I also have around 30 machines running them.
Steering kickout doesn’t work with 12V motors but for hydraulic installation it’s great.
2 layer V4 is definitely nicer but wouldn’t throw out any V2 board because of it.
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Also, the dual-CANBUS but also analog WAS is still a useful option
My steering (current) kick out works with a 12v motor on a v2.4. What’s stopping yours from working?
I have 2 identical 2.4 Std all in one boards that I have built, and everything works except the current kick out. I have the 24 volt motor, and using a remote steer switch. I made the modifications to the cytron to allow the current disconnect. When I set the amperage very low, I’ve had it seeming to kickout, and reengage immediately, and repeat that So when I grabbed the wheel, it would jerk, and beep at me.
I already had the trace cut, and a 330 ohm resister in place as a fix to the original v2.4 board problems. Then I saw Davidwedel’s post above regarding v2. board fixes This post recommends a 1k resistor instead of a 330 ohm, so I replaced mine. Now I can’t seem to get the cytron to send anything to the motor. There’s power at the cytron. Everything is green in AgIO, The steer switch still shows a change in the PWM value on the screen when I switch it off and on.
What are others using for that resistor? Any other advice?
Check the voltage on the white jumper wire at the Cytron when steering is on & off.
With regards to the reengaging immediately, are you using a steer “switch”? That mode has a glitch in the official firmware that rengages once the fault condition is gone (ie over current went away because autosteer turned off)
m_elias, thanks for the response. I will check the voltage as you mentioned, and thankfully I have a second board that I can compare it with.
With regard to the code problem when using the switch, I found a topic on it.
https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/reactivate-auto-steer-switch-after-current-limit/8526/5
I will try that code fix, and/or convert to using a button instead of a switch.
Hello,
i would like to use the speed pulse to switch a cover crop spreader on and off. Is there already published a Arduino code for this? The Arduino should close a relay as soon as a pulse comes. Thanks in advance!
You could also use the section control side of things to control it. Could have it turning on and off to a boundary line or on coverage.
A simple relay board linked to a nano to control the switching.
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I could use that too, right.
I rigged up a 12 row beet drill to section control and it works very well. All the codes/ino’s are available and easy to do
The only problem was that i have two machines in the three point hitch at the same time. The cultivator is controlled by AOG. The spreader should only be controlled via the driving speed. So i got it working with Arduino pulseIn() function and a relay.
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Can you explain what you did? Activate a relay anytime there’s an input pulse?
I only tested it, the structure is planned like this:
ISO 11786 Pin 4 controls an automotive relay NC, which supplies the Arduino and the 1 channel relay module with power. If the hitch is raised (12 V Pin 4), the Arduino is without power.
As soon as the hitch is down (0 V Pin 4), the sketch starts. If pulses are detected, the slider on the spreader remains open. If no pulses are detected, lifting of the hitch is simulated via the relay module (12 V on Pin 4 of the spreader computer) and the slider closes.
Something else controls the spreader’s rate as you change speed?
The rate per se is not controlled. It could only be a new spreader computer, but I don’t need it.
What is the latest firmware for v2.4 board? I have v2.4 board and I believe I have some old firmware when it was released under SupportFiles.zip… I believe it was 5.7.1 or 5.7.2 (I don’t really know, I also remember it has V5_5 in the folder name or something like that)…
Now, I can find only v2.5 firmware here: Boards/TeensyModules at main · AgHardware/Boards · GitHub
And I don’t know if, and should I flash v2.5 firmware to v2.4 board? Also comparing code to one I downloaded from SupportFiles.zip, it looks like a lot of code changed?
So, yeah, basically, what’s the latest version for v2.4 board?
Thanks!
Just use aog configomatic and select your board version and it will do it for you.
Hey, thanks for the reply, but that’s not actually the answer I’m seeking for…
I need to make a few modification in the code regarding work switch/button, so I need to compile it on my own…
Anyways, config-o-matic will not do all for me, no? I still need to specify the board, right? And there is All-in-one (for v2.x) which will flash this hex file AOG-2.5.hex so I suppose this v2.5 should work on v2.4 board because you are suggesting it?
All in all, my question is pretty simple, what’s the latest firmware available for old v2.4 micro board?
Thanks!
I think theres v2.5 code I used to flash on my very first board when configomatic didn’t exist yet.
config-o-matic is just an easier way of flashing so you don’t have to install Arduino IDE and compile source code, etc…
The firmware here: AOGConfigOMatic/Firmwares/AOG-2.5.hex at main · lansalot/AOGConfigOMatic · GitHub
is the same as firmware here: Boards/TeensyModules/AIO v2.5/Firmware/Autosteer_gps_teensy_v2_5.ino.hex at main · AgHardware/Boards · GitHub (same result as manually building this from the source Boards/TeensyModules/AIO v2.5/Firmware/Autosteer_gps_teensy_v2_5 at main · AgHardware/Boards · GitHub)
But in my case, yeah, I need to compile it from the source… Just wondering if v2.5 firmware is supported on v2.4 boards since firmware v2.5 didn’t exist when I made v2.4 board…