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X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Part Number AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev.1.3 © Copyright Topcon Precision Agriculture October, 2010 All contents in this manual are copyrighted by Topcon. All rights reserved. The information contained herein may not be used, accessed, copied, stored, displayed, sold, modified, published or distributed, or otherwise reproduced without express written consent from Topcon. For use with Software Version 3.03.01 and above Preface This manual has been developed to provide you with information necessary to operate and maintain this Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) product. Proper service and use is important for the safe and reliable operation of the product. The sections provided in this manual include information necessary for the safe and correct operation, care, and troubleshooting of this product. The benefits this product provides can be greatly influenced by your knowledge of the products described in this manual. NOTICE NOTICE Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. Terms and Conditions General APPLICATION - You accept these Terms and Conditions by purchasing the product from Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) or from one TPA’s product dealers. COPYRIGHT - All information contained in this manual is the intellectual property of, and copyrighted material of TPA. All rights are reserved. You may not use, access, copy, store, display, create derivative works of, sell, modify, publish, distribute, or allow any third parties access to, any graphics, content, information or data in this manual without TPA’s express written consent and may only use such information for the care and operation of your product. The information and data in this manual are a valuable asset of TPA and are developed by the expenditure of considerable work, time and money, and are the result or original selection, coordination and arrangement by TPA. 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You should closely review the safety warnings and directions as to the proper use of the product in this manual and at all times comply with the same. Limited Warranty Electronic and Mechanical Components -TPA warrants that the electronic components manufactured by TPA shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the original date of shipment to the dealer. TPA warrants that all valves, hoses, cables and mechanical parts manufactured by TPA shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of sale. Return and Repair - During the respective warranty periods, any of the above items found defective may be shipped to TPA for repair. TPA will promptly repair the defective item at no charge, and ship it back to you. You must pay the shipping and handling charges in respect of the same. Calibration of components, labour and travel expenses incurred for in-field removal and replacement of components are not covered in this warranty policy. Damage to components due to negligence, abuse or improper use, maintenance, modification or repair is NOT covered under this warranty. Warranty Disclaimer - Other than for the above warranties or warranties in an appendix or a warranty card accompanying the product, this manual and the product are provided ‘as is’. There are no other warranties and to the extent allowed by law TPA excludes all implied terms, conditions and warranties in respect of the manual and the product (including any implied warranty or merchantability or fitness for any particular use or purpose). 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These Terms and Conditions will be governed by, and construed in accordance with: - the laws of South Australia if the product is sold and supplied to you in Australia (in which case the courts of South Australia or the Federal Court of Australia (Adelaide Registry) have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any claim or dispute); or - the laws of the State of California if the product is sold and supplied to you outside of Australia. All information, illustrations, and applications contained herein are based on the latest available information at the time of publication. TPA reserves the right to make product changes at any time without notice. If any part of these Terms and Conditions would be unenforceable, the provision must be read down to the extent necessary to avoid that result, and if the provision cannot be read down to that extent, it must be severed without affecting the validity and enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions. Service Information Service assistance can be provided by contacting your local TPA Authorised Dealer. Communications Regulation Information FCC Compliance Statement (USA) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class ‘A’ digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense. FCC Compliance Statement (Canada) This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulation. CE EMC Statement (European Community) Warning: This is a class ‘A’ product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. ‘C’ Tick EMC Statement (Australia & New Zealand) This product meets the applicable requirements of the Australia and New Zealand EMC Framework. Radio & Television Interference This computer equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy. If it is not installed and used correctly – that is, in strict accordance with TOPCON Precision Agriculture instructions – it may cause interference with radio communication. You can determine whether your computer system is causing interference by turning it off. If the interference stops, it was probably caused by the computer or one of the peripheral electronic devices. If your computer system does cause interference to a radio or other electronic device, try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures: • • • • Turn the radio antenna until the interference stops. Move the computer to either side of the radio or other electronic device. Move the computer farther away from the radio or other electronic device. Connect the computer to a different circuit to the radio or other electronic device. If necessary contact your nearest TOPCON Precision Agriculture dealer for assistance. Important: Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by TOPCON Precision Agriculture could void the EMC compliance and negate your authority to operate the product. This product was tested for EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of TOPCON Precision Agriculture peripheral devices & TOPCON Precision Agriculture shielded cables and connectors between system components. It is important that you use TOPCON Precision Agriculture peripheral devices between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios and other electronic devices. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION It is very important that you read and understand the instructions in this section to prevent the risk of death, personal injury and damage to the system. Safety Alert Symbols The above safety alert symbols mean ATTENTION! BECOME ALERT! YOUR SAFETY IS INVOLVED! Look for the safety alert symbols both in this manual and on safety signs on this machine. The safety alert symbol will direct your attention to information that involves your safety and the safety of others. Safety Messages The words DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION are used with the safety alert symbols. Learn to recognize these safety alerts and follow the recommended precautions and safety practices. CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, may result in MINOR INJURY. WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. DANGER: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation that, if not avoided, will result in DEATH OR VERY SERIOUS INJURY. Informational Messages The word NOTICE is used mainly to give additional information and tips for operating or servicing this equipment. NOTICE Supplementary information that can have an effect on system operation, system performance & measurements Safety Signs WARNING: DO NOT remove or obscure safety signs. Replace any safety signs that are not readable or are missing. Replacement signs are available from your dealer in the event of loss or damage. If a used machine has been purchased, make sure all safety signs are in the correct location and can be read. Replace any safety signs that can not be read or are missing. Replacement safety signs are available from your dealer. A Word To The Operator It is YOUR responsibility to read and understand the safety section in this book before operating this machine. Remember that YOU are the key to safety. Good safety practices not only protect you, but also the people around you. Study the features in this book and make them a working part of your safety program. Keep in mind that this safety section is written only for this type of machine. Practice all other usual and customary safe working precautions, and above all REMEMBER - SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU CAN PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. WARNING: In some of the illustrations or photos used in this manual, panels or guards may have been removed for clarity. Never operate the machine with any panels or guards removed. If the removal of panels or guards is necessary to make a repair, they MUST be replaced before operation. The photos, illustrations, and data used in this manual were current at the time of printing, but due to possible inline production changes, your system can vary slightly in detail. The manufacturer reserves the right to redesign and change the system as necessary without notification. Preparation For Operation Read this manual completely and make sure you understand the controls. Read and understand the machine manual before operating this system. Know the positions and operations of all controls before you operate your machine. Check all controls in an area clear of people and obstacles before starting your work. All equipment has a limit. Make sure you understand the speed, brakes, steering, stability, and load characteristics of your machine before you start. WARNING: An operator should not use alcohol or drugs which can affect their alertness or coordination. An operator on prescription or ‘over the counter’ drugs needs medical advice on whether or not he or she can properly operate equipment. Make sure your machine has the correct equipment needed by the local regulations. NOTICE This manual covers general safety practices for this system, and should be kept with the X30 when relocated to another machine. Disclaimer TPA accepts no responsibility or liability for damages to property, personal injuries, or death resulting from the misuse or abuse of any of its products, including X30 and any of its components. Further, TPA accepts no responsibility for the use of TPA equipment or the GNSS signal for any purpose other than the intended purpose. TPA cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity, continuity, or availability of the GNSS signal. It is the operator’s responsibility to exercise common sense and navigational judgment while using X30. The operator must ensure that the steering switch is in the Off position (no LED indicator is lit) at all times unless used for hands free assisted steering with the X30. Before operating any machine equipped with X30 products, the following pages contain specific safety precautions that you must read and follow when operating. Important Safety Information Most incidents that involve product operation, maintenance and repair are caused by failure to observe basic safety rules or precautions. Avoid an accident by recognizing potentially hazardous situations. Always be alert to potential hazards. The system can be momentarily disabled if the GNSS satellite or differential correction signal is lost. It is imperative that the operator be alert to the machine position and conditions in the field at all times. The purpose of the X30 is to aide the operator with steering the machine. Operator attention is required at all times. X30 and Components The following outlines the basic safety provisions that you must adhere to