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Nebraska | I am partial owner of the spreader, and we need the spreader to work with 2 different display families.... Trimble & John Deere.
We can both struggle with the crappy UI of the Teejet in our ISO side enabled. Although they other guy's JD 4640 display does work a little easier than mine.
Today I tried it with an FmX.... and good grief... this will be no way to live.
Neither of us can turn the machine on/off without having the TeeJet UI filling up the whole screen(which makes it tough to find your guidance line in the dark)
So you are having to open and close screens every turn, and every fill. I've actually never used or built anything with ISOBUS, and now I know why.
My FmX doesn't paint coverage without me closing the UI and hitting the boom button, and even then it doesn't record application data.
My question: Are all ISOBUS controllers like this? switching between screens constantly if you need both implement control AND guidance?
What about taking off the Teejet, and getting some Y-harnesses made for the sensors(spinner speed, chain speed, servo valve for chain speed control). I'll plug in a FIQ rate control module in one side and control it as a typical FIQ implement. And the other guy can get a JD rate control to plug into the other side of those Y-harness connectors for the same sensors. When I use it I plug in the Trimble FIQ module and when he uses it he plugs in the JD rate controller.
Both of us can use the machine with elegant integration for our displays, instead of struggling with a sub-par situation.
I do have some concern about the power wire back-feeding into the other's rate controller. That could cause a burnout or problem. But the other rate controller wouldn't be powered on, it wouldn't be hooked up to anything.
I could forget about he Y-harnesses and just unplug the rate controller not being used. You'd just have to switch 3 plugs every time the user changed. Wouldn't be that bad, its typically going to be used 1 or 2 times per year. | |
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BBI spreader w/ Teejet ISO controller, need ideas for elegant solution
