. All clear areas on the map have a rate of zero. The black areas will erase as the field is covered. This map shows all parts of the field that require application.

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On Screen Map

All Modes

PF3000


Setting

Coverage

Map

Boundary

Map

Target Map

Setting Options Default

ON, OFF ON

Comments

ON – enables reading/writing of PFC coverage file and displaying coverage map.

OFF – prevents reading/writing of

PFCcoverage files and displaying coverage map

ON, OFF ON ON – enables reading and mapping BDY boundary files

OFF – prevents reading and mapping BDY boundary files

ON, OFF ON This setting is only displayed in Application

Rate Mode.

ON –this enables a "To Be

Applied" map based on the tgt prescription file to appear instead of the coverage map. If this setting is ON and there is no tgt prescription file set, the coverage map will draw in as black as the field is covered.

OFF – prevents showing a

"To Be Applied" map.

Coverage map data is displayed as black.

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Black area of to be Applied map are areas with rates greater than zero

Clear area of To Be

Applied map. All clear areas are zero rate areas

Boundary map appears underneath To Be

Applied map

On Screen Map

All Modes

Example of To Be Applied map erasing as field is covered

Map Zoom display item. "a" is selected for auto zoom

Map Zoom

This option will allow you to manually or automatically zoom in or out. The scale of the map is the distance in feet or meters represented by each side of the screen. Using the automatic function displayed as "a" allows the monitor to automatically scale and display the map on screen to the fullest extent possible.

The manual function displayed as "m" allows the user to manually zoom in or out by setting the scale of the map.

Display "Map Zoom" on the main screen:

Step Action

1 If the arrow symbols are not displayed in the Map Zoom display line, highlight the MAP ZOOM display by pressing the Display Selection key.

2 Press the RIGHT ARROW key to select "m" for manual zoom.

3 Press the UP ARROW key to zoom out and DOWN

ARROW key to zoom in.

4 Press LEFT ARROW key to select "a" for automatic zoom.

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Area Counting

All Modes

Introduction

Stop Height

PF3000 Pro


In the bottom right corner of the display, the monitor always displays either:

•

AREA ON

or

•

AREA OFF

The area count switch is located on the bottom right corner of the front panel. The switch manually controls area counting. The header sensor or implement switch or spray booms automatically turns area counting on and off if the area count switch is in the up position.

When the switch is in the down position, the monitor displays and flashes

“Area Off” and stops counting area.

When the switch is in the up position, the monitor will display “Area On” and count area unless the header sensor or implement switch or spray booms are connected and are automatically shutting off area counting.

The stop height number in the monitor determines at what head position the monitor will turn on and off area counting. Refer to the calibrating stop height instructions in the calibration section.

If your monitor is set on the site verification mode and you have an implement switch set the stop height to 50.

The stop height number can be set differently for each grain type. The stop height setting normally will be between 55 and 80 for header sensors on most combines.

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Area Count Stop

Beeps

Ground Speed

Sensor

Area Counting

All Modes

This setting determines how many times the monitor will beep to indicate that the monitor is not counting area when turning on the ends. To view and change the area count stop beeps you must press the SETUP key and then the VEHICLE key. Instructions for changing the area count stop beeps are in the setup section under vehicle setup.

NOTE:

•

It is recommended that the area count stop beeps be set high enough so that lowering the head or implement or turning on the spray booms after turning on the ends turns off the beeping rather than the beeps just timing out. This gives the operator an audible signal that the monitor is counting area again.

•

Usually an area count stop beeps value of 20 to 30 is high enough.

The monitor can record its ground speed from five different sources:





WHEEL

TRACK

Radar gun RADAR

GPS receiver

Spray controller sending ground speed to monitor. (Application Rate ONLY)

GPS

SERIAL

To view and change the ground speed sensor you must press the SETUP key and then the VEHICLE key. Instructions for changing the speed sensor setting are in the setup section under vehicle setup.

You have to calibrate distance for wheels, tracks, or radar, depending on which ground speed sensor you use. Refer to the distance calibration instructions in the calibration section.

The primary speed sensor type is recorded for each load. If you have recorded data for several loads but, you had the wrong primary speed sensor setting, you can switch the speed sensor setting on the loads. Refer to load settings instructions in the operation instructions.

If you are getting your ground speed from a GPS receiver and you lose your

GPS signal, the monitor will take readings from the secondary speed sensor.

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Area Counting

All Modes

Adjusting Field

Area

PF3000 Pro


If you know the exact field area, you can adjust the monitor field area to the correct value after you finish the field. Follow these steps to adjust the field area:

Area Calibration

Screen

To view the area calibration screen press the:

MENU key

CAL key

AREA key

Example of area calibration screen:

AREA CALIBRATION: SOYBEANS

F1: NORTH 80

ACTUAL AREA

:

80.00

ac

MEASURED AREA: 82.00 ac

AREA CAL: 97.6 %

PERFORM

CAL

CLEAR

DISTANCE

CAL

DISTANCE

ACCEPT

EXIT

CANCEL

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Calibration

Procedure

Area Counting

All Modes

Step Action

1 Change the field to a field for which you know the exact area. Select

(rectangular box surrounds line) the field by pressing the key to the right of the line displaying field. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the field.

2 Select the “Actual Area” line by pressing the key to the right of the line displaying actual area. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to set the actual area.

3 Press the PERFORM CAL key. Press the ACCEPT key.

4 Repeat steps 1-4 for all the fields for which you know the actual area.


Note:

•

The monitor proportionally adjusts all the load areas so that the areas from all the loads equal the total field area.

•

The “Area Cal” number is the actual area divided by the area the monitor originally counted. When you press the PERFORM CAL key, the monitor determines the area calibration number and adjusts the measured area accordingly.

•

Usually the monitor slightly over counts area when turning on the ends due to error in not turning on and off area counting exactly at the start and end of a pass. It is suggested that you determine an average percent error in counting area and adjust the field area accordingly, even if you do not know the exact field area. Typical area calibration numbers for harvesting row crops are 97-99% and for non rowed crops,

96-98%.

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Memory

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

The PF3000 Pro has its own internal memory which stores all the field and load summary data and setup and calibration settings. The internal memory does not store any GPS data. All GPS data must be logged to a memory card.

Memory Screen

To view the memory screen press the:

MENU key


MEMORY key

Example of memory screen:

MEMORY SETUP

Active Field/Load

Field:

Load: CORN 1

Fields

F1: KGXRD

L1:

58

Loads 227

Loads (All Modes) 2

Available memory 388064 bytes

% Memory used

CLEAR ERASE

26 %

PRINT

LOADS MEMORY SUMMARY

EXIT

Available Memory

The monitor does not have a pre-determined number of fields and loads that it can store. Instead, you should look at the % memory used to get a relative idea of how many more fields and loads you can create.

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Clear Load

Memory

All Modes

If you want to clear one load or all loads in a field, press CLEAR LOADS key. Press EDIT key use the UP or DOWN ARROW to select the field where loads are to be cleared and press ACCEPT key. Scroll down to

LOAD and press EDIT key use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to highlight a specific load from a field and press ACCEPT key. Press the CLEAR

LOAD key to remove a specific load. The next screen will advise you to press ACCEPT key to clear the load or CANCEL to abort. To remove all loads from a field press CLEAR ALL key. The next screen will advise you to press ACCEPT to clear all loads or CANCEL to abort.

Erase Memory

Restoring Data from a Memory

Card

If you want to clear all the setup, calibration and field and load data in the monitor press the ERASE MEMORY key. The monitor will warn you that you will lose all the data. Press the ACCEPT key to remove all the data.

You should normally only clear all the data at the beginning of the season.

You can restore field and load data from a memory card. The field and load data can be from a Yield Monitor 2000 or another PF3000 Pro. Refer to the card setup instructions in the setup section.

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Marking

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

You must have a memory card to do field marking. To perform field marking you can use the internal marker selection keys built into the PF3000

Pro or connect the external field marker device. You can not use both at the same time. You can make marks in all operating modes of the PF3000 Pro.

IMPORTANT: Make sure that under the CONSOLE setup key, you have the Field Marker set correctly to either INTERNAL or

EXTERNAL.

If you are using the internal marks, you can rename the marks and also set them up as a continuous or spot mark. If you are using the external Field

Marker, you can not rename the marks but can do continuous or spot marking.

Continuous marking

Making several marks in a row (for example: marking large weed patches or tile lines).

Spot marking

Marking just one mark (for example: marking a rock or tile hole).

Setting Up Marks

Press the SETUP key and MARKS key to display the marker setup screen and name and set the internal marks. If you are using the external Field

Marker, you do not need to make any settings on the Marker Setup screen.

Making Marks

You can mark more than one item at a time. When a mark is turned on the monitor will beep and the mark will flash.

Follow the steps below to make marks when using the internal marks.

Step Action

1 Display FIELD, LOAD, SHOW MAP, OPTIONS on the bottom by pressing the MENU key .

2 Press the OPTIONS key to display the marker keys on the bottom.

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Marking

All Modes

Step

3 Press MARKS key.

Action

4

Marks that are set as a Continuous Mark

Press the marker key to start marking at the beginning of the area you want to mark. Press the marker key again to stop marking after you have driven through and reached the end of the area that you want to mark.

Marks that are set as a Spot Mark

Press the marker key once when you are directly over the item you want to mark. The monitor will log one mark and automatically shut off the marking for that mark.

5 After you have finished marking, press the MENU key again to display FIELD, LOAD, MAP, MARKS on the bottom.

Connecting External

Field Marker

Follow the steps below to make marks when using the external Field

Marker.

Continuous Marking:

Press the ON key on the appropriate switch at the start of the distance to mark. Travel all the way through the distance, and at the end, press the OFF key on that switch.

Spot Marking:

Press the MARK key once on the appropriate switch just as the vehicle passes over the location of the item in the field.

The external Field Marker connects to the 25-pin Port. Make sure that under CONSOLE setup Field Marker is set to EXTERNAL.

Mapping Marks

The marks you make in the field are all logged to a file on the memory card.

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Logging Map Data on Card

All Modes

Introduction

Memory Card

Requirements

The PF3000 Pro reads position information from the internal GPS receiver and can record data for mapping. To save GPS data, you must use a memory card. You must use a mapping software to download and archive data from a memory card.

IMPORTANT: You must copy memory to every log file you create before you read the card into your computer.

The following characteristics are required of memory cards you intend to use with the monitor:

Card Type

AG LEADER

ATA Flash card

Sizes

2 to 32 megabytes (max)

PF3000 Pro


Specifications

Type 1 or 2 PCMCIA

68-pin connection

200 ns speed rating

Setting Monitor to

Log to Card

IMPORTANT: AG LEADER ATA Flash cards are the only brand of

ATA Flash cards that are guaranteed to work in the PF3000 Pro.

Note: 32 MB AG LEADER ATA Flash cards are available from your Ag

Leader Technology dealer.

Press the SETUP key and CARD key to view the card setup screen. Set the logging device to a card and select or create a log file.

If you turn the monitor on or start the combine separator without a card in the monitor and the monitor is set to log to a card, the monitor will display

“INSERT CARD OR PRESS CANCEL”. If you press the CANCEL key, the message will reappear if the separator is engaged. To continue using the monitor without a card, disengage the separator, shut off the monitor and turn it back on again and set the logging device equal to none.

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Setting the

Logging Interval

Log File


All Modes

Press the SETUP key and CARD key to view the card setup screen. Set the logging interval to 1, 2 or 3 seconds.

When the monitor records a reading for any one of the logging intervals, it takes an average of all the yield readings in that interval.

The number of hours of instantaneous data that can be logged on a memory card depends on the card size and logging interval listed below.

Approximate Logging Hours Until Card is

Full


Ag Leader 32M ATA

Flash Card

400 800 1200

NOTE: The logging hours available can vary from the numbers shown

above due to the number of separate files that can be stored on the card.

The number of readings taken per foot traveled are also dependent on your logging interval:

3 mph

5 mph

1 sec

4.4

7.3

Distance Traveled (ft)

2 sec

8.8

14.6

3 sec

13.2

21.9

The PF3000 Pro requires a log file to store GPS data on a memory card. The log file will always have a “.yld” extension and be named with the date the file was created.

Example: 98081502.yld This file was the second log file created on

08/15/98.

The criteria for creating log files differs based on the type of card.

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All Modes

Inserting Memory

Cards

PF3000 Pro


Type of Card

AG LEADER™

ATA FLASH card

Log file criteria

A new log file must be created for each day. Can not add to an old log file after a new file has been created.

Can store multiple log files on one card.

In order to log instantaneous GPS data or copy field and load data to a memory card, a log file must be selected. The monitor will prompt you when you turn it on to select or create a log file. Refer to the steps below to select/create a log file after you have turned the monitor on.

Step Action

1 With the memory card inserted into the PF3000 Pro, card setup screen displayed, and “Log File” selected, press the EDIT key.

2 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select a log file. If a log file does not exist on the card or you do not want to log to any of the existing log files on the card, press the CREATE FILE key to create a new log file.

3 With the desired file selected, press the ACCEPT key.

NOTE: After you read all the log files on your card into your computer

(and make backup copies of files), it is recommended to erase the log file(s) on the card. This will prevent confusion on which files have been read into

your computer the next time you read the card.

IMPORTANT: Before you insert the memory card into the monitor, touch the monitor with your hand to ground yourself and prevent any static electricity transfer to the monitor through the card.

Insert the end of the card that has 68 small holes into the monitor with the

“front” side of the card (the side with the manufacturer’s name or logo) facing up. Be sure to insert the card completely, so that it makes good contact and remains in place. When you insert a memory card the card symbol will appear in the top right corner of the display.

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All Modes

Formatting Card

The memory card must be formatted with a DOS format. You can format the card using the PF3000 Pro or your computer and card reader ( using

Windows 3.1 or 95). Refer to the instructions for formatting a card in the

Card Setup section.

IMPORTANT: Formatting a card erases all data on the card.

Copying Data to

Log File

IMPORTANT: Before you remove the memory card from the monitor, you must copy memory to every log file that you have logged to,

otherwise your data could be lost. Every time you turn off the monitor

you will be prompted to copy memory to a card (this copies memory only to the file set as the log file).

To copy memory to log files that are not set as the current log file, press the

SETUP key and CARD key. Press the SHOW FILES key and select one of the log files. Press the FILE OPTIONS key and press the COPY TO FILE key.

At the card setup screen, press the COPY TO CARD key to copy memory to the file set as the log file (this is the same copy to card function that you are prompted to do during shut down).

Logging Data to a

Memory Card

When the monitor logs data to a memory card, a small arrow that points to the memory card symbol at the top right corner of the display appears.

Checking Free

Space on Card

Operating Mode

Grain Harvest Mode

Grass Harvest Mode

Condition to start logging to card

Combine engaged (elevator speed must be above

250 rpm) and the monitor is either counting area or has grain flow.

Application Rate Mode Application equipment engaged.

Site Verification Mode Area count switch on (do not need ground speed).

To check the percent of space free on the card display CARD INFO. When the amount of time left on the card is exactly four, three, two, and one hours, the monitor double-beeps warning you that card is almost full.

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Using a GPS Receiver

All Modes

Introduction

PF3000 Pro


You can use the internal GPS receiver of the PF3000 Pro to collect field position information for making a map. The GPS receiver sends the exact coordinates in degrees latitude and degrees longitude to the monitor every second. You must use a memory card with the monitor to record GPS position information.

GPS Status

Indicator

The PF3000 Pro will display a “D” and “G” on the top right corner of the display to indicate you have a GPS signal. If you do not have a GPS signal you will see two dashes “- -“.

NOTE:

•

A “D” indicates that you have a differential signal.

•

A large “G” indicates that you have a GPS signal and your GPS receiver is tracking four or more satellites.

•

A small “g” indicates that you have a GPS signal but your GPS receiver

is tracking only three satellites.

The GPS receiver must track four or more satellites (large “G”) to get an elevation reading.

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Using a Radar Gun

All Modes

Introduction

To more accurately measure ground speed on sloping fields or in muddy conditions where the wheels slip, you can use a radar gun. Sensors compatible with the monitor are:

•

Dickey-john

•

Magnavox

•

MicroTrak sonar gun

•

•

Case IH Magnum

John Deere

Necessary Cables

If you intend to use a radar gun, you must buy an adapter cable for your specific sensor from an Ag Leader Technology dealer. The adapter cable provides power to the radar sensor.

Radar cables for combines

Two cables (only 1 if Dickey-john radar) are used to connect a radar gun to the monitor when used in a combine:

•

The radar jumper cable fits between the distribution cable and the moisture sensor's connector. This cable is required for all radar guns.

•

The second cable is an extension cable (not needed for Dickey-john radar) and connects to the radar jumper cable and to the radar sensor.

Radar cables for tractors and other vehicles

Refer to the options section for instructions.

Installing a Radar

Step Action

In a Combine

1 Disconnect the existing ground speed cable from your combine speed sensor at the distribution cable. Leave the cable routed in case you want to use the combine’s speed sensor again.

2 Mount the radar unit on the combine in a position where it will not be damaged and will be aimed between plant rows. Consult your installation instruction.

3 Route the extension cable (or if Dickey-john, the radar unit's integral cable) to the Distribution cable of the PF3000 Pro.

4 Install the radar jumper between the distribution cable and moisture sensor cable.

5 Connect the extension cable (if Dickey-john, integral cable) to the four-pin round connector of the radar jumper cable.

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Using a Radar Gun

All Modes

Changing Speed

Setting

PF3000 Pro


Press the SETUP key and VEHICLE key to view the vehicle setup screen.

Refer to the vehicle setup instructions in the setup section and change the primary speed sensor to “Radar”. You must perform a distance calibration for radar. Refer to the distance calibration instructions in the calibration instructions.

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Diagnostic

All Modes

Introduction

The diagnostic screens provide troubleshooting and reference information for the PF3000 Pro.

Diagnostic Screens

To view the diagnostic screens press the:

MENU key

DIAG key

Press the SYSTEM or YIELD or GPS or RAW NMEA key.

Press the EXIT key when you are finished viewing the screen.