when operating X30 and any of its components. Operators and other relevant personnel must be advised of these safety provisions. Electrical Safety The following outlines the basic safety provisions that you must adhere to when operating X30 and any of its components. Operators and other relevant personnel must be advised of these safety provisions. WARNING: Incorrectly connected power can cause severe injury and damage to people or the equipment. When working with electrical components, you must do the following: • Prior to doing any welding on the machine, make sure the negative terminal of the battery is disconnected. • Check that all power cables to system components are connected to the correct polarity as marked. Please refer to the machine operator manual for safety information. Areas of Operation When using the X30 for assisted steering along a defined wayline, the operator must be sure the machine is operated including, but not limited to: • Away from people and obstacles. • Away from high voltage power lines or other overhead obstructions. Be aware of any clearance problems before activating X30 • On private property without public access. • Within cleared fields. • Off public roads or access ways. Steering On/Off Switch WARNING: Ensure the steering switch is in the off position to prevent unintentional engagement of the assisted steering Disengagement The operator must disengage assisted steering and assume manual control of the machine if an obstacle is in the line of travel, or if the machine should steer away from the desired wayline. Using any of the following manual interventions will disengage assisted steering: • Turn the steering wheel a few degrees. • Press the disengage auto steering button on the console. • Move the steering switch to the Off position if the above actions do not disengage assisted steering. Operator Responsibilities • The operator must remain in complete control of the machine at all times. The X30 assists operators to guide a machine along defined waylines. • The operator must be alert and aware of the surroundings at all times. • Alcohol or drugs can affect operator's alertness or coordination. An operator must not operate the machine with or without engaging X30 while under the influence of alcohol or any drugs. An operator on prescription or ‘over the counter’ drugs needs medical advice on whether or not he or she can properly operate equipment. • The operator must maintain the proper distance away from people, obstacles, buildings, power lines and other machines when operating using assisted steering. • Before exiting the machine, the operator must disengage assisted steering, turn the steering switch to the Off position, and remove the key from the key switch. Avoiding Obstacles NOTICE X30 cannot detect obstacles such as people, livestock, or any other type of obstacle. Only operate the equipment using X30 when there is an open area clear of obstacles. The operator is ultimately responsible for the safe operation of this equipment Using a Reference (Base) Station WARNING: Do not move a reference station while in operation. Moving an operating reference station can interfere with the controlled steering of a system using the reference station. This could result in personal injury or damage to property. The following is an outline of the basic provisions that you must adhere to when operating with a reference station. Operators and other relevant personnel must be advised of the following safety provisions. When working with the reference station, follow these general safety precautions: • Do not erect the reference station under or within thevicinity of high voltage power lines. • When using the portable reference station, make sure the tripod is securely mounted. Notes: X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Table of Contents 1 Basic Concepts of the X30...................................... 1-1 2 Getting Started......................................................... 2-1 Turning on the X30 Console........................................................ 2-1 Overview of Main Operator’s Screen.......................................... 2-4 Left Side of Screen....................................................................... 2-5 About Button............................................................................ 2-5 Guidance Button...................................................................... 2-5 GPS Button............................................................................... 2-6 Diagnostics Button................................................................... 2-7 Job Button................................................................................ 2-8 USB Eject Button..................................................................... 2-9 Inventory Manager Button....................................................... 2-9 X30 Setup Button................................................................... 2-12 Right Side of Screen................................................................... 2-13 Viewing Perspective Buttons................................................. 2-13 Zoom In.............................................................................. 2-13 Zoom Out........................................................................... 2-14 Perspective View................................................................ 2-14 Overhead View................................................................... 2-15 North Up View................................................................... 2-15 Map Layers Buttons............................................................... 2-16 Boundary Creation Buttons.................................................... 2-16 Exclusion Zone Buttons......................................................... 2-17 Guide Line Buttons................................................................ 2-17 Steering Calibration Buttons.................................................. 2-18 Nudge Buttons........................................................................ 2-18 Coverage Mapping Buttons................................................... 2-19 AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 i X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Auto steering Buttons............................................................. 2-19 Bottom of Screen........................................................................ 2-20 Display Bar............................................................................ 2-20 3 Software Setup......................................................... 3-1 User Options................................................................................. 3-2 Language Setup........................................................................ 3-2 Time/ Date Setup...................................................................... 3-4 Date Format Setup............................................................... 3-4 Time Format Setup............................................................... 3-5 Set Current Time.................................................................. 3-5 Units Setup............................................................................... 3-7 Units..................................................................................... 3-7 Latitude/Longitude Format.................................................. 3-8 Lightbar Setup.......................................................................... 3-9 LED Spacing........................................................................ 3-9 LED Mode.......................................................................... 3-10 Environment Setup..................................................................3-11 Screen shot......................................................................... 3-12 Recalibrate touchscreen.................................................... 3-12 Map Options Setup................................................................. 3-13 Point of Focus................................................................... 3-13 Map Panning..................................................................... 3-14 System Options.......................................................................... 3-16 Features.................................................................................. 3-16 GPS........................................................................................ 3-17 Receiver............................................................................. 3-17 Correction........................................................................... 3-19 Serial Port........................................................................... 3-20 GPS Output........................................................................ 3-22 Radar Output...................................................................... 3-25 Alarms.................................................................................... 3-27 End of Row........................................................................ 3-27 Flag Points.............................................................................. 3-32 Vehicle Options.......................................................................... 3-33 ii www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Select Vehicle Profile............................................................. 3-33 Select New Vehicle Template................................................. 3-34 Implement Options..................................................................... 3-35 Select Implement Profile........................................................ 3-35 Select New Implement Type.................................................. 3-37 ECU Setup.............................................................................. 3-39 Implement Geometry............................................................. 3-41 Section Control Setup............................................................ 3-43 Sections............................................................................. 3-43 Timing............................................................................... 3-46 Switchbox Setup............................................................... 3-49 4 Boundary Creation................................................... 4-1 Creating a Field Boundary........................................................... 4-1 Recalling a Boundary................................................................... 4-7 Boundary Offset..........................................................................4-11 Clear a Boundary........................................................................ 4-14 5 Job Setup.................................................................. 5-1 Starting a New Job....................................................................... 5-1 Coverage Mapping....................................................................... 5-4 Recalling a Job File...................................................................... 5-6 Clear a Job.................................................................................... 5-9 Creating a Job Report................................................................... 5-9 6 Using Guide Lines.................................................... 6-1 Creating a Guide Line.................................................................. 6-1 Using AB Lines............................................................................ 6-5 Manual AB Lines..................................................................... 6-8 Using Pivot Lines......................................................................... 6-9 Using Curves.............................................................................. 6-12 Identical Curves vs Adaptive Curves..................................... 6-12 Using Adaptive Curves (Guidance)....................................... 6-14 Using Adaptive Curves (Auto steering)................................. 6-16 Coverage Triggered............................................................ 