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At the marked location – drill a pilot hole using a 5/32” drill bit.

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Using the pilot hole as a starting point - use a step drill to drill a ¾” hole.

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Summary of Contents for Yield Monitor

Page 1: ...nects to the optical yield sensors 16gb of on board storage enough to store years of harvesting data a GPS antenna and Bluetooth connectivity for pairing with a smartphone or tablet It mounts in the cab and needs to be wired into switched 12V power 1 1 GPS Antenna optional This is required when it is not possible to mount the Yield Monitor along the center line of the cab or if the harvester cab h...

Page 2: ... 18 14AWG Blue 2 x T Tap 22 18AWG Red 6 Zip ties 24 XL Zip Ties 2 x Plastic Spacers 4 x M18 Nuts 4 x M18 Washers Tools Required Power Drill Measuring Tape 5 32 Drill Bit Framing Square Step Drill Bit Marker Pen or Pencil Step Drill Bit Screwdriver Pliers Vice Grips Side Cutters Masking Tape Center Punch Round Bastard File Right Angle Drill for combines with tight clearance behind clean grain eleva...

Page 3: ...18 AWG wire 4 With the T Splice connectors attached to 12V switched power attach the Red Black spade connectors from the leads on the Primary Cable to 12V Ground respectively 5 Connect the 15 Pin connector of the Primary Cable to the Yield Monitor tighten screws a To test the power turn on the combine then use your smartphone to search scan for Bluetooth devices A device called YM ___ should appea...

Page 4: ...aft right hand corner of cab where switched power is conveniently accessible In this install the GPS antenna was installed forward of the cab light in the headliner This places the GPS antenna along the center line of the harvester Cable Routing 8 Once the Yield Monitor is mounted route the Primary Cable through your cab headliner and out to underneath your cab You will need to route it towards th...

Page 5: ...ion switch assembly removed for access 9 Once the Primary Cable has been routed outside of your cab use the supplied zip ties to route it over to the clean grain elevator Leave a few feet of cable loose by the clean grain elevator to attach to the interconnect cable ...

Page 6: ...ors on your clean grain elevator The location of the mounting point is found in a table below Preparing Sensors Brackets 1 Mount optical sensors in mounting brackets Use supplied nuts washers and plastic spacers Mounting Order Nut washer bracket washer nut spacer Lightly hand tighten jam nuts to make face of sensor flush with the mounting face of the bracket shown above ...

Page 7: ...pacer slightly more to reveal only one thread of the sensor This will help the sensor sit at the correct depth in the clean grain elevator 3 One sensor has a set of LED lights recessed in the barrel These will help you test the system so ensure they are pointed away from the hinge of the bracket shown above ...

Page 8: ... 5 1680 1 75 75 5 2X88 1 75 75 5 7088 1 75 75 5 7120 8120 1 5 57 New Holland CR9XX CR9XXX 1 75 62 TR9X 1 5 43 TX John Deere 9500 2 25 62 96X0 2 25 62 9X50 2 25 33 9X60 2 25 33 9X70 2 25 33 Gleaner R7X 1 25 56 Challenger 670 1 5 70 670B 1 75 65 Cat Use Existing Sensor Holes If your model is not shown here ensure the optical sensors lie in the middle of the clean grain elevator paddles Distance X fr...

Page 9: ...t is very important to install the optical sensors directly opposite each other so take care with marking the mounting holes Shown line drawn on tape to mark exact height of sensors from bottom bearing 2 With the height Y marked across the clean grain elevator measure mark the distance X Shown marked sensor hole location x from of the back of the clean grain elevator 3 With height Y and distance X...

Page 10: ...4 At the marked location drill a pilot hole using a 5 32 drill bit 5 Using the pilot hole as a starting point use a step drill to drill a hole ...

Page 11: ...r brackets Slide head of sensor into the new hole Loosen jam nuts on sensor and slide the bracket until the 4 hole pattern is located in the middle of the clean grain elevator Press the head of the sensor into the hole hold the bracket at 90 degrees to the vertical edge of the elevator and mark the 4 hole pattern of the bracket for drilling ...

Page 12: ...correct sensor to install Before pop riveting the sensor on make sure to select the sensor with the LED light in the barrel Having this LED light visible will help to test the system Shown below 10 Next install one pop rivet to hold the bracket then drill the remaining holes ...

Page 13: ...tly across from the other using the same x y measurements Repeat the process on the inside face of the clean grain elevator Take care to ensure the hole is drilled directly across from the other using the same x y measurements If access to the back of the clean grain elevator is restricted you can create a sheet metal drilling template for the sensor pilot hole for the harvester s specific X dimen...

Page 14: ...sensor cables to the connectors on the Interconnect Cable 15 Connect the Interconnect Cable to the Primary Cable Zip tie excess cable in a bundle away from moving parts Cables connected zip tied out of the way NOTE There will be an open connector on the interconnect cable This connector will allow you to use attach other components in the future Zip tie this connector out of the way ...

Page 15: ...h the harvester powered on the engine does not need to be on for this go to the clean grain elevator remove the clean out panel and advance the paddles by hand When the empty paddles pass by the optical sensors the sensor with the LED ideally installed on the outer face of the elevator should blink If this happens then the optical sensors are powered on correctly and in alignment Your yield monito...

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