AgOpenGPS RTK Autosteer, How to Guide for £1000

[S.Jamieson]

I had a good go in the winter at getting my WAS really zeroed, and when I started sowing yesterday I was delighted with how well it was performing.
Today, same tractor, same settings....not as good. It seems to be pretty perfect a lot of the time, 0 flickering orange and green, maybe a 2cm wiggle here and there, but then it'll drift to 5, 6 7cm with no real response, perhaps a slow move back to the line.
Yesterday it would never have let itself get to 5cm from the line..

AIO board, phidgets motor.

 

[S.Jamieson]

It seems to have a lot of rtk connectivity issues today aswell. Age up to 40seconds on each round of the field.

CFD1 connected to O2 Hotspot on my phone.

 

[clbarclay]

The field isn't near your house is it?

I notice that happening in corner of one field by the house. My phone was switching back and fort between WiFi and 4g. Disabling the phone from using the house wifi, so it only used 4g, kept the correction age steady and low.

 

[S.Jamieson]

The field isn't near your house is it?

I notice that happening in corner of one field by the house. My phone was switching back and fort between WiFi and 4g. Disabling the phone from using the house wifi, so it only used 4g, kept the correction age steady and low.

Nope.

 

[Andy26]

The field isn't near your house is it?

I notice that happening in corner of one field by the house. My phone was switching back and fort between WiFi and 4g. Disabling the phone from using the house wifi, so it only used 4g, kept the correction age steady and low.

The Panasonic tablets have amazing WiFi range, I find it's connected to WiFi when I didn't intend.

 

[Andy26]

It seems to have a lot of rtk connectivity issues today aswell. Age up to 40seconds on each round of the field.

CFD1 connected to O2 Hotspot on my phone.

If you have an RTK age of 40 seconds, you can expect the line to shift by 5-6cm

 

[davidroberts30]

Rtk2go is unrelaible latly

 

[S.Jamieson]

Rtk2go is unrelaible latly

I do have my base setup for centipede as well, I just need to remember how to connect to it.

 

[S.Jamieson]

If you have an RTK age of 40 seconds, you can expect the line to shift by 5-6cm

I'll pay better attention next time, but I don't think its necessarily when thr age is high that it drifts.

 

[davidroberts30]

I do have my base setup for centipede as well, I just need to remember how to connect to it.

Mine isnt and when rtk2go drops out for 20minsis there any others i could use

 

[davidroberts30]

I do have my base setup for centipede as well, I just need to remember how to connect to it.

I thought that was a french supplier

 

[aidan]

first time using Agopengps for fert spreading yesterday. Went well. However did think my 12m tramlines were v wide. I didn't get out the measuring tape however, will do someday soon before the tracks disappear.

Experience when using it: Need to forget about gauging distance from previous tramline by eye and focus on following the pink line on the GPS. Harder that it appears to follow those pink lines too.

I have a question - no where is there I could have put in an offset in the settings such that i would have been wider than 12m.

The 600cm is the only setting i can find which could have influenced the distance between my tramlines as far as i can see.

 

[S.Jamieson]

I thought that was a french supplier

I think @andyinv can explain it all better

 

[e3120]

first time using Agopengps for fert spreading yesterday. Went well. However did think my 12m tramlines were v wide. I didn't get out the measuring tape however, will do someday soon before the tracks disappear.

Experience when using it: Need to forget about gauging distance from previous tramline by eye and focus on following the pink line on the GPS. Harder that it appears to follow those pink lines too.

I have a question - no where is there I could have put in an offset in the settings such that i would have been wider than 12m.

The 600cm is the only setting i can find which could have influenced the distance between my tramlines as far as i can see.

There's a setting for overlap/skip. If you have inadvertently put, say, a 1m skip, that would widen your tracks to 13.

The page isn't far away from the one you've pictured.

 

[andyinv]

first time using Agopengps for fert spreading yesterday. Went well. However did think my 12m tramlines were v wide. I didn't get out the measuring tape however, will do someday soon before the tracks disappear.

Experience when using it: Need to forget about gauging distance from previous tramline by eye and focus on following the pink line on the GPS. Harder that it appears to follow those pink lines too.

I have a question - no where is there I could have put in an offset in the settings such that i would have been wider than 12m.

The 600cm is the only setting i can find which could have influenced the distance between my tramlines as far as i can see.

There's a dedicated tramlines video on the agOpenGPS channel on YouTube, have a look. Also check out the implement setup one

 

[andyinv]

Mine isnt and when rtk2go drops out for 20minsis there any others i could use

Rtkdata.online is free and seems pretty decent

 

[S.Jamieson]

Rtkdata.online is free and seems pretty decent

Centipede still ok to use?

 

[davidroberts30]

Rtkdata.online is free and seems pretty decent

Yeah looking last night and found mine on there from rtk2go
Can i direct my base to send to rtkdata instead of rtk2go?

I take it i cant send my base data to more than 1 castor so if 1 was down i could connect to another?
Bear in mind if im in the field i cant change any base station settings

 

[andyinv]

Yeah looking last night and found mine on there from rtk2go
Can i direct my base to send to rtkdata instead of rtk2go?

I take it i cant send my base data to more than 1 castor so if 1 was down i could connect to another?
Bear in mind if im in the field i cant change any base station settings

Yup, you can do that. Ntrip A and B in rtkbase. Also, with AOG, you can run tailscale on rtkbase and your tablet and connect direct to home securely

 

[davidroberts30]

Yup, you can do that. Ntrip A and B in rtkbase. Also, with AOG, you can run tailscale on rtkbase and your tablet and connect direct to home securely

Woosh straight over