Product Rate Control Configuration

Adjust Product Rate Control

To adjust rate control:

1. Select Settings on the bottom left of the Home screen. The Settings Menu will open.
2. Select Rate Control on the Settings menu.
3. Select the desired implement from the drop-down.
4. Enter the desired look ahead distance (in seconds) in the Look Ahead cell.
5. Select Auto or Manual from the Zero Rate Control on/off drop-down.
6. Select the Coverage tab.
7. If desired, select the Enable Thresholds checkbox.
8. Enter the desired Min “Rate OK” value.
9. Enter the desired Max “Rate OK” value.
10. If desired, select the colored cells next to Rate High Color, Rate OK Color, and Rate Low Color to adjust those colors.
11. Select Accept to save the displayed settings and return to the Settings menu.

Adjust Product Control User Settings

During field operations, ROS creates and displays a live coverage reference map for the equipment operator. During rate control operations (e.g. seeding, product application, etc.), the ROS device will display field areas in which the actual monitored rate of product application is at, or within tolerance, of the target rate or where the actual rate is too high or too low.

To access the available product control User Settings:

1. Select the Administrator Panel icon in the top left corner of the display.

2. Select the User Profile utility.

3. Swipe or use the page navigation at the bottom of the General User Settings prompt to access the product control user settings. The following fields will be available on the product control user settings display:

Rate Thresholds

ROS allows each user to set the high and low limits tolerated for application before the system provides an alert or alarm condition during field operations.

Max Rate Threshold

Enter the top limit for product application before the ROS device provides alerts for a high rate condition.

Min Rate Threshold

Enter the bottom limit tolerated for product application before the ROS device provides alerts for a low rate condition.

Rate Colors

Select the High, OK, and Low rate colors to select custom rate colors for the user.

Zero Rate Tolerance

Dry or granular application systems rely upon one or more encoders to monitor the application system and measure the rate of product being applied. In some instances, such as when driving through zero rate zones or with the application system toggled off, the encoders may register a false rate pulse due to excessive bouncing or jarring of the equipment. These false signals will be recorded by the ROS device as an area of product coverage and will be displayed in the job report and may display as over application in zero rate zones.

The zero rate tolerance value is intended to help filter these pulses and eliminate encoder “chatter” when the application system is not engaged or actively spreading product.

Enter the minimum application rate, in pounds per acre [kilograms per hectare], required for the control system to register as field coverage during application control operations. Any rate signals received below this threshold will be ignored and will not count toward the product volume or coverage area applied.

Note:  On some machines, the main bin will supply a relatively high volume of product and the tolerance may be set relatively high. Other bins that supply micro-nutrients may apply material at a much lower rate and will require a lower zero rate tolerance value.