Honeybee AirFLEX User manual

Quick Start Guide
2017
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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.
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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

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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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 Secure the transport cart and draw bar cart together, secure
with pins as illustrated and place in a storage locaon.
 Lower all roller sensors to their operaonal posi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 upper and lower stop bolts to prevent
the drum from contacng the rest of the header (ensure
distance A is less than distance B).
 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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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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Header Calibraon Overview
1. Tighten/Loosen the indicated adjuster bolt on the le and
right hand dividers so the dividers are ‘heavy’ enough to
rest at the boom of their travel with the divider extensions
removed. Reinstall the extensions.
2. Ensure the center sensor(s) are lowered to their eld
posions and dividers are secured and capable of their full
range of moon.
3. Ensure each sensor ‘ag’ contacts its roller at the ‘heel’ of
each strut at the rear of the header.
Roller
Flag
4. Set combine sengs required for header calibraon.
• FLOAT - Set to OFF
• HEADER TYPE - Draper, Rigid, Plaorm (or similar), do
not select Flex type unless specically instructed.
• AUTO HEADER HEIGHT - Set to ON
• AUTO TILT/LATERAL/CONTOUR - Set to ON
5. Park the combine in a ditch with
the header in the air over the road.
Engage the parking brake. (Remain
in this posion through header &
combine calibraon)
6. Select combine make via the
Automax menu (last opon).
7. Set header to FLEX mode prior to calibrang (this calibrates
both RIGID & FLEX modes).
8. Fully extend the hydraulic lt cylinder.
9. Select ‘H/H CALIBRATION’ via Automax main menu.
Follow onscreen instrucons.
The header calibraon is complete when the calibraon done
message appears on the screen with no errors.
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.
Combine Calibraon
Ensure the combine-specic sengs are entered as described
in the make-specic secons at the end of this document.
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 to RIGID mode via the Automax control
panel.
4. Set combine hydraulic header raise rate so it takes 5
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. Calibrate the combines 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 hal 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.
The header must be in RIGID mode.for this step!

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Set combine feeder house angle.
1. Move the combine away from the slope (as discussed in the
previous secon) and park it on a rm level surface.
2. Start the combine and acvate FLEX mode by pushing the
FLEX buon, then lt the header back by retracng the
hydraulic lt cylinder.
3. Press ‘INFO’ buon unl the header height live view is
displayed.
4. Slowly lower the header unl the cuer bar is pushed all
the way up (no bars showing on live view)
5. Slowly raise the header unl 2 bars are showing on the live
view.
6. Measure the distance from rear of the end paddles to the
ground. Adjust the faceplate angle then remeasure unl
the measurements listed below are achieved.
• If the low prole paddle is installed, it should be
8” from the ground at the indicated locaon (see
illustraon).
• If the high prole paddle is installed, it should be
4” from the ground at the indicated locaon (see
illustraon).
4” (10 cm)
L: ________%
R: ________%
Raise header until 2” (2 bars) show on
FLEX Header Height Live View
8” (20cm)
Low Prole Paddle
High Prole Paddle
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:
Access the header height sensor raw voltage view by pressing
the INFO buon. Ensure the sensor output voltage varies by at
least 1.5V through its full range of operaonal moon.
Check that the combine is receiving the correct sensor voltages
from the Automax. Access diagnoscs screen on Combine
display, compare voltage values to the HH Values shown on the
sensor info screen on the automax display. The values should
be similar (usually not idencal).
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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John Deere Combine Calibraon/Sengs
1. Ensure all opons indicated below by the arrows are
enabled.
2. Enter the width of your header (in feet) and set the stop
height to approximately 80%.
New Holland Combine Calibraon/Sengs
1. Enter the following sengs on the Head 1 screen of the
combine systems. Enter the width of your header in the
Header Width eld and Target Work Width eld.
2. Ensure the following sengs are entered in the Head
2 screen of the combine systems. Use all the values
below as a starng point, adjust as necessary to suit your
condions.

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LEXION Combine Calibraon/Sengs
1. Select the front aachment type “Grain cuerbar, make
from other manufacturer”
2. Enter the width of your header minus your intended overlap
(the example below is the value entered for a 45 header
with 1 overlap)
3. Ensure the sengs listed below are entered into the
sensivity screen.
4. Run the learning endstops procedure in the Cross Leveling
secon of the menu.
5. Run the learning endstops procedure in the Front
Aachment Height secon of the menu.
6. Set the feeder house angle for the combine to 0 as
shown below. This value may require further adjustment
depending on your equipment conguraon.
7. Set the Working posion for area calculaon to
approximately 80%.

