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Auto-Guide – hands-free boost to greater productivity. Auto-Guide
automatically steers machines in parallel paths, ensuring the
optimum use of the implement’s working width. This saves time,
fuel and costs, reduces operator fatigue and enhances productivity.
Auto-Guide
™
– leading
you to extra productivity
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hands-free operation
The system offers an immediate
and tangible return on investment
in many ways such as:
• Reducing overlaps/underlaps
• Improving accuracy of
applications
• Better plant establishment
• Saving:-
- Fuel
- Time
- Implement and machinery wear
• Cutting driver fatigue
• Reducing compaction with
fewer tracks
• Controlled traf
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Auto-Guide will help maximise
productivity and cut costs in all
operations. Hands-free steering
means the operator can focus on
A unique feature of the Auto-Guide system is the ease with which you can upgrade to a greater accuracy, without the
need to replace existing equipment.
*Auto-Guide accuracy is dependant on good satellite coverage and the effect of additional errors induced by other
factors, such as operating conditions and implement set-up.
the task, optimise settings and
monitor the work more closely,
which improves quality and
increases productivity.
Advanced Top Dock
The advanced Auto-Guide
Top Dock is the heart of the
guidance system and, as such,
has been designed to be fully
interchangeable between different
tractors. The Top Dock provides
the housing for the following
key elements:
• GPS antenna
• GPS receiver and steering
controller
• Dynamic Measuring Unit (DMU)
Accuracy enhanced by DMU
The six-axis, Dynamic Measuring
Unit uses an ‘electronic gyroscope’
to determine the machine’s
position and direction.
It continuously monitors the
tractor’s side-to-side movements
(roll), whether the vehicle is tipping
forwards or back (pitch) and the
direction (yaw).
It uses this information to improve
precision by accounting for any
antenna movement or offset
caused by working on slopes,
bumpy terrain or hillsides.
Integrated transferable system
The Auto-Guide Top Dock is
easily transferred between
different tractors, bringing steering
guidance to your whole operation.
Accuracy level
Typical Operations
Correction service
Pass-to-pass accuracy*
Sub-metre
Tillage
OmniSTAR VBS
+/-20cm
Decimetre
Application & Seeding
OmniSTAR HP
+/-5cm
Centimetre
Row crop and bed forming
RTK Base Station
+/-2cm
Auto-Guide Accuracy and Flexibility
With Auto-Guide you are in control. You choose the system that provides the accuracy you need:
