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MC Electronic DORADO MX3 Instructions For Use Manual Download Page 5

Instructions for use

Dorado MX3 kit

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1. Rules and general warnings

1.1 Introduction

This instruction manual provides all specific information needed to know and
correctly use the equipment.
After buying the Monitor, read the manual carefully and refer to it any time you have
doubts on how to use the equipment or when you have to carry out maintenance
operations.
Keep the manual on the machine. If this is not possible, keep it ready at hand.

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Summary of Contents for DORADO MX3

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE DORADO MX3 NO 1611 MX OEM EN REV 2 EN...

Page 2: ...el 39 0425 754713 Fax 39 0425 741130 E mail mcstaff mcelettronica it Internet www mcelettronica it Manual code 1611MX3 OEM EN Issued July 2017 Edition November 2018 MC elettronica S r l is not obliged...

Page 3: ...cognition 18 3 5 Keyboard operation 20 3 5 1 Start up screen 20 3 5 2 Main screen 21 3 5 3 Variable range screen 23 3 5 4 Main Parameter Screen 24 3 5 5 Programming screens 25 3 6 Graphic interface de...

Page 4: ...Dorado MX3 kit 4 11 2 ECU SEM12 CR 62 11 3 ECU SEM12 ER 62 11 4 ECU gateway 63 11 5 Accessories 63 11 5 1 Pipe seed sensors 63 11 5 2 Bracket seed sensors 63 11 5 3 Proximity inductive sensor 63 11 5...

Page 5: ...rectly use the equipment After buying the Monitor read the manual carefully and refer to it any time you have doubts on how to use the equipment or when you have to carry out maintenance operations Ke...

Page 6: ...events lightning floods fire or other causes which do not depend on MC elettronica Repairs under warranty which must be carried out in the laboratories of our authorised centres are entirely free of...

Page 7: ...functions available such as Display of RPM fan and visual and audible alarms RPMmax and RPMmin programmable Display of the depression related to the sowing system The connection architecture of the Do...

Page 8: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 8 3 System installation Figure 1 3 5 Virtual Terminal dimensions...

Page 9: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 9 Figure 2 Seeding ECU dimensions code 10CEN 0009 Exclusions ECU dimensions code 10CEN 0010...

Page 10: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 10 3 1 Electrical connections...

Page 11: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 11...

Page 12: ...he rear part of the Virtual Terminal using the supplied screws Fasten the suction bracket onto a clean flat surface Otherwise the Virtual Terminal can detach itself and fall during operations Note We...

Page 13: ...ference protruding by at least 7 mm Figure 4 ref C Set the gap between the sensor and the bolts at about 2 3 mm Figure 4 ref B Fasten the sensor supporting bracket supplied securely to a fixed part of...

Page 14: ...ny other metal mass by at least 7mm The distance between the sensor and its metal reference varies from 2 to 3mm The figures below show two different installation examples Figure 5 Installation of the...

Page 15: ...the left of the seed drill as reference position the junction box A at the centre of the seed drill fastening it with clamps To install the seed sensors proceed as follows If the sowing elements of t...

Page 16: ...n code 10FOT 4RXTES with external electronics or 10FOT 4RXTIN with internal electronics on the dropping tube Figure 9 Example of seed sensor installation Optical elements Clamps Seed sensor power supp...

Page 17: ...seen in sub paragraph 3 3 1 it is possible to connect non MC elettronica radar or GPS sensors to the Seeding ECU which allow the system to reach the vehicle feed rate These sensors can be connected t...

Page 18: ...d where HW V x xx and SW V x xx respectively indicate the 3 5 VT hardware and software version Figure 10 Subsequently on the display the following work screen appears that can be different depending o...

Page 19: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 19 The examples below show some examples of recognised configurations Figure 11 Example of 6 rows Figure 12 Example of 12 rows...

Page 20: ...oard operation 3 5 1 Start up screen Figure 13 VT SET pressing the key shown in the figure above when the system is starting up displays the Virtual Terminal management menu These settings will be exp...

Page 21: ...d light blue index 4 MENU pressing this key once displays the sowing distance summary table of all the seed sensors pressing the same key again displays a second table with the seeding population valu...

Page 22: ...e letter A appears instead of the index of the file in question it gives us the result of the average value of the sowing distance and population among the rows in the system Figure 15 Index of row in...

Page 23: ...riable field on the main screen 1 ON OFF system switch on and switch off 2 ESC allows you to go back to the main screen 3 CLEAR allows you to reset the value of the selected counter the command must b...

