User manual TRIMBLE AGGPS EZ-GUIDE SL 1.70 RELEASE NOTES REV A

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Warranty Exclusions and Disclaimer These warranties shall be applied only in the event and to the extent that the Products and Software are properly and correctly installed, configured, interfaced, maintained, stored, and operated in accordance with Trimble's relevant operator's manual and specifications, and; (ii) the Products and Software 0. 1 Product Information AgGPS® EZ-GuideTM SL Lightbar Guidance System (AgGPS EZ-Guide SL) is the latest version of the AgGPS EZ-Guide system. If you are an existing AgGPS EZ-Guide user, you can upgrade to the AgGPS EZ-Guide SL firmware by downloading it from the Trimble website (www. trimble. com/aggps_ezguide. html). Please read these release notes in conjunction with the AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Quick Reference Card and the AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Menu Structure. 0. 2 New Features and Changes This section provides information about new features in AgGPS EZ-Guide SL. Important new features include: · · New curve and headland guidance functionality (for more information, see page 4) New configuration options including chase/pull LED mode, boom offsets, and language support (for more information, see page 6) Improved GPS accuracy Improved WAAS tracking Support for free EGNOS corrections that are transmitted in Europe. · · · For information on other changes to the system, see page 7. AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Release Notes 3 0. 2. 1 Curve and headland guidance AgGPS EZ-Guide SL has been enhanced to support curve patterns, see Figure 1. Figure 1 Curve following pattern You can also use the curve pattern to get guidance to center-pivot fields, see Figure 2. c c c c c A b+a Figure 2 Center-pivot fields 4 AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Release Notes B B B Tip ­ Do not set a B point when you use the center-pivot pattern. If you do, the pattern will not work correctly. Tip ­ If the pass increments to the wrong side, press twice to move the pass to the correct side. b+c once or To use the curve pattern, press b+d to reset guidance, and then choose NEW CRV. Tip ­ To change the pattern option, press c. Additionally, there is a new headlands pattern. When this pattern is selected, AgGPS EZ-Guide SL maps headland circuits as you drive the field, see Figure 3. You can map as many headland circuits as necessary. B A Figure 3 Headlands pattern When mapping the headland, press b+a to start the headland. After the headland is completed, press b+a to set the A point and press a to set the B point for parallel swath guidance. AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Release Notes 5 You can also use the headlands pattern to complete the field with spiral guidance, see Figure 4. c c c b+ a Figure 4 Spiral guidance To use the headlands pattern, press b+d to reset guidance, and then choose NEWHLND. B 0. 2. 2 Tip ­ To change the pattern option, press c. New configuration options The following are new configuration options: · HLNDWARN ­ Configures the headland warning option. This value defaults to 0 ft or 0 m, so that the orange LED is not displayed and the headland warning alarm does not sound. DGPS SRC ­ Configures the differential source option. · 6 AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Release Notes · BMOFFSET ­ Configures the boom to antenna offset front or rear. This ensures that the offline LEDs and approach LED work relative to the boom, not the antenna. · LANGUAGE ­ Configures the language to Spanish, Portuguese, or English. 0. 2. 3 Other changes Other changes to AgGPS EZ-Guide SL include: · · · · WARNDIST option has been renamed to XTE_WARN. The most commonly used menu options are easier to access. With the A-B and A+ patterns, you can still map a headland manually using the area points function. With the Curve and Headland patterns, the area points that you add are only used to calculate acreage. If the HLNDWARN value is greater than 0, then the approach LED turns orange when you are this distance either side of the headland boundary. [. . . ] Once the file has been downloaded, go to the folder where you have saved the file and double-click the file. By default, the file is extracted to C:\My Documents\Trimble. AgGPS EZ-Guide SL Lightbar Guidance System Release Notes 9 0. 4. 2 Step 2: Downloading and installing FlashLoader100 To download and install the FlashLoader100 firmware update utility: 1. If power is lost or the computer fails during the installation, the receiver may have to be returned to the factory for service. 5. [. . . ]