Topcon System 150, Setup Manual

Page 1: ...on Agriculture May 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 publis...

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Page 4: ...d to death or injury to persons damage to property and or mal function of the product The product should only be repaired by authorized TPA service centres You should closely review the safety warning...

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Page 6: ...utside of Australia All information illustrations and applications contained herein are based on the latest available information at the time of pub lication TPA reserves the right to make product cha...

Page 7: ...sistance can be provided by contacting your local TPA Authorised Dealer or by calling the Topcon Precision Agriculture Service Centre Phone 61 8 8203 3300 Fax 61 8 8203 3399 8 30am to 5pm Adelaide Loc...

Page 8: ...system Supplementary information that can have an effect on system operation system performance measurements personal safety Notification that an action has the potential to adversely effect system o...

Page 9: ...gresiveness 2 2 Approach Aggresiveness 2 3 Sensitivity 2 4 Deadband 2 5 Return to Setup screen 2 6 Maximum Turning Angle 2 7 3 Field Tuning 3 1 Compass Calibration 3 1 Wheel Angle Sensor Calibration 3...

Page 10: ...ii www topconpa com System 150 Auto Steer Setup Guide 5 Additional Information 5 1 Auto steering limitations 5 1 AGI 3 Receiver LED Indicators Information 5 2 A Software Registration A 1 Index...

Page 11: ...uto Steering This chapter with give you a brief explanation on how to enable Auto Steering on your System 150 console Select figure 1 1 1 Figure 1 1 Setup Screen 1 Select 2 figure 1 2 Select to 3 Enab...

Page 12: ...start your console This code can be obtained from an authorized TPA dealer Once you have your Access Code use the numeric keypad to enter the 4 digit code NOTICE The Auto Calibration options should o...

Page 13: ...ring system Refer to Appendix A page A 8 of the System 110 150 Operator s Manual Part Number AGA3663 for information on using the Alphanumeric keypad Figure 1 4 Invalid Access Code 2 Select the figure...

Page 14: ...ng Profile screen Creating a Steering Profile A Steering Profile allows you to save your setup and calibration parameters so that they may be reused This section will explain how to create a Steering...

Page 15: ...GA3663 for information on using the Numeric keypad Select figure 1 9 to confirm your selection You will be 6 returned to the Auto Steer Setup screen with your created profile Use the up and down arrow...

Page 16: ...d This section will explain how to recall a previously created Steering Profile Figure 1 10 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 1 11 Select Steering Profile screen Select to enter the 1 Select Steering Pro...

Page 17: ...pective sections Aggressiveness basically means the reactiveness of the hydraulics The higher the value the faster the steering wheels respond The lower the number the slower the wheels respond The ai...

Page 18: ...Steering system will attempt to follow a guidance path 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 ro...

Page 19: ...m will turn the vehicle harder and more sharply in order to move onto a nearby guidance path more quickly If the approach aggressiveness is low the auto steer system will turn the vehicle easier and m...

Page 20: ...ancel Either 3 selection will return you to the Steering Tuning screen figure 2 4 3 Sensitivity Sensitivity is an AES 25 electric steering specific tuning feature The higher the sensitivity the more t...

Page 21: ...ning screen figure 2 6 Deadband Deadband is an AES 25 electric steering specific tuning feature and allows you to adjust the minimum wheel reaction speed when it is controlling to adjust for steering...

Page 22: ...turn to the 1 Auto Steer Setup screen Return to Setup screen Figure 2 9 Edit Deadband 2 3 Select to edit the deadband 1 Use the 2 up arrow button to increase deadband and use the down arrow button to...

Page 23: ...g system of the vehicles steering limits so that it does not attempt to steer above this value Select 1 to edit the maximum turning angle Use the Numeric keypad to enter the maximum turning angle The...

Page 24: ...150 Auto Steer Setup Guide Manual Part Number AGA3663 for information on using the Numeric keypad Select to confirm your selection or select to cancel 3 Either selection will return you to the Steerin...

Page 25: ...ng results Compass Calibration Select 1 Compass to enter the Compass Calibration screen Figure 3 1 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 3 2 Compass calibration screen 1 2 Follow the on screen prompt to perf...

Page 26: ...asked to drive in a circle for one and a half 3 revolutions Maintain a low speed while you are doing this Select next once you have completed this step Stop the vehicle when prompted and select next I...