6-16 AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 iii X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Manual End of Row........................................................... 6-20 U-Turn Recognition........................................................... 6-23 Using Identical Curves........................................................... 6-26 7 Using Auto Steering................................................. 7-1 Enabling Auto Steering ............................................................... 7-1 Auto Steering Calibration............................................................ 7-2 Steering Calibration................................................................. 7-3 Steering Status.......................................................................... 7-4 Steering Tuning........................................................................ 7-5 On Line Aggressiveness....................................................... 7-5 Approach Aggressiveness................................................... 7-5 Maximum Turning Angle.................................................... 7-6 Start Using Auto Steering............................................................. 7-7 Step 1 - Approach the Guide Line............................................ 7-7 Step 2 - Adjust your approach.................................................. 7-8 Step 3 - Engage auto steering................................................... 7-9 Disengage Auto Steering.......................................................... 7-9 Auto Steering Limitations.......................................................... 7-10 A Tractor Schematic....................................................A-1 B File Name Information.............................................B-1 C Additional GPS Information....................................C-1 D Alarms List................................................................D-1 E Sample Job............................................................... E-1 iv www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Basic Concepts of the X30 The X30 is a standalone guidance console and is installed to assist users with guiding their vehicle when in a field. It is attached to the inside of the vehicle cabin and provides a virtual guide that the user may follow for more accurate coverage of a given field GPS The X30 is compatible with both GPS and DGPS receivers and offers accuracy from entry-level GPS through DGPS free-to-air marine beacon and WAAS (where available) and subscription systems (including OmniSTAR®, VBS and HP), to Real-time Kinetic (RTK) radio systems offering a range of positioning accuracy to meet any application. Guidance Using the GPS the X30 is able to identify the precise coordinates of the GPS antenna attached to the vehicle. Using this, the X30 is able to generate a virtual map of your current locatio and place a representation of your vehicle on that map. The geographic location of your vehicle on the map correlates with the geographic location of your vehicle in reality. This is how you are able to map the boundaries and the coverage of your field as you drive across it, as the GPS is able to track precisely the area that you have travelled across. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 1-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Boundary Mapping With boundary mapping, you are able to create an outline of your field that you can then use over again for any application job that you perform on that field. The benefits of this include being able to know the exact size of your field before moving off and also being able to plan your coverage route before hand. Coverage Mapping (Application Mapping) After knowing the precise area of your field with Boundary Mapping, Coverage Mapping can now be used to track the area covered by your vehicle. The benefits of this include being able to identify missed areas so that you may go over that area again. Alternatively, it will also help you identify areas of overlap so in future you can plan your driving route more carefully so as not to over applicate on a given crop. 1-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Getting Started This chapter will provide you with instructions on how to turn on the X30 as well as explain the functions of the buttons you will find on the main operator's screen. Turning on the X30 Console 2 Figure 2-1. X30 rear view 1. Ensure that the X30 is connected to a power supply 2. Press and hold the Power button (for approximately 3 seconds) to turn on the X30 console AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Figure 2-2. Loading screen 3. The above image will appear on the console screen indicating that the system is booting up. 2-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Figure 2-3. No GPS Signal Detected Notice If a GPS signal is not detected, the screen shown in figure 2-3 will appear. If you have a GPS antenna connected and this screen appears, ensure that all harnessing is correct and refer to GPS information on page 2-6 to verify if the GPS is receiving. NOTICE NOTICE Guidance will not be activated until a GPS signal has been detected. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Overview of Main Operator's Screen Figure 2-4. X30 Main Operator's Screen The main operator's screen is where you will be able to access all the controls available on the X30 Console. The functions on the screen are seperated into 3 main areas which are the left side, right side and bottom of the screen. 2-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Left Side of Screen About Button Figure 2-5. About Window Select to view the current version of the software and other additional information. Guidance Button Figure 2-6. Secondary Guidance Window Select to open the secondary guidance window. The purpose of this window is to allow you to have a secondary view of your tractor AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual path other than your main guidance screen. For instance, you may have an overhead view on your main guidance screen but have a perspective view on your secondary guidance screen. Refer to page 2-12 for more information on changing your viewing perspective. GPS Button Figure 2-7. GPS Information Windows Select to open the GPS Information window. From this window you can check the position of your vehicle as well as your current GPS accuracy. Select (figure 2-7) to view your GPS position information. This is information on the geographic position of your vehicle as well as the speed and direction it is moving in. Latitude/Longitude - Indicates the position of the GPS antenna on the earths surface. Eastings/Northings - is a measurement (in meters) relating to 2-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual position within the Zone Zone - The world is divided up into areas so that the Eastings/ Northings can be shown at a relatively lower number (digit) Speed - Shows the actual speed of the vehicle moving across the ground. Select (figure 2-7) to view your GPS accuracy information. The information displayed is the number of detectable satellites, the correction age in seconds and also the HDOP. The lower the value of your HDOP, the more accurate your GPS reading will be. This is the reason why the GPS Antenna must be positioned on the roof without any obstructions with a clear view of the sky. Any obstruction of the GPS Antenna could cause your HDOP value to increase, leading to innacurate GPS position readings. Diagnostics Button Figure 2-8. Diagnostic Window Select to open the diagnostics window. Here you can view memory information of the X30 console and of USB thumbdrives that are currently connected to the console. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Job Button Figure 2-9. Job Windows Select to open the job window. Here you can job view statistics, job settings and also create notes for that specific job. Press (figure 2-9) to view your job statistics. The information on this screen provides you with information pertaining to your job such as the amount of area you have covered, the total number of hours you have spent on a job and the amount of area remaining to be covered. Press 2-8 (figure 2-9) to view your job settings. www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual The information on this screen tells you the names of all the files that are currently associated with that specific job. Select (figure 2-9) to view enter of view your job notes. This screen allows you to enter or view notes relating to that particular job. USB Eject Button Press this button before removing any USB devices that are connected to your console. This will minimize the chances of damage to the USB device when it is removed from the console. Inventory Manager Button Figure 2-10. Inventory Manager window Select (figure 2-10) to access the Inventory Manager. The Inventory Manager is console that allows you to manage all your files from a single location on the console. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Figure 2-11. Select a file category Selecting the category button will open a drop down list. From here you can select a category in order to display all the files related to that category. Select/Deselect All Files Delete File Edit File Name Export File Figure 2-12. Category file options On the right side of the inventory manager console you have 4 category file options. These are select/deselect all files, delete file, edit file name and export/import file(s) to/from USB. 2-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Switch between USB and Console memory Backup entire inventory to USB Restore entire inventory from USB Close console window Export Diagnostic information to USB Figure 2-13. Global file options On the bottom of the inventory manager console you have 4 global file options (figure 2-13). This button allows you to view the files that are currently on your USB memory. This is a useful feature to allow you to check if a backup was successful. You can also select this button if you wish to import specific files from your USB memory to your console (refer figure 2-12). This button allows you to backup all the inventory files in your console to your USB memory. This button allows you to restore all the inventory files from your USB memory to your console. This button will export Diagnostic information from your console to your USB memory. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-11 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual X30 Setup Button Figure 2-11. X30 Software Setup Menu Select to access the X30 software setup menu This is where you can setup and configure your X30 console to your required specifications. This is also where you can enable the additional feature sets available for the X30 such as auto steering and auto section control. Information on setting up and configuring your X30 console can be found in chapter 3. 2-12 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Right Side of Screen Viewing Perspective Buttons The viewing perspective buttons are used to zoom in, zoom out and change the viewing perspective on the guidance screen. The available viewing perspectives are Overhead view, North up view and Perspective view. These are explained in more detail in the following pages. Zoom In The zoom in button helps you to get a closer view of your vehicle and map on your guidance screen. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-13 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Zoom Out The zoom in button helps you to get a wider view of your vehicle and map on your guidance screen. Perspective View Perspective view allows you to view your virtual map as you might see your path from behind the vehicle. 2-14 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Overhead View Overhead view gives you a top down view of your vehicle and map. North Up View North Up view is similar to overhead view, except that your vehicle is always facing North relative to the screen AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-15 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Map Layers Button The map layers button opens a window where you can choose to hide or display specific map layers. Boundary Creation Buttons The boundary creation buttons are used when creating a field boundary on the virtual landscape. The field boundary acts as a visual aid as well as a guide for the software to determine whether the vehicle is inside or outside the designated field boundary. Refer to chapter 4 for more information on how to create a field boundary. 