Great Plains 3N-4025P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 22)

18 3N-40P Table of Contents Index Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
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Seed Monitor Console
Refer to Figure 10
Consult the installation instructions included with the
console, and mount it in a convenient location.
If the cab is particularly noisy, or the operator customarily
wears a noise-cancelling headset, the alarms may not be
audible. Mount the module where the controls and status
indicators are visible during planting operations.
To use the speed and area functions of the seed monitor,
it needs to be connected to a speed sensor. Although the
drill includes a radar sensor, it is connected to the
hydraulic drive system, and does not include Y-cable to
share it with the seed monitor. Great Plains recommends
connecting the seed monitor to a separate speed sensor,
usually tractor-mounted.
Seed Monitor Setup
See the separate DICKEY-john manual for full details
initial setup of the seed monitor. The following
information may be useful in that process.
Have the drill hitched to the tractor, and all harnesses
connected. Although the monitor console can be
operated with the drill disconnected, the Auto
configuration cannot be run. The parameter numbers are
based on the Setup table in the DICKEY-john manual.
Refer to Figure 11
The monitor’s factory default is U.S. customary units of
measure (if “METRIC” is not displayed, the console is in
English/US customary units).
If metric units are desired, configure Setup Mode
Parameter 21 (Units) before making any other settings.
When Units are changed, all parameters with units have
their values converted
a
.
Refer to Figure 12
Navigate to the parameter 8 screen (Automatic
Configuration). Press the START/STOP/RESET button to
run the auto-configuration.
When complete, the following parameters are
automatically set, and do not need to be entered:
P10 - Number of Seed Modules and Seed Sensors
P12 - Total Rows Configure
The seed monitor is not able to auto-detect everything it
needs to know about the drill. The next page has
cross-references to where to get the data needed.
a. Note that this is different from how the hydraulic drive console operates when changing modes. See page 53.
Figure 10
Seed Monitor Cab Module
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Figure 11
Seed Monitor Units of Measure
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Figure 12
Configuration Auto-Detect
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