John Deere ITC dome

[rusty]

Are these of any use now? I bought one 5 second hand of my dealer 5 years ago to run with an Amazone fertiliser spreader with section control. I have since bought 2 R series
John Deeres with autotrac. The first I used my ITC dome on it and the second was ordered with a 6000 dome. The 6000 is currently having the dealer software update but this is not available for the ITC dome. I believe this can work to Egnos accuracy still. I was using it today on the umbilical trailing shoe. The coverage map was working but could not set an AB line as it said not enough signal strength. Does anyone know if it can be made to work with the Egnos accuracy signal. This would be good enough for operating the fertiliser spreader at 24m in Grassland through the summer.

 

[alomy75]

I have an old ITC on a gator and switched that on the other day to see what happened...100% signal 0% differential no matter which frequency I used so couldn’t get over 10% accuracy despite being on for an hour.

 

[Richard Smyth]

They are paper weight these days. They haven’t been able to be used for some time on sf1 or 2 but I believe they can still be used if upgraded to rtk. Pointless spending the money on them though.

 

[alomy75]

They are paper weight these days. They haven’t been able to be used for some time on sf1 or 2 but I believe they can still be used if upgraded to rtk. Pointless spending the money on them though.

I’ve heard the same about rtk but they’ve only just stopped working (end of jan) on sf1...not sure about sf2 as I lifted the sf2 activation off mine to put on a 6000 some time ago using the JD offer

 

[Richard Smyth]

Just looked it up and yes they have just stopped working recently. Was supposed to be end of December.

I hadn’t paid any attention to it for 3 years so wasn’t too far out. They are still a paperweight though.

 

[alomy75]

Agreed. It’s picking up 100% signal strength but just zero differential signal. Makes you wonder if you could stumble on the correct frequency to make it work 8 digits or whatever is a fair bit of guesswork tho I wonder how long the 3000’s will be in support for...

 

[Richard Smyth]

I was told the 3000 would be supported for a long time yet. They are not that long out of production.
The itc production ended a long time ago.

don’t know numbers as I have no jd gear so didn’t listen as good as I could have.

 

[Alwayshappy]

Just updated my 3000, all working well.

 

[FBain4532]

Agra-gps make a hotwire box to trick the screen into thinking it is getting an SF1 signal so will allow autotrac. £500 was the price I was quoted

 

[alomy75]

Agra-gps make a hotwire box to trick the screen into thinking it is getting an SF1 signal so will allow autotrac. £500 was the price I was quoted

But presumably will only steer to egnos?

 

[FBain4532]

Yes would only be fine the likes of fert spreading on grass.

 

[Timbo]

Will still pick up the Egnos signal so not useless - perfect for chain harrowing, rolling, fert spreading that kinda thing.

 

[FBain4532]

Will still pick up the Egnos signal so not useless - perfect for chain harrowing, rolling, fert spreading that kinda thing.

I've had an ITC doing coverage the past few days when ploughing in furr, the coverage is pretty accurate so yes cant see any reason why it cant be used for autosteer when say sub 30cm accuracy is all thats required.

 

[Timbo]

I've had an ITC doing coverage the past few days when ploughing in furr, the coverage is pretty accurate so yes cant see any reason why it cant be used for autosteer when say sub 30cm accuracy is all thats required.

Ahh the autosteer is disabled for egnos - be a watch n steer job now.

 

[FBain4532]

I've ordered a bridge hot wire unit from Agragps so will see how well it works on autosteer.

 

[Timbo]

I've ordered a bridge hot wire unit from Agragps so will see how well it works on autosteer.

Which bridge did you order ??

 

[FBain4532]

ITCExtend for Starfire ITC

ITCExtend is compatible with obsolete John Deere ITC receivers, providing autosteer with WAAS on brown boxes and all JD displays (1800-4640) If you prefer to order by phone, call: 587-986-1104

www.agra-gps.com

 

[Phil P]

I've ordered a bridge hot wire unit from Agragps so will see how well it works on autosteer.

Agra are great to deal with, any problems just email Johannes and he’ll get you sorted.
I just wish jd dealers where as helpful and knowledgeable as Agra are!

 

[alomy75]

On a bit of a tangent...anyone tried a 6000 dome with a brown box?

 

[Timbo]

On a bit of a tangent...anyone tried a 6000 dome with a brown box?

Should work fine