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APPENDIX A - DRIVING YOUR MACHINE USING THE SMARTBAR
There are many different driving techniques and
various conditions encountered when following
parallel swath lines to cover a field. No single
technique or method is likely to be suitable for all
conditions. The Smartbar’s guidance display
gives the operator indications to help follow the
swath line accurately. The operator can see both
offset and angle LED indicators.
In the diagram shown to the left, the machine is
exactly on swath (i.e. no offset error), but is mov-
ing along a line which points 3o left of the swath
line being followed. The Smartbar is configured
with SCL set to NRM (first LED is 1 ft) and ANG
set to ON (first LED is 1o). If the offset LED’s
alone were used for guidance, the machine must
move 20 feet forward from the position shown
before an offset LED guidance indication is given.
By using both the offset and angle LED’s, the
operator knows that the machine is on swath and
needs to turn gradually to the right. Two angle LED’s showing on the right side indicate a 3o correc-
tion is needed to the right. Using this method, an operator can drive a very straight line that has
minimal offset error from the swath line.
In the diagram shown to the left, the machine is
2 feet right of the swath line and has the same
angle alignment as previously. The two offset
LED’s on the left are telling the operator to drive
to the left. The two angle LED’s to the right are
telling the operator to turn to the right. This looks
like a problem. However, the operator can drive
left to correct the offset error, but already knows
a right turn correction will be needed very soon.
In the diagram shown to the lower left, the
machine is 2 feet left of the swath line and has
the same angle alignment as previously. The
two offset LED’s on the right are telling the
operator to drive to the right. The two angle
LED’s to the right are telling the operator to turn
to the right. The operator can simply drive right
to correct the offset and angle alignment error.
1 ft
3°
offset LED's
COG
angle LED's
20 feet
swath line
offset LED's
angle LED's
2 ft
swath line
3°
offset LED's
angle LED's
3°
2 ft
swath line
Summary of Contents for RGL 600
Page 1: ...RGL 600 SMARTBAR SWATH PATH GUIDANCE SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL ...
Page 2: ...Use with firmware version ____ ...
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