Tree Planning

Projects Software modifications on AgOpenGps (c#)
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So confirmed. Left to right yes, front to back no. Thanks @Davidwedel

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But I guess this leaves the question of how to overlay that grid on a 3d surface still.

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So, in the image below, the pink lines are contour lines of equal elevations. On the lower left, the contours are really close together meaning steep slope. And much flatter in the upper right. Lining up the trees on a flat plane is easy. But when you are trying to space it all evenly in and around the hills and valleys, something has to stretch or shrink.

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But I don’t think that is the programmer’s deal, is it? Just overlay a 2d grid, and if the field has even enough slope, the user can put his tree lines closer together to account for it. Trying to average the slope would only work if the field has very even slope, and all in one direction. Any other time, it would cause major problems.

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Thank you to everyone that is working on this project. It is exactly what I need.

I’m looking at building the hardware for the new version (V6) of AgOpenGPS and then once I have the hardware on the tractor and working, I am going to implement the tree planning software. I have a few questions about that approach.

  1. If I build the All-in-one PCB v4 standard board, will that support the tree planner software once I switch to that software
  2. I downloaded both the normal AgOpenGPS software and the Tree Planner software. I saw that there was the AgOpenGPS exe file and AgIO for the V6 standard software but no AGIO when I download the Tree Planner software, I didnt see the AGIO. Am I missing something or does the tree planner software, not need the AgIO.
  3. Lastly, I’m looking at the tree planner output signal when I drive by each tree. I have built a field, planned the trees and now am driving an AB line past each tree. Is there a 3V or 5v signal coming from the Teensy module

Thanks again for all the work and support that this community puts into this project!

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Welcome and good luck. The tree software hack was built a few versions ago. I will attempt to answer your questions.

  1. Tree planner was built before the all in one board. Typically all the official release boards are back compatible, but all the features of the board may not be available. The steer features should work fine.
  2. Any of the AGIO will work with the tree planner. There was also a piece of software called AGDIa. This was a diagnostic add on that you could watch the sections open and close.
  3. Originally the tree software opened section 8. Moved it to section 2 at one point. There is also a tree byte that is sent when over the tree. It is part of the machine sentence. To answer your question, there is no pin that is opened or set high or low in any of the off the shelf boards. There are several people on the forum that have modified the ino’s to do what you are asking. It reads the byte then sets the pin to open or close.
    Good luck, if you have any questions just ask and I will try to help.

In this link it has the agio and agdia.