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Massey Ferguson Combine Calibraon/Sengs
NOTE: In order for header height control to funcon on a
Massey Ferguson combine, a ball valve must be installed on
the accumulator and closed.
1. In the combine setup screen:
• Select the “Flex” header type
• Enter the width of your header under “Header Width”
• Set the “Cuto Height” to 80%.
• Ensure the Reel PPR matches he value in the Automax
system (accessible via the automax system menu).
This value should automacally match when the
combine type is selected in the main Automax menu.
2. In the Header Control Table sengs tab:
• Set both Max UP PWM and Max DOWN PWM to 100.
• Set both Max RIGHT PWM and Max LEFT PWM to 80.
3. On the AHHC tab:
• Ensure Automac Header Height Control is enabled
(check mark)
• Set the sensivity to 50% as a starng point.
4. On the Tilt tab:
• Set the Autolt sensivity to 20%
• Set the Autolevel sensivity to 20%
Note: The opmal lateral lt sensivity value is directly related
to the auto header height control sensivity and can be found
using the following equaon:
AHHC Sensitivity
2
- 10%
()
Lateral Tilt Sensitivity =

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Gleaner Combine Calibraon/Sengs
Because Gleaner combines are equipped with ‘Bang-Bang’
style control valves, an aermarket modicaon must be
made to the combine so the Automac Header Height Control
system can operate eecvely. There are two opons:
• From AGCO dealer: Pulse Width Modulated
Proportonal Valve Upgrade Kit (Headsight)
• From Honey Bee: BeeBox
If neither of these kits are installed, the Automac Header
Height Control system will not funcon correctly.
Calibraon
Cut height
set point
Header height
sensitivity
Lateral tilt
sensitivity
1. Close the ball valve on the accumulator to disable it
during the calibraiton process. The ball valve can be
parally opened aer calibraon to allow paral ow (up
to 30%). Do not fully open the valve when operang the
AirFLEX.
2. Open the combine sengs screen and enter the following
values:
• Enter the header width in the Header Size eld.
• Set your cut height in the Header Ht Cal eld.
• Set the Width Reduce value to the amount you will
overlap your swaths. If you are running a 40 AirFLEX,
and you want 2 of overlap, then you would enter 5%
(2 is 5% of 40).
3. Start combine and bring engine rpm to just over 2000
RPM.
4. Press hold Cal1 unl lights ash on the combine control
panel.
5. Lower the header all the way to the ground, then press
the Cal 2 buon.
6. Raise the header to highest posion, then press the Cal 2
buon.
7. Tilt header down to the le, then press the Cal 2 buon.
8. Tilt header down to the right, then press the Cal 2 buon.
9. All lights should ash, level the header and press the Cal 1
buon to exit calibraon.
10. If all lights remain o, the combine is calibrated. Refer to
your combine operator’s manual for further details.
11. Set the header height sensivity to the highest possible
seng for opmal performance. Turn up the sensivity
unl the header starts ‘hunng’ up and down, then turn it
down unl the ‘hunng’ stops.
12. The lateral lt sensivity must be set to a lower value
than the Header Height sensivity. The opmal lateral lt
sensivity can be found using the following equaon:
AHHC Sensitivity
2
- 10%
()
Lateral Tilt Sensitivity =

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CASE Combine Calibraon/Sengs
1. Enter the following sengs in the Run4 screen in the
combine system. These values are recommendaons and
may be adjusted to suit condions. The lt sensivity
must always remain lower than the height sensivity.
• The header height raise rate and lower rate should be
adjusted so the header takes 7 seconds to lower from
its highest posion to its lowest posion and 5 seconds
to raise from the lowest posion to the highest
posion.
2. Enter the following sengs on the Head 1 screen of the
combine systems. Enter the width of your header in the
Header Width eld and Target Work Width eld.
3. Ensure the following sengs are entered in the Head
2 screen of the combine systems. Use all the values
below as a starng point, adjust as necessary to suit your
condions.
See Note!
Note: If congurating a 700 series or newer combine,
‘Verifeed’ must be selected for the combine type.