Great Plains 2420P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 84)

2410P and 2420P
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Settings for Ag Leader PF3000 Monitors used with Great Plains Precision Population Controllers - QUICK REFERENCE
GUIDE
(Create a .tgt recipe file in SMS 2.0 or FarmWorks Site Pro, or other software that will create a .tgt file, and copy it to an
SRAM or Flash card that is compatible with the PF 3000.)
PF3000 Settings:
1. Press SETUP key. Press SWATH key. Set swath to that of your Great Plains Precision Seeding System.
2. Press SETUP key. Press VEHICLE key. Set Primary speed sensor to GPS.
3. PRES SETUP key. Press CARD key. Set the following:
Log Device: None.
4. Press SETUP key. Press APP RATE key. Set the following:
Application Control: On
Look Ahead: On
Current Target File: press Edit to view the files you have on the card; select the one you wish to use.
5. Press SETUP key. Press CONTROLLER key. Select controller as Rawson Accu-Rate. Press EDIT SETTINGS. Set
the following:
Number of Pulses/10 Revolutions: 500
Nominal Rate: Divide the highest rate on your recipe by 1.6. This is your Nominal rate. For example, if your highest rate
is 200,000 the nominal is 125,000. If your highest rate is 32, your nominal rate is 20.
Percent Rate Change: set to 4%
Area Count: Set to Standard
Stop Height: Set to 8
Actual Rate Recording Method: Set to Sensor
Controller Time Delay: Set to 4 sec
Application offset from GPS antenna to your Great Plains Mfg, Inc Meter
Serial Port: Port 3
6. Press SETUP key. Press PRODUCT key. Select product and press EDIT SETTINGS. Set the following:
Controller Device: Rawson Accu-Rate
Calibration No for Actual Rate: Set to 0
Actual Rate Scale Factor: Set to 1.000
Target Rate Units: Set to Seeds
Actual Rate Units: Set to Seeds
Target Conversion Number: If your recipe (.tgt file) is written using the entire number as the desired rate, i.e. 30,000
seeds/acre on the recipe means 30,000 seeds/acre is the desired rate, enter a 1.000. If the recipe is written using a
different number, i.e. 30 on the recipe means a population of 30,000, then you will need to enter the conversion mul-
tiple - in that case 1,000.
Target Rate Increment: Determines the increment value by which you can change the manual target rate with each
press of the arrow keys.
7. Press FIELD key. Set field. Set product (press key to right of product).
Settings for Great Plains Precision Population Controllers:
1. Connect PF3000 to Console using 9-pin serial cable.
2. Set Calibration Number based on row spacing and metering wheel.
3. Press Function key and go to Rawson mode. Press Function key until the Nominal Rate appears on the display. Using
the Up/Down arrow keys, set the Nominal Rate to the same number as you set the PF3000 in step 5 above. Once
Nominal Rate is set, press Function key until the main operating screen appears.
4. Press On/VR key again to toggle to VR mode. VR should appear on the screen along with the Rate that is being sent
from the PF3000. Press Engage key to activate the Precision Population Controller.