Great Plains 3N-4025P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 123)

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121 Veris Drive Operating Instructions
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 a SRAM or Flash card that is compatible with the PF3000.)
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. Press 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 SET-
TINGS. 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, the nominal is 20.
• Percent Rate Change: Set to 4%
• Area Count: Set to Standard
• Stop Height: Set to 8
• Act. Rate Recording Method: Set to Sensor
• Controller Time Delay: Set to 4 sec
• Application offset from GPS antenna to your Great Plains Manufacturing, 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 Number for Act. 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 a conversion multiple - 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.