Operation 9
FIELD AREA
Pressing the FIELD AREA key displays the cur-
rent Field and Chemical numbers along with
the Date/Time Stamp. After three seconds Field
Acres for the current selection will be displayed.
Clearing Field Acres to zero may be done by de-
pressing the Field Area key for three seconds.
A solid tone will warn that Field Area is about to
be cleared, release the key to abort. Field Area
is cleared at the end of the tone.
Field Acres accumulate only when the control-
ler is in RUN. Acres will not accumulate when in
HOLD.
The 8605 will automatically correct for the
change in implement width when one or more of
the boom switches are turned off or on.
NOTE:
The 8605 will accumulate volume and
acres for the current field until the field number
or chemical number is changed. Changing the
field number saves the current values in memory
and begins accumulating volume and acres for
the new field.
VPM (Volume Per Minute)
Press the VPM key to view the current volume
per minute (flow rate) in gallons or pounds. VPM
will read 0 in Hold.
DISTANCE
The 8605 will calculate and display distance
anytime the DIST key is pressed. Accumulated
distance may be cleared by depressing the DIST
key for three seconds.
Distance does not accumulate in HOLD mode.
The distance must be calibrated before attempt-
ing to use the controller. An incorrect distance
calibration will affect all computations except
FIELD VOLUME and TOTAL VOLUME. It is rec-
ommended that the Distance Calibration be per-
formed prior to system Calibration.
SPEED
The 8605 will calculate and display speed in miles
per hour anytime the SPEED key is pressed. An
incorrect distance calibration factor will affect
speed calculations.
MENU/ENTER Key
Press the or keys to scroll through the fol-
lowing choices:
Press the Enter key to choose a selection.
The MENU / ENTER key is used to view the
menu choices.
1. CHANGE FIELD & CHEMICAL # See steps
2 and 3, page 17.
2. CALIBRATION MODE See page 16.
3. DISTANCE CALIBRATION See page 16.
4. SET MINIMUM RATE See page 19.
5. VARIABLE RATE SETUP
6. PRINT RECORD See page 14.
7. PRINT ALL FIELD HISTORY See page 14.
8. CHANGE DATE & TIME
This is used to set date and time as follows. The
display will show TIME HH:MM and either AM or
PM. Enter the new time in HH: MM format where
HH=hours (01-12) and MM = minutes (00-59).
Note that setting the time requires that four dig-
its are to be entered (for example enter “0205”
for 2:05). Use the up Arrow or Down Arrow key
to change between AM and PM.
Press enter to advance to Date. The display will
show DATE MM/DD/YY Enter the new date in
MMDDYY format where MM=month (01-12), DD
= date (01-31), and YY = the last two digits of
the year (00-99). Note that setting the date re-
quires that six digits be entered (for example,
enter “010811” for January 8, 2011.
8. EXIT V3.00
This exits the menu and shows software version
number.
KEYS
The keys have four uses. In the Menu the
keys are used to scroll through the selections.
In Calibration the keys increment or decrement
calibration values. In Manual the keys adjust the
servo valve. When RATE or % ERROR is being
displayed the keys adjust the selected applica-
tion rate.
TIME /DATE
Press the TIME / DATE key to view the current
date and time. This key is a “toggle” key, press
it once and the time is displayed, press it again
and the date is displayed.