2-16 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Exclusion Zone and Flag Points The exclusion zone button is used when importing a shape file that has been configured to have exclusion zones. This is an option that is used with Auto-Section control and allows the system to automatically turn sections off when an exclusion zone is detected. The flah point button is used to mark a point on the map you are passing over. This could be to indicate the position of landmarks such as rocks, trees or potential hazards. Guide Line Buttons The guide line buttons are used to create or load guide lines on the virtual landscape. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-17 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual There are 4 types of guide lines currently available for the X30 Guidance system. They are AB Lines, Pivot, Adaptive Curves and Identical Curves. These lines serve as a visual aid for drivers who are steering manually. When the auto steering feature is active, the auto steering system will attempt to steer along these lines. Refer to chapter 7 for more information on how to create and use guide lines. Steering Calibration Buttons The steering calibration buttons are used for tuning and setting up your auto steering system. These buttons are only accessible when the auto steering feature is enabled. Nudge Buttons The nudge buttons are used to "nudge" or shift the the position of a guide line. The guide lines can be shifted to the left or right of the vehicle by a set incremental distance designated by the user, or the guide lines can be shifted to line up with the center of the vehicle. The nudge option is only availble for use with AB and Pivot type guide lines. 2-18 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Coverage Mapping Buttons The coverage mapping buttons are used to turn coverage mapping on and off. These buttons only become accessible once a job file has been created Refer to chapter 6 for more information on creating jobs. Auto steering Buttons When the console is in standard guidance mode, this option is greyed out and inaccesible. When the auto steering feature is enabled, this option will display 3 different colors depending on the situation. The auto steering button will turn red if there are any issues that prevent auto steering from being engaged. If the button is pressed when it is in this state, the steering status screen will be displayed. On the steering status screen, any item that is preventing auto steering from engaging will display red instead of green. Auto steering may be engaged at any time when the auto steering button is white. When the auto steering button turns green, this indicates that Auto steering has been engaged and is currently in use. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-19 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Bottom of Screen Display Bar Number of Satellites Detected Vehicle Ground Speed Current GPS Accuracy Current Guide Line Row Total Area Covered Distance to Guide Line Indicator The display bar allows you to monitor a limited number of items while using the X30 console. Total Area Covered - This shows the total area you have currently mapped in your current job. Current GPS Accuracy - This shows the level of GPS accuracy your system is currently capable of. Number of Satellites Detected- This shows the total number of satellites your system currently detects. Vehicle Ground Speed - This shows your vehicles current ground speed Distance to Guide Line Indicator - This shows the distance of the center of your vehicle to the left or right of a guide line 2-20 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Current Guide Line Row - This shows the row number of the guide line you are currently on. For instance, if you are driving along the third row parallel to the initial guide line, this would indicate 3. Customizing the Display Bar Tap the display bar to open the display bar customization menu. This menu allows you to hide or show sections of the display bar, however at least one item must be visible at all times. When hidden, the display bar item will not be displayed on the main guidance screen. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 2-21 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: 2-22 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Software Setup Figure 3-1. X30 Software Setup Menu In this chapter, we explain how to setup and configure your X30 console. The setup can be divided into 4 parts. User options, System options, Vehicle and Implement. Select to access the X30 software setup menu. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual User Options Select to access the user options menu. Language Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the language for the console 1. Select the language button 2. Select the language bar 3-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Select your language from the list 4. Confirm your selection AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Time/ Date Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the time and date for the console 1. Select the 'Time/Date' button Date Format Setup 1. Select 'Date Format' 2. Select a date format 3-4 3. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Time Format Setup 1. Select 'Time Format' 2. Select a time format 3. Confirm your selection Set Current Time 1. Select 'Set Current Time' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Enter the current time 3. Confirm your selection 3-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Units Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the units for the console Select the Units button Units 1. Select 'Units' 2. Select your measurement units AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3. Confirm your selection 3-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Latitude/Longitude Format 1. Select 'Latitude/Longitude Format' 2. Select your format 3-8 3. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Lightbar Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the lightbar for the console. Select the 'Lightbar' button LED Spacing The lightbar is used to visually indicate the position of the center of your vehicle from the center of a guide line. This option allows you to set the distance value each LED on your lightbar will represent when the LED is lit. 1. Select 'LED Spacing' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Enter the LED spacing 3. Confirm your selection LED Mode There are 2 options available under LED Mode. These are Drive Towards and Drive Away options. If Drive Towards is selected, the LED's on the left of the lightbar will light up as you drive away from the guide line towards the right. If Drive Away is selected, the LED's on the right of the lightbar will light up as you drive away from the guide line towards the right. 1. Select 'LED Mode' 3-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select an LED mode 3. Confirm your selection Environment Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the environment for the console. Select the 'Environment' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-11 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Screen Shot Select 'Screen Shot' This option allows you to enable or disable the taking of screenshots on the console. When enabled, the screenshot icon will be displayed on the upper right hand corner of the console display. When this icon is pressed an image of the screen is captured and saved directly to a USB memory device that is connected to the console. A USB memory device must be connected to the console for this feature to work. Recalibrate Touchscreen Select 'Recalibrate Touchscreen' This option allows you to recalibrate the touchscreen. When selected the system will prompt you for a restart in order for the recalibration to take place. 3-12 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Map Options Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the map options for the console. Select the 'Map Options' button Point of Focus This option allows you to set the point of focus of the vehicle icon to either the vehicle body or the implement. If the point of focus is set to the vehicle, the vehicle will be centered on the map. If the point of focus is set to the implement, the implement will be centered on the map 1. Select 'Point of Focus' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-13 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select a point of focus 3. Confirm your selection Map Panning This option allows you to enable or disable map panning. When enabled, you will be able to pan the along the guidance screen by placing your finger on the screen and dragging it in the direction you wish to pan. This is useful if you would like to view sections of your field which are not visible due to the auto-centering of the vehicle icon on the guidance screen. When enabled, this icon will appear below the Viewing Perspective and Map Layers icons on the main guidance screen. It will display green when map panning is in use. Press the map panning icon once to recenter the vehicle icon and to disable map panning in that instance. The icon will be greyed out when map panning is not in use. Place your finger on the screen and slide your finger to reenable map panning at any time. 3-14 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 1. Select 'Point of Focus' 2. Select a mode AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3. Confirm your selection 3-15 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual System Options Press to access the system options menu. Features Follow the instructions below to enable or disable selected console features. You will only be able to enable features that you are registered to use. 1. Select the 'Features' button 3-16 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select feature(s) to enable or disable GPS Follow the instructions below to setup your GPS settings. Select the 'GPS' button to access GPS settings AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-17 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Receiver Follow the instructions below to select your GPS receiver. 1. Select the 'Receiver' button 2. Select 'GPS Receiver' 3. Select a GPS receiver 3-18 4. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Correction Follow the instructions below to select your GPS correction source. Refer to Appendix C for a list and description of correction sources. 1. Select the 'Correction' button 2. Select 'Correction Source' 3. Select a correction source AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4. Confirm your selection 3-19 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Serial Port Follow the instructions below to setup your serial port.Select the COM Port that your GPS is connected to and set the baud rate to 115200. 1. Select the 'Serial Port' button 2. Select 'COM' 3. Select a COM Port 3-20 4. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Select 'Baud Rate' 6. Select a baud rate AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7. Confirm your selection 3-21 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual GPS Output Follow the instructions below to configure your GPS output settings. 1. Select the 'Output' button 2. Select 'GPS Output' 3. Enable or Disable GPS Output 3-22 4. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Select 'Baud Rate' 6. Select a baud rate 7. Confirm your selection 8. Select 'Max Rate' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-23 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 9. Select a rate 3-24 10. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Radar Output Follow the instructions below to configure your Radar output. 1. Select the 'Output' button 2. Select 'Radar Output' 3. Enable or Disable GPS Output AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4. Confirm your selection 3-25 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Select 'Calibration Factor' 6. Enter calibration factor 7. Confirm your selection 8. Select 'Output Pull Up' 9. Enable or Disable output pull up 3-26 10. