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GPS Setup

Section I: GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Section II: DESCRIPTION OF SETUP ITEMS

Section III: GPS COMPATIBILITY AND PIN-OUT

Section IV: AUTOPILOT SETUP

Section I: GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The RUN screen displays a "D" or "GPS" in the top left corner to indicate GPS signal status. "D" indicates that the display is getting a differential signal. "GPS" indicates that the display is getting a GPS signal and the GPS receiver is tracking four or more satellites. A lower case "gps" indicates a GPS signal but the receiver is tracking only three satellites. The GPS receiver must track four or more satellites to get an elevation reading. You can also use the GPS to provide ground speed, which requires changing the ground speed sensor settings.

At any time during operation, you can check on GPS position and diagnostics by pressing the "DGPS" button on the RUN screen. The window that is displayed has General, Advanced, and TSIP tabs.  All compatible NMEA or TSIP GPS receivers will display position information on the General tab. The Advanced tab and TSIP tab provide information primarily for TSIP capable receivers.

The following provides information to change factory settings on the Ag Leader Technology GPS 3000/3050/3100 or GPS 4100. 

 

Section II: DESCRIPTION OF SETUP ITEMS

The following provides information to change factory settings on the Ag Leader Technology GPS 3000/3050/3100 or GPS 4100.  The Trimble Serial Interface Protocol allows setup of these receivers from the display, rather than being restricted to setup on a computer. (Changing GPS 1000 setting requires the use of the GPS 1000 Utilities desktop software program.)

General Tab: (See your GPS receiver manual for setup details)

Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) differential correction is an alternative to subscription based satellite differential correction. 

IMPORTANT: WAAS is currently free of charge, and is being funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Ag Leader Technology can not guarantee the availability or quality of its position signals. Only two (2) WAAS satellites are currently covering North America.

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Satellite Differential Tab:

Omnistar

Call the Omnistar/Thales subscription number (713-785-5850 in the USA) and give them the number to the right of the GPS serial number. After 30 minutes, the receiver should start receiving corrections and display a "D" in the upper left corner of the RUN screen.

Thales (RACAL)

Call the Omnistar/Thales subscription number (713-785-5850 in the USA) and give them the number to the right of the GPS serial number.  They will activate a code for the serial number that was given.  Within 15 to 30 minutes the receiver should start receiving corrections.  "D" should appear in the upper left corner of the RUN screen. 

Note: The satellite tab is only available for Ag Leader satellite differential compatible receivers: GPS 3100/4100.

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Beacon Differential Tab: 

 

In the USA, call 1-703-313-5900 for Coast Guard GPS support. Or use the web site at http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/gps/status/txt for the operation status of the beacon stations.

Note: The beacon tab is only available for Ag Leader beacon compatible receivers: GPS 3000/3050/3100.

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TSIP Light Bar Tab:  (See your Light Bar manual for setup details)

 

Note: The Light Bar tab is only available for Ag Leader Light Bars

 

Section III: GPS COMPATIBILITY AND PIN-OUT

Compatibility

Almost all GPS receivers made for agriculture applications are compatible with the Insight and thus meet the requirements listed below. Insight  is compatible with the following Ag Leader receivers: GPS 1000 (Plus), GPS 1100, GPS 2000/2100, GPS 3000/3050/3100, GPS 4100, and  EZ-Guide (Plus).  GPS receivers must be configured to send GPS data according to the following parameters:

Note: If you use the Ag Leader GPS 1000 (Plus), GPS 1100, GPS 2000/2100, Add-On GPS 3000/3050,3100,4100,5100 or other high accuracy receiver that outputs the VTG data string, ground speed readings can be obtained from the GPS signal by enabling the VTG NMEA message.

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GPS Connector Pin-Out

 

Section IV: AUTOPILOT SETUP

The Autopilot Interface must be unlocked in order to see the Setup Autopilot tab, RUN screen Autopilot control tab, and GPS Autopilot Diagnostic tab.  For more help on how to unlock Autopilot, go to the CONSOLE SETUP help page and read the Feature Unlock section.

Setup Items

Show Autopilot Controls on RUN screen

This item must be checked to should the Autopilot control tab on the RUN screen.  The RUN screen allows logging, mapping, controlling, and auto-steering functions to operate simultaneously.  If you want to hide the controls during some operations, uncheck this box.  More information on Autopilot operation can be found in the RUN SCREEN help.

Swath Change

This setting defines where the Autopilot increments to the next pass.  The Swath Change options are:

Operator Alert (warning)

This setting defines the timer length before the Operator Alert safety warning is displayed.  The warning will not be displayed if the time to complete a pass is less than this setting.  The Operator Alert options are:

Look Ahead

This setting defines the amount of distance the Autopilot looks out in front of the vehicle for course corrections..  This setting can be adjusted from 0-5 seconds.

End of Row Distance (warning)

This setting defines the distance at which the End of Row warning will be displayed as the vehicle is approaching the end of the pass.  This setting can be adjusted from 30-300 feet or 10-100 meters.

Auto-Configure Receiver

When enabled (ON) the GPS receiver is configured at startup.  When disabled (OFF) the receiver is manually configured.

GPS Receiver Type

This setting allows manual selection of the GPS receiver that is connected to the Autopilot Navigation Controller.

GPS Correction Type

This setting is allows manual selection of the GPS correction for the receiver.  The supported correction types depend on which the GPS receiver is connected to the Autopilot Navigation Controller.   Each receiver supports a subset of the available options.  See Trimble Autopilot documentation to determine what correction types your receiver supports.

OmniSTAR XP/HP AutoSeed Fast Restart

This setting turns on or off the OmniSTAR XP/HP AutoSeed feature that enables a fast restart from power cycling the navigation controller.  AutoSeed requires that the GPS remain unobstructed and the vehicle must unmoved in order to provide an accurate restart.  The ability to reset AutoSeed is provided in the GPS DIAGNOSTICS on the RUN screen.  For proper use of the AutoSeed feature, see Trimble Autopilot documentation.

Radio Network ID  (RTK only)

If you have an RTK capable receiver, you can set the radio network of the Rover radio to math the setting of the Base radio.  See Trimble documentation for more information.

Pattern Import/Export

The Import feature will allow the import of Ag Leader .PAT files.  When Import button is pressed, a file selection window is presented showing all PAT files on the memory card.  When a file is accepted, the display asks for the Grower and Field that the guidance pattern should be assigned to.

The Export feature will copy of all the patterns to the memory card for a single field for a grower, or all the patterns of all the fields for a grower.  When the Export button is pressed, the user must select the grower and field to export patterns for.  If the check box is checked, all patterns for all fields will be exported.  Make sure you have enough space on the card to hold all the pattern files.