Honeybee AirFlex SDX User manual

200 Series & SDX
Quick Start Guide
2019
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This guide is a supplement to the operators manual, do
not aempt to operate your equipment without rst
reading and understanding the full operator manual.
When you exit the combine, shut o the combine,
engage the parking brake, and wait for all moving parts
to come to a complete stop before approaching the
header.
If working on a raised header, ensure the feeder house
cylinder locks are in place.
Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry around moving
parts.
Avoid high pressure hydraulic spray. Seek medical
aenon immediately if it punctures your skin.
Ensure all equipment is secured against sudden drops.
Read and understand all safety instrucons in the
operator manual before proceeding.
Revision 1.2 P/N: 95111

Document Revision History
Revision Author Date Description
1.0 AD 05/26/2019 Document Created
1.1, 1.2 AD 05/29/2019 Spelling corrected, removed mention of upper stop bolt on
auger drum.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
Header Preparaon
Raise front reel bats to
operaonal posion and
secure to the control arms
using the preinstalled nut and
bolt.
Remove and store the e-down brackets located
on the transport mounng bracket and strut on
the le side of the header.
Reinstall the ngs which secure the paddle pivot
pin.
Remove the wire holding the reel arms
and reel in place. Inspect thoroughly as
the wires can be in mulple locaons.
Ensure dividers are
securely installed
Secure divider with bolt.
Secure divider with handle.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
Mounng the Header 1 Release the two transport cart locks and disconnect
the cart’s electrical harness.
2 Release the draw bar lock and disconnect it’s
electrical harness.
3 Slowly drive the combine forward unl the feeder
house is inserted into the feeder house opening.
Ensure it is properly aligned
4 Slowly li the header 1-2 feet above its current
posion to release the transport cart & drawbar.
5 Shut down the combine, engage the parking brake
and engage the feeder house locks.
6 Lower the transport cart support bar and secure pin.
7 Lower the trasport cart with the hand crank and
unhook the straps from the header.
8 Raise the header and back away from the cart,
lower the header back down to a working height.
9 Shut down the combine, engage the parking brake
and engage the feeder house locks.
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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
 Secure the transport cart and draw bar cart together, secure
with pins as illustrated and place in a storage locaon.
 Evenly adjust the le and right eye bolts on the feed auger drum
so it is moved to within 1/2”(1.3 cm) of the combine feeder
house protrusions.
 Set the feed auger drum lower stop bolts to prevent the drum
from contacng the rest of the header.
 Rotate the auger drum by hand to ensure it will not contact the
protrusions, ghten the lock nuts on the eye bolts.
 Set Feed Auger nger ming so the feed auger ngers maintain
adequate clearance from the components surrounding the feed
auger drum.
 Check All Clearances around the feed auger drum and adjust
accordingly.
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Finish Mounng
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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
Make Connecons
1 Turn o the combine’s master baery switch.
2 Make the hydraulic and electrical
connecons at the mulcoupler
located on the le side of the
feeder house. Connect both
drive shas to the combine.
3 Starng at the front of the combine, route
the automax harness under the combine
cab and inside. Connect to the automax
display. Route the remianing poron of the
harness to the combine’s baery. Connect
the harness to the power system aer the
power switch to ensure the Automax does
not drain the baery when the combine is
turned o.
Ensure enough slack is le in the electrical
harness at the feeder house pivot for it to go
through its full range of moon.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
Header Setup Overview
1. Ensure each sensor ‘ag’ contacts its roller at the ‘heel’
of each strut at the rear of the header. The Flag should
contact the center of the roller. The two outermost sensor
tabs should be rmly in contact with their rollers while the
remaining tabs should only lightly touch their rollers. This
ensures the system reacts to input from the outer ends of
the header rst.
Roller
Flag
2. Verify the header height sensor voltages on the
AutomaxLite display:
RIGID mode header height control only pertains to the 200
series header. RIGID header height control sensors are not
installed on the SDX and therefore informaon about RIGID
sensors in this quick start guide can be ignored for the SDX
plaorm.
• In FLEX Mode: With the header air system pressurized
to approximately 30 psi, the sensor voltages should
range between 1.5 and 3.5 volts through the cuer
bar’s full range of moon.
• RIGID Center Subframe Sensing Mode (default from
factory): With the header air system pressurized to
approximately 90 psi, the sensor voltages should
range between 1.5 and 3.4 volts through the subframe
sensor’s full range of moon.
• RIGID Divider Mode (must be acvated by swapping
sensor wires and unlocking dividers as described
in operator manual): With the header air system
pressurized to approximately 100 psi, the sensor
voltages should range between 1.5 and 3.5 volts