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Alarms Follow the instructions below to configure your alarms. Select the 'Alarms' button End of Row Follow the instructions below to setup your End of Row Alarms. 1. Select 'End of Row' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-27 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Use End of Row When End of Row is enabled, this activates the End of Row alarms. The End of Row alarms will sound depending on the distances set under First Distance, Second Distance and Look Ahead Distance and only when a boundary is loaded. These distances represent the First, Second and Look Ahead distance of the vehicle from the Bounday. 1. Select 'Use End of Row' 2. Enable or Disable End of Row 3-28 3. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual First Distance The First Distance is the first alarm indicating that the first distance from the Boundary edge has been reached. This distance is measured from the tip of the Look Ahead Distance extending from the GPS antenna position ahead of the tractor. This means that if the First Distance is 50m and the Look Ahead Distance is 10m, the First Distance alarm will sound when the First Distance is 60m from the center of the vehicle GPS Antenna 1. Select 'First Distance' 2. Enter first distance AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3. Confirm your selection 3-29 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Second Distance The Second Distance is the second alarm indicating that the second distance from the Boundary edge has been reached.. This distance is measured from the tip of the Look Ahead Distance extending from the GPS antenna position ahead of the tractor. This means that if the Second Distance is 25m and the Look Ahead Distance is 10m, the Second Distance alarm will sound when the Second Distance is 35m from the center of the vehicle GPS Antenna. 1. Select 'Second Distance' 2. Enter Second Distance 3-30 3. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Look Ahead Distance Look ahead distance represented by the length of an indicator stick extending ahead of the vehicle button The Look Ahead Distance is visually displayed on the console guidance screen as the length of the indicator stick on the front of the vehicle button when the console is in Guidance Mode without Auto steering. The visual indicator is designed to assist you in estimating the distance on the console screen for improved manual steering performance. 1. Select 'Look Ahead Distance' 2. Enter look ahead distance AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3. Confirm your selection 3-31 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Flag Points Follow the instructions below to configure your flag points 1. Select the 'Flag Points' button 2. Select a flag point preset 3. Apply your desired icon and name changes for the selected preset and confirm your selection 3-32 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Vehicle Options Follow the instructions below to setup your vehicle. Select the 'Vehicle' button Select Vehicle Profile Follow the instructions below to select a vehicle profile. 1. Select the 'Select' button 2. Select a vehicle profile and confirm your selection AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-33 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual If there are no vehicle profiles currently on your console, you will either have to import one from a USB thumbdrive, or select a new vehicle template. Select New Vehicle Template Follow the instructions below to select a new vehicle template. 1. Select the 'New' button 2. Select a vehicle template and confirm your selection Select a vehicle template that most closely resembles the current vehicle your X30 console is mounted on. 3-34 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Implement Options Follow the instructions below to setup your implement. Select the 'Implement' button Select Implement Profile Follow the instructions below to select an implement profile. 1. Select the 'Select' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-35 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select an implement profile and confirm your selection If there are no Implement profiles currently on your console, you will either have to import one from a USB thumbdrive, or select a new Implement Type. 3-36 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Select New Implement Type Follow the instructions below to create a new implement type and to setup the number of tanks you will be using. 1. Select the 'New' button 2. Select an implement type and confirm your selection You may select between the four implement types listed below: • Rigid • Header • Pivot • Double-Pivot AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-37 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. A window will appear informing you that the system will restarted once your implement has been configured. Select the green tick to continue. 4. You may rename your implement on go with the default name with the date stamp. Select the green tick to confirm your selection and continue. Once you have completed the above steps the ECU Setup Wizard will start automatically. With the wizard, you will be able to set the implement function, the ECU type, the implement control function of the ECU, the tank name and the tank type. You will be able to setup multiple tanks depending on how many ECU's you have available. 3-38 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual ECU Setup Follow the instructions below to setup the ECU(s). 1. Select the 'ECU' button 2. Select Section Control ECU 3. Select the ECU controling section control and confirm your selection AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-39 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Select the Wheel Sensor ECU 5. Select the ECU controlling the wheel sensor and confirm your selection In the ECU setup above, two tanks have been previously setup using the ECU setup wizard. Each tank requires their own ECU which means that the more tanks you want to monitor, the more ECU's you will require. The channel for the wheel sensor and section control must be on a main tank. For example, this means that in the setup above, the wheel sensor and section control need to be channeled to Tank 1. Once you have made changes to the ECU setup a window will appear prompting you for a system restart. Select the green tick to confirm and the system will restart with your new ECU settings. 3-40 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Implement Geometry Follow the instructions below to enter the implement geometry. For futher information on how to measure the below implement geometries, refer to Appendix A. 1. Select the 'Geometry' button 2. Select a geometry to modify The geometry in the above image is for a double pivot implement. This implement has the most geometries to measure. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-41 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Enter a value for the geometry 4. Confirm your selection 3-42 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Section Control Setup Follow the instructions below to setup Section Control. Select the 'Section Control' button Sections There are 4 options to configure under Sections. These are: • Number of sections • Section Width • Low Speed Shutoff • Nozzles If you have more than one section, you can set the section width, low speed shutoff and nozzles to the same values for all sections by entering a value in the row labelled 'All'. Otherswise, you can set individual values for each option under each separate section. 1. Select the 'Sections' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-43 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Set the number of sections 3. Set the section widths 3-44 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Set the low speed shutoff 5. Set the number of nozzles for each section AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-45 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Timing There are 2 options to configure under Timing. These are: • On Time • Off Time Select the 'Timing' button On Time This is the amount of time it takes for the product to begin application from when the sections are switched on. 1. Select 'On Time' 3-46 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Set the on time 3. Confirm your selection Off Time This is the amount of time it takes for the product to stop application from when sections are switched off. 1. Select 'Off Time' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-47 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Set the off time 3-48 3. Confirm your selection www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Switch Box Setup This section covers the switch box setup. Select the 'Switch Box' button Type None is selected if you do not want to do any manual switching of individual sections. Virtual is selected if you are turning the sections on and off through the console’s virtual switchbox. External ECU Sense is selected if you are using a switchbox that connects directly to the ECU Inputs Topcon 6 Section is selected if you are using the Topcon 6 section switchbox. 1. Select 'Type' AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-49 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select the type of switchbox you are using 3. Confirm your selection Switch Box Type Configuration This section explains the available options when a switchbox type is selected. Not all the options shown are available to all switchbox types. Current Switchbox Type options Master Switch - The master switch option has two selections and is available to all switchbox types. These are Virtual and External ECU sense. Select Virtual if you want to control the Master Switch through the console. Select External ECU Sense if you want to control the 3-50 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Master Switch via a switchbox that connects directly to the ECU Inputs. Switches - This option allows you to set the number of switches on your virtual switchbox and is available to all switchbox types. You can set a maximum of 6 switches if you have 6 to 10 sections set in the Sections Setup menu. When this option is available, a table with two columns labeled 'Section' and 'Switch' will appear on the right side of the Switchbox setup window. This is where you can designate which sections are controlled by which switches. Because there are only a maximum of 6 switches, you can designate more than one section to an individual switch. Switch On Position - This option allows you to set the 'On' position for the physical switchbox. This option is only available when Topcon 6 Section switchbox type is selected. You can set the 'On' position to either up or down. Auto/Manual Switch - This option allows you to choose between a virtual or external auto/manual switch. Virtual is selected if you are using the touchscreen interface and external is selected if you are using an external physical switch. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 3-51 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: 3-52 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Boundary Creation This chapter will explain how to create a boundary of your field. Creating a Field Boundary Creating or loading a boundary should be your initial step before starting a job. Doing this will help you determine the shape and size of your field and how best to proceed with the job. Boundaries can also be saved and used over again in future and for different applications. Procedure The following procedure will explain how to create a new field boundary. 1. Select the 'load boundary file' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select 'Client Name' 3. Select 'New' to create a new profile 4-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Enter a name for your profile 5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 with farm name and field name AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 6. Check your profile details and confirm if correct 7. Select the 'start boundary creation' button 4-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 8. Drive your vehicle along your field boundary. A blue line will appear trailing behind your vehicle. 