Setting product and opener SCT times
• The iCon control system will automatically engage/disengage products and openers
when SCT mode is turned on.
• Because product takes time to travel from the meter to the opener, lookahead allows
SCT to accurately engage and disengage meters to account for the time it takes product
to travel down the network of hoses, towers, and feed tubes. A properly calibrated
lookahead time allows for sections to stop and resume seeding quickly as the sections
encounter previously seeded land, which results in accurate SCT operation.
• For proper operation of the system, the operator must determine and enter the
appropriate engage and disengage times into the system for Products 1-6 and the
openers.
View QuickStart video
Tap the calibrate button, choose
product lookahead calibration, tap
begin.
Select the bin to calibrate and choose
the Next: prime meters button located
in the bottom right of your screen.
Tap the prime meters button, this
will turn your rollers over 2 times
to ensure they are fully primed so
as soon as you start the calibration
product will be coming out.
The instructions for the next part
are written on your screen, you will
place both thumbs on the engage and
disengage buttons.
Note: Your engage times should be set to
your longest pipes, because it takes the
longest for product to flow out of those
ones, and the disengage times should be
set to the centre of your toolbar which takes
the shortest amount of time for product to
stop entering.
Release your left thumb when product
exits the openers.
Release your right thumb when
product stops exiting the openers.
The result will display instantly.
You can hit reset to reperform the
calibration, or choose the next result
button in the bottom right corner of
your screen to go to the summary
page. Here you will hit apply to apply
the calibration to the system.
Quick Note:
The more positive the
number means the more overlap you
will generally see. If you were not
happy with the 7 Second engage, you
could increase that number to be more
positive to see more overlap.
Similar with the disengage, if you
wanted to see more overlap you
would make that number more
positive. By increasing the positivity
of those numbers you will ensure
you will see overlaps in your field
instead of skips. Make sure to hit the
apply button anytime you alter these
numbers.
It is always the operator’s
responsibility to get out and dig
to check for product to ensure the
settings are correct and minimized
the risk of unapplied areas in the
field.
Opener engage and disengage times
follow the same logic as the product
and are set from the opener setting
window. Please ensure that the
openers are fully in the ground and
that the chains are tight prior to
entering an unseeded area.