The following are examples of diagnostic screens:

SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS

Hardware revision

Serial number

ROM version

Program version

Operating memory

Storage memory

Vehicle battery

EDIT FORMAT

CARD

1.60

980034

2.10

2.60

18352 bytes

519632 bytes

14.9 volts

COPY TO

CARD

EXIT

The yield diagnostic screen is not present in the application rate or site verification mode.

YIELD DIAGNOSTICS

Min / Max

Moisture Sensor

Flow offset

Sensor force

Ground speed

56797 / 52237

0 - - 6.8%

300

0 lb

0 mph

Elevator speed

Header position

0 rpm

0

Temperature offset -3

EXIT

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Diagnostic

All Modes

PF3000 Pro


GPS DIAGNOSTICS

UTC TIME

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

GPS speed

Number of satellites

Differential Status

Beacon/Sat. Frequency

Differential SNR

HDOP/PDOP

Antenna/Rcvr Voltage

00:00:00

0000.0000 S

0000.0000 E

0 ft

0.0 MPH

0

OFF

0.000

0.0

0.00/0.00

5.00/13.73

COPY TO

CARD

ADD-ON

GPS

FORMAT

CARD

Diagnostic Screen

The diagnostic screen provides troubleshooting and reference information for the integrated GPS. Provided are definitions of screen terms.

EXIT

ADD-ON GPS DIAGNOSTICS DG

Product Id

Trimble Firmware Version

Firmware Date

Receiver Serial Number

PV Filter Status

Everest Multipath

Fast Update Rate

Guidance Status

AL 9001

1.30

8/6/1998

0224004738

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

EXIT

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Diagnostic

All Modes

UTC TIME: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the current time

Greenwich, England

NOTE: The US Coast Guard may also refer to GMT as “ZULU”.

Latitude: Current latitude of the receiver in degrees-minutes. fractional minutes.

Longitude: Current longitude of the receiver in degreeminutes.fraction minutes.

Elevation: Current elevation of the receiver in feet.

GPS Speed: Current speed of the receiver in miles-per-hour.

Number of Satellites: Indicates the number of satellites the unit is using. The unit can track a maximum of twelve satellites.

Differential Status: Indicates ON or OFF, telling you whether a differential signal is being used.

Beacon/Satellite Frequency: Indicates the frequency of the differential source that the GPS is using of the location of the differential source.

Differential SNR: Signal-to-noise-ration (SNR) indicates the strength of the correction signal in relation to the amount of background noise that can interfere with signal reception. A good

SNR is 10 to 18.

HDOP/PDOP: Horizontal Dilution of Precision (HDOP) indicates the quality of the horizontal GPS position. Position

Dilution of Precision (PDOP) is a unitless measure indicating when the satellite geometry can provide the most accurate results.

When satellites are spread around the sky, the PDOP value is low and the computed position is more accurate. When satellites are grouped close together the PDOP is high and the positions are less accurate.

Antenna/Receiver Voltage: An antenna/receiver voltage of 5 or higher indicates that the antenna is not plugged into the GPS receiver. When the antenna is properly installed, the voltage should read .5 or less.

***

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Display Items

Harvest Mode

Introduction

PF3000 Pro


The PF3000 Pro has four display lines for viewing items. You can choose what items you see on the display and the position that the items appear on the display.

To change the display item on a display line you must select the line. The four keys to the right of the display each select a display line. A rectangular box surrounds the display line to show that that line is selected.

When the display line is selected the four menu items on the bottom change and show items you can select for display. Press a key below a display item to put a different display item in place of the selected display item. There are more than four display items to choose for viewing. Press the bottom

LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to scroll to the right or left and view other display items on the bottom.


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Field and Load

Totals

Harvest Display

Items

Display Items

Harvest Mode

When the following are displayed you can see a field or load total.

Inst Yield

Avg Yield

Inst Moist

Avg Moisture

Wet Weight

Wet Bushels (Not displayed for Grass Seed harvest)

Dry Bushels (Not displayed for Grass Seed harvest)

Area

Distance

To view a field total you must have the field displayed without the load.

Press the FIELD key to display the field alone on the top line. To view a load total, you must have the load displayed with the field on the top line.

Press the LOAD key to display the load on the top line.

Below are listed in order the available display items for the harvest mode.

INST YIELD

This displays the dry yield in bushels per acre. If you are harvesting, the instantaneous yield is displayed and will change every second. If you are not harvesting the average yield is displayed.

AVG YIELD

This displays the wet yield in bushels per acre you are harvesting.

INST MOIST

This displays the instantaneous grain moisture if you are harvesting. If you are not harvesting the average grain moisture is displayed.

After you have displayed instantaneous moisture, you can select it again and use the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to switch from automatic to manual moisture for the current load. If you switch to manual moisture, you can use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to enter a manual moisture value. You must press the key to the right of the line displaying moisture to deselect the line after you have changed the setting.

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Display Items

Harvest Mode

PF3000 Pro


SWATH

This displays the cutting swath of the combine head. After you have displayed swath, you can select it again and use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to decrease the swath to a partial swath. You must press the key to the right of the line displaying swath to deselect the line after you have increased the swath back to a full swath.

WET WEIGHT

This displays the estimated wet weight in pounds of grain.

WET BUSHELS (Not displayed for Grass Seed harvest)

DRY BUSHELS (Not displayed for Grass Seed harvest)

AREA

ELEVATOR SPEED

This displays the elevator speed in rpm.

GROUND SPEED

AREA PER HR

GRAIN FLOW

This displays the dry bushels per hour you are harvesting.

TEMP

This displays the temperature of the air or grain if harvesting. (The temperature sensor is located on the moisture sensor).

DISTANCE

This displays the total distance traveled.

LAT LON

This displays the latitude and longitude coordinates from the GPS receiver.

GPS INFO

This displays the number of satellites, frequency, differential on or off and

Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR).

ELEV

This displays the elevation from the GPS receiver.

CARD INFO

This displays the percent of memory space available until the card gets full.

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Display Items

Harvest Mode

DRY LBS/BU

This displays the dry pounds per bushels that the monitor uses for the grain type to calculate dry bushels.

AVG MOISTURE

This displays the average grain moisture.

HEAD HEIGHT

This displays a number to indicate the position of the head. This number is not in feet or inches, but is a number that is relative to the height of the head.

DATE TIME

This displays the current date and time.

FIELD NAME

LOAD NAME

COMPASS HEADING

This displays the direction of travel in degrees.

LIGHTBAR PASS#

This displays the turn direction and the current pass number you have inputed.

MAP ZOOM

Shows scale of on screen map. Choose between automatic scaling or manually zoom in or out.

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Summary

Harvest Mode

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

The summary screen shows totals and averages for your fields and loads.

You can also see the field and load totals on the main operating screen (refer to the display item instructions).

You can view items on the summary screen on the go. You should use the summary screen to view data from loads you have previously harvested.

Summary Screen

To view the summary screen press the:

MENU key

SUMMARY key

Once you have finished viewing the summary screen press the EXIT key.

SUMMARY

F1: 97B-80AC

Grain: SOYBEANS

Total Acres:

Total Weight:

Total Dry Bu:

Total Wet Bu:

Avg. Moisture:

Avg. Yield:

FIELD

SHOW

FIELDS

L6: 9352

8.96

34593

576

576

10.7

64.2

SHOW

LOADS lb bu bu ac

% bu/ac

EXIT

LOAD

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Changing Field and Load

Field and Load

Totals

Summary

Harvest Mode

The FIELD and LOAD key replace each other on the screen depending on whether load is displayed or not. Press the FIELD key to display the field only on the top of the display. Press the LOAD key to display the load beside the field.

A small set of up and down arrows appear to the left of the load if it is displayed or to the left of the field if it is displayed without the load.

Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the field or load depending on which one has the arrows.

If load is displayed with the field, then the totals and averages are for the load.

If the field only is displayed, then the totals and averages are for the field.

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Summary

Harvest Mode

Show Fields

PF3000 Pro


Press the SHOW FIELDS key to view a list of all the fields as shown below.

If you have several fields you will have to use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through the all the fields.

One of the fields will be selected or highlighted. You can change the field that is selected by using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys. When you press the EXIT key, the monitor will return to the main summary screen showing the data for the field that was selected.

Example of summary screen:

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Show Loads

Summary

Harvest Mode

Press the SHOW LOADS key to view a list of all the loads in the field as shown below. If you have several loads you will have to use the UP or

DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through the all the loads.

One of the loads will be selected or highlighted. You can change the load that is selected by using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys. When you press the EXIT key, the monitor will return to the main summary screen showing the data for the load that was selected.

Example of load summary screen:

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Moisture Setting

Harvest Mode

Setting/Changing

Moisture

PF3000 Pro


The operator can set the monitor to take readings from the moisture sensor automatically or he/she can enter an average moisture manually. The moisture is set to automatic or manual for each load. The monitor comes from the factory set on automatic moisture. You should use the automatic moisture setting unless you have a problem with the moisture sensor or you do not have a moisture sensor.

Follow these steps to change the moisture setting.

Step Action

1 Display moisture on the screen by choosing INST MOISTURE as a display item.

2 Select the line displaying moisture by pressing the key to the right of the display.

3 Use the RIGHT ARROW key to select “Man”.

4 Use the UP ARROW key to set an average moisture for the load.

5 Press the key to the right of the line displaying moisture to deselect the line.

Note:

•

Any new loads you create will have the same moisture setting as that of the last load in the same field.

•

You can only change the moisture if “man” is selected.

•

The monitor either uses all the automatic readings or the manual

moisture value for the entire load.

Buildup on the

Sensor

The moisture sensor can give readings that are too high if sticky material from weeds or green stems buildup on the moisture sensor. This is normally only a problem in soybeans with a lot of weeds or green stems. If you have high moisture readings, remove the moisture sensor from the combine, check it for buildup, and clean it. After cleaning, continue harvesting. If the buildup condition is severe, you may not be able to keep the moisture sensor clean. In such conditions, set the moisture for the load on manual and enter the average moisture for that load as instructed above. After buildup conditions end, set the moisture back to automatic.

Note:

If buildup is severe, check your flow sensor for buildup on the impact plate

attached to the black load cell.

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Introduction

Swath Setting

Harvest Mode

The PF3000 Pro has a separate swath setting for each grain type. The monitor uses the number of rows and row space you set in the monitor to determine the total swath.

Full Swath

Partial Swath

The full swath is the normal swath that the vehicle takes during field operation. It is the permanent swath of the combine head. To view and change the full swath settings, you must press the SETUP key and then

SWATH key. Refer to the swath setup instructions in the setup section for more instructions.

You can temporarily enter a partial swath setting when you encounter a less than full swath during field operation (for example point rows). Follow the steps below to enter a partial swath.

Step Action

1

If... Then...

Swath is displayed on the main operating screen

Swath is not displayed on the main operating screen

Press the key to the right of the line displaying swath to select the line

(rectangular box surrounding line).

Press one of the four keys to the right of the display and display swath on the main screen. Press the key to the right of the line displaying swath to select the line

(rectangular box surrounding line).

2 With swath selected, press the DOWN ARROW key to decrease the swath to the appropriate swath width.

3 After you have finished the partial swath in the field, press the UP

ARROW key to increase the swath back to a full swath.

4 Deselect swath by pressing the key to the right of swath.

Note:

•

When you decrease the swath, the monitor will beep to remind the operator that the monitor is set on a partial swath. The monitor will not stop beeping until the swath is increased to the full swath.

•

If you are operating a cutting platform in non-rowed crops, it is recommended to set the row spacing to 12 inches so that you can decrease the swath by easier-to-see one-foot increments when you

encounter a partial swath.

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Grain Type

Harvest Mode

PF3000 Pro


Introduction

The monitor must be set on a grain type when harvesting. You can have more than one grain in a field.

Press the SETUP key and GRAIN key to make changes to the settings for a grain. Refer to the grain setup instructions in the setup section of the manual.

Setting/Changing

To set or change the grain perform the following steps.

Grain Type

Step Action

1 Press the FIELD key twice to display the FIELD in large text. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to scroll to the field that you what to change the grain.

2 Press the key to the right of the line displaying the grain to select the grain.


ACCEPT key twice. Once to accept the new grain and once to accept the field.

Note: If you change a grain on a field that already has loads for another grain type, the monitor will create a new set of loads for the new grain type.

Refer to the example below. To view the loads of the other grain, you must change the grain on the field back to the old grain type.

Example:

F10

Corn

L1

Soybeans

F10 L1

L2

L3

L4

L2

L3

L4

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Introduction

Load Setup

Screen

Load Settings

Harvest Mode

The monitor records various settings for each load used for harvesting.

To view the load setup screen press the:

MENU key


LOAD key

Example of load setup screen in Harvest Mode:

LOAD SETUP

Field:

Load: CORN 4

Moisture mode

F1: North 80

L1: Ends

Automatic

Manual moisture

Speed sensor

Start Date:

Start Time:

Max. Flow Signal:

Min. Flow Signal:

15.0 %

Wheel

1/29/99

9:43 AM

0

1023

EDIT

MOVE

LOAD

EXIT

ACCEPT CANCEL


Step Action

1 Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select a line. A line is selected when a black filled rectangular box surrounds the entire line.

2 Press the EDIT key. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to change the setting. Press the ACCEPT key.


NOTE:If you change the speed setting, you will change the distance and area for that load. The manual moisture will not be used unless you have

the moisture mode set to manual.

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Load Settings

Harvest Mode

Move Load

PF3000 Pro


To move a load to another field or change grain type of load, press the

MOVE LOAD key.

Step

1

Action

Set the field and load you want to move or change grain on name and press the ACCEPT key.

2

3

4

Press MOVE LOAD key and set the field the load will be moved to and the new grain type.

The screen will tell you that the current load will become the last load in the field and grain you have selected. Press CREATE

NEW LOAD key.

The next screen will have you verify the field, grain and load that is being moved. If the information is correct, press the ACCEPT key.

LOAD SETUP

Field:

Load: CORN 4

Moisture Mode

Manual Moisture

Speed Sensor

Start Date:

Start Time:

Max. Flow Signal:

Min. Flow Signal:

EDIT

MOVE

LOAD

F1: SMITH

L1: WEST

AUTOMATIC

0.0 %

WHEEL

2/10/1999

2:39 PM

0

0

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EXIT

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Introduction

Requirements

Site Verification

Operating Mode

Logging to the

Card

Site Verification

You can use the PF3000 Pro with integrated GPS receiver in a tractor or other vehicle to record data for making maps of where:

•

You plant different seed varieties or seed populations

•

You apply different herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers, or use different application rates

• tile lines, known problem areas, or other fixed field features

•

To perform grid and field boundary function for soil sampling, refer to

Operation Section for instruction.

•

Memory card

•

Cables to install the monitor in a tractor or other vehicle

•

Monitor-mounting bracket

NOTE:

Cables (to connect to a ground speed sensor or implement switch) and monitor-mounting bracket can be ordered from your Ag Leader

Technology dealer.

To perform site verification, you must have the monitor set on the “Site

Verification” operating mode. To view and change the operating mode you must press the SETUP key and then the CONSOLE key. Instructions for changing the operating mode are in the setup section under console setup.

In the “Site Verification” operating mode the following starts or stops logging to the card:

•

If the area count switch is in the up position and the monitor displays

“Area On” the monitor will log to the card (if you are using an implement switch, it automatically starts and stops logging to the card when the implement is raised and lowered on the ends).

•

If the area count switch is in the down position and the monitor displays

“Area Off” then the monitor will not log to the card.

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Site Verification

PF3000 Pro


Naming Loads

Field Boundary ,

Gridding and Tile

Lines

Note: You should create a new file to log one kind of site verification data

(tile lines, or location of hybrids, varieties, etc.) on a card. Multiple files can be created on the same card as long as there is enough space on the card

Example:

Create a new file to log tile line data and then create a new file to log hybrid data on the same card. You can read the card after you have finished logging the tile line then save the data to your PC. Then erase the card create a new file and then log the hybrid data.

You must name the load the name of the product or item you are site verifying. Instructions for creating and naming fields and loads are in the setup section.

Example:

F2: WEST 80 L1: HYBRID A

L2: HYBRID B

L3: HYBRID C

Refer to the Boundary and Gridding instructions in the Operations Section of this manual. To map a tile line you will need to change the monitor to

Site Verification mode. Choose your field and create a name; now create and name a load for that tile line. The example shows Load 1 as 8 inch plastic tile installed in 1999 and Load 2 as 12 inch clay tile installed in 1963 in Field 2 named as West 80.

Example:

F2: WEST 80 L1: 8plast99

L2: 12clay63

Making a Map

If you are using a GPS receiver and memory cards, press the MENU key,

SETUP, CARD, COPY TO CARD to copy summary information to the files so that maps can be made.

Read this file into a program that will read the yld file formats. Print the maps for each field.

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Introduction

Application Rate – Monitor/Control


The PF3000 Pro console is designed to easily mount in a tractor cab or other vehicle and connect to an application rate controller or flow meter device.

The PF3000 can monitor and/or control the application rate of a controller or flow meter device. See the setup section for instructions for compatible controllers and flow meter devices. You can monitor and/or control application rates for:

•

Planting rates

•

Spraying rates

•

Fertilizing rates

NOTE: The PF3000 Pro can monitor and/or control only one application

rate of a single product.

Requirements

Application Rate

Operating Mode

•

GPS receiver

•

Memory card

•

Application rate controller or flow meter device (controller console must have a 9-pin serial port for PF3000 Pro to do application rate control)

•

Cables to connect to the application rate controller or flow meter device

•

Monitor-mounting bracket

NOTE: Cables and monitor-mounting bracket can be ordered from your

Ag Leader Technology dealer. Refer to the options section for instructions

on ordering cables.

To monitor or control application rates, the PF3000 Pro must be set on the

“Application Rate” operating mode. To view and change the operating mode you must press the SETUP key and then the CONSOLE key.

Instructions for changing the operating mode are in the operation section under “Updating Operating Program.”

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Logging Actual

Rate and Area

Counting

PF3000 Pro


After a product/controller configuration is created and checked as active under the FIELD key, the monitor is ready to log the actual rate or “As-

Applied” rate.

