1 - Overview
Automatic Control Mode (Apollo / Delta 34)
This gives fully automatic rate control. Flow / pressure is automatically regulated as
forward speed varies, to ensure that the actual application rate constantly matches a
preset target rate. The application rate can be manually nudged up and down from
the target rate as required for spot application in specific areas. Programmable
alarms warn of high and low flow rates.
On the Apollo only,
field data ("job summaries") can be logged and are stored in the
instrument memory. Up to 75 summaries can be stored. If you have a GPS receiver
and RDS Data Card Module connected, as well as creating a job summary, you can
also log the vehicle route and application data to a "dynamic log" file on the PCMCIA
card. The job summary data is also appended to this file, which can be viewed in
PLOT/PLAN.
VRT (Variable-rate treatment) Control Mode (Apollo only)
This enables the system to be controlled via treatment instructions prepared using
RDS PLOT/PLAN or similarly capable Precision Farming software programs, in
conjunction with DGPS position data. To enable fully automatic variable-rate
treatment for Precision Farming applications, the
Pro-Series 8000
requires a suitable
DGPS receiver and the RDS PCMCIA Card Module to implement treatment plans
generated in RDS PLOT/PLAN.
A work record file is automatically created on the card module to log data confirming
the actual treatment. The job summary data is also appended to this file, which can
be viewed in PLOT/PLAN.
Please refer to the 'Precision Farming Supplement' Pt No. S/DC/500-10-202 for details
of DGPS installation, setup and data transfer with the Data Card Module.
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