Great Plains Electronic Acremeter - Manual (Page 2)

Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
2 Electronic Acremeter
194-074M 2014/07/23
Acremeter Operations
A battery-operated electronic acre counter is supplied
with the drill. The display module for the system is
normally on the front face of the main toolbar near the
left gauge wheel.
The acremeter calculates and displays the field acres
and total acres accumulated.
The meter counts rotations of the main ground drive
shaft before the clutch. The meter tallies all movements
with the drill unfolded, whether planting or not.
The counter operates in one of two modes
• In sleep mode, the display is blank, and the counter
is accumulating acres. Sleep mode is entered if a
button is not pressed for 20 seconds. If a passcode is
set, it must be re-entered to change protected function
values.
• In entry mode, the display is on, and the operator can
enter values. To access entry mode, press the
button . If you continue to press the button, the
acre counter cycles through the available functions.
The LED light above the functions indicates which
function is selected.
The functions are:
Note: U = USA units or acres
E = European units or hectares
Values are entered by pressing the UP and
DOWN arrow buttons. Holding a button
automatically increments that value. Long holds
increment faster than short holds. Pressing both
buttons simultaneously is used to reset some values
to 0.
• To change modes press and hold all 3 switches at
the same time. When pressed, the current mode will
scroll across the screen. “U” is for USA units, “E” is for
European (metric) units. When you have held all
3 switches for 5 seconds the mode will change.
This means you can check the mode at any time by
pressing the 3 keys and releasing them before
5 seconds has passed without changing anything.
Note: When you change modes, all the defaults are
reset to factory values so these will need to be set
properly for the machine. Also area accumulated
in one mode is not converted. It is reset to 0.
FIELD Field Acres (always unprotected)
TOTAL Total Acres (passcode protectable)
PULSES Pulses per Mile (passcode protectable)
WIDTH Swath Width (passcode protectable)
P-WORD Password (enable/set/change/clear)
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Figure 2
Acremeter Console
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