Fairfield County, Ohio, USA | Von WC Ohio - 6/7/2026 10:31
What Kinze monitor did you have before a KPM 2 or KPM3 ? What all was required for the Ag Leader 1200 to monitor the planter and what all can it monitor. Any extra modules or sensors required. I have Kinze 3000 2014 model by serial number. Has a KPM3 monitor. Monitor seems fine not the easiest to edit or set up separate field areas. Accuracy I felt was pretty good. Calibration number I checked vs what was already entered and it was close enough to leave unchanged. Acre readouts were pretty close to field sizes only discrepancies were in overlap on end rows (no shutoffs) What advantages is there to a 1200 over a KPM3 as far as monitoring functions and planter. I'm guessing if one went with Ag Leader guidance then having everything on a single screen would simplify things.
We have a Kinze 3500 that came with a KPM 3; we bought the planter (used) a few years ago. We didn't use the KPM3 beyond starting it up to make sure that it worked, because we already used Ag Leader guidance. If you're already equipped with an Ag Leader monitor (I think Insight or newer; we use InCommand 1200), you'll need a Planter Monitor Module (aka PMM; p/n 4003112 for the module or 4100560 for the kit). If you're ok with having the PMM in your tractor rather than on the planter, then that should be all you'll need. If you want it on the planter, then you'd need a CAN A Implement Harness as well (p/n 4006350 is current; 4000726 would work too), and a CAN A Tractor Harness (4006352-3) if you don't already have one (but many existing Ag Leader setups already do).
The main benefits from my perspective:
1) Planter population is on the same monitor as guidance.
2) Ag Leader monitors are much easier to set up and understand than the KPM family.
3) Ag Leader monitors log what happened, so we have a permanent log of what we did, how many acres we covered, in map form.
4) That log includes per-row performance, so if some row is misbehaving (like, more skips and/or doubles than the other rows) but not to the extent that it would throw an alarm, we can see that on the postmortem map.
And it's a benefit of guidance rather than PMM, but I was blown away how much less exhausted I feel at the end of the day, after using auto-steer, compared to a day when I don't have auto-steer available. |
Agleader monitor on Kinze planter?
