Looks great, isn’t that wheel angle sensor a little vulnerable though?Got it installed and now for a quick test drive.
Looks great, isn’t that wheel angle sensor a little vulnerable though?Got it installed and now for a quick test drive.
Base station will make very good sense for more than One unit I am sure. Will you set it up as a semi perm installation, or moving it about? I've not had too many issues with using 4G RTK signal. Biggest issue is 132kva cables killing signal!Getting on fine, installed the first one beginning of year and done all the subsoiling & drilling with it, works great, just ordered my second unit yesterday. I see they have headland U turn available now which will be nice, would really like to see headland tracking which I believe they are working on. All in all does what it says on the tin and easy to use. I’ve never used any other type of Autosteer so nothing to compare it to, I use mine with a base station so no bollocking about with subscriptions or correction signal via cellular sim.
Aha. I had not seen an "Auto Update" option in the zillions of Menus...I bought the second unit with its own base station as if I ever decide to sell the tractor it’ll have the full kit with each, I had to mince the old steering wheel to use the spline on the Autosteer as the ones that come with the kit don’t fit on the Deutz steering column. Regarding the implement info storage the last time I used it was drilling which was quite a few tequila & cervezas ago but if I remember correctly I just popped in the width of the machine and it worked fine, the drilling was done in bouts and was accurate as hell with no stopping and backing up in the headlands to turn, in fact I never stopped at all just slowed down for lifting and dropping drill.
This unit is not the kind you’d move from one machine to another, I’m sure it could be done but I think it would be a hassle. I have it set up for auto software updates and noticed there was at least one update installed back in the spring. According to the “how to” vid on YouTube the U turn feature required a software key code to activate.
Surprised to hear about support dying, I had a hardware failure, the control screen wouldn’t recognise sim slot, sent them an email, within a few hours I was on a video call with their engineering support who had me run some checks to verify the problem. They sent out a replacement unit with 4 days from China. Was very very impressed.Aha. I had not seen an "Auto Update" option in the zillions of Menus...
Like you, I had seen that point about a code required in the YT video, which was somewhat in contradiction to what was I was told in an email... I have asked the question but FJD Support has seemingly died! But TBH, it's not something I feel I need
Good to hear. I used the Chinese chat system as well for a problem, sent vids etc. Both pleasant and really helpful.Surprised to hear about support dying, I had a hardware failure, the control screen wouldn’t recognise sim slot, sent them an email, within a few hours I was on a video call with their engineering support who had me run some checks to verify the problem. They sent out a replacement unit with 4 days from China. Was very very impressed.
Yep, that is what I felt too. But disappointing that they seem to have shut the door on the early adopters.I think they’re moving to a dealer network setup instead of selling direct to the end user, they were doing special pricing direct last year to get the product going in the U.K. but seem to be focusing now on channel distribution thru guys on here like Bale & ERH.
I tucked mine inside ot of the way with a little mod... I had a wheel sensor ripped off a tractor some years back when a piece of timber caught, up and flicked out.Looks great, isn’t that wheel angle sensor a little vulnerable though?
You don't have to use the steering angle sensor, it is advisable on a combine or if you ate planning to travel at very slow speeds though.I tucked mine inside ot of the way with a little mod... I had a wheel sensor ripped off a tractor some years back when a piece of timber caught, up and flicked out.
Sometimes the WAS can be a bit difficult to fit due to location of mudguards etc. We don't generally see any issues with not having it fitted and that's mainly due to the twin GNSS antennas.
One is giving a position and the other a direction of travel, so they can quickly calculate if the machine is going to be off the line at all.
Be great, wouldn't it. Heck the basic kit I played with 20 years ago used a simple on/off switch operated by the linkage for this.Anyone know if any of the spare plugs/connectors on the FJD wiring harness or ports on control box can accept/ or be provisioned to switch on the ”RECORD” (worked area) automatically, as opposed to having to press the Record button on the screen manually. I was hoping the hitch up/down signal from the ISO port on tractor could be hooked up somewhere to toggle the record function on and off.
Brilliant to hear!!Had a “customer input” vid call with FJD marketing dept. today. Strongly emphasized Headland tracking and hitch position “worked area” record toggle. They assured they are aware how important these features are to users and are working on it.