If “Actual Rate” and “Ground Speed” are not displayed on the main screen, display them. As soon as application starts, the PF will show an instantaneous actual rate. It should match the rate displayed by your controller. The logging arrow should also appear between the DG and card symbol in the top right of the screen.

Area should start to count when application starts. If the area count switch is in the Up position, AREA OFF should go to AREA ON in the lower right of the screen.

If “Swath” is not displayed on the main screen, display it. Swath will appear when application starts. If the PF is connected to a controller with a serial port, the swath width should automatically change as booms are turned on or off.

Setting the Target

Rate

You should refer the display items for the application rate mode in the operation section. You can display the items that are most useful to you.

The PF3000 Pro logs all instantaneous application rate data into the yld file

After a product/controller configuration is created and checked as active under the FIELD key, the monitor is ready to send a target rate to the controller.

The target rate is the application rate for the product you are applying that the PF3000 Pro sends to the controller device.

If “Target Rate” is not displayed on the main screen, display it. If you do not see Up or Down Arrow symbols to the right of the line displaying

“Target Rate” press the key to the right of that line. Press it again to remove the selection box and keep the Up or Down Arrow symbols.

The “auto” or “man” selection is changed by pressing the Right or Left

Arrow keys. “Auto” means the target rate comes from the tgt prescription file. “Man” means the target rate is set manually by using the Up or Down

Arrow keys. The manual rate changes according to the “Target Rate

Increment” setting found under the SETUP key and APP RATE CONFIG key. When viewing the map, “auto” will appear as “a” and “man” as “m.”

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Creating Tgt

Prescription Rate

Files

The On/Off designation indicates whether the PF is attempting to control the rate. When it is Off the PF is not attempting to control the rate. It will only be Off when “auto” is selected and no tgt prescription file is set.

The tgt prescription file must set for each field. It is found under the FIELD key, VIEW CONFIG key and EDIT TGT FILE key.

A tgt prescription rate file (xxxxxxx.tgt) contains the geographically

referenced application rates for one product in one field. The application rates are geographically referenced using a raster or grid method.

The name of the file can be up to eight characters long and always has a file extension of .tgt.

You can have several target rate files for different fields on the memory card at one time. However, do not put more target rate files on a card than you need, because there needs to be sufficient room left on the card to log the actual application rate data.

The tgt file must be created using a mapping software program such as Ag

Leader’s SMS mapping program. Check with your mapping software company to determine if your program can create tgt files for the PF3000

Pro.

You should name the tgt file either the field name or product name so that when you are in the field you can identify the tgt file. Your mapping software should ask you to enter the following information before you can save the target application rates to the card.

Grid size of .tgt file

Recommended grid size of .tgt file is 10 feet. Please note the grid size of the original prescription map does not need to be 10 feet, it can be larger.

Ten feet is recommended only when exporting or creating the .tgt file after the prescription map is built.

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Display Items


Introduction

PF3000 Pro


The PF3000 Pro has four display lines for viewing items. You can choose what items you see on the display and the position that the items appear on the display.

To change the display item on a display line you must select the line. The four keys to the right of the display each select a display line. A rectangular box surrounds the display line to show that that line is selected.

When the display line is selected the four menu items on the bottom change and show items you can select for display. Press a key below a display item to put a different display item in place of the selected display item. There are more than four display items to choose for viewing. Press the bottom

LEFT or RIGHT ARROW keys to scroll to the right or left and view other display items on the bottom.


Field and Load

Totals

When the following are displayed you can see a field or load total.

Actual Rate

Total Units

Area

Distance

To view a field total you must have the field displayed with out the load.

Press the FIELD key to display the field alone on the top line. To view a load total, you must have the load displayed with the field on the top line.

Press the LOAD key to display the load on the top line.

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Application Rate

Display Items

Display Items


Below are listed in order the available display items for the application rate mode.

TARGET RATE

This displays the target rate value that is sent to the controller device. It also indicates whether the target rate is on or off. You can also change between an auto and man (short for manual) target rate.

ACTUAL RATE

This displays the instantaneous actual application rate. If the vehicle is not moving and the application equipment is shut off, this will display the average actual application rate.

AREA

SWATH

Swath will be zero until application starts. This displays the full swath of set up for the active product/controller configuration.

TOTAL UNITS

This displays the total amount of the product that has been applied.

GROUND SPEED

AREA PER HR

DISTANCE

ACTUAL GPM

This is instantaneous gallons per minute that is measured by your flow meter. This is a meaningless number if you are planting or fertilizing.

ACTUAL GPA

This is the instantaneous actual gallons per acre value that you are applying and your sprayer controller is controlling. If you are planting or applying fertilizer, this is a meaningless number.

CONV. TGT RATE

This displays the target rate stored in the .tgt prescription file. This will be the same rate as the Target Rate display item only when Tgt Units:

Controller Units setting is 1:1.0000.

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Display Items


PF3000 Pro


DRIVE RPM

This instantaneous actual rpm of the Rawson Drive or shaft speed. This number is a meaningless number if you are spraying .

DRIVE STATUS

Displays when Raswson Accu-Rate or New Leader Mark drive is ON or

OFF when the Pro is directly controlling drive.

GPS INFO

This displays the number of satellites, frequency, differential on or off and

Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR).

LAT LON

This displays the latitude and longitude coordinates from the GPS receiver.

COMPASS HEADING

This displays the direction of travel in degrees.

ELEV

This displays the elevation from the GPS receiver.

CARD INFO

This displays the percent of memory space available until the card gets full.

DATE TIME

This displays the current date and time.

TARGET FILE

This displays the target rate file that is opened.

FIELD NAME

LOAD NAME

LIGHTBAR PASS #

This displays the turn direction and the current pass number you have inputed.

MAP ZOOM

Shows scale of on screen map. Choose between automatic scaling or manually zoom in or out.

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Introduction

Printing Field/Load Summary

Harvest Mode

You can transfer a field/load summary from your monitor to any computer on which you have a communications and word processing program.

Computers with Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows 98 have these two types of programs. If you do not have a computer or access to a computer, call Ag Leader Technology. We will send a memory card to you and will print your field/load summary for you. Step-by-step instructions are provided in the following pages for creating a field/load summary with the accessory programs in Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or

Windows 98.

Windows 3.1

Introduction

The Terminal communications and Write word-processing programs should be in the Accessories group in the Program Manager window. These are very basic communications and word processing programs. You do not have to use them if you have equivalent software that you want to use, such as

Procomm (communications) and Microsoft Word or WordPerfect (word processing). If you use other software, you should be able to follow the procedures given below. Simply use the commands corresponding to those given for Terminal and Write.

Connecting the

Monitor to Your PC

(Windows 3.1)

Follow these steps to connect the PF3000 Pro to your computer:

Step Action

1 Remove the PF3000 Pro console from the combine, place it near your computer, connect the provided 12 volt DC power supply.

2 With the monitor off, connect one end of the PC interface cable

(with two, nine-pin connectors) provided with the monitor to port 1 on the bottom of the monitor.

IMPORTANT: The PF3000 Pro has voltages on the nine-pin

serial port that should not be connected to your computer.

Therefore, use only the special PC interface cable (only connects pins 2, 3, and 5) supplied by Ag Leader Technology. Do NOT use

a standard cable.

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Harvest Mode

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Step Action

3 Find an unused COM port on the back of your computer (if they are all in use, you will have to disconnect another device from one of the ports). This port will have either 9 or 25 pins. If it is a nine-pin port, connect the cable from the monitor directly to the port. If it is a 25pin port, use the adapter provided with the cable to connect to the computer.

Follow these steps to set up Terminals to accept information from the monitor:

Step Action

1 Double-click on the Accessories icon in the Program Manager window.

2 Double-click on the Terminal program in the Accessories group.

3 If the Terminal window does not fill the whole display, maximize it by clicking on the up-arrow at the top-right corner of the Terminal window.

4 Click on Settings on the top menu bar to access the Settings pulldown menu.

5 Click on Terminal Preferences to access the Terminal Preferences dialog box. Click on the appropriate items to select the following:

•

Line Wrap = Off (no X in box)

•

Terminal Font = Courier

•

Translations = None

6

Click on OK to close the dialog box.

7

While in the Terminal program, click on Settings on the top menu bar to access the Settings menu.

8 Click on Communications to access the Settings dialog box.

9 Click on the appropriate items to set the following communications parameters:

•

Baud Rate = 9600

•

Stop Bits = 1

•

Flow Control = None

•

•

•

Data Bits = 8

Parity = None

Connector = COM1 or

COM2*

* Select the port to which you connected the cable from the monitor.

If you do not know to which one you are connected, try COM1 first.

10 Click on OK to close the dialog box.

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Harvest Mode

Follow these steps to set the monitor to communicate with the computer:

Step

1 Turn on the PF3000 Pro.

Action

2 After the monitor displays the currently selected field (it does not make any difference which field the monitor is set on), press the

Menu Key, SETUP, MEMORY, PRINT SUMMARY “Print Field

Summary” will appear on the display.

3 Press Enter (or Return) on the PC keyboard. If “Type PRINT,

NAME or START & press Enter” appears on the PC display every time you press Enter, you have established proper communications.

If “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter” does not appear on the

PC display, perform the following procedures:

•

Recheck the parameters you set in the Communications dialog box under the Settings menu. If the settings are correct, try setting a different

COM port in case the COM port you are using is not the port to which the monitor cable is connected.

•

If you still do not have communications, check the cable connection to determine whether you are connected to something other than a COM port.

•

If communications still are not established, follow these steps:

Step Action

1 Turn off the PF3000 Pro, then turn it back on.

2 Press the Menu Key, SETUP, MEMORY, PRINT SUMMARY

“Print Field Summary” will appear on the display.

3 Press Enter (Return key) on the PC keyboard and look for the message “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter”

•

If you are unable to establish communications, call Ag Leader

Technology at 515-232-5363 for assistance

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Harvest Mode

Capturing Field/Load

Summary

(Windows 3.1)

PF3000 Pro


After you receive the message “Type PRINT, NAME, or START & press

Enter”, you must capture the field and load summary in a file using the

Terminal program. Follow these instructions:

Step Action

1 Click on Transfers on the top menu bar of the Terminal program.

2 Click on Receive Text File. A dialog box appears.

3 Enter a name under which you want to keep the field/load summary file.

NOTE:

•

You must use an extension on the file name (such as .EXT in

FILENAME.EXT where FILENAME is the file name and .EXT is the extension). You can use any combination of three letters and/or numbers for the extension. You may want to code the extension to indicate the date of the summary, such as N15 for

November 15. You can also use a WRI extension so that the

Write word processor immediately recognizes it as a word processor file.

•

Select a directory in which you will easily be able to find the file later. The default directory is C:\Windows, which is probably

not where you want to put this file.


5 Using the PC keyboard, type the word print and then press Enter

(Return). “First Field Number to be Printed” appears on the PC display.

6

Type a valid field number (example: only 1, not F1) and then press

Enter (Return). “Last Field Number to be Printed” appears on the

PC display.

7 Type a field number (example: only 10, not F10) which is at least as high as the first number entered. If you want to print all fields, do not enter a number.

8 Press Enter (Return). The field/load summary should scroll up the

PC screen. As it scrolls, it is captured in the file name you entered.

9 The message “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter” appears on the last line after the monitor has sent information on all existing fields and loads. Click on Transfers on the top menu bar of the Terminal program.

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Accessing Field/Load

Summary

(Windows 3.1)


Follow these steps to print the field/load summary:

Harvest Mode

Step Action

10

Click on Stop in the Transfers menu to close the summary file.

11 Click on File on the top menu bar and then click on Exit in the File to exit the Terminal program.

12 Terminal asks you whether you want to save the settings. Click on

Yes to save them so that you do not have to reset them the next time you use Terminal.

13 Enter a file name for saving the parameters. If you have no preferences for a file name, use the name SETTINGS.TRM. The next time you use Terminal, you can reload the settings. Follow these steps:

Simply, then

Step Action

1

2

3

4

Click on File on the Terminal menu bar.

Click on Open.

Highlight SETTINGS.TRM.

Click on OK.

Step Action

1 Double-click on the Accessories icon in the Program Manager.

2

Double-click on the Write icon.

3

Click on the Up Arrow at the top-right corner of the Write window to maximize the window if it does not fill the whole display.

4 Click on File on the menu bar.

5 Click on Open.

6 Double-click on the directory containing the file that you captured with the Terminal program.

NOTE: If you did not use a .WRI file extension when you captured

the file with Terminal, change the default text in the File Name box from *.WRI, the default file extension for Write, to *.* and click on

OK to show all the files in the directory.

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Harvest Mode

Formatting the

Document

(Windows 3.1)

PF3000 Pro


Follow these steps to format the document before printing:

Step

3 Change the Page Margins to:

•

Left = 0.5 inch

•

Top = 0.75 inch

4 Click on OK.

Action

1 After the document is open in Write, click on Document on the menu bar.

2 Click on Page Layout.

•

•

Right = 0.5 inch

Bottom = 0.75 inch

5 Select the entire document by placing the cursor (click with the mouse) at the beginning of the text, then, using the scroll bar to scroll to the end of the text, hold down the Shift key and position the cursor at the end of the text. When the entire document is selected, the text is white on a black background.

6 Click on Character on the menu bar.

7 Click on Fonts.

8 Select Courier font in 10 Point size.

NOTE: You may have to scroll in the font box to find Courier.


Step Action

7 Double-click on the correct file name to open the file.

8 When Write asks whether you want to convert the file to Write format, click on Convert. An unformatted version of the field/load summary will appear on the PC.

NOTE: The columns of the summary are not aligned because a font with a constant character width, such as Courier, has not been set.

9 If the file does not contain the correct information, you may have opened the wrong file. Repeat steps 4 through 8 to open a different file.

NOTE: Keep a log of the filenames with their extensions so you may refer to it during this procedure.

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Harvest Mode

Follow these steps to clean up the file format:

Step Action

1 Delete words or messages that are before or after the field and load summary. Enter a title of your choice at the beginning of the summary.

NOTE: Include a date in your title line.

2 If you like, make field headings bold. Follow these steps:

Action Step

1 Highlight a heading.

2 Click on Character on the menu bar.

3 Click on Bold.

3 Add or delete blank lines to insert page breaks at the most convenient points (try to keep as much of each field as possible on a page).

NOTE: In the Write program, page breaks are indicated by the

symbols >> in the left margin. Lines with >> to the left of them are

the first lines of each page.

4 Follow these procedures if you want to number the pages:

Step

1

Action

Click on Document on the menu bar.

2

3

Click on Footer.

Click on Insert Page #.

4 Click on Print on First Page.

5 Change Distance from Bottom to 0.5 inch.

6 Click on Paragraph in the menu bar, then click on

Centered.

7 Click on Return to Document in the Footer dialog box.

5

Click on File on the menu bar.

6

Click on Character on the menu bar and then click on Save.

7 A message will ask you whether you want to replace an existing file.

Click on Yes.

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Printing Field/Load

Summary

(Windows 3.1)


PF3000 Pro


Step


Action

2 Click on Print.

3 Click on OK if you want to print the entire summary.

NOTE: If you are not ready to print all the pages, click on Pages

and then select the page range that you want to print.

After you have printed the summary, review it for obvious errors in calibration, naming fields and loads, etc. Refer to the instructions in the

Checking Data Accuracy document in this section for more information on reviewing the data.

Windows 95 and

98 Introduction

The HyperTerminal communications program and the WordPad word processing program in Windows 95 are accessed by clicking on Start,

Programs, Accessories. HyperTerminal and WordPad are basic communications and word processing programs, which you do not have to use if you have equivalent software you want to use, such as Procomm for communications and Microsoft Word and WordPerfect for word processing.

If you use other software, you should be able to follow the procedures given below. Simply use the commands corresponding to those given for

HyperTerminal and WordPad.

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Harvest Mode

Connecting the

Monitor to the PC

Follow these steps to connect the PF3000 Pro to your computer:

(Windows 95, 98)

Step Action

1 Remove the PF3000 Pro console from the combine, place it near your computer, connect the provided 12 volt DC power supply.

2 With the monitor off, connect one end of the PC interface cable

(with two, nine-pin connectors) provided with the monitor to port 1 on the bottom of the monitor.

IMPORTANT: The PF3000 Pro has voltages on the nine-pin

serial port that should not be connected to your computer.

Therefore, use only the special PC interface cable (only connects pins 2, 3, and 5) supplied by Ag Leader Technology. Do not use a

standard cable.

3 Find an unused COM port on the back of your computer. If they are all in use, you must disconnect another device from one of the ports.

The COM port will have either 9 or 25 pins. If it is a nine-pin port, connect the cable from the monitor directly to the port. If it is a 25pin port, use the adapter provided with the cable to connect to the computer.

Follow these steps to set up HyperTerminal to accept data from the yield monitor:

Step Action

1 Click on Start.

2 Click on Programs.

3 Click on Accessories.

4

Double-click on HyperTerminal.

5

Double click on the icon with hypertrm or hypertrm.exe under it.

A series of popup screens will appear on the PC display.

6 Enter a name in the “Connection Description” popup

(recommendation: PF3000 Pro). Choose an icon that will be associated with the name you entered and then click the OK button.

7 Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the “Phone Number” popup where it says “connect using” and choose the COM port to which the monitor is connected. If you do not know the COM port, begin with “Direct to COM1”, then click on OK.

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Step Action

8 Make the following settings in the “Comx Properties” popup, then click on OK when you are done.

•

Bits per second = 9600

•

Data bits = 8

•

Parity = None

•

•

9 Follow these steps to set file properties:

Stop bits = 1

Flow control = None

Step Action


2 Click on Properties. A popup labeled “(name you entered)

Properties” appears.

3 Click on Settings to the right of the phone number tab.

4

Click on ASCII Setup.

5 Click on the check mark next the last setting, wrap lines

that exceed terminal width to make the mark disappear.

6

Click on OK twice to return to the main HyperTerminal screen.

Follow these steps to set the monitor to communicate with your computer:

Step

1 Turn on the PF3000 Pro.

Action

2 After the monitor displays the currently selected field (it does not make any difference which field the monitor is set on), press the

Menu Key, SETUP, MEMORY, PRINT SUMMARY “Print Field

Summary” will appear on the display.

