Ag Leader GPS 5200 Output Configuration Instructions User Manual
Ag Leader Equipment
2202 South Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 2348, Ames, IA 50010
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The GPS5100 receiver provided in the EZ-Guide Plus 5100 System is configured by default to communicate on all
ports with the EZ-Guide Plus lightbar. You have ordered either the 4000522-18 (for outputting NMEA GPS data to
an Insight/PF/YM series display) or a 4000523-18 (for outputting NMEA GPS data to a Pro/Advantage series
display) to allow you to output NMEA GPS data to your Ag Leader display. To get the receiver to output NMEA
data properly to the display you are using you must first configure Port B on the GPS5100 to communicate with an
Ag Leader display.
Follow these steps to configure a GPS5100 receiver to provide NMEA GPS data to an Ag Leader display:
1) Install AgRemote software on your computer. Version 2.52 is required and available at
for download.
2) Now you must use the Power/Data cable (PN 4000524) provided with your EZ-Guide Plus 5100 system to
power the GPS5100 receiver near your computer and connect the 9-pin serial connector on this cable to an
available 9-pin serial port on your computer.
3) Power your GPS5100 receiver up. The light on the back of the receiver should be lit.
4) Start the AgRemote program (v2.52).
5) Go to the File menu on the AgRemote window, left click on File, and select “Connect”.
6) The Settings window will now appear. Select the serial (COM ) port that you connected to on the back of
your PC (usually Com1) then click the “OK” button. The virtual screen in AgRemote should now display
information once connected. You should see “No HP” in the lower left hand corner of the screen for
example. Once you see this you are connected to the GPS5100.
7) Click the Right arrow button ( > ) on the AgRemote window or use the arrow keys on your keyboard until
you see “Configuration” displayed in the AgRemote window.
8) Click the Down ( V ) arrow button once.
9) Click the Right arrow button until you see “Port C Config”.
10) Click the Down arrow button once.
11) Click the Right arrow button and Set “Port C out:” to OFF by clicking the Up/Down arrow button and then
click the ENTER button to accept the change.
12) Click the ESC button.
13) Click the Left arrow button ( < ) once to “Port B Config”.
14) Click the Down Arrow button once.
15) Click the Right arrow button to change Output to NMEA and baud rate to 4800 for both Input/Output.
a. Note: For connection to the Insight display you can set the Input/Output rate to 19200 which is
recommended if you will be sending NMEA to the display at 5 Hz.
16) Click the Down arrow button until you see “NMEA OUT” and Right arrow twice then Up arrow once to
set the output of NMEA at 1 Hz (if you are working with an Insight display you can leave this setting at
ASAP.)
17) Press the ENTER key to accept the change.
18) Click the ESC button.
19)
THIS STEP IS CRITICAL TO INSURE YOUR GPS5100 WILL STILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR
EZ-Guide Plus WHEN FINISHED CHANGING THE PORT B SETTINGS
.
a. GO TO THE FILE MENU in AgRemote and CLICK DISCONNECT. If you don’t do this then
the receiver will not work with the EZ-Guide Plus lightbar because Port A will still be configured
to talk to AgRemote.
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