VRD Machines—Configure Meter, Crop, Disk, and Rates

1. 
   A59325-UN-19FEB07

   Menu

   
   A59551-UN-08MAR07

   Planter Button

   
   A59173-UN-29JAN07

   Rates Softkey

   Select Menu >> Planter button >> Rates softkey.

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2. Select Crop Name drop down box and choose corn, soybeans, or one of the custom crop names.

3. Select Edit Crop Name button to change crop name.

4. Select Show Rates button.

5. Select Change Rates button.

6. If setting different rates for each motor, select Motor drop down box to choose a motor to assign rates.

   NOTE: Each motor must have a rate set for each rate selected.

7. Select Rate drop down box and choose a rate to assign population.

8. Select Target input box and enter the target population for selected rate. High and Low population (warning) limits are automatically set to a percentage above and below the target rate. Select High and Low input boxes to manually adjust warning limits.

   IMPORTANT: Variable Rate Drive is inoperative until at least one target rate has been defined AND turned ON.

9. NOTE: Rate 6 is used for map based prescription. To enable controller to use a prescription, select the "On" drop-down box under rate 6 and from RUN screen select the Rx rate. Once selected, run page has a small Rx indicator near the Target Seeds per Area icon.

   To see a rate on the RUN page as a choice, select On – Off drop down box and choose ON.

10. Select Enter button.

11. Average Spacing shown on the bottom of the screen is the CALCULATED distance between plants based on the row width and target population entered in monitor

12. Use One Rate for All Motors

    • Select check box to enable all motors to use one rate.
    • Leave check box empty when different rates are used for each motor.
    
    

13. Select Disk Type drop down box.

    • If planter is configured for mechanical meters, plateless meter selections appear. Select the plateless meter installed on machine. NOTE: If custom plateless is selected, select Seeds per Rev. input box and enter value.
      
    • If planter is configured for vacuum, types of vacuum disks appear. Select the type of disk installed in meters. NOTE: If custom vacuumis selected, select Holes Per Disk input box and enter value.
      
    
    

14. Select Seed Disk drop down box and select the vacuum disk used.

15. Select Population Adjust input box and enter value.

16. NOTE: Number of rows planting check boxes are only visible if monitor is configured for a split row or twin row machines. (See CONFIGURE FRAME LAYOUT, ROW LAYOUT, AND DRIVE DISCONNECT WARNING in SETUP Initial System Configuration section.)

    NOTE: To ensure all settings update; actively select the rows planting check box even if a check mark is already in the box.

    Select Rows Planting check box for appropriate rows planting configuration.

17. NOTE: High and Low Range check boxes are only visible if monitor is configured for twin row machines. (See CONFIGURE FRAME LAYOUT, ROW LAYOUT, AND DRIVE DISCONNECT WARNING in SETUP Initial System Configuration section.)

    Select Drive Range check box for high or low configuration.

Screen Area Information

Planter Rates - Planter Rates
Crop Name - Crop Name
Corn - Corn
Soybeans - Soybeans
Custom - Custom
Edit Crop Name - Edit Crop Name
Show Rates - Show Rates
Seeds/ac - Seeds per Acre
Target Population - Target Population
Rate - Rate
Motor - Motor
Change Rates - Change Rates
On - On
Off - Off
Target - Target
High - High
Low - Low
Avg. Spacing - Average Spacing
Use One Rate for All Motors - Use One Rate for All Motors
Disk Type - Disk Type
Sweet Corn - Sweet Corn
Cotton - Cotton
Sorghum - Sorghum
Sunflower - Sunflower
Edible Beans - Edible Beans
Peanuts - Peanuts
Sugar Beets - Sugar Beets
Custom Vacuum - Custom Vacuum
Holes Per Disk - Holes Per Disk
Finger Pick-Up - Finger Pick-Up
Radial Bean - Radial Bean
Custom Plateless - Custom Plateless
Seeds per Rev. - Seeds per revolution
Seed Disk - Seed Disk
Population Adjust - Population Adjust
Rows Planting - Rows Planting
Drive Range - Drive Range