Guiding around Obstacles in Field

PC9029-UN-17APR06

PC9030-UN-17APR06

A - Turned Recording Off

B - Turned Recording On

C - Gaps Results in Next Pass

D - Manually Driven to Re-establish Path

When operating Curve Track in a field and an obstacle is encountered such as a well head, telephone pole, or power line, the operator must drive around these obstacles.

Recording ON: If recording is left on while driving around an obstacle that deviation to the propagated path will be recorded and become a part of the path. On the next pass when you approach the area in the field the propagated path for the pass that the machine is on will have incorporated that deviation and the machine will steer along that deviation. To straighten out that deviation, the operator must take over manual steering of the machine and straighten out that deviation. Once the operator has driven past the deviation in the field and reacquired the intended path the resume switch may be activated and AutoTrac will take over machine steering.

Recording OFF: If recording is turned off when the obstacle is approached and steered around and then recording turned back on once the obstacle has been navigated around and AutoTrac activated to finish the pass, there will be a gap in the recorded path where the obstacle is. On the next path when the machine approaches the gap the operator must take over manual steering of machine and navigate through the gap. Once the gap has been navigated and the propagated path is reacquired, AutoTrac can be activated and the gap will not appear in subsequent passes.