Ag Leader PFadvantage Microtrack MT9000/Hardi 3500 Controllers Quick Reference Sheets - Manual (Page 3)

PF3000 and PF3000 Pro – Quick Reference Setup Instructions for MT-9000 or Hardi 3500 controller – September 2002
Revision 1 3 of 4 P.N. 2002831-28
Note: These instructions pertain to PF firmware versions 4.22 or
higher.
Note: The PC Cable that comes standard with all PF monitors (PN
2000492-1) must be connected between port3 of the PF and the
controller’s port. A standard straight through RS232 serial cable
from an electronics store will also work.
To change the settings shown in bold below, highlight or select the setting
using the Up or Down Arrow keys. Press the EDIT key and use the Up or
Down Arrow keys to change the value. Press the ACCEPT key. For most
settings, after you press the EDIT key, you can set each digit by pressing the
Left or Right Arrow key to select the digit. Use the Up or Down Arrow keys
to set the digit.
Settings for MT-9000 or Hardi 3500 controller
1. Press SETUP key. Press APP RATE CONFIG key. Press CREATE
NEW key. Set the following:
Controller Make: Set to MICRO-TRAK or HARDI.
Controller Model: Set to MT-9000 or 3500.
Product: Press EDIT key. You can select an existing product and press
ACCEPT key or create a new product by pressing CREATE NEW key.
Press EDIT NAME key and enter name of product. Use Left or Right
Arrow keys to select a character. Use Up or Down Arrow key to change
the character. Set every character and press ACCEPT key twice.
Units: Set to Units/Acre of application.
Ground Speed Sensor: Set to SERIAL or GPS. Serial is recommended.
App Distance From GPS: Set to distance between where product exits
applicator and position of GPS antenna on vehicle. Example: If spray
boom is 20 feet behind GPS antenna set to 20 ft back.
Full Swath: Ignore setting. Swath comes from serial port of controller.
Tgt Units:Contrler Units: Normally set to 1:1.0000. This ratio is used to
convert the units in a target file (.tgt) to the units of application.
Example: Tgt file in pints/ac of Treflan, controller applies gallons/ac. If
tank mix is 1 pint of Treflan / 10 gallon water, then set to 1:10.0000.
Target Rate Increment: Determines increment value by which you can
change the manual target rate with each press of Up or Down arrow keys.
Actual Rate Scale Factor: Use chart below for setting.
Avg. Speed Swath Application Rate between Scale Factor
0-25 mph 0-80 ft 0-10 units/ac 1.000
0-10 mph 0-80 ft 11-100 units/ac 1.000
11-15 mph 0-50 ft 11-100 units/ac 1.000
11-15 mph 51-80 ft 11-100 units/ac 0.100
16-25 mph 0-80 ft 11-100 units/ac 0.100
0-25 mph 0-80 ft 101-500 units/ac 0.100
0-10 mph 0-80 ft 501-1000 units/ac 0.100
11-15 mph 0-50 ft 501-1000 units/ac 0.100
11-15 mph 51-80 ft 501-1000 units/ac 0.010
16-25 mph 0-80 ft 501-1000 units/ac 0.010
0-25 mph 0-80 ft 1001+ units/ac 0.010
When the data is mapped, the rate will be 1/10 th of the real rate when the
Actual Rate Scale Factor is 0.100. It will be 1/100 th of the real rate when
the Actual Rate Scale Factor is 0.010. The rate actually applied and rate
that appears on Pf is unaffected by this setting.
2 Press ADVANCED SETTINGS key.
Target Rate Outside Field: This only pertains to using a target file.
Set to ZERO if want rate outside field to be zero.
Set to USE LAST if want rate to be the last rate used at the time the
vehicle is detected outside the field. This is useful when experiencing
problems with the vehicle being falsely detected outside of the field
during the outside pass.
Set to TGT DEFAULT if want rate outside field to be the default rate
stored in the target rate file.
Controller Time Delay: Set to 3 seconds. This is delay of controller to
change application equipment to new rate + 2 seconds.
Actual Rate Units: Ignore this setting.
Log Actual Rate: YES to log actual rate to card. Set to NO, otherwise.
3 Exit back to main screen.
a)Press FIELD key twice.
b)Select appropriate field and press VIEW CONFIG key.
c)Select appropriate product/controller configuration and press ACTIVE
ON/OFF key to check it as active.(All other configs must be unchecked
first).
d)If you will be using a target file, press EDIT TGT FILE key, otherwise
press EXIT key and skip to step f.
e)Select target file. Press VIEW INFO key to ensure it is the correct one.
After exiting view info screen, press ACCEPT key. Press EXIT key.
f)Press ACCEPT key to accept field.