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Monitoring sowing
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At rest: switched on, the control box displaying area and configuration (fig. A)
can be programmed by pressing the “CFG” and “+” buttons successively.
After a change it is advisable to exit this menu by pressing “CFG” and
returning to the hectares mode.
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During sowing: two instances may arise:
• No alarm has been detected (fig. A)
• One or more alarms has/have been detected (fig. B).
The first line of the display shows the alarms for the distribution discs: the numbers
which are visible refer to the numbers of rows which are stopped.
Within the second line of the display the boxes that have turned black are those of
rows in which an alarm has been triggered (Optional).
With the seed drill in operation the control box appears as in fig. A.
As soon as a disc stops or there is no seed in a tray an alarm is triggered and shows
up in three ways simultaneously:
1. The display takes on the appearance of figure B (explained above).
2. Three LEDs light up in the lower section of the control box.
3. A buzzer sounds.
The buzzer may then be shut off by pressing “reset” on the control box (the display
and the LEDs are not affected) . The display will change in line with the actual
changes in the alarms. The LEDs glowing on the control will not be extinguished until
the problem detected has been resolved. It should be noted that after cancelling the