3 Press Enter (or Return) on the PC keyboard. If “Type PRINT,

NAME or START & press Enter” appears on the PC display every time you press Enter, you have established proper communications.

If “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter” does not appear on the

PC display, perform the following procedures:

•

Follow these steps to recheck the parameters you set: in the Properties window under the File menu by clicking on the Configure button.

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Step

1

Click on File.

Action

2 Click on Properties.

3 Click on Configure, then ensure the parameters are correct.

•

If the parameters are correct, follow these steps to select a different

COM port.

Step

1 Click on File.

Action

2 Click on Properties.

3 Change to a different COM port.

4 Click on Configure to set the parameters for the new COM port according to Step 8 in the HyperTerminal Setup (Windows 95) section above.

•

If communications are not established, check the cable connection to see whether it is connected to something other than a COM port.

•

If communications still are not established, follow these steps:

Step Action

1 Turn off the PF3000 Pro, then turn it back on.

2 Press the Menu Key, SETUP, MEMORY, PRINT SUMMARY

“Print Field Summary” will appear on the display.

3 Press Enter (Return key) on the PC keyboard and look for the message “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter”

•

If you are unable to establish communications, call Ag Leader

Technology at 515-232-5363 for assistance.

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Capturing Field/Load

Summary

(Windows 95)

PF3000 Pro


After the message “Type PRINT, NAME, or START & press Enter” appears, follow these steps to capture the field and load summary in a file using HyperTerminals:

Step Action

1

Click on Transfers on the menu bar, then click on Capture Text.

A dialog box appears.

2 A small window labeled “Capture Text” appears in the center of the screen. Delete the text in the small rectangular box that is to the right of the word File: and type in the box c:\summary.txt.

3 Click on START to close the dialog box.

4 Type the word print from the PC keyboard and then press Enter

(Return). “First Field Number to be Printed” appears on the PC display.

5 Type a valid field number (example: only 1, not F1) and then press

Enter (Return). “Last Field Number to be Printed” appears on the

PC display.

6 Type a field number (example: only 10, not F10) which is at least as high as the first number entered. To print all fields, do not enter a number.

7

Press Enter (Return). The field/load summary scrolls up the PC display. As it scrolls, it is being captured in the file name you entered.

8 After “Type PRINT, NAME or START & press Enter” appears on the last line (this message indicates that the monitor has sent information on all the existing fields and loads) Click on Transfers.

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Step Action

9

Click on Capture Text… then click on Stop to close the file into which the yield data was captured.

10 Click on File on the menu bar and then click on Exit to exit

HyperTerminal.

11 If the message “You are currently connected, Are you sure you want to disconnect now?” appears, click on Yes.

12 At the PC’s request to save the existing session, click on Yes.

Accessing Field/Load

Summary

(Windows 95, 98)

You can use any word processing program to print out your field and load summary. Follow these steps to access the field/load summary data through the WordPad program in Windows 95:

Step

1 Click on Start.

Action

2 Click on Programs.

3 Click on Accessories.

4 Click on WordPad.


6

Click on Open.

7 A small window labeled “Open” appears in the middle of the screen.

In the “Look in:” box select c:. In the box to the right of “Files of type:” select All Documents (*.*). In the large box in the window highlight the file summary.txt by clicking on it one time (you may have to use the left-right scroll bar at the bottom of the window and scroll to the right until you see the file). Once the file is highlighted, click the Open button to open the file.

NOTE: The columns of the summary are not aligned because a font with a constant character width, such as Courier, has not been set.

8 If the file does not contain the correct information, you may have opened the wrong file. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to open a different file.

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Formatting the

Summary

(Windows 95, 98)

Follow these steps to format the summary in WordPad:

PF3000 Pro


Step Action

1 With the summary document open in WordPad, click on File on the menu bar.

2 Click on Page Setup.

3 Click on Page Margins, then set the margins as follows:

•

Left = 0.5 inch

•

Top = 0.75 inch

•

•

Right = 0.5 inch

Bottom = 0.75 inch


5

Click on Edit and then click on Select All to select the entire document.

6 Follow these steps to change the font:

Step

1

Action

Click on Format on the menu bar.

2

Click on Fonts.

3

Select the Courier font.

Note: You may have to scroll through the font box to find

Courier.

4

Select the Regular font style.

5 Select the 10 Point font size.


Follow these steps to clean up the file format:

Step Action

1 Delete words or messages before or after the field and load summary. Enter a title of your choice at the beginning of the summary.

NOTE: Include a date in your title line.

2 Add or delete blank lines to insert page breaks at convenient points.

NOTE: Keep as much as possible of each field on a page.

3 After you have cleaned up the summary format, click on File on the menu bar.

4 Click on Save.

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Summary

(Windows 95, 98)



Harvest Mode

Step

1 Click on File.

Action

2 Click on Print.

3 Click on OK to print all the pages

After you have printed the summary, review it for obvious errors in calibration, naming fields and loads, etc. Refer to the instructions in the

Checking Data Accuracy document in this section for more information on reviewing the data.

To restart the PF3000 Pro, in the HyperTerminal program, hit the return key on your computer to get the message “Type PRINT, NAME, or START & press ENTER”. Type START and press the enter key and the PF3000 Pro will restart.

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Checking Data Accuracy

End of Season

PF3000 Pro


Before You Begin

After harvest season ends, remove the monitor from the combine cab. Use the provided 12-volt power supply to turn on the monitor in your house or shop and check the recorded yield data for errors. Options for checking the data follow:

•

If you are using the GPS receiver and memory cards, print the season summary using a mapping software that will read yld files from the memory card.

•

If you cannot print a summary, follow the instructions on these pages and use the monitor to check your data for accuracy.

Calibration

Any load for which you see an error listed in the % Err column of the summary is a calibration load. Check the following:

•

Actual weight and grain type of each calibration load, ensuring that the loads are set correctly

•

Load with a large error in the % Err column, which is any load with an error 5% or higher. Most loads should be 1% to 4% error.

•

Loads with unusually large errors may need to turn off the loads as calibration loads by pressing the CAL ON/OFF key.

Refer to the Grain Weight document in the Calibration section for instructions on examining and correcting any errors.

If you do not have a summary print out, follow these steps to check the calibration errors on the monitor:

Step Action

1 Press the Menu Key, CAL , WEIGHT, select the grain type and press

SHOW CAL LOADS.

2 On the Grain Calibration screen for the selected grain type press

PERFORM CAL.

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Step Action

3 Press CONTINUE when “PRESS CONTINUE TO RUN FULL

CALIBRATION” appears on the display.

Note: If you do not have four weights entered, press EXIT and then scroll through each calibration load and its calibration error to look for high errors.

4 When the monitor completes its full calibration, press EXIT to scroll through each calibration load and its calibration error to look for high errors.

Moisture

Review the Moist column in the printed summary. Review all the loads to verify that the moisture settings are correct. Note that each moisture reading has an “A” or “M” to the right of the reading.

•

The “A” indicates the moisture setting for that load was automatic, and the monitor used the moisture readings from the moisture sensor.

•

The “M” indicates the moisture setting for that load was manual, and the monitor used the average moisture that you entered.

Look for very high moisture readings (from buildup on the moisture sensor), particularly in soybean loads. If you see moisture values that are obviously too high, change the moisture setting to manual for those loads and enter a moisture value.

Step

Action

1 Press Menu Key, SETUP, LOAD

2

3

On the Load Setup screen, arrow down to Moisture Mode, press

EDIT, arrow up to MANUAL, press ACCEPT.

On the Load Setup screen, arrow down to Manual Moisture, press

EDIT, use the up or down arrow to enter the moisture value.

Look at the Dry % value on the printed summary for each field. This value is the moisture value the monitor uses to convert wet bushels to dry bushels

(example: soybeans Dry % normally is 13%). Each grain type has one setting. Verify that for each grain type harvested, the Dry % value is set correctly. If it is not set correctly, change Dry % to the correct value.

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Step

Action

1 Press Menu Key, SETUP, and GRAIN key

2

3

On the Grain Setup screen, arrow down to the desired grain type, press EDIT SETTINGS.

Arrow down to Dry Moisture, press EDIT, use the up or down arrow to enter the dry moisture value.

If you do not have a printed summary, look at the field and load averages on the monitor to check for high average moisture. Press the GRAIN key to check the Dry % value for each grain type harvested.

Acres

Check the number of acres for each field and load, ensuring they are correct.

If you know the exact number, you can set the field acres that the monitor measured to the exact number of acres in the field. You can also change the load acres. Refer to the Acre Calibration instructions in the Acre Counting section for more information.

Grain Type

Review, each load in each field, ensuring it is set on the correct grain type.

Refer to the Grain Type section for more information about changing the

Grain Type.

Field/Load Name

Review all fields and loads, ensuring that you have entered the correct names. If you have not entered a name for a field or load yet, you still can.

NOTE: Enter a field name and number that identifies the same location year-to-year for more accurate management and comparison of field data.

Updating the

Monitor

All changes made to the data in the monitor will automatically be saved to memory with the monitor is shut down. After making changes to the monitor data, print another summary.

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Updating Field

Maps


End of Season

If you are using the GPS receiver and memory cards, press the Menu Key,

SETUP, CARD, COPY TO CARD to copy memory to the card one last time to apply the final calibration and other settings to the GPS yield data.

Read this card into a program that will read yld data directly. Print the maps for each field.

NOTE: If you previously printed field maps but made large changes to your data at the end of the season (particularly calibration changes), print the maps again with the new data to ensure your maps are accurate.

Do not erase your fields until the next harvest season or until spring if you use your monitor with a sprayer or planting controller.

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Updating Operating Program

All Modes

Introduction

Switching

Operating Modes

PF3000 Pro


Ag Leader Technology will offer free operating program upgrades to the

PF3000 Pro as new capabilities are added. The new operating program is a computer file that you must load into the PF3000 Pro. The name of the file will always end with “.pld”

NOTE: The latest upgrade file is posted on our Internet site,

http://www.agleader.com

You can also find upgrade files for all

operating modes on the CD that shipped with your monitor.

You can install the new operating program using a memory card or by connecting a computer to the PF3000 Pro. The recommended method of installing a new operating program is by using a memory card.

The version of operating program that the monitor is using is displayed when you turn on the PF3000 Pro.

With the exception of Site Verification Mode, all modes have their own upgrade file. Site Verification Mode is included with all other modes.

When switching modes, you have to install that modes upgrade file, unless you are switching to Site Verification Mode. For example if you have installed the Grain Harvest/Site Verification mode firmware, you must install the Application Rate/Site Verification mode firmware to switch to application rate mode.

The CD that came with your monitor has all the firmware versions for all the modes. You can also download them from the internet at www.agleader.com

After the correct firmware is installed, if you need to switch modes press

SETUP key and CONSOLE key and change “Operating Mode” setting.

Note: When installing different firmware to switch modes, the version number should be the same. Your fields and loads and settings will not be lost when switching firmware versions.

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Updating from a

Memory Card

Using The Serial

Port Upgrade

Utility for

Windows 95


All Modes

Step Action

1 Using a computer and card reader, copy the file “upgrade.pld” from the floppy disk to the memory card. Delete all other files off the memory card.

2 Insert the memory card in the monitor and turn on the monitor.

3 The monitor will detect a new operating program on the card.

Press the SHOW FILES key. The monitor will display the version number of the current program and new program. Press ACCEPT key to install the new version.

4 The monitor will erase the old program and install the new program.

5 Check some of the field/load information and settings to confirm that the new program is operating correctly.

If you do not have a memory card and card reader available you can install the Serial Port Upgrade Utility program on your computer. This utility program enables your computer to transfer the (upgrade.pld) file to the

PF3000 Pro using the PC interface cable.

NOTE:

The Serial Port Upgrade Utility program is available from Ag Leader

Technology on the Precision Map 2000 V3.3 CD or by calling (515)-232-

5363.

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Step Action

1 Install the PF3000 Pro Serial Port Upgrade Utility program on your computer.

2 After program has been installed in Windows 95 or Windows 98, click Start, Programs, PF3000 Pro Serial.

3 On the Serial Port Upgrade Utility screen, click UPGRADE THE

PF3000 Pro button and follow steps on the screen.

4 Select a COM port number (usually COM1).

5 Switch PF3000 Pro power OFF.

6 Connect PC interface cable to PORT 1 on PF3000 Pro.

7 Connect PC interface cable to the selected COM port of your PC

(usually COM1).

8 Click CONNECT and switch the PF3000 Pro power ON. “PC communication established” will be displayed on the monitor.

9 Click HERE to select the upgrade file. The upgrade.pld file can be selected from a floppy disk or a directory on the computer’s hard drive.

10 The file you have selected will be displayed, if that is the correct upgrade.pld file, click HERE in the bottom box to install.

11 The program will begin to prepare the PF3000 Pro to receive. A bar with twelve boxes will light up one-at-a-time until PF3000 Pro is ready to receive the file.

12 When file transfer begins a new screen appears with Bytes

Transferred, Time Remaining, Percent Complete and Cancel to stop upgrading.

IMPORTANT: If you press cancel while the file transfer is in progress the PF3000 Pro will not be upgraded and the monitor will no longer have an operating program. You will have to restart the serial port upgrade process or upgrade from a memory card.

13 When file transfer is completed “Upgrade Completed

Successfully” will be displayed in lower right hand box on the screen. Click EXIT then Yes, shut off the PF3000 Pro and disconnect PC interface cable.

14 Turn on the monitor and verify the new program has been installed and is operating correctly

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Introduction

Navigate

All Modes

Use the navigate function to return to a specific point in a field. You can navigate in any operating mode.

There are two ways to navigate:

1.

Navigate to points in a grid file (*.PFN).

2.

Navigate to a latitude and longitude that you have manually entered.

The target points will display one-at-a-time while navigating. The display map scales to the navigation files scale, or a boundary file if available, or the scale between your current location and the entered LAT/LON position. The map will not re-scale as you move closer or farther away from the target.

You may log data in this mode by moving the Acre Count Switch to the UP position. The logged data is stored in a *.YLD file and data will be stored in the active field and load.

Navigate Screen

To use either navigate function, press the MENU key until OPTIONS is displayed and press OPTIONS key. Press the NAVIGATE key to display the following:

F1: HESTERSE L1: DG

TARGET TYPE:

FILE

ACCEPT EXIT

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Navigate

All Modes

Navigate using a grid

file

To navigate using a grid file complete the following:

PF3000 Pro


Step

1

2

3

Action

Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys an set target type to

“FILE”. Press the ACCEPT key to display *.PFN file (s) on the memory card.

Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to scroll to the file you require and press ACCEPT key to display map.

Skip to the “Navigating to Point(s)” instructions to proceed to navigate to grid points

FILES ON CARD

FILE NAME

FIELD1 PFN

ACCEPT

SIZE

1KB

LAST MODIFIED

3/05/1999

EXIT

Navigate to manually

entered point

The LAT/LON target should be entered when you have the antenna connected, the system is running, and you are in the general area of the target. The LAT/LON value will default to your current location, which will make it easier to input your target location.

To navigate using a manually entered LAT/LON complete the following:

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Step

1

2

3

4

5

Navigate

All Modes

Action

Press the UP or DOWN ARROW key and set target type to LAT and LON.

Press key to the right of LAT line to highlight, use the UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys to input the latitude and press

ACCEPT key.

Press key to the right of LON line to highlight, use the

UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys to input the longitude and press ACCEPT key.

Press the ACCEPT key again to display map.

Skip to the “Navigating to Point(s)” instructions to proceed to navigate to grid points

F1: HESTERSE L1: DG

TARGET TYPE:

LAT/LON

LAT:

042.102000 N

LON:

ACCEPT

093.324400 W

EXIT

F1: HESTERSE

LAT:

L1:

TARGET TYPE:

LAT/LON

042.102200 N

LON:

ACCEPT

093.324500 W

DG

EXIT

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All Modes

Navigating to point(s)

PF3000 Pro


You can not change any of the display items on this screen.

The LAT/LON at the bottom of the screen is your current position and the

LAT/LON display item is your target.

STEER information is displayed in degrees from your current travel direction to the target.

The target points will display one-at-a-time while navigating.

F1: HESTERSE

+

LAT: 042.102100

TARGET

L1:

LAT/LON

042.102200 N

093.324500 W

DISTANCE

200 FT

STEER

N 90.0 right

LON: 093.324600

DG

NAV OFF

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Grid Pt 6

Grid Pt 7

Grid Pt 1

S o u t h

Direction of Travel

+

+

+

East

+

West

+

+

East

+

+

+

Grid Pt 3

Example of navigating to grid points in order

S o u t h

All Modes

Grid Pt 4

Navigate

Grid Pt 9

NOTE: You can navigate to grid points in order or select any grid point at any time by pressing the UP or DOWN ARROW key.

Step

1

Action

Select the first grid point to drive to.

2

3

4

5

Use the DISTANCE and STEER information to accurately guide yourself to the target. When the distance gets to zero or near zero, you have navigated to the point.

If you are navigating from a file, press the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the next grid point.

If you are manually inputting grid points, press the TARGET key and input the next LAT/LON point.

When you have completed navigating to each of the desired points, press NAV OFF, to return to the main screen.

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Boundary

All Modes

Introduction

PF3000 Pro


Boundary Setup

Screen

Using the GPS receiver, you can create a boundary file in any mode by driving around the outside of the field. If you create a boundary for all your fields and always keep the boundary files on your memory card, you will see the field boundary appear on the on screen map when you press SHOW

MAP key. This is useful because you can show a map of where you have driven and a map of the field boundary at the same time. Boundary files are required to grid a field.

Boundary files are stored as *.BDY files on the card. Only one boundary file can be selected and displayed for a field. Sub boundaries can not be created or displayed for a field.

With a card inserted into the monitor, press MENU key until OPTIONS is displayed and press BOUNDARY key. Press the EDIT key to change to a different field from the one being viewed. After selecting the field press

ACCEPT key.

NOTE: The area count switch must be in the down position before

entering boundary setup screen.

