Hardi EZ-Guide Plus, Getting Started Manual

EZ-Guide® Plus

Using

Guidance

Patterns 

This section describes how to define and use each of the available swath patterns. 
The AB Line is a line that runs between Point A and Point B, although you may not always set a Point B. In most cases, the 
AB Line is the reference line for subsequent swaths. 
The start and end of the initial swath that defines the swath pattern appear on the lightbar screen as a circle (Point A) 
and a square (Point B). 
Swaths drawn on screen extend 1 km (0.62 mi) beyond Point A and Point B, and the extensions appear as dotted lines. This
makes it easier to see where the next swath is, and to get online after the turn. 
 

Note

 — The initial swath (AB Line) appears as a thin, solid line; the current swath appears as a bold line. 

AB

Line

pattern 

Use the AB Line pattern when no headlands are required and you 
drive the field in parallel straight lines. 
 
1.  At the start of the first swath, map Point A. 
 
2.  Drive to the other end of the field, and at the end of the first  
  swath, map Point B. 
 
3.  Turn left or right for the next swath. The next swath is  
 automatically 

selected. 

 
4.  Steer the vehicle so that you center the green lights in the  
  lightbar as you drive forward along the swath. 
 

Tip

 — Set Point B part way down the swath to get guidance down

the first pass, and then reset Point B at the end of the field. 

A+

pattern 

Use the A+ pattern when you need guidance exactly parallel to the last 
AB Line, for example: 
•  adjacent fields 
•  map the AB Line on a road down the side of the field 
•  skip an access road in a field 
 
1.  To map the start of the first swath, map Point A. 
  The heading of the AB Line equals either the previous AB heading  
  or the manually entered heading (if the current vehicle heading is  
  wit- hin +/-90 degrees of the AB heading). Otherwise the A+  
  heading is in the opposite direction. 
 
2.  Follow the AB Line for guidance down the first swath. 
 
3.  Turn left or right for the next swath. The next swath is  
 automatically 

selected. 

 
4. Steer the vehicle so that you center the green lights in the lightbar  
  as  you drive forward along the swath. 

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