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4.0 RDS Control Unit Operation
4.1 Status Indicators
All the operating screens have a status bar at the top of screen displaying the time as well as a
number of different icons. These icons indicate the following:
Figure 3. Status symbols
NOTE: The Data Card and GPS icons are only displayed when these functions are enabled via the SETUP menu.
4.2 ‘MAIN’ screen
The instrument will always default to the MAIN screen on startup. The MAIN screen is divided
into 5 sections displaying the following functions,
Figure 4.
MAIN screen (single product / single metering)
NOTE: The Metering motor status part of the display will appear differently depending on the drill configuration
Forward Speed
(Section 2.2.1)
Current
Application
Rate
(Section 2.3)
Metering
motor status
(Section 2.7)
Area cutout
In work
Out of Work
Data Card
Inserted
Not inserted
DGPS Signal
No signal
Signal - no differential.
Signal – full differential.
Tramlining status (Section 2.5)
Fan Speed (Section 2.9)
Tramline -
manual advance
Stop tramline automatic
advance
(Manual override)
‘Pre-start’
function
(Section 2.6)
Metering On-
Off
(Manual
override)