Page 24: ...ter Screen Figure 17 The following panel allows you to display the parameters corresponding to the actual machine operation 1 ON OFF system switch on and switch off 2 ESC return to the initial work sc...

Page 25: ...ndow that completes the initial scrolling cycle displays the seed drill use counters 1 ON OFF system switch on and switch off 2 ESC allows you to go back to the initial screen 3 UP increases the selec...

Page 26: ...Displays the index of the row on which the sowing distance and population per square metre is being displayed This number automatically increases to continuously analyse the situation Scrolling on a...

Page 27: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 27 Figure 20 6 ROW HISTOGRAM Displays the seeding status of the individual row For more details see the following Analogue display sub paragraph 7 SYSTEM TIME...

Page 28: ...rogramming chapter the histogram remains green or neutral until the sowing distance and seed life value detected remain within the programmed threshold while it becomes red with an acoustic signal whe...

Page 29: ...tructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 29 Row 4 is sowing within the programmed alarm threshold Row 4 is sowing at exactly at the programmed target value Row 4 is sowing outside the programmed alarm thresho...

Page 30: ...elation to the alarm threshold set see Programming chapter the cell becomes red with an acoustic signal when the value detected exceeds the threshold in the following example with target sowing distan...

Page 31: ...n the latter mode the sowing distance or seed life are not calculated but are only checked by the presence or not of pulses for further details see the Programming chapter In passage mode the numerica...

Page 32: ...etecting a pulse CORRECT Row no 12 was excluded from the seed inspection but the exclusion device was not activated or it did not work and the seed sensor of row 12 is still detecting the seeds ALARM...

Page 33: ...ENT TYPES OF MC ELETTRONICA ECUs SOWING SPRAYING HAY MAKING ETC THEREFORE THE GRAPHIC INTERFACE DEPENDS ON THE ECU CONNECTED AND IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT CASES HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME GENERIC PARAMETE...

Page 34: ...UNITS selection of the type of unit of measurement to use Metric Km h ha etc Imperial mph A etc 3 DATE and TIME Date and time of the system 4 BACKLIGHT display backlight intensity adjustment 20 100 5...

Page 35: ...Instructions for use Dorado MX3 kit 35 4 1 1 Date and Time setting Figure 25 Figure 26 1 Year 00 99 1 2 Month 01 12 1 3 Day 01 31 1 4 Hour 00 23 1 5 Minutes 00 59 1 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 36: ...structions for use Dorado MX3 kit 36 4 1 2 Dimmer settings Figure 27 1 Time value of passage from day to night mode 00 00 23 50 00 10 2 Time value of passage from night to day mode 00 00 23 50 00 10 1...

Page 37: ...he menu page which is accessible by pressing the MENU key for 3 seconds Below is a definition of the parameters summarising system setting 1 SOWING DISTANCE indicates the distance programmed between o...

Page 38: ...y row counting the pulses coming from the seed sensors this operating mode is recommended for work with medium large sized seeds e g corn beetroot soybean PASSAGE mode the kit limits itself to checkin...

Page 39: ...he number of seed sensors acquired at start up IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE OPERATOR CHECKS THE CORRECT ACQUISITION OF THE SEED SENSORS EVERY TIME IT IS SWITCHED ON AFTER INITIAL RECOGNITION THE SEED SENS...

Page 40: ...re versions of the system RESERVED MENU the screens contained in this sub menu are protected by a password that must be entered on a screen that appears when said screens open Once the password has be...

Page 41: ...on The automatic mode enables the Dorado MX kit to adapt to the effective working conditions of the machine However if the machine is not configured correctly for the type of work it wants to do or if...

Page 42: ...entage valid only for COUNTER operating mode this percentage is referred to the sowing distance and seed life values programmed for example if you program population of 10 0 seeds m 2 and a 25 alarm t...

Page 43: ...onger detected for the time programmed in this parameter for example programming this parameter at 3 0 seconds the sowing alarm sounds if one or more seed sensors do not send pulses for at least 3 0 s...

Page 44: ...ado MX Kit to start communication To disable this feature simply select NO 2 AUTO SECTION CONTROL the setting of this parameter enables or disables the GPS control when the sowing rows are automatical...

Page 45: ...ssuming that the speed sensor is located so as to detect 4 pulses for every seeder wheel revolution 1 In this example the parameter to be programmed is 1 2 4 4 pulses metre 2 SUCTION SENSOR allows you...

