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SENTRY 6510

 

CAPACITY MONITOR 

 

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Firmware version 1.10

Summary of Contents for SENTRY 6510

Page 1: ...SENTRY 6510 CAPACITY MONITOR OPER ATORS MANUAL FIT TING INSTRUC TIONS Firmware version 1 10 ...

Page 2: ...uct names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations Limitation of Liability TEEJET TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES THIS MATERIAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED NO COPYRIGHT LIABILITY OR PATENT IS ASSUMED IN NO EVENT SHALL TEEJET TECHNOLOGIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF PROFIT LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSIN...

Page 3: ... walker pad cables 7 Fitting the sieve sensor 8 Position 8 Shortening the sensor 9 Connecting the sieve sensor cables 10 OPERATION 11 User interface 11 Calculation of grain loss 12 Grain loss calculation examples 12 Example 1 12 Example 2 12 Example 3 12 Rule of thumb 12 Rule of thumb example 12 Setting up the capacity monitor 13 Display indications 14 Storage of values 15 Supply voltage monitorin...

Page 4: ...2 www teejet com Sentry 6510 Capacity Monitor INSTALLATION General overview Figure 1 System diagram 01 11 08 09 06 07 04 05 10 03 02 ...

Page 5: ...t Sentry 6510 Capacity Monitor 02 198 716 Main cable 03 907 012 Straw walker sensor 04 841 521 Sieve sensor bracket 05 198 312 Sieve sensor cable 06 866 012 Junction box 07 900 013 Circuit board 08 901 982 Speed sensor 09 775 803 Magnet 10 842 546 Speed sensor bracket 11 927 021 Sieve sensor ...

Page 6: ...4 www teejet com Sentry 6510 Capacity Monitor Electrical connections Figure 2 Close up of electrical wiring 0V 1 4 3 5 2 12V ...

Page 7: ...itor to the port on the main cable Fitting the junction box Mount the junction box at the rear of the combine harvester on the right side where it will be well protected and accessible for connecting cabling the main cable shown in Figure 1 is 10 m long 1 Lead the cable from the monitor along existing supply mains and hydraulic tubes through the hole in the junction box NOTE Beware of rotating par...

Page 8: ...1 Screw or weld the sensor bracket 2 Place the sensor in the bracket 3 Turn the wheel and ensure that the distance between the sensor and the magnet is 5 8 mm Figure 4 Wheel sensor and magnet placement 4 Put the sensor cable to the junction box and connect to the circuit board as shown in Figure 2 5 Use cable ties to fix the cable so it will not be pinched or worn during operation 5 8 mm Magnet ca...

Page 9: ...he holes as shown on the templates Figure 5 Walker pad placement Connecting the walker pad cables The straw walker cable must contain a loop between the walker and the combine harvester body The loop must be large enough to capture the circular movement of the straw walkers without stressing the cable Figure 6 Walker pad cable loop 1 Attach the cable to the underside of the straw walker approximat...

Page 10: ...other sources of cable damage and fasten to the combine harvester using supplied cable ties 8 Connect the cables to the circuit board as shown in Figure 2 Fitting the sieve sensor Position The sieve sensor must be fitted so it can measure the grain loss behind the sieves across the entire width of the sieves The best sieve sensor position for normal grain types is 120 mm behind the rear edge of th...

Page 11: ... the sensor The steel tube can be shortened to the distance between the two brackets 1 Loosen all of the nuts and remove the rubber bung opposite the plug 2 Loosen the Allen screw and remove the plastic spacer from the tube Figure 12 Sensor tube nuts 3 Measure the distance between the brackets x and subtract 22 mm to learn the distance between the two washers L Figure 13 Sensor tube length calcula...

Page 12: ...bracket using a cable fastener Figure 15 First sieve sensor cable fastener 3 Make a bend in the cable large enough to capture the movement of the sieves 4 Fit another cable fastener to the side of the machine Figure 16 Second sieve sensor cable fastener 5 Connect the cable to the junction box avoiding any sharp edges pinch points or other sources of cable damage and fasten to the combine harvester...

Page 13: ...gain Press and simultaneously to set the reading to the middle 50 These cases will prevent changing gains If no loss is detected at all the reading cannot be changed at all If the reading is above ten the reading cannot be increased If the reading is below one the reading cannot be decreased If the loss is very low it may not be increased to the maximum but will be adjustable to the highest possib...

Page 14: ...se two operations to find the actual percentage loss Grain loss calculation examples Example 1 When harvesting barley with a 360 cm wide cut in a field yielding 4000 kg ha and 220 lost seeds are collected Loss 220 350 0 6 Example 2 When harvesting barley with a 360 cm wide cut in a field yielding 4800 kg ha and 220 lost seeds are collected Loss 220 360 x 4000 4800 0 5 Example 3 When harvesting whe...

Page 15: ...doubles the reading on the monitor is unchanged If the grain lost is unchanged and the speed doubles the reading on the monitor is halved To obtain the most accurate relative readings set up the monitor as follows 1 Adjust the combine harvester to an acceptable loss without using the capacity monitor following the guidelines in Calculation of grain loss and Rule of thumb 2 Set the combine harveste...

Page 16: ...re 20 describes the conditions that different readings indicate Figure 20 LED loss and capacity indications Both displays at bottom of scale No loss You can speed up higher capacity No or intermittent loss over the sieves Too little air under the sieves Loss over the straw walkers Straw walkers overloaded Slow down Loss over the sieves Too much air or blocked sieves Both displays at top of scale T...

Page 17: ...alue and this mode of operation is know as a Capacity Indicator The monitor automatically detects the type of speed sensor connected No speed sensor calibration is needed The monitor supports these sensor ranges Wheel sensors with resolution from 50 impulses 100 m to approximately 150 impulses 100 m for a speed range of 1 km h to 25 km h Speeds below 1 km h report as 1 km h GPS or radar sensors wi...

Page 18: ...SENTRY 6510 CAPACITY MONITOR OPERATORS MANUAL FITTING INSTRUCTIONS www teejet com 990 630 EN A4 R0 English TeeJet Technologies 2014 ...

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