through the divider’s full range of moon.
Note: Refer to operator manual for detailed instrucons.
IMPORTANT: Don’t make assumpons, don’t skip steps, x all
errors that occur before connuing.
Set combine feeder house angle.
The Combine Feeder House must be lted at a specic angle
for opmal header operaon. To set proper operaon angle.
1. Park the combine and header on a rm level surface.
2. Set the header to FLEX mode and lower the air pressure
unl 30psi is reached.
3. Fully retract the hydraulic lt cylinder.
4. Lower the table unl the cuer bar is fully pushed up.
5. Slowly raise the header unl 2.00 volts (8 bars) show on the
sensor bar graph on the Automax Lite display
6. Measure down to the ground from the pivot point of the
outer-most paddle. There should be an 6-7” (15.4 - 17.8 cm)
space when at the opmal feeder house angle.
6-7” (15.2-17.8 cm)
• If the paddle ‘heel’ is more than 6-7” (15.2 - 17.8 cm)
above the ground, the feeder house is lted too far
forward and the cuer bar guards will dig into the
ground.
• If the paddle ‘heel’ is less than 6-7” (15.4 - 17.8 cm)
above the ground, the feeder house is not lted
forward enough and the rear of the paddle will drag on
the ground. 6-7” (15.2-17.8 cm)
7. Adjust the feeder house angle as necessary and re-test the
angle as outlined in the previous steps. Tilt can be adjusted
to suit ground condions and habits of the operator.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
Combine Calibraon
1. The combine must be run at maximum RPM (harvest
speed) and the hydraulic oil must be up to operang
temperatures during calibraon.
2. Check the oil level to ensure there is no air in the system
(normally heard as a whining noise).
3. Set the AIRFLEX via the AutoMax Lite monitor to RIGID
mode if cung o the ground or FLEX mode if cung on
the ground.
4. Set combine hydraulic header raise rate so it takes 6
seconds to li the header from the lowest posion to the
highest posion.
5. Set combine hydraulic header drop rate so it takes 7
seconds to lower the header from the highest posion to
the lowest posion.
6. Refer the 200 Series/SDX operator’s manual for specic
instrucons on calibrang in each mode. Calibrate the
combine’s header height sengs as described in the
combine’s operator manual.
7. Slowly increase header height sensivity via combine
controls unl the header starts hunng up and down.
Decrease sensivity by 10-20% unl the header stops
hunng. Set the lt sensivity to half the height sensivity
minus 10%, so if the header height sensivity is set to 200,
the lt sensivity should be set to approximately 90 (200/2
= 100, 100 - 10% = 90).
8. When the combine calibraon is done, lower and run
the header and combine rotor so automac header
height is enabled. Record a set-point for header height
on the combine (i.e. 4” (10 cm)). Raise the table all the
way up and laterally lt it all the way to the le or right.
Press the return to set point buon on the combine.
The header should lower back to the set point AND level
out automacally. If this fails, it may indicate a combine
soware problem.
The combine specic sengs listed on the following
pages are recommendaons only. Opmal sengs will
vary by equipment conguraon and condions. It is
the equipment operator’s responsibility to ensure they
operate their equipment in a safe, ecient manner.
Reel Setup
Set the pitch of the reel ngers via the adjuster at the end of
the reel. The middle posion is a good place to start. If crop is
wrapping around the reel, set a less aggressive nger pitch.
Ensure the reel is level and that the reel ngers maintain
a minimum distance of 1-1/2” (3.8cm) from the cuer
bar. Adjust the reel height adjustment bolts located on the
underside of the reel arms if necessary.
Calibraon Troubleshoong:
Check that the combine is receiving the correct sensor voltages
from the header sensors.
Verify the correct combine sengs have been entered.
Inspect crop dividers, metal should contact metal if they are
lied and dropped. If the springs are too ght, the dividers
will ride up.
If header is not reacng quick enough, sensivies may
need to be increased. If header is hopping or jumping then
sensivies may need to be decreased.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
John Deere S550 and S600 Series Combines
1. Enter the combine’s header setup screen by selecng the
header icon.
2. Set the header width.
3. Raise the header to 60% of it’s maximum height and press
the enter buon to save the value.
4. Select the Auto Header screen via the AUTO buon.
5. Ensure the following boxes are checked:
• Header Height Control
• Auto HHC
• Auto reel speed
• Auto lt
• During setup, faceplate angle must be set.

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AirFLEX 200 Series & SDX Header - Quick Start Guide
John Deere S700 Series Combines
1. Set the header width via the header screen
2. Select the Auto Contour icon (A) to get to setup screen.
3. The following calibraons must be peformed starng at
the top of the list and working your way down:
• Feeder House Lateral Tilt Range Calibraon
• Feeder House Lateral Tilt Speed Calibraon
• Feeder House Raise Speed Calibraon
• Feeder House Tilt Fore/A Range Calibraon
• Header Calibraon (Must be performed last)
4. Once all the calibraons are done (including the header
calibraon) then the Header Automaon sengs can be
set. Then set the following sengs on the Auto Header
Controls screen:
• Height Resume: On
• Height Sensing: Acvate
• Lateral Tilt: Acvate
• Dial-a-Speed: On
• Fore/A Resume: O