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Fargo, ND |
You are right that Trimble is coming out with a new 3-axis sensor for the FMX and WM-Drain. This sensor will supply roll correction to the FMX to correct for side to side tilt of a tile plow during surveying and installation. The new sensor can also be used for pitch control on a tile plow that has two separate cylinders or pairs of cylinders, one for controlling grade and one for controlling pitch. Pitch control will follow the grade of the design. (It sounds lile there will be a passcode upgrade to get the pitch control.)
Two examples are a Wolf parallel link plow and a double-link plow. On the parallel link plow GPS controls the parallel linkage and pitch controls the pitch of the entire parallel frame. On a double-link plow you would have GPS control on the front cylinder and pitch control on the rear cylinder. There is no provision for controlling one cylinder or pair of cylinders using both GPS and pitch.
Trimble reps have been asked directly if the FMX with the new sensor will do what Intellislope does and the answer was no. This is not what it is designed to do.
The FMX has some great features but with the new IMD-600 it currently does not do what Intellislope does with it's pitch sensor. | |
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intelislope or trimble fmx