BOUNDARY SETUP

Field

Current Boundary

Created On

EDIT

CREATE

BOUNDARY

F1:

None

02/10/99

CANCEL

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BOUNDARY SETUP

Field

Current Boundary

Created On

ACCEPT

CREATE

BOUNDARY

F11:SMITH

None

02/10/99

BOUNDARY SETUP

START

BOUNDARY

Boundary

All Modes

CANCEL

FIELD NAME

SMITH

042.0186105 N

093.6334340 W

GROUND SPEED

0.00 mph

DG

AREA

N 0.000ACRES

EXIT

BOUNDARY SETUP

STOP

BOUNDARY

FIELD NAME

SMITH

DG

042.0186450 N

093.6337050 W

GROUND SPEED

0.00 mph

PAUSE

BOUNDARY

AREA

N 0.000ACRES

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Step

1

2

3

4

5

Action

Position the vehicle at a starting point on the outside of the field.

Press START BOUNDARY key and drive the outside edge of the field.

Use the PAUSE/CONTINUE feature to drive around an obstacle

(wet spot) without including the path around the obstacle in the boundary map. When you reach the obstacle, press the PAUSE key. Drive around the obstacle and press CONTINUE key. The

PF will draw in a straight line across the void area in the boundary map.

When you have completed driving the boundary of the field, press the STOP BOUNDARY key. Then press the SAVE

BOUNDARY key.

NOTE: You should drive back to the starting point before

pressing STOP BOUNDARY key. If you do not, the area

calculated for the field may be inaccurate.

Press EXIT key and repeat above steps for other fields. Refer to the gridding instructions to grid the field.

BOUNDARY SETUP

SAVE

BOUNDARY

FIELD NAME

SMITH

DG

042.0186450 N

093.6337050 W

GROUND SPEED

21.3 mph

AREA

N 19.737 acres

CANCEL

IMPORTANT: The Boundary and Grid screens are the only

location where you can view the FIELD AREA information. If you

come back to review information, DO NOT SAVE GRID OR

BOUNDARY AGAIN. If you do this you will lose the boundary

for this field. After reviewing the information, press EXIT key.

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Introduction

Gridding


To use this feature the PF3000 Pro must be in Site Verification Mode.

Before gridding, you must have a boundary file for the field. When using this feature, the entire PF3000 Pro screen is gridded, but only the grid points inside the boundary will be displayed. The points are created with a preset name starting with Point 1 in the northwest corner of the field and ending in the southeast corner of the field. See example below. The order of points is from west to east, then south, then east to west, then south. The grid spacing may be set in either feet or acres. At this time, the grid points may only be shifted as a whole, not individually.

The PF saves the grid to a *.PFN file. At this time, the PF is the only device that can create a *.PFN file. Ag Leader Technology is working on an import/export file to convert *.PFN files to a format that can be used by mapping software companies. We are also encouraging third party mapping software companies to support this open format. Contact Ag Leader

Technology for information regarding mapping programs that support *.PFN grid files.

Grid Area in Feet or Acres

(1)

+

(6)

+

(7)

+

Grid Points Not

Displayed

(2)

+

(5)

+

(8)

+

+

(3)

+

(4)

+

(9)

+

+

Boundary

+

+

+

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Gridding


Gridding a field

PF3000 Pro


If you have not created a boundary file for a field, refer to the boundary instructions and create a boundary.

Press the MENU key until OPTIONS is displayed and press OPTIONS key.

Press the LEFT or RIGHT small ARROW key until GRID is displayed and press the GRID key. A boundary must exist for a field to grid.

Step

1

Action

At the Grid Field screen, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to move to the field you want to grid and press the

ACCEPT key.

GRID

GRID FIELD:

F18: North 80

ACCEPT EXIT

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Step

2

Gridding


F18: North 80

CREATE

GRID

Action

Press the UP or DOWN ARROW key to change the Grid

Spacing and Grid Area. Pressing the UP or DOWN

ARROW key changes both settings at the same time. Grid spacing increments are 10 ft.

L1:

Grid Spacing

330 ft

DG

Grid Area

2.5 acres

Field Area

22.5 acres

N

# Points

0 points

EXIT

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+

+

+

+

+

+

RECREATE

GRID

+

+

+

SAVE

GRID

L1: DG

Grid Spacing

330 ft

Grid Area

2.5 acres

Field Area

N

22.5 acres

# Points

9 points

SHIFT

GRID

EXIT

Step

3

4

Action

After setting the grid spacing, press CREATE GRID key.

5

If you want to change the grid spacing or grid area, press the Up or DOWN ARROW key. Then press RECREATE

GRID key to re-grid the field.

Press the SAVE GRID key to save the information to a

*.PFN file.

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+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Gridding


L1:

N

DG

Shift Grid

ACCEPT

By shifting the grid you can get points that were outside of the boundary, into the inside of the boundary. This may increase or optimize the sample location within a boundary. The grid only shifts in one pixel increments.

Step

1

2

3

Action

If you want to move an existing set of grid points, press the

SHIFT GRID key.

NOTE: The shift grid screen only allows you to shift the entire

grid and not individual grid points.

Use the UP or DOWN, LEFT orRIGHT ARROW keys to shift the grid pattern, then press the ACCEPT key.

Press the SAVE GRID key to save the information to a *.PFN file.

IMPORTANT: The Boundary and Grid screens are the only place

you can view the field area. If you come back to this

screen after saving to review information, DO NOT

SAVE GRID OR BOUNDARY AGAIN. If you do this,

you will lose the boundary for this field. After

reviewing the information, press EXIT key.

***

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Introduction

Troubleshooting

Use the procedures on the following pages to troubleshoot, calibration, operation, and installation problems. If you cannot pinpoint the problem, call Ag Leader Technology at 515-232-5363 (fax: 515-232-3595).

If you think you have a hardware failure, call Ag Leader Technology and a service unit or replacement hardware will be shipped to you immediately.

Subject

Bu/Ac Yield or lbs/Ac Too High or Low

Yield in Bu/Ac or lbs/Ac Always Zero

Zero Flow in Bu/Hr or lbs/Hr

Mode

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

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Incorrect Acre Counting

Incorrect Moisture

Moisture Readings of 5% or Erratic

Moisture is too high or too low

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Moisture readings are high

Moisture reading goes to 5%

Moisture reading decreases drastically/suddenly

Harvest

Harvest

Erratic moisture sensor signal with moisture sensor installed in auger tube

Moisture continually reads 5% with elevator mount

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Auger doesn’t come on moisture remains constant Harvest

Average and Instantaneous Yield Do Not Agree Harvest

Incorrect Grain Weight (lbs)

Elevator Speed is Zero or Erratic

Incorrect Temperature Reading

AREA OFF Always Displayed

Monitor Chirps While Harvesting

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

Harvest

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High Yield Reading After Stopping

Incorrect Distance and MPH

Monitor Has No Display

No GPS Signal

No Marks on Map using External Field Marker

On Screen Map Does Not Appear

Differential correction fades in and out

The GPS will not stay locked on a beacon and switches erratically back and forth from one beacon to another

Harvest

Harvest

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Subject

When the GPS is used on a vehicle, such as a truck or car, the SNR for the beacon being used is very low or the unit cannot lock on a differential correction

Antenna voltage indicates 5 volts or more

Near dusk the GPS looses differential or switches erratically from beacon to beacon for about on half-hour

When the lights on the vehicle, specifically the combine, are turned on the SNR values drops considerably or differential correction is lost completely

Monitor dims when using the external power source for PF3000 Pro

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Problem

Bu/Ac or lbs/AcYield too high or low.

Cause

Average and instantaneous yields do not agree.

You are not counting the correct amount of acres.

Solution

See “Average and Instantaneous Yield Do Not

Agree” in this section..

Display AREA on the screen of the PF3000 Pro to show the total acres. If they are incorrect for the field of load, see “Incorrect Acre Counting” in this section.

See Incorrect Grain Weight (lbs) in this section. Weight in pound is inaccurate.

Moisture is inaccurate.

Dry moisture is set incorrectly.


Harvest Mode

The load you are harvesting is set on the wrong grain type.

Display INST MOIST on the screen of the PF3000

Pro to show the moisture. If it is incorrect, see

“Incorrect Moisture” in this section.

Press MENU, SETUP, and GRAIN. Select the grain type being harvested by using the up/down arrow keys. Press EDIT SETTINGS. Check the dry moisture value (percent moisture that dry bushels are reduced to. e.g. 13% for soybeans,

15.5% for corn). Use the up/down arrow keys to select the DRY MOISTURE line, then press EDIT.

Use the up/down arrow keys to set the dry moisture to the correct value for the grain type being harvested. The monitor corrects the yields of previous loads harvested of that grain type.

It is not possible to change grain type on an existing load. If an incorrect grain type has been selected, the entire field will need to be changed to the correct grain type. The load with the wrong grain type will remain in memory. There can be more than one-grain type for each field.

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Harvest Mode

Problem

Bu/Ac or lbs/Ac Yield

too high or low (cont.)

PF3000 Pro


Cause

The top shaft of the grain elevator was adjusted during harvest to tighten the elevator chain.

The dry lbs/bu setting is incorrect, causing bushels to be calculated incorrectly.

Solution

Adjusting the top shaft of the grain elevator changes how the grain hits the flow sensor, and calibration becomes inaccurate. You must change to a different grain type and recalibrate the weight.

IMPORTANT: Use the lower elevator adjuster to tighten the elevator chain, instead of adjusting the top shaft. Make sure the top shaft is adjusted so there is ½ in. or less clearance between the tip of the paddle and the top of the elevator housing.

Press MENU, SETUP, and GRAIN. Select the grain type being harvested using the up/down arrow KEYS. Press EDIT SETTINGS. You can change the dry lbs/bu on every grain type except

CORN (56lbs/bu), SOYBEANS (60lbs/bu), and

WHEAT (60lbs/bu). For the other grain types, select the Dry lbs/bu row and then press the EDIT key. Change the value by using the up/down arrows. After the correct dry lbs/bu value is set, bushels and bushels per acre are corrected on all the loads set on that grain type.

NOTE: Set the dry lbs/bu only once. If you think the bushels are incorrect, troubleshoot the grainweight calibration.

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Problem



Cause

The cab, distribution, or flow sensor cables connection is bad, or the flow sensor is bad.

The Sensor Cal, Box

Cal, or Voltage Cal number has changed.


Harvest Mode

Solution

Press MENU, DIAG and YEILD to check the

Min/Max values and the Flow Offset. The Min value should be between 40 and 200, the Max value should be between 300 and 400. These values should never change while seperator is running at full speed with no grain or with a grain flow. If Min/Max value is incorrect (e.g.

Min=255, Max=0), or Flow Offset number is incorrect, check cab, distribution and flow sensor cable for loose connections or cable damage. Use a volt-ohm meter to check for correct resistance readings. See Checking Flow Sensor Connection

Reference

To view the Sensor Calibration number, press

MENU, SETUP, and VEHICLE keys. To view

Box Cal, and the Voltage Cal number, press

MENU, SETUP and CONSOLE keys. Check each value against the Initial Calibration Sheet. None of the values should change unless the monitor or flow sensor was changed. If the monitor or flow sensor was changed and these values not changed, all new loads must be set to a different grain type

(e.g., CORN to CORN 3) and calibrate the monitor for grain weight and moisture for that grain type.

To change the voltage, box or sensor calibration values, highlight the selection and then press EDIT to change the settings, using the up/down arrows to change the values.

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Harvest Mode

Problem



PF3000 Pro


Cause

The scale factor number has changed.

Solution

To view the Scale Factor setting, press MENU,

SETUP, and VEHICLE keys. If the scale factor changed during harvest calibration accuracy will be lost. Recalibrate by changing to a different grain type and entering new calibration loads. The scale factor should be set to the value on the Initial

Calibration Sheet, UNLESS:

•

Old calibration loads were saved from the previous year under a different scale factor setting.

•

Current calibration accuracy is satisfactory.

See your PF3000 Pro installation instructions to ensure flow sensor and deflector plate are installed correctly.

The grain is not hitting the flow sensor because the flow sensor or stainless steel deflector plate is installed backwards

“Expand Grain

Below Dry” is set to

YES.

To view this setting, press MENU, SETUP and

VEHICLE keys. If this setting is YES, any grain harvested below the dry moisture value will be increased to the dry moisture value before the yield is calculated. If the average moisture of the grain is below the Dry Moisture value, the yield in bu/ac will be higher than that calculated from the elevator. This occurs in soybeans where the moisture is often below the Dry Moisture value.

To accurately compare the yield of different soybean varieties, increase the bushels to the Dry

Moisture value. Use the up/down arrow keys to select “Expand Grain Below Dry” and press EDIT key. Use the up down arrow keys to select NO and press ACCEPT key.

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July 2003

PF3000


Problem

Yield in Bu/Ac or lbs/Ac is Always Zero

Zero Flow in Bu/Hr or

lbs/Hr..


Harvest Mode

Cause Solution

Zero flow in bu/hr. Push Display Selections key, push the right/left

Menu Selection keys until GRAIN FLOW is displayed and push key. If the value is zero or

Acres are not being counted.

Elevator speed is zero or erratic. NOTE:

Elevator speed must be between 250 rpm and 600 rpm or there will be 0 flow in

bu/hr. erratic, refer to “Elevator Speed is Zero or Erratic” in this section

Push Display Selection key, push right/left Menu

Selection key until AREA is displayed and push key. If this is incorrect for the field of load, refer to “Incorrect Acre Counting” in this section.

Push Display Selection key, push the right/left

Menu Selection key until ELEVATOR SPEED is displayed and push key. Engage the seperator and harvest as you watch the elevator speed. The speed should maintain about 400 rpm without erratic change (jumps of 75

±

rpm). If the elevator speed is erratic or 0 or 600 rpm, refer to “Elevator

Speed is Zero or Erratic” in this section.

The clean grain elevator has excessive paddle tip clearance at the top.

The C1 number

(vibration calibration number) is too high and eliminating pounds of grain.

Check paddle clearance between the tip of paddle and inside of the clean grain elevator housing as paddles rotate around the top sprocket. If clearance is more than ½ in. (1/2 in. or less id ideal) readjust the top shaft of the elevator and recalibrate. Change grain types and enter new loads and calibrate weight again.

Press MENU, CAL and WEIGHT key. Press

SHOW CAL NUMBERS to display C1 through

C11 (C1 is vibration). If any of the C2 through

C11 numbers are set to zero, select that C value and press EDIT key. Use the up/down arrow keys to set them to the values on the initial calibration sheet for that grain type. Press ACCEPT key.

Calibrate the monitor for grain weight and the C numbers will automatically be set to their correct value for your combine.

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Harvest Mode

Problem

Zero Flow in Bu/Ac or lbs/Ac

PF3000 Pro


The cab, distribution, or flow sensor cables connection is bad, or the flow sensor is bad.

Cause

Calibration number set to zero

Solution


SHOW CAL NUMBERS to display calibration numbers C1 through C11. If any of the C2 through

C11 calibration numbers are set to zero, select that

C value and press EDIT key. Use up/down arrow keys to set the values on the calibration sheet for that grain type, then press ACCEPT key. Calibrate the monitor for grain weight. The C numbers will set automatically to their correct value.

Press MENU, DIAG and YEILD to check the

Min/Max values and the Flow Offset. The Min value should be between 40 and 200, the Max value should be between 150 and 600. The

Min/Max values may change.

The Flow Offset value should be between 300 and

400 and should never change while the separator is running at full speed with no grain or with a grain flow.

If the Min/Max value is incorrect (e.g. Min=255,

Max=0), or the Flow Offset number is incorrect, check the cab, distribution and flow sensor cable for loose connections or cable damage. Use a voltohm meter to check for the correct resistance readings. See “Checking Flow Sensor

Connection” in the Reference Section for the correct resistance readings.

See your PF3000 Pro installation instructions to ensure flow sensor and deflector plate are installed correctly.

The grain is not hitting the flow sensor because the flow sensor or stainless steel deflector plate is installed backwards

Grain flow is too low for the monitor to measure consistently.

This is a problem where flow of grain is small (1 to 2 lbs/sec, for example grass seed). If possible take a larger swath or drive faster during harvest.

If this does not resolve the problem, call Tech

Support (515-232-5363) for further support.

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Harvest Mode

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Harvest Mode

Problem

Incorrect Acre

Counting.

Cause

Incorrect swath

Distance is not counting correctly

(mph is incorrect).

Area calibration number is set incorrectly

Distance and area counting are not activated.

PF3000 Pro


Solution

See “Swath Setup” in the Setup Section and Swath

Setting in the Operation Section for instructions.

See “Incorrect Distance and MPH” in this section.

Press MENU, CAL and AREA to display the

AREA CAL number. This number should be set to

100 unless you have manually changed it to adjust the total acres. If it is set to a different number, it will count the percentage of acres the number represents. Use the up/down arrow keys to adjust the ACTUAL ACRES to the correct setting. Then press PERFORM CAL key to correct the AREA

CAL number.

NOTE: Changing Actual Acres will change the

Area Cal number to a value other than 100, but

will correct the total acres for that field.

Ensure the area count switch is in up position and the stop height number is set high enough so that when you lower the head, AREA ON appears in the lower right corner of the display. See “Area

Count Always Off” in this section.

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Problem

Incorrect Moisture

NOTE: There must be grain flow to have a moisture reading, otherwise the reading will always be 5 percent.

Cause

Moisture has not been calibrated or the calibration is incorrect.

Moisture Readings of

5% or Erratic.

Moisture is too high or too low.

Moisture readings are high.

Bad connection or damaged moisture cable.

Temperature calibration has not been performed.

Moisture sensor or auger tube has an accumulated sticky buildup.


Harvest Mode

Solution

See “Calibrating Moisture” in the Calibration

Section.

Press MENU, CAL, MOISTURE, and ENTER

MOISTURE to display moisture calibration. The

Moisture Offset is normally between –8% and

+8%. If the offset is not between these values calibrate moisture again.