Page 27: ...0 Auto Steer Setup Guide Wheel Angle Sensor Calibration Select to enter the 1 Wheel Angle Sensor Calibration screen Follow the on screen prompts to perform the Wheel Angle Sensor 2 Calibration Figure...

Page 28: ...ct to enter the 1 Mounting Bias Calibration screen Figure 3 6 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 3 7 Mounting Bias Calibration 3 1 Follow the on screen prompts to perform the mounting bias 2 calibration S...

Page 29: ...n a straight line at no 5 faster than 2km h Figure 3 9 B Point appears after 70m Drive approximately 70m and your B point will be set 6 automatically The speed of your vehicle must not exceed 2km h wh...

Page 30: ...the line accurately for the mounting bias calibration to be performed successfully It is recommended that a Mounting Bias calibration be redone if the AGI 3 Antenna is removed and mounted on a differ...

Page 31: ...Test Validation screen Figure 3 11 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 3 12 Auto Steer Setup screen 1 2 Perform the tests in this section to verify whether your Auto steering system has been calibrated pr...

Page 32: ...scenario Select the test icon again to end the specific test 5 Select to exit the 6 Test Validation screen If set correctly your vehicle should be able to approach and steer to your guidance paths ac...

Page 33: ...ce pattern before performing the test 3 validation Test Validation Curved Lines Select to enter the 1 Curved Line Test Validation screen Figure 3 15 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 3 16 Auto Steer Setu...

Page 34: ...scenario Select the test icon again to end the specific test 5 Select to exit the 6 Test Validation screen If set correctly your vehicle should be able to approach and 7 steer to your guidance paths a...

Page 35: ...up Use this section to setup the type of controller you will be using to perform auto steering Select to enter the 1 Steering Controller Setup screen Figure 3 19 Auto Steer Setup screen Figure 3 20 St...

Page 36: ...nd down arrows to select the CAN Bus connection that your electric steering wheel is connected to This is normally CAN 2 Select to confirm your selection 7 Use the 3 up and down arrows to select a con...

Page 37: ...0 Auto Steer Setup Guide Select to access 8 Wheel Angle Sensor Selection Use the 9 up and down arrows to either enable or disable the Wheel Angle Sensor Select to confirm your selection 10 6 7 Figure...

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Page 39: ...button will be white and the Steering Wheel icon will be blue When Auto Steering is engaged the Steering Wheel button and the Steering Wheel icon will turn green Figure 4 1 Auto Steer inactive Figure...

Page 40: ...guidance path In this example the Guidance Path is an AB Line When you engage Auto Steering the vehicle will begin to steer to the nearest available Guidance Path This is usually the Guidance Path th...

Page 41: ...h your desired Guidance Path it is best to slow down so that you do not overshoot the path Slowing down gives you the opportunity to adjust your approach so that it is more consistent with the Guidanc...

Page 42: ...uto Steering The button will change from white to green indicating that Auto Steering is engaged There are two things you can do if you want to stop Auto Steering Select the 1 Steering Wheel button ag...

Page 43: ...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 effec...

Page 44: ...no satellites being tracked Green blink receiver is on and tracking satellites one blink per tracked GPS satellite Orange blink receiver is on and tracking satellites one blink pertracked GLONASS sat...

Page 45: ...isplays the data recording status Green blinks each blink indicates that data is being written to the internal memory card Solid Orange indicates the receiver is changing modes Orange blinks indicates...

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Page 47: ...gister your software To register you will require three registration numbers that are available from your authorized TPA dealer Enter the 3 registration numbers 1 Select the 2 Green Tick to confirm If...

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Page 49: ...ions 4 1 S Sensitivity 2 4 Setup 2 1 Steering Profile Create 1 4 Recall 1 6 Steering Tuning 2 1 Index A AB Line 4 2 Access Code 1 2 AES 25 2 4 Aggressiveness Approach 2 3 On Line 2 2 2 4 AGI 3 Receive...

Page 50: ...www topconpa com System 150 Auto Steer Setup Guide Index SYSFIX 5 3 T Test Validation 3 7 3 9...

Page 51: ...Index AGA3719 Rev 1 6 System 150 Auto Steer Setup Guide Notes...

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