Changing the backlight brightness, Changing the led brightness, Getting gps corrections – Ag Leader EZ-Guide 500 Getting Started Guide User Manual

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Changing the Backlight Brightness

To change the strength of the screen backlight, select Configuration / Backlight.

Changing the LED Brightness

To adjust the brightness of the LEDs on the lightbar, select Configuration / LED Brightness.

In bright sunlight, increase the brightness to make the LEDs more obvious.

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In darker conditions, for example driving at dusk, you can lower the brightness settings so the LEDs are
less intense.

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Getting GPS Corrections

By default, the EZ−Guide 500 lightbar is configured to receive the following free corrections:

REGION

CORRECTION

North America

WAAS

Europe

EGNOS

These corrections provide 15 cm−20 cm (6 in−8 in) pass−to−pass accuracy.

To change the GPS corrections (for example, to configure RTK or OmniSTAR VBS/HP/XP), select
Configuration / GPS Setup / GPS Correction Source.

External Receiver Support

The EZ−Guide 500 lightbar can recieve GPS positions from TSIP−compatible recievers. This enables you to use
any of the correction types available on your receiver, including OmniSTAR, Beacon, and RTK.

The following TSIP−compatible recievers are supported by the EZ−Guide 500 lighbar:

Trimble

Case IH Ag Leader New Holland

AgGPS 252 AFS 252 GPS 5100

NH 252

AgGPS 332 −

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−

To enable TSIP messages as the correction source:

Connect the receiver to the lightbar and then turn them on.

1.

Select Configuration / GPS Setup.

2.

Change the GPS Correction Source option to Ext. TSIP.

3.

Select Continue and press

. The Connecting to External Receiver screen appears. The lightbar

connects to the TSIP receiver. The message Connection Established appears.

4.

Press

. The External DGPS Source screen appears, showing the available corrections on the reciever.

5.

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