So a simple solution for tool guidance would be to be able to run 2 AOGs on the same PC
That would be great, but not sure it would be feasible as I watch the implement steering AOG screen mostly, but still need tractor AOG screen up also. If we compact 2 screens into one, would be pretty difficult to see much detail! Then add to this the @SK21 rate controller and now it wouldn’t work.
How about integrating 2 AOG boards into one with the software being able to process tractor guidance and implement guidance in one program, but run on split screens? At this point however, I have a separate AOG controller and dual antennas that i swap from tractor to tractor as I’m swapping the slider 3 point hitch anyway. Super simple and compact, the AB line is stored on the cloud with the fields, so it’s simple to pull up guidance in any tractor on any tablet.
@m_elias had worked on this couple years ago and helped me with my setup a bit. I think this should be revisited and utilized by hundreds of farmers!
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Would have been nice to see more closely how the actual tool steer hardware works, how much is it moving.
Does the seeder work accurately enough, no need for tool steering there? I assume no tool steering on the seeder and based on your video, seems seeder did not wander much at all.
I’m uploading a better video while seeding that gets into a 7 degree hillside. The hardware is very easy to adapt as all your doing is putting dual antennas on your implement and setting steer settings for your 3 point hitch hydrualic valve and implement together.
The seeder is steered by the lateral sliding 3 point hitch and seeder has seed opener discs which keeps it in direction that it’s steered. The row crop cultivator is also shifted side to side without using the stabilizer discs out front. No steering at all on the implement, only where the implement attaches at the 3 point hitch. You can purchase or fabricate a single point draw bar hitch attachment for the 3 point slider hitch also! The seeder really doesn’t wander at all as it’s trailing so far back. Attached is picture of the Navigator slider hitch.
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No issues with the antenna behind a plate like that? Must ruin the DOP a bit !
Yes, that was a problem. Only did that to get a picture with antennas placed somewhere! The dual antennas sit on the planter main frame 20 feet back with extension wires.
To integrate a position sensing solution on the slider hitch would be great. Right now it’s not using a position, rather it steers until the planter is on path then stops steering. There’s no fine tuning this way, but it gets there quickly.
Any possibility of writing code to accept a minimum and maximum resistance for anyone’s position sensor (WAS)?
Here’s the dual antenna implement guidance at work. As you will see, it came into a side hill and side shifted accordingly. Tractor should be set to compensate for the extra shift that was needed. The slider hitch has 20" total allowable travel. So here, it soaked up 10" and needed a bit more yet. The hill only gets steeper as you go up the side.
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