SNOW & ICE DIVISION
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ON–OFF CONTROLS:
Controller on-off: The controller is powered through a
keyed ignition switch.
Spreader on-off: Depress the auger and liquid knobs
to activate the auger and spinner. Rotate the auger
and spinner knobs to increase the rates to the desired
settings. Rates will be displayed in the displays above
the adjustment knobs.
Liquid on-off: Depress the liquid and spinner knobs
to activate the pre-wet system. Rotate the liquid knob
to increase the rate. The rate will be directly displayed
above each encoder adjustment knob.
SPREADER OPERATION:
Blast: Press the auger knob to “Blast” granular
material. Both the granular rate and time are
adjustable in the configuration menu. See Page
11 for additional information on this.
Pause: Press the spinner knob to pause all
spreader operations.
Operating Mode: Depress the liquid knob to change
operating modes.
• Auto: The material output is spread in proportion
to vehicle speed (lbs./mile). When the truck
stops, the salt stops. A flashing Auto display
indicates the system is at 0 MPH or not receiving
a groundspeed input.
• Manual: The material output is spread at a fixed
percentage rate.
Brightness: To adjust the brightness of the display
and buttons:
(1) Depress and hold the liquid knob for 6 seconds
until a numerical value appears in the spinner window.
(2) Rotate the spinner encoder to adjust the intensity
of the backlighting.
DISPLAY:
Air Temp/Road Temp – When the system is equipped
with an IR temperature sensor, the controller will
display the air and road temperatures.
Totals – Displays the granular material totals.
FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS
Granular
Totals
Air/Road
Temperatures
Joystick
Mode
Alert
Joystick Mode – Displays the current piece of equipment the
joystick is controlling.
Alerts – Displays error messages.
CYLINDER OPERATION:
Plow: Push the appropriate arrowed buttons to operate.
Vertical oriented arrows will raise and lower the plow. Lateral
oriented arrows will angle the plow.
Float Operation: When equipped with plow float, quickly
depress the down arrow twice to activate. Depress the up
arrow or pull back on the joystick to disengage the float
functionality.
Dump: Push the appropriate arrowed buttons to operate the
dump body. The up arrow will raise the body, and the down
arrow will lower the body.
Backlighting: The arrowed buttons will change from
green to red to indicate the action has been successfully
communicated to the valves.
Fault Detection: Alternating green and red lights on the
arrowed buttons indicate a fault with the attempted function.
This could be a short or open circuit.