Hello all,
First go at getting AOG up and running…Used as just a standard lightbar this spring to do some planting, but got the autosteer working for the combine over the summer…Still a ways to go with tuning and making some improvements on install; but all in all pretty happy with first day of runnning. I am using single f9p+imu, Land Rover WAS, MFA 970D471 motor, friction wheel from palmbeachbots…Also for anyone in USA I am using INDOT Ntrip service for RTK corrections. This is free just have to register for credentials; Might be worth a look to see if your state’s DOT has this free service
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Have you run any corn? Is hand driving the light bar planting close enough that you can run on autosteer combining and stay on the row well enough?
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Sorry, I am merely a Tillage/Grain cart operator on the corn ground… So I cant really say much there…But I can say that for shits and giggles I loaded up the ab line I used to plant the soybeans with and the autosteer in the combine was following a row pretty good, probably not the “right” row as there are width differences, but it was tracking the same straight line. With all the options and offsets/nudge features id think it is definitley doable (as long as RTK corrections are involved) …I also think I read on here somewhere about people getting the row sense units working with AOG which would be excellent for corn id think.
I think that would depend entirely on how well you can hand steer it. This was my first year with AgOpen, and first real job i did was planting all my corn. I thought i had everything “close”, but definitely had some issues in my offsets and steering settings. When i combined it this fall it worked alright, but i was using the nudge button quite more than i would’ve liked. I think i had it set at a 2" or 3" nudge which for the most part was plenty to keep the rows centered. With that being said its hard to say if its a tractor issue or combine issue, i’m running single+IMU in both and at times in the combine i wonder if i shouldn’t be running dual receivers.
Being able to use row feelers in AgOpen would be a game changer for corn. Even in the new stuff they’re still using row feelers to account for any planter drift or inaccuracy. Deere’s Autopath might be different since its using a receiver on the planter for guidance and to create the lines, but i’m sure the row feelers are still providing input to the system.
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