9. Drive your vehicle around the boundary of your field until the lines are almost closed. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 10. Select the 'close boundary' button to close off your boundary 11. You have successfully created a field boundary 4-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Recalling A Boundary After a field boundary is created, you may want to recall it for use in different jobs and field applications. This section explains how to recall a boundary file for use in a new Job. NOTICE NOTICE Your vehicle needs to be near the actual field for the field boundary to be displayed properly on the display screen. This is because the vehicle button is displayed based on the GPS coordinates of your actual vehicle. Your saved field boundary also has GPS coordinates based on the location of the actual field. Procedure 1. Select the 'load boundary file' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select 'Client Name' 3. Select the profile under which your boundary is located and confirm your selection 4-8 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 with farm name and field name 5. Check your profile details and confirm if correct AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 6. You have successfully recalled a field boundary 4-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Boundary Offset This section will explain how to set your boundary offset. Negative offset Positive offset The boundary offset is used so you can draw your boundary line at a specific distance on the left or right of your vehicle button. As such, if you were driving with the center of your vehicle directly over your field boundary, your offset would be zero. Sometimes it is only possible to drive next to your field boundary due to a fenceline. This is when you would use boundary offset. There offset values will be positive or negative depending on the direction you are travelling around your field. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-11 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Procedure 1. Select the 'boundary offset' button 2. Select 'Boundary Offset' to access the key pad The boundary offset is set to 0 by default. This is indicated by two blue arrows on the vehicle implement 4-12 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Enter a value for your boundary offset and confirm your selection 4. Check the offset position on your implement and confirm your selection if correct The two blue arrows have moved to the right most edge of the implement. This is because the boundary offset was set at +5m with the implement having a length of 10m. The opposite of this would be to have a boundary offset of -5m, whereby the two blue arrows would move to the left most edge of the implement. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 4-13 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Clear a Boundary The clear boundary button is used to erase a boundary from an existing file. This will permanently delete any existing boundaries that are associated with the currently open Boundary file. 4-14 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Job Setup Starting a New Job You must create or select a Job before you can begin coverage mapping. It is recommended practice to create a new Job file for every new field. Job files can also be attached to specific boundary files by selecting the boundary file while the job is active. Procedure 1. Select the 'create new job file' button 2. Select 'Job Name' to enter a custom name or confirm the current auto-generated file name AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Option 1: You can choose to go with the auto-generated name and this will complete the process of starting a new job. Option 2: If you want to enter a custom job file name, then continue with the following steps. 3. Enter a custom name for your job file 4. Confirm the new job file name 5-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Confirm the new job name 6. The coverage mapping button should be accessible indicating that you have successfully created a new job file AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Coverage Mapping This section explains how to start a job to perform coverage mapping. Procedure 1. Select the 'coverage mapping' button to enable coverage mapping 5-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Drive your vehicle forward and you will see a green bar indicating the areas your implement has passed over 3. Select the coverage mapping button again to disable coverage mapping AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Recalling a Job File This section explains how to recall a previously saved job file. Procedure 1. Select the 'select job file' button 2. Select from the list of existing jobs and confirm your selection Option 1: If you are loading a job file from the existing client, then complete step 2 and stop here. Option 2: If you are loading a job file from a different client, field or farm other than the one already loaded, skip step 2 and continue from step 3. 5-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Select a tab to browse client, farm or field files 4. Select a client, farm or field file from the list. You will eventually be returned to the job file list AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Select from the list of existing jobs and confirm your selection 5-8 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Clear a Job The clear job button is used to reset a job file that already has a coverage map drawn on it. This will erase the existing coverage map and reset all recorded job data. Creating a Job Report After finishing a coverage map, you can create and export a pdf file with details of your coverage. Your job report will contain the following items: • • • • • • • • • Job Name Starting and End Date Total Area covered Total Hours to completion Total Hours coverage mapping active Distance covered Boundary Name Boundary Area Notes AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Procedure Insert a thumbdrive into one of the X30 consoles USB ports before proceeding. 1. Select the 'export job report' button 2. Wait for the files to export to the USB thumbdrive 3. Select the green tick to close the 'export job report' window 5-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. This is an example of what a job report looks like AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 5-11 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: 5-12 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Guide Lines This chapter will explain how to create, use and save Guide lines that can be reused in a specific field during a job. There are 4 types of Guide lines that can be used and they are: • • • • AB Lines Identical Curves Adaptive Curves Pivots Creating a Guide Line The procedure for creating a guide line is the same for all guide lines. Follow the procedure below to create a new file for any guide line type. 1. Select the 'guide line selection' button to scroll between the different guide line types AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Select the 'create new guide line' button for your chosen guide line to create a new guide line file. 3. Select 'Guideline Name' to enter a custom name or confirm the current auto-generated file name Option 1: You can choose to go with the auto-generated name and this will complete the process of creating a new guideline file. Option 2: If you want to enter a custom guideline file name, then continue with the following steps. 6-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Enter a custom name for your guideline file 4. Confirm the new guideline file name AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 5. Confirm the new guideline file name 6-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using AB Lines AB Lines are the simplest type of guide line to use. They are created by setting an A point and a B point on your map. Once the A and B points are set, a straight line will be drawn between the two points. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line before proceeding. 1. Select the 'A' button to set your A point AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Turn on coverage mapping and drive your vehicle towards your desired B point 3. Select the 'B' button to set your B point. A straight red line will appear through your selected A and B points 6-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Follow the parallel red lines up and down your field until you have completed your field coverage AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Manual AB Lines Creating an AB line can be done in either one of two ways. You can either select an A and a B point while you are on your field and your GPS is active or you can can enter the coordinates of the A and B points manually. Procedure Follow the procedure below to enter A and B point coordinates. 1. Select the 'manual AB Line' button 2. Enter the latitude and longitude coordinates for your A and B points and confirm your settings when finished 6-8 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Pivot Lines Once sufficient data has been gathered within one lap, a circle is drawn on the screen. The size of the circular guide line will depend on the vehicle's distance from the pivot point. For example, the circular guide line will be small when the vehicle is close to the pivot point and large if the vehicle is far from the pivot point. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line before proceeding. 1. Select the 'create pivot' button AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. The 'create pivot' button will begin flashing and a pivot accuracy bar will appear 3. Turn on coverage mapping and drive your vehicle along a pivot curve. You will have to maintain your vehicle curve until the pivot accuracy bar is full 6-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. When the pivot point has been determined a red circle will appear 5. Follow this line round and round to complete your coverage map AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-11 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Curves Curve guide lines are a versatile type of guide line. Curve guide lines allow you to make round and round and row by row passes on fields that are not a standard shape. There are 2 main curve guide lines. These are Identical Curves and Adaptive Curves. Guidance mode only has Adaptive Curves. Auto steering mode has both Identical Curves and Adaptive Curves. The auto steering Adaptive Curves also has 3 options that are not available in Guidance only mode. Identical Curves Identical Curves vs Adaptive Curves Adaptive Curves When using Identical Curves, every Identical Curve guide line is a replica of the initial guide line created with coverage mapping active. This is similar to AB Lines whereby all guide lines that are drawn will 6-12 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual be based ONLY on the first guide line. This is different in Adaptive Curves. For Adaptive Curves, every guide line that is created is based on the previous path taken by the vehicle. This means that Adaptive Curves guide line will change with each pass that is made, unlike Identical Curves which is the same for every pass. There are 3 modes that can be selected for Adaptive Curves to suit different field coverage methods. This modes are only accessible when the auto steering feature is enabled. These modes are Coverage Triggered, Manual End Of Row and U-Turn Recognition. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-13 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Adaptive Curves (Guidance) This section will explain how to use Adaptive Curves when the X30 console is in Guidance only mode. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line before proceeding. 1. Activate coverage mapping and start driving around the ege of your field 2. After one complete pass, red lines will appear parallel to the paths you have previously covered 6-14 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Select the create new guideline button at any time to close (and save) the current Adaptive Curve file. A new Adaptive Curve file will also be created. