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8. Seed and fertilization monitoring
8.1. Seed density failure
This failure occurs when the number of seeds that are being sown per row is out of its limits. These limits where
specified in Seed Density and Seed Tolerance options by the user.
Every time a failure occurs, a description of it will be displayed and an alarm will go off
indicating this situation.
8.1.1. Example of seed density failure presentation, as follows
In this example, a Seed Density of 12 s/m (seeds per meter) per row and Tolerance of 10% was programmed.
In this way, the tolerable seed values will be within 10,8 and 13,2 S/m (12 S/m ± 10%).
In the example of
Figure 10
seed density failures are represented in row 3 and 14.
Figure 10. Seed density failure is presented in row 3 (more than the desired seeds are being sown) and other density failure
in row 14 (less than the desired seeds).
Speed
Km/h
8.4
Density 12.0
S/m
12.4
Seed Distance
cm
8.0
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Density Failure. Row 3, 14