If you have calibrated the moisture at very high moistures (28% to 35%) and now are harvesting at lower moistures, it may be difficult to find a calibration offset number that is exactly correct for both ranges of moisture. You should either choose a calibration offset number that is close for both ranges of moisture or set all the high moisture loads to a separate grain type and enter a new calibration offset number for that grain type.

Check temperature reading. If it is –20 degrees there is a bad connection or cable damage.

Check moisture sensor cable where it connects at the distribution cable and cab cable. Look for pins that have corrosion or any part of the cable that has nicks or may have been pinched.

See Calibrating Temperature in the Calibration

Section.

NOTE: If the temperature calibration was incorrect and you correct it, check the moisture calibration again.

Clean any buildup from the sensor blade and auger.

If buildup is so severe that the moisture sensor will not stay clean adjust the moisture setting manually.

See “Moisture Setting” in the Operation Section.

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Harvest Mode

Problem

Moisture reading goes to

5%.

Moisture reading decreases drastically/suddenly.

Erratic moisture sensor signal with moisture sensor installed in auger tube.

Moisture continually reads 5% with elevator mount.

PF3000 Pro


Cause

Ground strap on moisture sensor is not getting a good connection.

Determine if reading decreases occur when using a businessband, two-way radio.

The flighting of the combine grain tank fill auger was not completely cut down to the shaft where the moisture sensor was installed.

Buildup on proximity switch causing auger to run constantly preventing the chamber around sensor from filling.

Proximity sensor is out of adjustment.

Solution

Ensure the ground strap touches bare metal where it contacts the sheet metal.

Move the radio antenna and cable as far from the moisture sensor and sensor cable as possible. If the antenna wire must cross the moisture sensor cable ensure it crosses at a 90-degree angle.

Remove flighting completely to auger shaft where the moisture sensor installs

Remove wing nut at top of moisture sensor and remove sensor. Disconnect the power to the electric motor by removing the fuse. With a dry cloth, reach inside the slot for the moisture sensor and wipe off the proximity sensor.

Remove the side cover on the elevator mount. Do

NOT attempt to remove the sensor. Locate the potentiometer adjustment screw on the backside of the proximity sensor. Using a small screwdriver, turn the screw slowly clockwise until the unit turns on without any grain. Then turn the screw counterclockwise 4 full turns or 8 half turns. The motor should stop running. Replace the side cover.

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Problem

Auger doesn’t come on and moisture remains constant.

Average and

Instantaneous Yield Do

Not Agree

Incorrect Grain Weight

(lbs)

Cause

The elevator mount has lost power.

The acre calibration is not set to 100%

Not calibrated for this grain type

Incorrect actual weight entered.

Calibration numbers

C1 through C11 are set incorrectly.


Harvest Mode

Solution

Inspect the power cable to ensure it is not cut or damaged.

Check inline fuse. IMPORTANT: Never

replace a blown fuse with anything larger than

15 Amps.

Inspect battery connections. The wire with the inline fuse should be connected to the positive terminal.

The instantaneous yield does not account for the acre calibration number and thus can give a different yield from the average yield if the Area

Cal number is much different from 100%. Press

MENU, CAL and AREA to display Area Cal. See

“Incorrect Acre Counting” in this section if the number is not 100%.

See “Calibrating Grain Weight” in Calibration

Section.

Press MENU, CAL, WEIGHT, and SHOW CAL

LOADS. Scroll through the calibration loads and verify that you have entered the actual weight in the correct load and ensure the actual weight is correct.

Remove any loads for which you know the actual weight is incorrect.

After actual weights are adjusted calibrate the monitor again. See “Calibrating Grain Weight” in

Calibration Section.


SHOW CAL NUMBERS to display calibration numbers C1 through C11. If any of the C2 through

C11 calibration numbers are set to zero, select that

C value and press EDIT key. Use up/down arrow keys to set the values on the calibration sheet for that grain type, then press ACCEPT key. Calibrate the monitor for grain weight. The C numbers will set automatically to their correct value.

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6-13


Harvest Mode

Problem

Incorrect Grain Weight

(lbs) (cont)

Elevator speed is zero or

erratic. NOTE: Elevator

speed must be between

250 and 650 rpm or there

will zero flow in bu/hr.

Cause

Calibration loads are set on the wrong grain type.

The result of increased or decreased in speed, harvesting a higher or lower field, or grain moisture greatly changes.

Clean grain elevator has excessive paddle tip clearance at the top.

Electric header clutch not engaged.

Monitor set on wrong elevator pulses per revolution.

PF3000 Pro


Solution

See “Calibrating Grain Weight” in Calibration

Section.

Weigh and enter one or two calibration loads for different field conditions.

If monitor hasn’t calibrated accurately after 10 to

15 loads at different grain flow rates, call Tech

Support 515-232-5363.

Paddle clearance must be ½ in. or less.

If more than ½ in. adjust the top shaft of the elevator and recalibrate by eliminating the actual weights and entering new ones or changing grain types and entering new actual weights.

Engage electric header clutch.

Press MENU, SETUP and VEHICLE. Elevator

Pulses/Revolution appears at top of display. Refer to initial calibration sheet, then press EDIT and use up/down arrow keys to set pulses correctly.

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Problem

Elevator speed is zero or

erratic. NOTE: Elevator

speed must be between

250 and 650 rpm or there

will zero flow in bu/hr.

(cont)

Incorrect Temperature

Reading

Incorrect Temperature

Reading (cont.).

AREA OFF Always

Displayed NOTE: The

AREA ON must be

displayed to count acres.

Cause

Elevator speed sensor is bad or monitor cables have a bad connection.


Harvest Mode

Solution

While harvesting, determine if the low-elevatorshaft-speed alarm is on. This indicates low or erratic elevator speed. If the alarm is on:

•

At elevator speed sensor cable, disconnect monitor elevator speed cable. If the alarms is still

ON replace elevator speed sensor.

•

If the alarm goes OFF when cable is disconnected, inspect and reconnect cable.

Inspect monitor cables for signs of pinching or cutting.

Use a volt-ohm meter to check for shorts and continuity in elevator speed cable, distribution cable, and cab cable. Refer to Reference Section for proper readings.

On the distribution cable, look at the labels on the elevator speed and ground speed cables to ensure they are connected correctly.

Ground speed and elevator speed extension cables have been interchanged.

Temperature offset had been set to a large negative or positive number.

NOTE: this setting should be between –

15 to 15 T OFFSET.

Cable connections are bad.

Area count switch is in down position.

Stop height number is set too high.

Press MENU, DIAG and YEILD to display temperature calibration number (Temperature

Offset). If this number is not between –15% to

+15% calibrate temperature and recheck moisture calibration.

Disconnect cab, distribution and moisture sensor cables and inspect pins for corrosion. Inspect the cables for cuts or pinches. Reconnect cables and check temperature again.

Area count switch must be up to make AREA ON appear on the screen.

Press MENU, CAL, STOP HGT and ENTER

HEIGHT to display stop height setting. Adjust stop height so that when the head is raised AREA

OFF appears on the screen. NOTE: Stop height

settings can be different for different grain types.

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Harvest Mode

Problem

AREA OFF Always

Displayed NOTE: The

AREA ON must be displayed to count acres.

(cont)

Monitor Chirps While

Harvesting

High Yield Reading

After Stopping

Incorrect Distance and

MPH

PF3000 Pro


Cause

Header sensor installed backwards.


Solution

Refer to Installation Instruction. Ensure header sensor is installed in the correct place with the correct orientation (cable toward the rear of combine, open end of black header sensor bracket pointing towards ground).


Header sensor bad. Check resistance of the header sensor between pins, A, B, and C on header sensor cable. Refer to

Reference Section for correct resistance readings.



Header sensor bad. Check resistance of the header sensor between pins, A, B, and C on header sensor cable. Refer to

Reference Section for correct resistance readings.

Monitor is set on a partial swath.

C1 value (calibration number that eliminates false grain flow from vibration) must be adjusted.

Calibration for distance is incorrect or not been down.

Display SWATH on the screen. Use the up/down arrow keys to adjust to a full swath.

Refer to “Calibrating for Vibration (C1)” in

Calibration Section.

Refer to “Calibrating Distance” in Calibration

Section.

After you calibrate for distance, the monitor automatically corrects any incorrect distance and acres for previously harvested loads. NOTE: You

must calibrate the secondary speed sensor setting

if GPS is the primary speed sensor.

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PF3000 Pro


Problem

Incorrect Distance and

MPH (cont)

Cause

Monitor is set on the incorrect groundspeed setting.

Distance and acre counting is not activated because

AREA OFF is displayed.

Ground Speed Sensor has no signal or signal is erratic.


Harvest Mode

Solution

Press MENU, SETUP, and VEHICLE to display

Primary Speed Sensor. Use up/down arrow keys to correct the speed setting. If loads were set to the incorrect setting, change the loads to correct speed setting and the monitor will automatically correct acres and distance.

Move Area count switch to up position and the stop height number is set high enough so that when the head is lowered, AREA OFF changes to AREA

ON. See “AREA OFF Always Displayed”, in this section.

Refer to Installation Instructions to ensure that the combine ground speed sensor is installed correctly.

Check combine ground speed readout while driving. Disconnect the ground speed cable from the ground speed sensor and check read out again.

If readout is still erratic or zero, replace the ground speed sensor.

Inspect the distribution and ground speed cable connections. Inspect the monitor cables for signs of pinching or cutting.

Use a volt-ohm meter to check for shorts and continuity in the ground speed cable, distribution cable and cab cable. Refer to the Reference

Section for readings.

Determine that the ground speed sensor and elevator speed cables have not been interchanged.

July 2003

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PF3000 Pro


Problem

Monitor has no display.

Cause

Cable connecting to monitor is disconnected or damaged.


All Modes

Solution

Remove top 12 screws securing the front panel and open. Inspect display cable for cuts or other damage. If cable is damaged, call Ag Leader

Technology and send the monitor in for repair.

An external device, such as a GPS receiver or datalogger is improperly connected to monitor.

One of the PF3000

Pro sensor cables has a bad connection

Disconnect external devices and turn the monitor

ON. If the monitor screen turns on correctly, make sure that he correct cable is used to connect the external device to the monitor. See “Using a GPS

Receiver” or “Logging Map Data to a Datalogger” in the Operation Section.

Disconnect the PF3000 Pro cables from the distribution cable, one at a time, leaving the power cable connected. After disconnecting each cable, look at the display and see whether it has turned on.

Some receivers require 5 to 15 minutes to acquire a signal after turning on the monitor.

Inspect the cable from the GPS receiver to the antenna for damage and proper connection.

No GPS Signal. NOTE:

“D” or “G” not appearing on the top right hand corner of PF3000

Pro screen.

No Marks on Map When

using External Marker

The GPS receiver is not sending a signal to the monitor.

On Screen Map Does

Not Appear

The Field Marker setting in the monitor is set to INTERNAL.

Press MENU, SETUP and CONSOLE keys.

Scroll down to Field Marker Input and press EDIT.

Use up/down arrow keys to change to

EXTERNAL and press ACCEPT, then EXIT.

Plug Field Marker into Port 1. Field Marker is plugged into the wrong port

The log file containing that field’s

GPS data is not set as the current log file.

Press MENU, SETUP and CARD keys. Select

Log File and press EDIT key. Select log file containing the field’s GPS data and press

ACCEPT key then EXIT. IMPORTANT: If you

change to different log file just to view a map of a field, make sure that after viewing the map you change the log file back to the original log file before you log more data.

NOTE: If you have logged a fields GPS information on different log files you can only view a map from one of the log files GPS information.

July 2003

6-17


All Modes

Problem

Differential correction fades in and out

The GPS will not stay locked on a beacon and switches erratically back and forth from one beacon to another.

When the GPS is used on a vehicle, such as a truck or car, the SNR for the beacon being used is very low or the unit cannot lock on a differential correction.

Antenna voltage indicates 5 volts or more.

•

Electrical noise generated by the vehicles electrical system.

•

Loose connection.

•

Antenna is malfunctioning.

•

•

Check bulkhead connection.

Check antenna connections.

PF3000 Pro


Cause

•

A strong thunderstorm or disturbance is near or located between antenna and differential source.

•

You are in a fringe area for reception.

•

Interference from your vehicle or machinery.

•

Either one or more of the beacons has an unhealthy or unmonitored status or there is a large amount of interference in the signal from a certain beacon.

Solution

•

The thunderstorm must pass or decrease in intensity.

•

Determine if there are thunderstorms in the vicinity or call Ag Leader Technology to see whether the beacon near you is operational.

•

Move the antenna to a position where it is not as strongly affected by the interference.

•

Press the Menu key until SETUP is displayed.

Press SETUP key. GPS is displayed. Press GPS key. Scroll down to Beacon Mode, the user has two options (See Beacon Selection in General

Information section):

•

Select Auto power

•

Select Manual mode. Manual mode is the best choice in this case if the user has a beacon that they know is providing a good signal.

•

Press the EXIT key. The display returns to the startup screen and within about one minute or less the unit will lock on to the selected frequency.

•

Move the antenna to a location that is not affected.

•

Use a line filter on main power to unit.

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PF3000 Pro


Problem

Near dusk the GPS loses differential or switches erratically from beacon to beacon for about one half-hour.

When the lights on a vehicle, specifically the combine, are turned on the SNR value drops considerably or differential correction is lost completely

Monitor dims when using external power source for PF3000 Pro.

Cause

•

Changes in atmospheric properties near dusk affect signal quality and can induce skipping of signals that usually can not be received.

•

The load on he electrical system has increased and noise has been introduced into the system.

•

External power source for PF3000

Pro does not provide enough power.


All Modes

Solution

•

Set unit in Manual Mode on the BEACON

OPTIONS screen to help keep the correction the user receivers more consistent. This is an operational characteristic that can not be eliminated.

•

Check the alternator to see whether it is in satisfactory condition and whether its capacity is correct for the loads it must carry.

•

New external power source is available to support the integrated GPS to PF3000 pro.

July 2003

6-19

PF3000 Pro



Calculating Dry Bushels

Available Grain Types

Available Grass Seed Types

Compatible Hardware

Beacon Information

Satellite Providers

System Wiring

Item

* * *

Reference Overview

Page

7-2

7-4

7-4

7-5

7-6

7-9

7-10

July 2003

7-1

Calculating Dry Bushels

Calculating Dry

Bushels

Shrink Factor

PF3000 Pro


The monitor uses the following equation to calculate dry bushels

:

Wdg = (1-Mwg/100) x Wwg

(1-Mdg/100)

Wdg = Weight (lbs) of Dry Grain

Wwg = Weight (lbs) of Wet Grain

Mwg = Moisture content of Wet Grain

Mdg = Dry% moisture

Example:

Wdg = ?

Mwg = 25%,

Wwg = 150,000 lbs

Grain type = corn

Mdg = 15.5%

Dry lbs/bu = 56

(1-25/100) x 150,000 = 133,136 lbs dry grain weight

(1-15.5/100)

Wet Bushels = 150,000/56 = 2,679 bushels

Dry Bushels = 133,136/56 = 2,377 bushels

The shrink factor the monitor uses depends on the Dry% moisture you have set in the monitor

.

Shrink factor = 1

1-Mdg/100

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Calculating Dry Bushels

Example:

1

------------- = 1.183 per point (difference between actual and dry%

1-15.5/100 moisture)

Dry bushels calculated using the shrink factor can be found using the following equation:

Wwg - (S.F. x (Mwg-Mdg)/100 x Wwg) = Dry bushels

Dry lbs/bu

150,000 - (1.183 x (25-15.5)/100 x 150,000) = 2,377 bu

56

* * *

July 2003

7-3

Available Grain Types

Available Grain

Types

Available Grass

Seed Types

Grass Seed Type

Annual Rye

Perennial Rye

Fescue

Orchard Grass

Crimson Clover

Meadow Foam

White Clover

Bent Grass

Grain Type

Soybeans

Corn

Wheat

Oats

Rye

Barley

Sorghum

Popcorn

Edibl Beans

Corn 2

Canola

Rice

Sunflowers

Corn 3

Corn 4

Opt Grain 1

* * *

PF3000 Pro


Dry lbs/bu

60 (fixed)

56 (fixed)

60 (fixed)

32 (changeable)

56 (changeable)

48 (changeable)

56 (changeable)

100 (changeable)(hundredweight)

60 (changeable)

56 (changeable)

60 (changeable)

45 (changeable)

100 (changeable) (hundredweight)

56 (changeable)

56 (changeable)

40 (changeable)

Lbs/bu

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7-4

July 2003

Radar Guns

PF3000 Pro


Memory Cards

Compatible Hardware

The following characteristics are required of memory cards you intend to use with the monitor:

•

Ag Leader brand ATA FLASH cards.

•

Card sizes of .5 kilobytes and 1, 2, 4, 20, and 32 megabytes

•

Memory cards with 200 nanosecond (ns) speed ratings are desired.

IMPORTANT: SRAM memory cards will not work with the PF 3000

Pro.

Below are listed compatible radar guns:

Dickey-john

Magnavox

MicroTrak sonar gun

Case IH Magnum

John Deere

* * *

July 2003

7-5

Beacon Information

Beacon

Information

PF3000 Pro


In the USA, call 1-703-313-5900 for Coast Guard GPS support.

Or use the web site at http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/gps/status/txt

for the operation status of the beacon stations.

