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Farmlap 5100 (1.40A2) Professional Guidance System - Omnistar
Quick Guide
Main Components
Getting Started
1.
Turn your CF-M34 on using the power button.
2.
Then power on your OmniStar Gps Receiver. The GPS may take 3-4 minutes to initialise if it has not been
used for sometime or has been moved a considerable distance without being turned on.
3.
Once the computer has started up, double click the Farmlap icon
on the desktop
Farmlap Settings
1.
Go to
View
,
Options
. You will need to enter an implement width in the
"Swath Width(m)"
field.
2.
Select
Fixed
and enter an antenna to boom distance if you have a vehicle mounted boom or spreader
truck.
3.
Select
Trailed
if the boom is towed behind the vehicle. There are three measurements needed.
1. Antenna to hitch 2. Hitch to Centre of axles 3. Centre of axles to boom.
You will need to put a positive figure in the fixed box to display the yellow vehicle icon.
4.
Select
Runlines
and tick the
Use Turn Radius
box to round your corners. Enter a figure between half
and your full swath width in the
Turn Radius
box if you are using this function.
5.
Select
Guidance Lines
and tick
Perspective Guidance
if you want the blue highway in Racetrack
mode.
6.
Select
Devices
. If you are not using the Button Box select
None
for
Control Device
, otherwise you will
need to select
USB.
7.
Cosmetics
allows you to choose what statistics you can view whilst operating Farmlap.