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-15 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Adaptive Curves (Auto steering) This section will explain how to use Adaptive Curves and its individual modes when the Auto steering feature is enabled. Coverage Triggered In Coverage Triggered mode, the guide line begins to be drawn when coverage mapping is turned on. The end point of the guide line is defined when coverage mapping is turned off. This means that the guide line will only be tracked when coverage mapping is on. When coverage mapping is turned off and on again, this initiates the tracking of a new guide line. This mode is particularly useful when used with Auto Section Control. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line file before proceeding. 1. Select 'Coverage Mapping' mode in the Adaptive Curves menu 6-16 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Turn on coverage mapping and begin driving to start tracking your Adaptive Curve guide line 3. Turn off coverage mapping to stop tracking your Adaptive Curve guide line AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-17 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. The Adaptive Curve guide line will appear parallel to the previous coverage pass as you return for a second pass 5. Turn on coverage mapping to start tracking the next Adaptive Curve guide line 6-18 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 6. Select the 'create new guide line' button at any time to close (and save) the current Adaptive Curve file. A new Adaptive Curve file will also be created. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-19 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Manual End of Row In Manual End of Row mode, the beginning of the guide line is defined when an A point is set and the end of the guide line is defined when a B point is set. This is similar to how AB Lines are set except that the guide line is tracked based on the actual path of the vehicle and not on the direct distance between the A and B point. This mode is the prefered choice when performing round and round coverage of a field Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line file before proceeding. 1. Select 'Manual End of Row' mode in the Adaptive Curves menu 6-20 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Turn on coverage mapping, set the A point and drive off to start tracking your Adaptive Curve guide line 3. Set the B point to stop tracking your Adaptive Curve guide line AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-21 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. The Adaptive Curve guide line will appear parallel to the previous coverage pass as you return for a second pass 5. Select the 'create new guide line' button at any time to close (and save) the current Adaptive Curve file. A new Adaptive Curve file will also be created. 6-22 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual U-Turn Recognition U-Turn Recognition mode is the same as Manual End of Row mode with one additional feature. In U-Turn Recognition mode, the console will detect when your vehicle is making a U-Turn and will automatically turn off guide line tracking. This means that instead of setting the B point to close the guide line, the X30 software will do this automatically when a U-Turn is detected. U-Turn Recognition mode is the preferred choice when performing row by row coverage of a field. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line file before proceeding. 1. Select 'U-Turn Recognition mode' in the Adaptive Curves menu AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-23 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Turn on coverage mapping, set the A point and drive off to start tracking your Adaptive Curve guide line 3. At the end of the row perform a U-turn to automatically set the B point. The Adaptive Curve guide line will appear parallel to the previous coverage pass 6-24 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Select the 'create new guide line' button at any time to close (and save) the current Adaptive Curve file. A new Adaptive Curve file will also be created. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-25 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Identical Curves This section will explain how to use Identical Curves. This type of guide line is only available when the auto steering feature is enabled. Procedure Ensure you have already created a guide line before proceeding. 1. Turn on coverage mapping, set the A point and drive off to start tracking your Identical Curve guide line 6-26 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 2. Set the B point to stop tracking your Identical Curve guide line 3. The Identical Curve guide line will appear parallel to the previous coverage pass as you return for a second pass AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 6-27 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 4. Every guide line will be identical to the initial Identical Curve AB line no matter what coverage route you take 5. Select the 'create new guideline' button at any time to close (and save) the current Identical Curve file. A new Identical Curve file will also be created. 6-28 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Using Auto Steering This chapter will explain how to enable and use the Auto Steering feature on your console. Enabling Auto Steering 1. From the main screen, select to access the Setup Menu 2. Select Auto Steer from the select feature menu AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 3. Select Enable from the window that appears and confirm your selection. Auto Steering Calibration Steering Status Steering Calibration Steering Tuning The auto steering calibration menu is located on the right side of the main guidance screen. Here you will be able to adjust the steering tuning and check the steering status. You will also be able to calibrate the compass, wheel angle sensor and mounting bias. This section will explain each of these options in more detail. 7-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Steering Calibration Steering Calibration Menu In the steering calibration menu, you can calibrate the compass, wheel angle sensor and the mounting bias. Select any of the options above to start the respective wizard. Compass Calibration Wizard Follow the instructions shown in each step. Once you have completed a step, select the yellow arrow icon to proceed to the next step until you have finished the calibration process. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Steering Status When Auto Steering is enabled, this is where you can check your steering status. When there are no errors, the status bars will display green as shown above. When there is an error, the status bars will display red. 7-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Steering Tuning There are 3 settings that can be adjusted under steering tuning. These are Approach Aggressiveness, On Line Aggressiveness and Maximum Turning Angle On Line Aggressiveness Approach Aggressiveness Maximum Turning Angle On Line Aggressiveness This determines how precisely the auto steering system will attempt to follow a guide line once it is on it. Set the on line aggressiveness high if you require your vehicle to follow a very precise path such as when performing between rows seeding. When on line aggressiveness set adequately, the vehicle will follow the line accurately without the wheels oscillating. Approach Aggressiveness This determines how quickly the auto steering system will attempt to move onto a guide line. If the approach aggressiveness is high, the auto steering system will turn the vehicle harder and more sharply in order to move onto a nearby guide line more quickly. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7-5 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual If the approach aggressiveness is low, the auto steering system will turn the vehicle easier and more slowly to move onto a nearby guide line more gradually. Ideally you want the approach aggressiveness set so that your vehicle approaches the guide line at a set speed to the best of its ability Maximum Turning Angle This is the highest angle that the steering hydraulics are able to physically turn. This informs the auto steering system of the vehicles steering limits so that it does not attempt to steer above this value. 7-6 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Start Using Auto Steering In order to use auto steering, you need to have the following two items: 1. Auto Steering feature enabled 2. A loaded guide line Follow the steps outlined in this section in order to use auto steering on any guide line. Step 1 - Approach the Guide Line Nearest Guide line is visible In this example, the guide line is an AB Line. When you engage Auto Steering, the vehicle will begin to steer to the nearest available guide line. This is usually the guide line that is immediately visible on the Main Guidance screen. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7-7 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Step 2 - Adjust your approach The vehicle should be facing the direction you wish to auto-steer As you approach your desired guide line, it is best to slow down so that you do not overshoot the line. Slowing down gives you the opportunity to adjust your approach so that it is more consistent with the guide line you wish to follow. While it is not necessary to be exactly on the guide line moving in the exact direction, it is good practice. It also makes it easier for the auto steering system to quickly find its line to begin auto steering. 7-8 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Step 3 - Engage Auto Steering Auto steering is engaged and the vehicle finds its line Select the Steering Wheel button to engage auto steering. The button will change from white to green, indicating that auto steering is engaged. Disengage Auto Steering There are two things you can do if you want to stop Auto steering: 1. Select the Steering Wheel button again 2. Manually turn the steering wheel Auto steering is automatically disengaged when the steering wheel is turned manually. This is a safety feature and allows you to regain immediate control over your vehicle whenever you want to. