Amity Technology Active Depth Control User manual

OPERATING &
PARTS MANUAL
ACTIVE DEPTH
CONTROL
2800 7TH Avenue North
Fargo, ND 58102
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.amitytech.com
P/N 301285-REVF

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Figure1‐HOMESCREEN
A–JoystickSelectionandActivationButton
SignifiesthePTOisnotengagedandthejoystickisinactive.Uponinitialsystempower
up,pressoncefortheJOYSTICKFUNCTIONSELECTIONSCREEN(Figure2)toappear.
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SignifiesthePTOisengaged,butjoystickremainsinactive.Pressoncetoactivatethe
joystickandthebuttonturnsGreen.
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PTOisengagedandjoystickisactivated.Pressoncetodeactivatejoystick(BacktoRed).
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Uponeachinitialsystempower‐upandPTOengagement,thebuttonwillbeginasRed
untiltheinitialjoystickactivation(ButtontoGreen).Aftertheinitialactivation(Redto
Green),thebuttonwilltogglebetweenBlue(Inactive)andGreen(Active)basedon
whetherthePTOisengaged.
Aftertheinitialpowerup&joystickactivation,thebutton,nomatterthecolor(Blue,
RedorGreen),willneedtobeheldfor3secondsfortheJOYSTICKFUNCTIONSELECTION
SCREEN(Figure2)toappear.
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TROUBLESHOOTINGTIP:IfPTOisengagedandbuttonremainsBlue,checkPTOsensor.The
connectionsshouldbesecureandproximityofthesensortothecollarshouldbewithina1/8”.
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B–WandDepthIndicatorsThewanddepthindicatorsshowthe
instantaneousvaluesoftheleftandrighthandwands.Thesevaluesareusedto
achievethetargetdepth(Figure1–F).
PLEASENOTE:IfeithertheLHorRHindicatorslosecompletemovementordo
NOTappeartobetrackingthetargetdepth(Figure1–F),re‐calibratethewands.
(See“M”–Page7)Iftheproblemcontinuesafterre‐calibration,checkrotary
positionsensorsfordamage.
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C‐“LOWERHITCH”ButtonThisbuttonlowersthehitchincrementally.Itfunctionsintwo
differentincrements,smallandlarge,dependentonwhetherthePTOisengaged.IfthePTOis
notengaged(non‐harvesting)andthebuttonispressed,thehitchcylinderwillmovesmoothly
inalargerincrement.IfthePTOisengaged(signifyingharvesting)andthebuttonispressed,
thehitchcylinderwillmoveasmallincrementeachtimethebuttonispressedandwill
deactivatethe“AUTO”mode.
D‐“RAISEHITCH/ENDROW”ButtonThisbuttonhasdualfunctions.Thisbuttonraises
thehitchincrementally.And,ifthisbuttonisheldfor3ormoreseconds,itgoesto“END
ROW”modeandraisesharvestertoitsmaximumheight.PLEASENOTE:Itworksonthesame
incrementandoperatingpremisesdescribedaboveforthe“LOWERHITCH”Button.
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E–“–”ButtonThisbuttondecreasesthetargetdiggingdepthinincrementsof0.2inches.
F–Digging“Depth”IndicatorThisindicatorshowsthetargetdiggingdepthoftheADC
unitwhenitisrunin“AUTO”mode.Currently,Figure1–Fshowsacurrenttargetdepthof3.4.
PLEASENOTE:Thetargetdiggingdepthisanarbitrarynumber.ThedefaultWandsettingfrom
factorywillattempttosettargetdiggingdepthclosetowhattheactualdiggingdepth
measures.Byadjustingthewandheight(See“WandAdjustment”–Page12),youcanchange
therelationshipbetweenthetargetdiggingdepthandactualdiggingdepthtoyoursatisfaction.
G–“+”ButtonThisbuttonincreasesthetargetdiggingdepthinincrementsof0.2inches.
H–“AUTO”ButtonThisbuttoninitiatesthe“AUTO”mode.ItturnsGreenwhenengaged.
I–AxleCylinderHeightIndicatorsTheOrangebarsontheleftandrightindicatethe
instantaneousheightoftheaxlecylinders.Theaxlecylinderswillvary+/‐2inchesfromthe
axlecylindersetpoint.Themaximumdifferentialbetweenthecylindersequals4inches.
Pressingeitheroftheaxlecylindergraphics(Figure1–I)willputyouintotheAXLECYLINDER
SETPOINTSCREEN(Figure3–NextPage)
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J–OptionsScreenButtonThisbuttondisplaystheOPTIONSSCREEN(Figure4‐NextPage).
K–StatusScreenButtonThisbuttondisplaystheSTATUSSCREEN(Figure6).Ifthereisa
problemwithanyofthe6statusindicators,thentheGreencheckmarkisreplacedbyaRedX.
PLEASENOTE:IfaRedXisdisplayed,thesystemwillNOTbeallowedtogointo“AUTO”mode.
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