Page 46: ...for example by placing a metal reference in front of the speed sensor it will go from OFF to ON and vice versa when the metal reference is removed For the seed and fertiliser sensors moving an obstac...

Page 47: ...Figure 34 Seed sensor no 1 2 3 detects pulses the VT emits an audible signal all the remaining sensors are not active The speed sensor detects a reference but the related menu row is not selected the...

Page 48: ...ons ECU ESD sensor connected to the Gateway ESD ECU MOD_12F sensor connected to the seeding ECU to be used if the ESD is not working 2 MANUAL CALIBRATION you can manually indicate the speed sensor cal...

Page 49: ...stance of 100 metres from each other 2 Take the tractor to a previously assigned reference point and press the ENTER key to start measuring 3 Move forward with the tractor to the second assigned point...

Page 50: ...ntrol the depression levels of the seeding element in order to use the following correctly 1 VACUUM ALARM allows you to enable disable the error signal due to an incorrect pressure of the seeding elem...

Page 51: ...1 RPM ALARM RPM monitoring can be enabled disabled for example the fan if the corresponding sensor is present so that the Dorado MX3 kit signals the alarm 2 MIN RPM programs the minimum threshold unde...

Page 52: ...starting from the most significant digit and confirming the desired value with the ENTER key The procedure must be repeated for the 4 digits that make up the password Pressing the ENTER key on the la...

Page 53: ...aph sensitivity Main screen graphic sensitivity Figure 40 4 Auto exclusion Row exclusion enabling disabling 5 Seed Disc ESD Menu this menu allows you to set the operating parameters of the ESD modules...

Page 54: ...ows you to set the maximum current level that the system can absorb Maximum speed allows you to set the maximum speed expressed in RPM which the gearmotor can reach P Coefficient setting of the propor...

Page 55: ...ado MX Kit Figure 42 Then insert the SD card into the housing on the left of the VT until you hear click At this point make sure that the screen is off and take care not to damage the card slot when i...

Page 56: ...ile GRAPH_35 NOR wait for the loading bar to become completely yellow and the coloured bars on the side of the display will turn off ENTER you load the Eeprom setting file file SL35_VT eep wait for th...

Page 57: ...t at this point there must be no other files Figure 46 With the Virtual Terminal on we should be able to access the diagnostics menu as shown earlier and insert the SD card in the slot Then select the...

Page 58: ...hours h 0 65535 1 0 Speed calibration coefficient Pulses m 0 30 250 00 0 01 130 00 Total area ha 0 0 9999 9 0 1 0 Alarm threshold Counter 10 50 1 25 Alarm delay Counter s 0 12 1 4 Row scan Counter s...

Page 59: ...operation The sensitivity duration and tolerance threshold are defined in the specific programming menus described in paragraph 4 The events that generate an alarm are listed below The operating mode...

Page 60: ...y carried out by qualified personnel maintenance personnel etc 9 1 Routine maintenance Routine maintenance consists in cleaning the instrument Clean the instrument with a wet cloth and mild detergent...

Page 61: ...rn on a The power cable is disconnected a Check the power cable Sowing distance is not correct constant a Incorrect positioning of seed sensors b Speed is not constant a Check seed sensor positioning...

Page 62: ...C 70 C Weather conditions Relative humidity 80 Transport and storage Temperature 25 C 75 C 11 2 ECU SEM12 CR Power supply voltage 10 16 Vdc Maximum power consumption ECU only 2 2 A Room temperature 20...

Page 63: ...A Working temperature 20 C 70 C Protection rating IP 67 11 5 2 Bracket seed sensors Power supply voltage 8 10 Vdc Rated current 70 mA Working temperature 20 C 70 C Protection rating IP 67 11 5 3 Proxi...

Page 64: ...AUTION DO NOT WASH USING A POWER WASHER WITH PRESSURE JET QUESTO PRODOTTO CONTIENE STAGNO E PIOMBO A FINE CICLO DI VITA DEVE ESSERE SMALTITO NELLE AREE ADIBITE AL RITIRO OPPURE CONSEGNATO DIRETTAMENTE...

Page 65: ...Instructions for use 65 Dorado MX3 kit...

Page 66: ...Printed in Italy...

Page 67: ...Instructions for use 67 Dorado MX3 kit...

Page 68: ...Printed in Italy www mcelettronica it Electronic equipment for agriculture...

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