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 7-9 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Auto Steering limitations While the auto steering system is robust, it does have limitations. Being aware of this is important for both your own safety and also for the longevity of your auto steering system. The first limitation is the steering limitations. The auto steering system cannot perform sharp turns. These include U-turns and 90 degree angle turns. Because of this, you will need to take manual control of your vehicle whenever you want to do a sharp turn. The second limitation is the speed limitation. While the auto steering system can still follow a relatively straight line at high speeds, driving at high speed in general reduces the effectiveness of the auto steering system. This is due to the physical limitations of both the hydraulic system and the AES-25 electric steering system. High speeds require the auto steering system to make faster steering adjustments and this may lead to oscillations in the wheels and poor adherence to the guide line. The auto steering system works best when the vehicle is moving at moderate to low speeds. Moderate speeds allow the system to make better adjustments and produce higher quality tracking of a given guide line. 7-10 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Appendix A Overlap Tractor Schematic Possible Causes Low Voltage Solution Start vehicle and check that voltage is between 12V and 18V Check for damaged wiring Contact Topcon dealer for repair or replacement AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 Implement Offset Inline Offset Ground Antenna Height Fixed Axle Antenna Location GPS Steering Location Swath Blown Fuse Damaged Unit A-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: A-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Appendix B File Name Information When you create a new file, a file name is automatically generated. In the image below is a file name automatically generated for a Job file. Every file name can be broken into 3 part. The first part represents for the file type. For the above example this is represented by ‘J’. The second part represents the date the file was created. This is in the format of month/day/year or mm/dd/yy. For the above example, the date is 11th February 2010. The third part represents the time the file was created. The time is always displayed in 24 hour clock format. This means that 0000 represents 12:00am and 2300 represents 11:00pm. For the above AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 B-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual example, the time is 12:01pm. Below are examples of each file type and explanations of what they represent. Example File Type Date Time C_020110_1351 Curve 1st February 2010 1:51pm L_020110_1357 Line (AB) 1st February 2010 1:57pm P_020410_1121 Pivot 4th February 2010 11:21am J_011410_0034 Job 14th January 2010 12:34am As you would have noticed, the first letter of the file name represents the first letter of the file type. These automatically generated file names provide a good reference for you to keep track of which files belong to the same Job. Boundary files and Guidance Patterns files are generally created in conjunction with a Job. The duration of a Job is stated in the coverage report and by knowing when a Job was started and stopped, you will be able to easily locate other related files. B-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Appendix C Additional GPS Information This section will covers any additional information relating to GPS settings that were not covered in the GPS Setup section of the manual. Currently this section covers: • Data settings for 'Other' GPS Receivers (C-1) • Correction Systems (C-2) • GPS Icon Description (C-3) Data settings for ‘Other’ GPS Receivers GGA 0.2 seconds (5Hz) VTG 0.2 sec (5Hz) ZDA 15 seconds RS-232 communications 19200 baud rate (preferred) 8 data bits, No Parity, 1 Stop bit (19200, 8N1) AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 C-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Correction Systems Correction System Autonomous Description Let the receiver find any free available satellites. Will not use any correction Automatic Let the receiver select the best available correction source ANY Will use any SBAS satellite WAAS Use ‘Wide Area Augmentation System’ EGNOS Use the ‘European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service’ EGNOS (Test Use the ‘European Geostationary Navigation OverMode) lay Service’ test network MSAS Use ‘Multi-functional Satellite Augmentation System Omnistar VBS Use Omnistar Virtual Base Station (VBS) correction - submeter accuracy Omnistar XP Use Omnistar XP correction - high accuracy Omnistar HP Use Omnistar HP correction - very high accuracy SBAS Use only SBAS signals SBAS (EGNOS Use the ‘European Geostationary Navigation OverType 0) lay Service’ test network DGPS Use only DGPS signals CDGPS Use Canada's CDGPS network RTK Use Real Time Kinematic Navigation RTK (External Use external modem connected to GPS receiver for Modem) RTK corrections RTK (GPRS) Use GPRS network to provide RTK correction C-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual GPS Icon Description GPS icon Figure C-1 GPS Icon Visible The GPS icon appears only when specific receivers are selected. The following section explains what the GPS icon represents and what the different colors indicate. The GPS icon is green when the GPS Accuracy is greater than 50, yellow when the GPS Accuracy is between 10 and 50, and below 10 it is red. The GPS accuracy is determined as follows: • • • • HDOP < 1.0 gps accuracy = 100 HDOP between 1.0 and 4.0 accuracy = inverse percentage of hdop between 1 and 4 examples 1.1--> 93%, 2--. 75%, 3--> 43.75% ... HDOP > 4 gps accuracy goes to 1 GPS invalid, gps accuracy goes to 0 The GPS icon is basically green if you have the differential source you selected, otherwise it is red. When auto correction mode is selected, the icon color changes will vary depending on the correction source it is picking up at the time: • If you seleced DGPS, WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, VBS the button is green if have DGPS solution otherwise it is red AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 C-3 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual • If you selected XP it is green if you have Omnistar XP solution, otherwise it is red • If you selected HP it is green if you have Omnistar HP solution, otherwise it is red • If you selected RTK it is green if you have RTK fixed position mode, otherwise it is red • If you selected AUTO or ANY it is green if you have fixed RTK, float RTK, XP, HP, it is yellow if you have a DGPS fix (VBS, WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS) otherwise it is red. C-4 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Appendix D Alarms List This is a list of all the alarms on the console and their descriptions Alarm Disengage End of row Flow sensor fail No sprayer coms No ground speed Pressure high Pressure low Description This is triggered when the steering has been disengaged by non-console input. These include due to losing satellites, losing the guideline and manually turning the steering wheel This is triggered when either the the end or row, first distance or second distance are passed This alarm is triggered whenever the master is turned on, ground speed present, and at least 1 Section is turned on, and there are no flow sensor pulses being received. This is triggered if the sprayer feature is activate but the console is unable to communicate with the sprayer ECU This alarm is triggered if the master switch is turned and there is no ground speed present. The high pressure alarm indicates that the pressure signal input has exceeded the alarm point setting. If correctly set, this usually indicates a blockage, booms off when they should be on, or Sprayer speed too high. The most common cause of this alarm is an empty tank. With minimum flows set for nozzles, flowmeter and pressure, this alarm will only show up with a pump or plumbing failures, or an empty tank. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 D-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Incorrect rate Tank empty Tank low D-2 This is a sprayer alarm, when the sprayer is in Auto mode and the target rate is not achieved. This alarm simply states that the calculated volume has reached zero. If there is still spray in the tank, the system will still operate giving the volume used still accumulating, and the tank volume as a negative figure. This alarm gives a warning that the tank is running low www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Appendix E Sample Job This section will provide an example of how a Job can be done when utilizing the X30 software. If a field does not already have a boundary mapped and you want to perform coverage mapping, you may perform these two activites at the same time. Below are instructions on how to perform the coverage of your field in this manner. 1. Create a new Boundary file 2. Create a new Job file (Page 4-1) (Page 5-1) A Job file is created after the Boundary file to ensure that the job you create is recalled when that Boundary is recalled. Boundary files will recall job files but Job files will not recall Boundary files 3. Set your boundary offset (Page 4-11) 4. Select the start recording boundary button (Page 4-4) 5. Select the start coverage mapping button (Page 5-4) 6. Drive off along your field boundary 7. Create a Curve Guidance pattern (Page 6-12) Normally Curves is selected for the first and second lap. AB Lines is then selected and this guidance pattern is used to complete the coverage of the rest of the field. Using Guidance, this is considered the most effective way to get maximum coverage on a rectangular shaped field. AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 E-1 X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual 8. Select the Complete boundary button when within 50 meters of starting point (Page 4-6) 9. Perform another lap around your field following the Curve Guide line that was created during your first lap 10. Create an AB Lines Guidance pattern (Page 6-5) and complete the coverage of your field 11. Select the stop coverage mapping button (Page 5-5) E-2 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Index Index A AB Line 7-7 AB Lines 2-18, 6-1, 6-5 About 2-5 Adaptive Curves 2-18, 6-1, 6-12 Auto-steering 6-16 Guidance 6-14 Alarms 3-27, D-1 Autonomous C-2 Auto Steering Calibration 7-2 Disengage 7-9 Enable 7-1 Engage 7-9 Limitations 7-10 Auto-Steering 2-19 Disengage 7-9 Engage 7-9 limitations 7-10 Clear a Job 5-9 compass 7-3 COM Port 3-20 Coverage Mapping 1-2, 2-19, 5-4 Coverage Triggered 6-13, 6-16 Creating a Job Report 5-9 D Date 3-4 Date Format 3-4 DGPS 1-1, C-2, C-3 diagnostics 2-7 Disengage D-1 Display Bar 2-20 Customizing 2-21 Drive Away 3-10 Drive Towards 3-10 E baud rate 3-20 Boundary Creation 2-16, 4-1 Boundary Mapping 1-2 Boundary Offset 4-11, 4-12 Eastings 2-6 Eastings / Northings 2-6 ECU Setup 3-39 EGNOS C-2, C-3 EGNOS (Test Mode) C-2 End of row D-1 End of Row 3-27, 3-28 Exclusion Zone 2-17 C F CDGPS C-2 Clear a Boundary 4-14 Features 3-16 Field Boundary 4-1 B AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 Index X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual File Name Information B-1 First Distance 3-28, 3-29 Flow sensor fail D-1 G GGA C-1 GPS 1-1, 3-17 Accuracy 2-7 no signal 2-3 Receiver Other C-1 GPS Accuracy 2-20 GPS Button 2-6 GPS correction 3-19 GPS Icon C-3 GPS Information 2-6, C-1 GPS Output 3-22 GPS receiver. 3-18 ground speed D-1 Guidance Button 2-5 Guide Line 2-17 Guide Line Indicator 2-20 Guide Line Row 2-21 Guide Lines 6-1, 7-1 H HDOP 2-7, C-3 HP C-4 I Identical Curves 2-18, 6-1, 6-12, 6-26 Implement 3-35 Implement Geometry 3-41 Implement Profile 3-35 Implement Type 3-37 Inventory Manager Button 2-9 Index J Job Button 2-8 job report 5-11 Job Setup 5-1 L Language Setup 3-2 Latitude 2-6, 3-8 LED Mode 3-10 Drive Away 3-10 Drive Towards 3-10 LED Spacing 3-9, 3-12 Lightbar 3-9 Longitude 2-6, 3-8 Look Ahead Distance 3-28, 3-29, 3-31 Low Speed Shutoff 3-43 M Manual AB Lines 6-8 Manual End of Row 6-20 Manual End Of Row 6-13 Map Layers 2-16 Map Options 3-13 Map Panning 3-14 Master Switch 3-50 mounting bias 7-3 MSAS C-2, C-3 N New Job 5-1 Northings 2-6 North Up View 2-15 Nozzles 3-43 Nudge 2-18 Number of Satellites 2-20 www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Number of sections 3-43 O Off Time 3-46, 3-47 Omnistar HP C-2 Omnistar VBS C-2 Omnistar XP C-2 On Time 3-46 Operator's Screen 2-4 Output Pull Up 3-26 Overhead View 2-15 P Perspective Buttons 2-13 Perspective View 2-14 Pivot 2-18 Pivot Lines 6-9 Pivots 6-1 Point of Focus 3-13 Power 2-1 R Radar Output 3-25 Recalling A Boundary 4-7 Recalling a Job File 5-6 RS-232 C-1 RTK C-2, C-4 RTK (External Modem) C-2 RTK (GPRS) C-2 S SBAS C-2 SBAS (EGNOS Type 0) C-2 Screen Shot 3-12 Second Distance 3-28, 3-30 Section Control 3-43 Section Width 3-43 AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 Serial Port 3-20 Speed 2-7 sprayer coms D-1 Steering Calibration 2-18, 7-2, 7-3 Steering Status 7-2, 7-4 Steering Tuning 7-2, 7-5 Approach Aggressiveness 7-5 Maximum Turning Angle 7-6 On Line Aggressiveness 7-5 Switchbox 3-49 External ECU Sense 3-49 Master Switch 3-50 Switches 3-51 Switch On Position 3-51 Topcon 6 Section 3-49 Virtual 3-49 System Options 3-16 T Time 3-4, 3-5 Time Format 3-5 Timing 3-46 Total Area Covered 2-20 Tractor Schematic A-1 U Units 3-7 USB Eject Button 2-9 User Options 3-2 U-turn 7-10 U-Turn Recognition 6-13, 6-23 V VBS C-3 Vehicle 3-33 Vehicle Ground Speed 2-20 Vehicle Profile 3-33 Index X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Vehicle Template 3-34 VTG C-1 W WAAS 1-1, C-2, C-3 wheel angle sensor 7-3 X X30 1-1, 2-1 X30 Setup 2-12 XP C-4 Z ZDA C-1 Zone 2-7 Zoom In 2-13 Zoom Out 2-14 Index www.topconpa.com X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: AGA4084-EN-TPA Rev 1.3 Index X30 Guidance and Auto Steering Operator's Manual Notes: Index www.topconpa.com