Location

Alexandria, VA

Brunswick, ME

Cape Canaveral, FL

Cape Henlopen, DE

Cape Henry, VA

Charleston, SC

Chatham, MA

Fort Macon, NC

Miami, FL

Moriches, NY

Penobscot, NH

Portsmouth, NH

Sandy Hook, NJ

ID

820

800

809

805

806

808

802

807

810

803

799

801

804

Atlantic Coast

Baud Rate

100

100

100

200

100

100

200

100

100

100

200

100

200

Frequency

305

316

289

298

289

298

325

294

322

293

290

288

286

Location

Aransas Pass, TX

Egmont Key. FL

Galveston, TX

Key West, FL

Mobile Pt., AL

English Turn , LA

Puerto Rico

ID

816

812

815

811

813

814

818

Gulf Coast

Baud Rate

100

200

100

100

100

200

200

Frequency

304

312

296

286

300

293

295

Location

Cheboygan, MI

Detroit, MI

Milwaukee, WI

Neebish Island, MI

Saginaw Bay, MI

Sturgeon Bay, MI

Upper Keweenaw, MI

Whitefish Pt., MI

Wisconsin Pt., WI

Youngstown, NY

836

838

833

835

837

832

831

834

830

839

Great Lakes

Baud Rate

200

200

100

200

100

100

100

100

100

100

Frequency

292

319

297

309

301

322

298

318

296

322

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Location

Appleton, WA

Cape Mendocino, CA

Fort Stevens, OR

Pigeon Point, CA

Point Arguello. CA

Point Blunt, CA

Point Loma, CA

Robinson Point, WA

Whidbey Is., WA

ID

871

885

886

883

882

884

881

887

888

Pacific Coast

Baud Rate

100

100

100

100

100

200

100

200

100

Location

Annette Island, AK

Cape Hinchenbrook

Cold Bay, AK

Gustavus, AK

Kenai, AK

Kodiak, AK

Potato Point, AK

ID

889

894

898

892

896

897

895

Alaska

Baud Rate

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Location

Isabella, Puerto Rico

Kokole Point, HI

Upolo Point, HI

Hawaii/Puerto Rico

ID

817

880

879

Baud Rate

200

200

100

Location

St. Louis, MO

Vicksburg, MS

Memphis, TN

St. Paul, MN

Kansas City, MO

Sillisaw, OK

Millers Ferry, AL

Louisville, KY

Rock Island, IL

Omaha, NE

Whitney, NE

ID

862

860

861

864

867

866

865

869

863

868

859

Inland

Baud Rate

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

July 2003


Frequency

300

292

287

287

321

310

302

323

302

Frequency

323

292

289

288

310

313

298

Frequency

295

300

286

Frequency

322

313

310

317

305

299

320

290

311

298

310

7-7


Location

Alert Bay, BC

Amphitrite Point, BC

Richmond, BC

Sandspit, BC

Partridge Island, NB

Point Escuminiac, NB

Cape Ray, NF

Cape Race, NF

Cape Norman, NF

Fox Island, NS

Western Head, NS

Cardinal. ON

Wiarton, ON

Lauzon, PQ

Moisie, PQ

Riviere du Loup, PQ

St. Jean sur Richelieu, PQ

Trois Rivieres, PQ

Canada

Baud Rate

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

200

PF3000 Pro


Frequency

309

315

307

300

286

309

313

300

296

321

295

319

290

288

310

307

312

306

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


OMNISTAR

Region

Eastern USA

Central USA

Western USA

Europe

Australia

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

RACAL

Region

USA East

USA Mountain

USA West

Europe

8.5 Australia

Frequency

1553.345

1554.350

1556.255

1531.210

1555.330

Satellite Providers

Frequency

1556.825

1554.497

1551.489

1531.230

1555.255

1538.050

1541.705 & 1541.715

July 2003

7-9

System Wiring

System Wiring

PF 3000 Pro


Refer to the last page to see a table of the pin-outs of the combine cables for the PF3000 Pro.

Pin-Out of Port 1

This connector may be used by: Controller #3, a Bar Code device, TBD RS-

232 device or connection to a PC.

Pin Number Name Remarks

1

2 RXC

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

TXC

DTR

GND

DSR

RTS

CTS

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro





Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Name

RXA

TXA

DTR

GND

DSR

RTS

CTS

Name

RXB

TXB

DTR

GRD

DSR

RTS

CTS

System Wiring

This connector would typically be connected to an external controller

Remarks

This is the primary connector to connect to an external controller

Remarks

This 485 port is managed by channel #4 of the UART. This connector would be used by an enhanced field marker or other RS-485 devices

Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Name

485b_R-

485B_T+

GND

GND

485B_R+

485B_T-

Remarks

July 2003

7-11

System Wiring

Pin-Out of AUX Port 1

(Pro w/ GPS)


(Pro w/o GPS)

Pin Number

Pin Number

3

9

10

11

12

6

7

8

13

14

15

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Name

Event

PORT_B_ OUT

PORT_B_IN

PWR_CTL

GND

GPS_RTS_B

GPS_CTS_B

PWR_OUT

PWR_Out_12V

GND

PPS

RS232-TX

RS232-RX

Name

--

-- * Pro w/o GPS has this pin jumpered to RS232-Rx Port D

-- * Pro w/o GPS has this pin jumpered to RS232-Tx Port D

--

Ground

--

--

--

--

Relay Power Out (Controlled by monitor power)

Ground

--

RS232-Tx Port D (Used for GPS)

RS232-Rx Port D (Used for GPS)

--

PF 3000 Pro


Remarks

Remarks

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro



Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

DIO8

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

D13V

Name

DIO1

DIO2

DIO3

DIO4

DIO5

DIO6

DIO7

System Wiring

Remarks

July 2003

7-13

System Wiring

Checking Header

Sensor

Connections

Checking Flow

Sensor

Connections

Check at:

Cab Cable (rectangular 25 pin conn.)



Distribution Cable (large round 24 pin conn.)



Header Sensor Cable (rectangular 3 pin conn.)



PF 3000 Pro


To check the header sensor for electrical connection, use an ohmmeter and check for the following resistance’s:

Pins

11 + 18

Ohms

100-200

10 + 18 700-1000

10 + 11 1000

10 + 16

9 + 16

100-200

700-1000

9 + 10

A + B

B + C

A + C

1000

100-200

700-1000

1000

To check the flow sensor for electrical connection, use an ohmmeter and check for the following resistance’s (readings can be 1-3 ohms off and still be good readings):

Check at:





Flow Sensor Ext. Cable (round 9 pin conn.)

Flow Sensor Ext. Cable (round 9 pin conn.)

Flow Sensor Cable (round 9 pin conn.)

Flow Sensor Cable (round 9 pin conn.)

Pins

9 + 21

8 + 22

8 + 19

7 + 20

2 + 3

1 + 4

2 + 3

1 + 4

Ohms

350

375

350

375

350

375

350

375

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July 2003

System Wiring

Signal

Power (14V)(US)

RS(485A)

Moist2 (-)

Temp

SP1

SP2

A5V

QMinus

GND

Vcc (+5V)

D12V

Power (14V)(S)

RS(485B)

Moist1 (+)

Field Marker

HDR

SP3

SP4

QPlus

AGND

GND

Vcc (+5V)

GND

Drain

PF3000 Pro

Rectangular

25 pin

18

19

20

21

22

13

14

15

16

17

23

24

25 shell

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

2

3

4

5

7-16

Cab / Distrib.

Round

24 pin

16

17

18

19

20

12

13

-

14

15

21

22

23

24

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1

-

2

3

4

Power Ground Spd Elevator Spd

Rectangular Rectangular Rectangular

3 pin 2-pin 2 pin

A

C

B

A

B

A

March 2002

Moisture

Round

14 pin

14

10

6

11

13

1

9

8

7

12

4 & 5

2 & 3

PF 3000 Pro


Flow Header

Round Rectangular

9 pin 3 pin

2

4

5

1

3

B

C

A

PF3000 Pro


Parts List for PF3000 Pro – Commercial System

Part Name/Description Part No. Quantity

PF3000 Pro – Commercial System

Antenna bracket – L Bracket

Antenna Assembly – GPS2100/3100/PF Pro

PC Cable Kit

Power Supply Kit (1 Amp) – Ag Leader

Monitor Bracket Inst. Kit – XX20

CD-ROM Ag Leader software Suite

Flashcard – 20 MB PCMCIA, B card w/Ag Leader Label

PF3000 Pro – Electronic Unit

U-Bracket – PF3000 Pro

Commercial Cable Kit – PF3000 Pro

Manual – PF3000 Pro

3001500

2000161

2000192

2000492-1

2000942

2001304-3

2001601

3000012

3001109

3001124

3001126

3001127-1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Parts List for PF3000 Pro Monitor Kit - Combine

Part Name/Description Part No. Quantity

PF3000 Pro – Combine System

Antenna bracket – L Bracket

Antenna Assembly – GPS2100/3100/PF Pro

PC Cable Kit

Power Supply Kit (1 Amp) – Ag Leader

CD-ROM Ag Leader software Suite

Flashcard – 20 MB PCMCIA, B card w/Ag Leader Label

PF3000 Pro – Electronic Unit

U-Bracket – PF3000 Pro

Commercial Cable Kit – PF3000 Pro

Manual – PF3000 Pro

GPS Combine Cable Kit

3001501

2000161

2000192

2000492-1

2000942

2001601

3000012

3001109

3001124

3001126

3001127-1

3001128

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Parts List

July 2003

8-1

PF3000 Pro


Antenna

Installation

Installation

Before mounting the PF3000 Pro on your vehicle, the user should test the system in the planned installation location. Follow the general mounting guidelines below for mounting the GPS antenna.

•

Make sure the GPS antenna is in the middle of the vehicle.

•

Generally, the antenna should be the highest point on the vehicle.

•

Keep the antenna away from “electrical noise” sources, such as a cab fan motor or the engine compartment.

To aid in determining “electrical noise” sources, turn on all accessories or features of the vehicle that use electrical power, examples being lights, air-conditioners, etc.

Use the Differential Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) to aid in determining the best location for mounting the antenna.

In order to determine your Differential SNR while installing your antenna, the GPS Diagnostic screen must be on the PF3000 Pro. To view this screen:

Step

1

2

Action

Plug antenna jack into GPS unit.

3

Press the Menu key until DIAG is displayed and press DIAG

Key.

Press GPS key. NOTE: An example of the GPS Diagnostic

screen is shown on next page.

4

5

If the Differential SNR drops below 6 or is lost completely, move the antenna to a location where the signal is not as affected by the interference. Moving the antenna horizontally or vertically between 1 to 3 ft will usually eliminate the problem.

Once you have completed positioning your antenna push

EXIT key.

July 2003

9-1

Installation

PF 3000 Pro


GPS DIAGNOSTICS - -

UTC TIME 00:00:00

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

0000.000 S

0000.000 E

0 ft

GPS Speed

Number of Satellites

Differential Status

Beacon/Satellite Frequency

Differential SNR

HDOP/PDOP

Antenna/Receiver Voltage

0.0 MPH

0

OFF

0000.000000

0.0

0.0 / 0.0

5.00 / 13.0

ADD-ON

GPS

EXIT

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July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Parts, Tools for

Antenna

Installation

Installation

The following parts and tools are needed to install the antenna and its bracket:

•

5/16 in. self tapping bolts

or 5/16 in. bolts with serrated nuts

•

¼ in. drill bit for thin metal

or 9/32 in. for thicker metal

•

15 ft coaxial cable

•

Three white cable tie-downs

•

•

L-bracket

Antenna

•

Marker

•

Punch

•

Hand drill

with self tapping screws

•

Three white cable tie-downs

Installing the

Antenna Bracket

Follow these steps to attach the L-bracket to the grain tank or bin extension (whichever is on your combine).

Step

1

Action

Center the L-bracket on the combine making sure that it is in the center of header. If you are installing on a vehicle other than a combine, you may or may not be able to use the L-bracket. Make sure, though, that the antenna is in the center of the swath.

2

3

4

Place the top surface of the bracket about ¼ in. above the top of the highest metal surface of the vehicle so that the antenna is the highest point of the vehicle and can slide off if struck.

After you site this position, place the L-bracket against the metal surface, mark and punch the places you will be drilling.

Drill the holes in the surface and attach brackets as follows:

If the metal is … Then use a…

Thin ¼ in. drill bit and 5/16 in. bolts with serrated nuts.

Thick (1/8 in. or more) 9/32 in. bit and self-tapping bolt.

July 2003

9-3

Installation

Installing Antenna

Follow these steps to install the antenna:

PF 3000 Pro


Step

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Action

Center the antenna on the top the top surface of the bracket, placing the antenna so the cable connector is pointing towards the right side of combine or vehicle.

Attach the 15 ft cable to antenna, connecting the end with the plug to antenna.

Attach a white cable tie-down to metal surface 1 or 2 ft below and 6 in. to right of the L-bracket.

NOTE: you may need to increase the above distances, depending on the type of grain extension you are using.

Place another white tie-down 3 to 5 ft. to the right of the first tie-down.

Use a cable tie and attach the coaxial cable to the first white tie-down leaving some slack in cable between antenna connection and tie down to allow for strain relief if the antenna is knocked off the L-bracket.

Use another cable tie to attach the cable to the second tiedown.

Route cable to cab using cable tie-downs to secure cable.

9-4

July 2003

PF3000 Pro


Routing the GPS

Cable to the Cab

Installation

You will need the following parts and tools to route the coaxial cable into the combine:

•

Bulkhead connector (threaded on both ends)

•

½ in. drill bit

•

Power drill

Follow these steps to route cable to the cab:

Step

1

2

3

4

Action

Find a place on the right side or bottom of the cab to route coaxial cable into cab (the point of entry is up to you).

IMPORTANT: Do NOT route cable through a door or window because this will crimp the cable and ruin it.

Find a sit to drill where you will not drill into any cabling or hoes; then drill a hole with the 1/2 in. bit.

NOTE: Make sure before you drill that:

•

The coaxial cable will reach to the site you have

chosen.

•

That you do not bend the cable at a 90-degree

angle.

Thread bulkhead connector through hole, so that the threaded end to which you attach the lock washer and jam nut is inside cab.

NOTE: For JD9000 series combines, a rubber grommet is included to mount the bulkhead connector through cab wall plate. Use auxiliary hole in the plate or drill a new hole if the auxiliary hole is in use.

Attach the coaxial cable from the antenna to the outside end of the connector.

***

July 2003

9-5

PF3000 Pro


A

Actual Load Weights, Entering .................................................... 3-15

Actual Moisture, Entering .............................................................. 3-9

Adjust Display ................................................................................ 2-7

Adjusting Display Lighting ............................................................ 2-7

Ag Leader Technology-Fax Number ............................................ 1-2

Ag Leader Technology-Mailing Address ..................................... 1-2

Ag Leader Technology-Phone Number ........................................ 1-2

Application Rate

Target Rate, man vs auto .......................................................... 4-43

Area Calibration Number ............................................................. 4-10

Area Count Stop Beeps, Setting ................................ 2-30, 2-32, 2-43

Area Count Switch .......................................................................... 1-7

Area Counting

Adjusting Field Area ................................................................ 4-10

Operation .................................................................................... 4-8

Site Verification ...................................................... 4-8, 4-39, 4-41

Arrow Keys ..................................................................................... 1-4

AUX Port 1 ..................................................................................... 1-7

AUX Port 2 ..................................................................................... 1-7

Available Grass Seed Types .........................................................

7-4

Available Internal Memory .......................................................... 4-12

Average Error, Weight Calibration .............................................. 3-16

Average Yield, Displaying ........................................................... 4-27

B

Beacon Frequencies ........................................................................ 7-6

Beacon Information ........................................................................ 7-6

Beacon Selection ........................................................................... 2-19

Boundary Setup ............................................................................. 4-74

Box Calibration Number, Setting................................................... 2-6

Buildup on Moisture Sensor......................................................... 4-34

Bushels

Dry, Calculating ......................................................................... 7-2

C

Cable attachment for DICKEY-john Land Manager or Land

Manager II controller ............................................................... 2-55

Cable attachment for DICKEY-john Seed Manager or Vanguard

VM-2500 (PIC) ........................................................................ 2-61

Cable attachment for Direct Drive of New Leader Mark III and

Mark IV ................................................................................... 2-110

Cable attachment for Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-Rate drives .. 2-

100

Cable attachment for Flexcontrol controller ................................ 2-79

Cable attachment for Flow Meters ............................................... 2-95

Cable attachment for Hiniker 8605 .............................................. 2-85

Cable attachment for Mid-Tech controllers that are connected to

Data-Link consoles ................................................................... 2-49

Cable attachment for New Leader Mark III or Mark IV processors

................................................................................................... 2-73

Cable attachment for Raven controllers with serial ports ........... 2-44

Index

Cable attachment for Rawson Accu-Plant Controller ................ 2-67

Cable attachment for Rawson Accu-Rate and Seed Manager .... 2-66

Cable attachment for Rawson Accu-Rate Controller.................. 2-65

Cable attachment for Teejet 844 controller ................................. 2-90

Cable Pin-Outs .............................................................................. 7-10

Calibrating

C Numbers ................................................................................ 3-18

Distance ...................................................................................... 3-2

Entering Actual Load Weights ................................................ 3-15

Good Weight Calibration ......................................................... 3-17

Grain Weight ............................................................................ 3-12

Harvesting Weight Calibration Loads..................................... 3-12

Moisture ...................................................................................... 3-9

Stop Height ............................................................................... 3-19

Temperature ................................................................................ 3-5

Vibration ..................................................................................... 3-7

Weight Calibration Errors ....................................................... 3-16

Calibration

Keys ............................................................................................ 3-1

Calibration Loads, Harvesting ..................................................... 3-12

Card

Copying to ................................................................................ 2-11

Restoring from .......................................................................... 2-11

Settings ....................................................................................... 2-8

Card Symbol ................................................................................. 4-18

Changing Fields .............................................................................. 4-3

Changing Loads .............................................................................. 4-3

Checking Data Accuracy - End of Season

Acres ......................................................................................... 4-64

Calibration ................................................................................ 4-62

Field and Load Names ............................................................. 4-64

Grain Type ................................................................................ 4-64

Grass Seed ................................................................................ 4-64

Moisture .................................................................................... 4-63

Checking Free Space on Card ...................................................... 4-19

Checking Resistance Readings

Flow Sensor .............................................................................. 7-10

Header Height Sensor .............................................................. 7-13

Clear Load ..................................................................................... 4-13

Clearing Loads .............................................................................. 4-13

Combine Scale Factor, Setting ............................................2-30, 2-31

Connecting the Monitor to the PC

Windows 3.1............................................................................. 4-47

Windows 95, 98 ....................................................................... 4-55

Connectors ...................................................................................... 1-7

Console Settings ............................................................................. 2-6

Continuous Marks, Setting ........................................................... 2-17

Copying Memory to Log File ....................................................... 2-11

Copyright Notice............................................................................. 1-2

Creating Fields .............................................................................. 2-13

Creating Loads .............................................................................. 2-15

Creating Target Files .................................................................... 4-43

D

Data Storage .................................................................................. 4-12

Date and Time

July 2003

10-1

Index

Displaying ................................................................................. 4-29

Setting.......................................................................................... 2-6

DIAG key ....................................................................................... 4-23

Diagnostic Screens ........................................................................ 4-23

DICKY-john Land Manager Controller....................................... 2-55

DICKY-john Land Manager II Controller ................................... 2-55

DICKY-john Seed Manager ......................................................... 2-61

Direct Drive of New Leader Mark III ........................................ 2-110

Direct Drive of New Leader Mark IV ........................................ 2-110

Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-Rate drives ................................ 2-100

Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-Rate Dual Drive ........................ 2-101

Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-Rate Single Drive ...................... 2-100

Direct Drive of Rawson Accu-Rate Three Drive ....................... 2-102

Display ............................................................................................. 1-5

Display Selection Keys ................................................................... 1-5

Displaying

Actual GPA ............................................................................... 4-45

Actual GPM .............................................................................. 4-45

Actual Rate ................................................................................ 4-45

Area ........................................................................................... 4-28

Area per Hour ........................................................................... 4-28

Average Moisture ..................................................................... 4-29

Average Yield ........................................................................... 4-27

Card Info ................................................................................... 4-28

Converted Target Rate .............................................................. 4-46

Date and Time ........................................................................... 4-29

Distance ..................................................................................... 4-28

Drive RPM ................................................................................ 4-46

Dry Lbs / Bu ............................................................................. 4-29

Elevation ................................................................................... 4-28

Elevator Speed .......................................................................... 4-28

Grain Flow ................................................................................ 4-28

Ground Speed ........................................................................... 4-28

Head Height .............................................................................. 4-29

Instantaneous Moisture ............................................................ 4-27

Instantaneous Yield .................................................................. 4-27

Latitude and Longitude ............................................................ 4-28

Swath ......................................................................................... 4-28

Target Rate ................................................................................ 4-45

Temperature .............................................................................. 4-28

Total Units ................................................................................ 4-45

Wet Bushels .............................................................................. 4-28

Wet Weight ............................................................................... 4-28

Distance

Calibrating................................................................................... 3-2

Dry Bushels

Calculating .................................................................................. 7-2

Dry lbs / bu

Calculating .................................................................................. 7-2

Default for each Grain Type ...................................................... 7-4

Setting........................................................................................ 2-35

Dry Moisture ................................................................................. 2-35

Calculating Dry Bushels ............................................................ 7-2

E

Elevator Pulses/Revolution, Setting ............................................. 2-30

Entering Actual Load Weights ..................................................... 3-15

Erase Memory................................................................................ 4-13

10-2

March 1998

PF3000 Pro


Erasing Memory ............................................................................ 4-13

Errors, Weight Calibration ........................................................... 3-16

Expand Grain Below Dry %, Setting ................................. 2-30, 2-32

F

Fax Number ..................................................................................... 1-2

Field Boundaries ........................................................................... 4-40

Field Marking ................................................................................ 4-14

Field Operation Displays .................................................... 4-26, 4-44

Fields

Adjusting Area .......................................................................... 4-10

Available ................................................................................... 4-12

Changing ..................................................................................... 4-3

Creating ..................................................................................... 2-13

Displaying Totals ........................................................... 4-27, 4-44

Naming ...................................................................................... 2-13

Totals ......................................................................................... 4-30

Where Stored ............................................................................ 4-12

Flexcontrol controller ................................................................... 2-79

Flow Sensor

Changing Cal Number .............................................................. 2-32

Checking Resistance Readings ................................................ 7-10

Flowmeter Controller .................................................................... 2-95

Formatting Memory Card ............................................................. 4-19

G

GPS Antenna Installation ............................................................... 9-1

GPS Receiver

GPS Status Indicator ................................................................ 4-20

Using for Ground Speed ................................................ 2-33, 2-43

Grain

Dry lbs / bu ............................................................................... 2-35

Dry Moisture ............................................................................. 2-35

Load........................................................................................... 2-16

Rename ...................................................................................... 2-34

Setting ............................................................................. 2-13, 2-34

Two Grains in Field.................................................................. 2-14

Grain Weight

Calibrating ................................................................................ 3-12

Entering Actual Load Weights ................................................ 3-15

Good Weight Calibration ......................................................... 3-17

Harvesting Cal Loads ............................................................... 3-12

Weight Calibration Errors ........................................................ 3-16

Grid size of .tgt file ....................................................................... 4-43

Gridding a field ............................................................................. 4-78

Ground Speed

Calibrating .................................................................................. 3-2

From a GPS Receiver ..................................................... 2-33, 2-43

Primary Sensor ............................................................... 2-33, 2-43

Secondary Sensor ........................................................... 2-33, 2-43

H

Header Height Sensor

Checking Resistance Readings ................................................ 7-13

Hiniker 8605 .................................................................................. 2-85

HyperTerminal Setup

PF3000 Pro


Windows 95, 98 ....................................................................... 4-55

I

Initial Calibration Sheet ................................................................ 2-30

Installing a Radar Speed Sensor ................................................... 4-21

Installing Antenna Bracket ............................................................. 9-3

Installing GPS Antenna .................................................................. 9-1

Instantaneous Yield, Displaying .................................................. 4-27

K

Keypad ............................................................................................. 1-3

Keys

Calibration .................................................................................. 3-1

Soft .............................................................................................. 1-3

Keys, Setup ............................................................................... 2-3, 2-5

L

Load Clearing ................................................................................ 4-13

Loads

Available ................................................................................... 4-12

Changing ..................................................................................... 4-3

Changing Grain ........................................................................ 2-16

Creating ..................................................................................... 2-15

Definition .................................................................................. 2-12

Displaying Total ....................................................................... 4-30

Displaying Totals ........................................................... 4-27, 4-44

Harvesting Weight Cal Loads .................................................. 3-12

Load Settings Screen ................................................................ 4-37

Naming ...................................................................................... 2-15

Viewing Loads On the Go ....................................................... 4-30

Where Stored ............................................................................ 4-12

Log File

Copying Data to ........................................................................ 2-11

Creating ........................................................................... 2-10, 4-18

Definition .................................................................................. 2-10

Erasing ...................................................................................... 2-11

Restoring from .......................................................................... 2-11

Logging Data

Conditions Required to Log..................................................... 4-19

Logging Device

Setting ......................................................................................... 2-9

Logging Interval

Setting ......................................................................................... 2-9

M

M1, Setting .................................................................................... 2-35

Mailing Address .............................................................................. 1-2

Making and Showing the Map ....................................................... 4-5

Manual Moisture, Setting ............................................................. 4-34

Map Zoom ....................................................................................... 4-7

Marks

Continuous Marks .......................................................... 2-17, 4-14

External Field Marker, Connecting ......................................... 4-15

Making a Mark ......................................................................... 4-14

Index

Mapping Marks ........................................................................ 4-15

Setting ....................................................................................... 2-17

Spot Marks ......................................................................2-17, 4-14

Maximum Error, Weight Calibration .......................................... 3-16

Memory

Available ................................................................................... 4-12

Restoring from Card ................................................................. 4-13

Memory Card

Card Symbol ............................................................................. 4-18

Checking Free Space ................................................................ 4-19

Formatting ................................................................................ 4-19

Inserting in Monitor ................................................................. 4-18

Logging Data ............................................................................ 4-16

Logging Hours Available ................................................2-10, 4-17

Reading ..................................................................................... 4-16

Setting Logging Interval .......................................................... 4-17

Setting Logging to a Card ........................................................ 4-16

Updating Operating Program................................................... 4-66

Memory Erasing............................................................................ 4-13

Menu Key ........................................................................................ 1-6

Menu Selection Keys ...................................................................... 1-6

Mid-Tech Controllers ................................................................... 2-49

Moisture

Calibrating .................................................................................. 3-9

Dry Moisture .............................................................................. 7-2

High Readings Because of Buildup ........................................ 4-34

Initial Offset ............................................................................. 2-35

Setting Automatic, Manual ...................................................... 4-34

Move Load .................................................................................... 4-38

Moving Loads ............................................................................... 4-38

N

Naming Fields ............................................................................... 2-13

Naming Loads ............................................................................... 2-15

Navigate screens ........................................................................... 4-69

Navigate to manually entered point ............................................. 4-70

Navigate using grid file ................................................................ 4-70

Navigating to point(s) ................................................................... 4-72

New Leader Mark III .................................................................... 2-73

New Leader Mark IV .................................................................... 2-73

Number of Rows ..................................................................2-39, 2-41

O

On Screen Map ............................................................................... 4-4

Operating Mode

Setting ......................................................................................... 2-7

Operating Program

Installing Update ...................................................................... 4-66

P

Partial Swath, Setting ................................................................... 4-35

Patented Technology ...................................................................... 1-2

PF Coverage Files (PFC files) ........................................................ 4-4

Phone Number ................................................................................ 1-2

Pin-Out of AUX Port2 ................................................................. 7-12

Pin-Out of AUX Port 1 ................................................................. 7-12

July 2003

10-3

Index

Pin-Out of Port 1 ........................................................................... 7-10

Pin-Out of Port 2 ........................................................................... 7-11

Pin-Out of Port 3 ........................................................................... 7-11

Pin-Out Port 4................................................................................ 7-11

Port 1 ................................................................................................ 1-7

Port 2 ................................................................................................ 1-7

Port 3 ................................................................................................ 1-7

Port 4 ................................................................................................ 1-7

Power Supply-120v to 12v ............................................................. 2-2

Primary Speed Sensor, Setting ........................................... 2-33, 2-43

Printing Field/Load Summary

Capturing Summary Data, Windows 3.1 ................................ 4-50

Capturing Summary Data, Windows 95, 98 ........................... 4-58

Connecting the Monitor to the PC, Windows 95, 98 .............. 4-55

Connecting the Monitor to Your PC, Windows 3.1 ............... 4-47

Formatting the Summary, Windows 3.1.................................. 4-52

Formatting the Summary, Windows 95, 98 ............................ 4-60

Printing the Summary, Windows 3.1 ...................................... 4-54

Setting Up Terminals, Windows 3.1 ....................................... 4-48

Using Windows 3.1 .................................................................. 4-47

Windows 95, 98 ........................................................................ 4-61

Proprietary Technology .................................................................. 1-2

R

Radar Speed Sensor

Compatible ................................................................................ 4-21

Installation................................................................................. 4-21

Raven Controllers with Serial Ports ............................................. 2-44

Rawson Accu-Plant Controller ..................................................... 2-67

Rawson Accu-Rate Controller ...................................................... 2-65

Registration Form ............................................................................ 1-1

Restoring from File ....................................................................... 2-11

Routing GPS Cable to Cab ............................................................. 9-5

Row Spacing, Swath ........................................................... 2-39, 2-41

S

S1, Setting ...................................................................................... 2-35

Satellite Frequencies ....................................................................... 7-9

Satellite Provider Selection ........................................................... 2-22

Satellite Providers ........................................................................... 7-9

Scale Factor, Setting ............................................................ 2-30, 2-31

Secondary Speed Sensor, Setting ....................................... 2-33, 2-43

Selecting Beacon ........................................................................... 2-19

Selecting Satellite Provider ........................................................... 2-22

Sensor Calibration Number, Setting............................................. 2-32

Serial Number, Setting .................................................................... 2-6

Serial Port Upgrade Program ........................................................ 4-67

Service.............................................................................................. 1-2

Setting

Area Count Stop Beeps ........................................ 2-30, 2-32, 2-43

Box Calibration Number ............................................................ 2-6

Card Settings ............................................................................... 2-8

Combine Scale Factor..................................................... 2-30, 2-31

Console Settings ......................................................................... 2-6

Date and Time ............................................................................. 2-6

Dry lbs / bu................................................................................ 2-35

Dry Moisture ............................................................................. 2-35

10-4

March 1998

PF3000 Pro


Elevator Pulses/Revolution ...................................................... 2-30

Expand Grain Below Dry % .......................................... 2-30, 2-32

Field Marker ............................................................................... 2-7

Full Swath ....................................................................... 2-39, 2-41

Grain .......................................................................................... 2-13

Grain Setting ............................................................................. 2-34

Logging Device ........................................................................... 2-9

Logging Interval ......................................................................... 2-9

M1 ............................................................................................. 2-35

Marks ........................................................................................ 2-17

Moisture .................................................................................... 4-34

Monitor Serial Number .............................................................. 2-6

Number of Rows ............................................................. 2-39, 2-41

Operating Mode .......................................................................... 2-7

Partial Swath ............................................................................. 4-35

Primary Speed Sensor .................................................... 2-33, 2-43

Row Spacing ................................................................... 2-39, 2-41

S1 2-35

Secondary Speed Sensor ................................................ 2-33, 2-43

Sensor Calibration Number ..................................................... 2-32

Sprocket Teeth .......................................................................... 2-30

Stop Height ............................................................................... 3-19

TI, T2, and T3 ........................................................................... 2-30

Vehicle Settings, Harvest Mode .............................................. 2-30

Vehicle Settings, Site Verification Mode ................................ 2-42

Voltage Calibration Number ...................................................... 2-6

Setup

Keys ..................................................................................... 2-3, 2-5

Setup for a DICKY-john Land Manager ..................................... 2-56

Setup for a DICKY-john Land Manager II .................................. 2-56

Setup for DICKEY-john Seed Manager ...................................... 2-62

Setup for Direct Drive of Accu-Rate drive ................................ 2-103

Setup for Direct Drive of New Leader Mark III ........................ 2-112

Setup for Direct Drive of New Leader Mark IV ........................ 2-112

Setup for Direct Drive of New Leader Mark IV.2..................... 2-112

Setup for Direct Drive of New Leader Mark IV.4..................... 2-112

Setup for Flexcontrol controller ................................................... 2-80

Setup for Flow Meter .................................................................... 2-97

Setup for Hiniker 8605 controller ................................................ 2-86

Setup for Mid-Tech controllers that are connected to Data-Link consoles ..................................................................................... 2-50

Setup for New Leader Mark III controller ................................... 2-74

Setup for New Leader Mark IV controller ................................... 2-74

Setup for Raven controllers with serial ports .............................. 2-44

Setup for Rawson Accu-Plant ...................................................... 2-68

Setup for Rawson Accu-Rate ....................................................... 2-68

Setup for Teejet 844 controller ..................................................... 2-91

Setup for Vanguard VM2500 (PIC) ............................................. 2-62

Show Fields, Summary ................................................................. 4-32

Show Loads, Summary ................................................................. 4-33

Shrink Factor ................................................................................... 7-2

Site Verification

Field Boundaries ....................................................................... 4-40

Making a Map ........................................................................... 4-40

Operating Mode .............................................................. 4-39, 4-41

Operation ........................................................................ 4-39, 4-41

Requirements .................................................................. 4-39, 4-41

Tile Lines .................................................................................. 4-40

Soft Keys ......................................................................................... 1-3

PF3000 Pro


Spot Marks, Setting....................................................................... 2-17

Sprocket Teeth, Setting ................................................................. 2-30

Stop Height

Calibrating ................................................................................ 3-19

Summary Key ................................................................................ 4-30

Summary Screen

Show Fields .............................................................................. 4-32

Show Loads .............................................................................. 4-33

Swath

# Rows ............................................................................ 2-39, 2-41

Cutting Platform Head ............................................................. 2-40

Displaying ................................................................................. 4-28

Full Swath Setting .......................................................... 2-39, 2-41

Row Crop Head ........................................................................ 2-40

Row Spacing ................................................................... 2-39, 2-41

Setting Partial Swath ................................................................ 4-35

System Wiring ............................................................................... 7-10

T

T1, T2, T3, Setting ........................................................................ 2-30

Target Files

Creating ..................................................................................... 4-43

Target Rate man and auto settings ............................................................... 4-43

Teejet 844 controller ..................................................................... 2-90

Temperature

Calibrating .................................................................................. 3-5

Tile Lines ....................................................................................... 4-40

Time

Displaying ................................................................................. 4-29

Setting ......................................................................................... 2-6

Two Grains in Field ...................................................................... 2-14

Index

U

Updating Operating Program ....................................................... 4-66

V

Vangard VM2500 (PIC) ............................................................... 2-61

Vehicle Settings, Harvest Mode ................................................... 2-30

Vehicle Settings, Site Verification Mode .................................... 2-42

Vibration

Calibrating .................................................................................. 3-7

Voltage Calibration Number, Setting ............................................ 2-6

W

Warranty .......................................................................................... 1-1

Windows 3.1

Capturing Summary Data ........................................................ 4-50

Connecting Monitor to PC ....................................................... 4-47

Printing Field/Load Summary ................................................. 4-51

Windows 95

Printing Field/Load Summary ................................................. 4-61

Windows 95, 98

Connecting the Monitor to the PC........................................... 4-55

Wiring ............................................................................................ 7-10

Y

Yield

Average, Displaying ................................................................. 4-27

Instantaneous, Displaying ........................................................ 4-27

July 2003

10-5

PF3000 Pro Owners Registration

The PF3000 Pro is an upgradable product. You will not receive free operating program upgrades unless you send in this registration form.

Return this sheet in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or by fax.

515-232-3595 - fax

Ag Leader Technology

2202 South Riverside Drive

P.O. Box 2348

Ames, Iowa 50010

Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Street Address: _______________________________________________________________

City, State, ZIP: ______________________________________________________________

Phone # (including area code): _________________________________________________

Mobile Phone #: ________________________ Fax #: __________________________

Email address:_______________________________________________________________

Intended Use (Please circle all that apply): Combine Sprayer Planter ATV

Other, please specify____________________________________________

Ag Leader Dealer:____________________________________________________________

Dealer Address:______________________________________________________________

Combine Model #: ________________ Combine Serial #: _________________________

PF3000 Pro Serial #: __________________ Flow Sensor Serial #: ____________________

GPS Antenna Serial #:__________________ Elevator Mount Serial #:________________

Index

8/5/03 – Updated pin-outs on Aux Port 1

PF3000 Pro


4

March 1998